Hard Rock Bands

These are the best known hard rock bands whose popularity peaked during the late 1960’s and into the 1980’s.

RANK	ARTISTS	RANK	ARTISTS
1	Led Zeppelin	31	Whitesnake
2	The Who	32	Foghat
3	Aerosmith	33	Loverboy
4	AC/DC	34	Night Ranger
5	Foreigner	35	Golden Earring
6	Heart	36	Great White
7	Van Halen	37	Europe
8	Bad Company	38	James Gang
9	Cream	39	Nazareth
10	Def Leppard	40	Quiet Riot
11	Grand Funk Railroad	41	Rainbow
12	Deep Purple	42	Slade
13	The Guess Who	43	Twisted Sister
14	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	44	UFO
15	Guns N' Roses	45	Uriah Heep
16	Bon Jovi	46	Shinedown
17	Jefferson Starship	47	Free
18	Nirvana	48	Ram Jam
19	Nickelback	49	The Firm
20	Scorpions	50	The Cult
21	George Thorogood and The Destroyers	51	Living Colour
22	Survivor	52	Brownsville Station
23	Cheap Trick	53	Humble Pie
24	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	54	MC5
25	Alice Cooper	55	Triumph
26	Poison	56	The Runaways
27	Steppenwolf	57	Status Quo
28	Kiss	58	Buckcherry
29	Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	59	April Wine
30	Thin Lizzy	60	Motörhead