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Billboard's Top 50 Rock Bands of All Time

Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:08 am
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
51388 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:08 am
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1. The Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Pink Floyd
5. Queen
6. Fleetwood Mac
7. U2
8. Sly and the Family Stone
9. Black Sabbath
10. Nirvana
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
27856 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:32 am to
The only objection I have to that top ten list would be Nirvana and Sly and the Family Stone. I would kick both of them out and replace them with The Who and The Eagles. I might tweak the order some also, moving Sabbath higher and U2 lower.
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 10:32 am
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Winnfield, LA
Member since Jul 2008
23769 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:32 am to
U2 fricking sucks
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
27856 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:45 am to
quote:

U2 fricking sucks

Agreed, but enough people like them that they probably deserve a top 10 inclusion.
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
13363 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:53 am to
Billboard sucks. No Doubt ahead of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12726 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:56 am to
Missing: Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground, and Ramones/R.E.M./CCR/Van Halen/Aerosmith...take your pick. Bands that need to GTFO to make room: Queen (several good albums not one great one), Fleetwood Mac (only if you consider the early days and that was pretty much a different band), and Sly and the Family Stone/U2/Nirvana...small catalogues that didn't really stand the test of time (except for Nirvana but again, small catalogue).
Posted by Kenna City Solja
America’s City
Member since Nov 2025
144 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 11:16 am to
Nirvana in the top 10 and AiC not even on the list

GTFO
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73461 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 11:46 am to
These lists are always dumb. Paramore doesn’t belong on this list at all and damned sure don’t belong ahead of areosmith
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 12:14 pm
Posted by STigers
Gulf Coast
Member since Nov 2022
3683 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 12:00 pm to
Seems ok. I guess.

49. The Cure

I’ll take it!!
Of all Time out of every band that ever existed

My Number 1
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
17196 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 12:33 pm to
Get Queen, U2 and Sly & FS the hell out of the top 100.

... and the Kinks, and the Who should be 3 and 4.

Rage against the Machine, the Velvet Underground, Green Day, The Ramones, Mana, Radiohead, Heart, the Talking Heads and Blondie are ahead of The Band, huh?
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 12:51 pm
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46197 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

7. U2
belongs nowhere near the top 10
otherwise its a fine list
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12726 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 3:28 pm to
Good point. I forgot about Kinks and Radiohead.
Posted by JAXTiger16
TBD
Member since Apr 2013
2454 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 3:57 pm to
Chili Peppers way too low..and where is Skynyrd???
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
13059 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 5:25 pm to
Good grief. Rolling Stone might have done better and they are dogshit.
Posted by A12 Oxcart
On the float out in the Belt
Member since Dec 2022
997 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 5:32 pm to
Nirvana shouldn't be near the top 10.
Posted by Yaz 8
Member since Jun 2020
1325 posts
Posted on 11/22/25 at 8:20 am to
Lynyrd Skynyrd not ranked at all? They are so much better than most on this list.
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
19747 posts
Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:36 am to
frick outta here with U2, Sly/Family Stone and Nirvana in Top 10
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 9:37 am
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