| 1 | ->''"The short on top, long in back world of Classic Rock has long been America's least appreciated cultural touchstone. But what really makes this workhorse radio format deserving of a multiple-lighter salute is its interstate, multinational, pan-demographic dominion. Who doesn't know the chorus of [[Music/MottTheHoople 'All the Young Dudes']] better than the preamble to the Constitution? Who hasn't driven over the speed limit to [[Music/GoldenEarring 'Radar Love'?"]]'' |
| 2 | -->-- '''''Suck''''', "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20030212195515/http://www.suck.com/daily/2000/11/28/ Long Live Rock]]" |
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| 4 | Classic rock is not, strictly speaking, a musical genre, but rather a {{radio}} format originating in the 1980s that features old-school rock songs that originally catered to Baby Boomers entering middle age who were alienated by newer music styles. There is no set definition of "classic rock," with just about everybody having their own personal criteria. The unwritten definition used by the website ultimateclassicrock.com (and many people) generally seems to be any music created by a non-[[AlternativeRock alternative]] [[note]] excluding {{New Wave|Music}}, PunkRock, and PostPunk, if you even consider these genres to be alternative [[/note]] rock band/artist that was at the peak of their/his/her career sometime in between the {{Rockabilly}}/RockAndRoll (using the strictest definition of the latter term) and the {{Grunge}}[=/=]AlternativeRock eras (basically, rock from the middle-ish [[TheSixties 1960s]] to the very early [[TheNineties '90s]]). Although the earlier rock and roll artists of the [[TheFifties '50s]] and early [[TheSixties '60s]] are indeed both classic and rock, they're usually not considered to be "classic rock" from a programming standpoint, instead being relegated to oldies stations. Meanwhile, a number of classic rock stations, seeking to update their playlists as the Gen Xers and older Millenials have aged into their advertisers' target demographics, have begun to play more recent music, including grunge and alternative artists. |
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| 6 | Classic rock stations are still common on the FM dial in the United States, while [=SiriusXM=] offers a number of classic rock-oriented channels to its subscribers, including: Classic Vinyl ([[TheSixties '60s]] and early [[TheSeventies '70s]] classic rock), Classic Rewind (late [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] classic rock), Deep Tracks (classic rock deep cuts), The Bridge (mellow classic rock), Classic Rock Party (upbeat/energetic classic rock), Ozzy's Boneyard (classic HardRock and HeavyMetal), Hair Nation (HairMetal), Underground Garage (GarageRock), 1st Wave (classic {{New Wave|Music}}, PunkRock, PostPunk, and early AlternativeRock), and various single-artist channels. |
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| 8 | There are also several syndicated radio programs that play classic rock bands and artists, including ''Little Steven's Underground Garage'', ''The House of Hair with Dee Snider'', ''Nights with Alice Cooper'', ''Flashback with Matt Pinfield'', ''The Classics with Steve Downes'', and ''Off the Record with Joe Benson''. |
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| 10 | ---- |
| 11 | !!Some genres associated with Classic Rock include: |
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| 13 | * ArenaRock (also known as adult-oriented rock [AOR], [[note]] AOR can also stand for "album-oriented rock," but that's a radio format, not a genre. [[/note]] melodic rock, stadium rock, or corporate rock): Polished, slick, glossy, shiny, radio-ready, and commercially-friendly (generally without being out-and-out pop rock) rock that was at its peak between the mid [[TheSeventies '70s]] and early [[TheNineties '90s]] and featured HardRock anthems and soft rock {{Power Ballad}}s and typically showcased prominent keyboards. |
| 14 | * BaroquePop (also known as baroque rock): This genre of pop and rock is known for combining those styles with the compositional styles and instruments of classical music. |
| 15 | * BluesRock |
| 16 | * Boogie rock |
| 17 | * Comedy rock |
| 18 | * Country rock |
| 19 | * Dance-rock: Rock music influenced by Main/{{Pop}} and PostPunk. It originated in the early 1980s, following the decline in popularity of punk and Main/{{Disco}}. |
| 20 | * Experimental rock |
| 21 | * Folk rock: Rock music with acoustic instrumental textures |
| 22 | * GarageRock |
| 23 | * GlamRock: Flamboyant, theatrical rock music that was at its peak in the [[TheSeventies '70s]] and often featured performers in androgynous outfits |
| 24 | * HairMetal (also known as glam metal or pop metal [[note]] even though most hair bands aren't really metal [[/note]]): Slick, generally radio-ready rock music that was at its peak between the mid [[TheEighties '80s]] and very early [[TheNineties '90s]] and featured artists in glammed-up costumes performing HardRock anthems and {{Power Ballad}}s that still rocked pretty hard |
