Attempting to get into Classic Rock - Where do I start?

1975

The Allman Brothers and the Eagles. Just find some Best Of compilations and go from there.

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Where do I start?

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Billy Joel

Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin. You'll want to have some pot handy.

If you literally have no exposure just put it on the default classic rock station in your town. It probbaly has 'river', 'eagle', 'wolf', or something else in the title. You will get a lifetime's worth of aerosmith, queen, journey, guns n roses, tom petty, etc in about 2 weeks. If you hear a song you like, shazaam it for the artist then start youtubing other stuff. 95% of the stuff they regurgitate incessantly on those stations is garbage. But it's a good starting point anyway.

I start with the giants

Led Zepplin
The Who
Rush
Skynard

Also just fire up the "Classic Rock" station on Pandora or Spotify to find other gems

If you like Southern style classic Rock

Allman Brothers band
Eagles
Steve Miller
Doobie Brothers

I'm pretty diverse there. It's probably easier to list what I don't like. I like folk stuff, jazz, some young people R&B stuff like Khalid, old school country (not 90's country though), I enjoy some softer rock like some Fleetwood Mac songs or "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman.

All of that to say I'm open to just about any sound/style, although I've never particularly liked screamo/metal stuff. I like to hear and understand most of the lyrics.

For a new listener:
Zeppelin 2 and 4
Boston - self titled
Beatles - blue compilation album and seargent pepper’s
Rolling Stones - hot rocks compilation
Black Sabbath - paranoid

Beatles
Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd

A starting point to hear how music progressed through the era.