| 25 | * HardRock: Rock music on the harder, heavier, faster, louder, or more aggressive side |
| 26 | * HeartlandRock: Rock music that appeals to blue-collar Middle American ethos |
| 27 | * HeavyMetal: This genre is similar to HardRock, except that its sound is heavier/harder and it has a darker, more sinister, more menacing, more intimidating edge to it |
| 28 | * Jam band: A rock band that usually features extended improvised sections of music in their live performances |
| 29 | * Jazz rock (frequently used synonymously with JazzFusion) |
| 30 | * {{New Wave|Music}}: A style of oft-quirky pop rock and pop that evolved out of PunkRock and was at its commercial peak between the late [[TheSeventies '70s]] and mid [[TheEighties '80s]] |
| 31 | * Pop rock |
| 32 | * PostPunk: Rock music that evolved out of PunkRock that was more experimental |
| 33 | * PowerPop: A fusion of pop rock and HardRock |
| 34 | * PowerMetal: LighterAndSofter HeavyMetal music |
| 35 | * ProgressiveRock (sometimes shortened to prog rock or prog, and frequently used synonymously with art rock): A somewhat experimental genre dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what rock music is artistically capable of. |
| 36 | * PsychedelicRock (frequently used synonymously with acid rock): Trippy rock music inspired by [[TheSixties '60s]] and [[TheSeventies '70s]] drug culture |
| 37 | * PunkRock: Stripped-down, hard-rocking, often politically-charged music that developed in the mid [[TheSeventies '70s]] and often revolved around short songs |
| 38 | * Reggae rock |
| 39 | * Roots rock: Rock music that imitated the sound of earlier rock 'n' roll |
| 40 | * SoftRock: Rock music on the softer, lighter, slower, quieter, or gentler side |
| 41 | * Soul rock |
| 42 | * SouthernRock: Rock music played by bands/artists originating from the Southern United States |
| 43 | * SpaceRock: Rock music characterized by loose and lengthy song structures and centered on hypnotic, otherworldly-sounding instrumental textures |
| 44 | * SpeedMetal: HeavyMetal, but extremely fast and abrasive |
| 45 | * Swamp rock: Rock music inspired by swamp/bayou culture |
| 46 | * Wagnerian rock: Rock music centered around bombastic, melodramatic, operatic, and lengthy songs (think of your typical tune penned by Music/JimSteinman) |
| 47 | * Yacht rock: Smooth, laidback rock music that usually has a sunny- or tropical-sounding quality and is generally poppy and soft in nature, most acts also overlapped with Soul rock, Jazz rock, and soft rock. |
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| 49 | ---- |
| 50 | !!Classic-era, non-alternative [[note]] not including {{New Wave|Music}}, PunkRock, and PostPunk as alternative here [[/note]] bands and artists associated with Classic Rock include: |
| 51 | Important Note: The bands'/artists' ''primary'' genres are listed as well, with ArenaRock being considered a subgenre of HardRock and soft rock, HairMetal a subgenre of HardRock, {{New Wave|Music}} a subgenre of pop rock, and PunkRock a subgenre of HardRock. When these subgenres are listed, their larger genre is not, to avoid redundancy and unnecessary wordiness. |
| 52 | [[index]] |
| 53 | * [[Music/ThirtyEightSpecial 38 Special]] -- HardRock, SouthernRock, ArenaRock. |
| 54 | * [[Music/SevenOhSeven 707]] -- ArenaRock. |
| 55 | * Music/LeeAaron -- ArenaRock. |
| 56 | * {{Music/Accept}} -- HeavyMetal, HardRock. |
| 57 | * {{Music/ACDC}} -- HardRock, BluesRock, HeavyMetal, ArenaRock. |
| 58 | * Creator/AdamSandler -- Comedy rock. |
| 59 | * Music/BryanAdams -- Pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 60 | * {{Music/Aerosmith}} -- HardRock, BluesRock, ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 61 | * Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand -- SouthernRock, BluesRock, country rock, boogie rock, jam band. |
| 62 | * {{Music/America}} -- Folk rock, SoftRock, pop rock. |
| 63 | * {{Music/Angel}} -- GlamRock, ArenaRock, ProgressiveRock. |
| 64 | * Music/TheAnimals -- BluesRock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 65 | * Music/PaulAnka -- Pop rock, SoftRock, soul rock, yacht rock (1970s to 1980s output).[[note]]While Paul Anka's music technically could be considered Rock, he's not usually described as Classic Rock, as his music is on the ''very'' soft end of soft rock, bordering more on middle-of-the-road, and he started out at a TeenIdol in the 1950s and early 1960s (his music then ''also'' would have fit into the Brill-Building-pop variety of 1950s Rock n'roll, which would be too old to be considered Classic rock).[[/note]] |
| 66 | * Music/AprilWine -- HardRock, ArenaRock. |
| 67 | * {{Music/Argent}} -- ProgressiveRock, GlamRock, PscychedelicRock, HardRock. |
| 68 | * {{Music/Asia}} -- Pop rock, {{NewWave|Music}}, ProgressiveRock, HardRock, ArenaRock. |
| 69 | * {{Music/Autograph}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 70 | * {{Music/Axe}} -- HardRock, ArenaRock, PowerPop. |
| 71 | * Music/TheB52s -- {{New Wave|Music}}, PostPunk, pop rock, dance-rock. |
| 72 | * Music/TheBabys -- Pop rock, HardRock, PowerPop, ArenaRock. |
| 73 | * [[Music/BachmanTurnerOverdrive Bachman-Turner Overdrive]] -- Boogie rock, BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 74 | * Music/BadCompany -- BluesRock, HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s). |
| 75 | * Music/BadEnglish -- ArenaRock. |
| 76 | * {{Music/Badfinger}} -- PowerPop, pop rock. |
| 77 | * Music/{{Balance}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 78 | * Music/RussBallard -- ArenaRock. |
| 79 | * Music/TheBand -- Roots rock, folk rock, country rock, soft rock. |
| 80 | * Jimmy Barnes -- ArenaRock. |
| 81 | * Music/TheBeachBoys -- SurfRock, BaroquePop, PsychedelicRock, pop rock. |
| 82 | * Music/TheBeatles -- Pop rock, PsychedelicRock, soft rock. |
| 83 | * Music/PatBenatar -- Pop rock, HardRock, ArenaRock. |
| 84 | * Music/BigBrotherAndTheHoldingCompany -- BluesRock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 85 | * Music/BigCountry -- {{New Wave|Music}}, Celtic rock. |
| 86 | * Music/TheBlackCrowes -- BluesRock, HardRock, SouthernRock (debatable). |
| 87 | * {{Music/Blackfoot}} -- SouthernRock, HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s). |
| 88 | * Music/BlackSabbath -- HeavyMetal, HardRock. |
| 89 | * {{Music/Blondie|Band}} -- {{New Wave|Music}}, PopPunk, PunkRock. |
| 90 | * Music/BlueOysterCult -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, PsychedelicRock, ProgressiveRock (with an ArenaRock period in the late '70s-mid '80s). |
| 91 | * Music/MichaelBolton -- ArenaRock ('80s output), pop rock, SoftRock. |
| 92 | * Music/BonJovi -- HardRock, HairMetal, pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 93 | * {{Music/Boston}} -- Pop rock, HardRock, ArenaRock. |
| 94 | * Music/DavidBowie -- Pop rock, GlamRock, {{New Wave|Music}}, ProgressiveRock (debatable). |
| 95 | * Music/{{Bread|Band}} -- SoftRock |
| 96 | * Music/JacksonBrowne -- Folk rock, soft rock, pop rock. |
| 97 | * Music/{{Budgie}} -- HeavyMetal, HardRock. |
| 98 | * Music/BuffaloSpringfield -- Folk rock, country rock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 99 | * Music/JimmyBuffett -- Yacht rock, country rock, pop rock, soft rock. |
| 100 | * Music/TheByrds -- Folk rock, PsychedelicRock, country rock, soft rock. |
| 101 | * Music/{{Cactus}} -- BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 102 | * Music/CaptainAndTennille -- SoftRock, yacht rock. |
| 103 | * Music/TheCars -- {{New Wave|Music}}, PowerPop, pop rock. |
| 104 | * {{Music/Charlie}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 105 | * Music/CheapTrick -- PowerPop, {{New Wave|Music}}, HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s). |
| 106 | * Music/{{Cher}} -- ArenaRock ('80s-early '90s output). [[note]] Her output outside of this time period mostly wasn't rock, so her music outside of this time frame probably couldn't be considered Classic Rock. [[/note]] |
| 107 | * {{Music/Chicago|Band}} -- Jazz rock, pop rock, soft rock (with an ArenaRock period in the '80s-early '90s). |
| 108 | * {{Music/Cinderella}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal, BluesRock. |
| 109 | * Music/CityBoy -- ArenaRock, GlamRock, pop rock, ProgressiveRock. |
| 110 | * Music/EricClapton -- BluesRock. |
| 111 | * Music/TheClash -- PunkRock (output from their first two albums), {{New Wave|Music}}, experimental rock, PostPunk (output from their third album on). |
| 112 | * Music/JoeCocker -- Pop rock, soul rock, BluesRock, soft rock. |
| 113 | * Music/PhilCollins -- Pop rock, SoftRock, {{New Wave|Music}}, soul rock. |
| 114 | * Music/AliceCooper -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, shock rock, GlamRock (with a HairMetal period in the mid '80s-early '90s). |
| 115 | * [[Music/CoverdalePage Coverdale•Page]] -- HardRock, BluesRock. |
| 116 | * {{Music/Cream}} -- PsychedelicRock, BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 117 | * Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival -- Swamp rock, roots rock, SouthernRock (even though they're from California), BluesRock, country rock, soft rock. |
| 118 | * Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung -- Folk rock, country rock, soft rock. |
| 119 | * Music/ChristopherCross -- Yacht rock, pop rock, soft rock. |
| 120 | * Music/TheCult -- HardRock, PostPunk (output from their first two albums). |
| 121 | * Music/CultureClub -- {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 122 | * Music/{{Dakota}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 123 | * Roger Daltrey -- Pop rock, soft rock (with an ArenaRock period in the '80s-early '90s). |
| 124 | * Music/DamnYankees -- HardRock, HairMetal, ArenaRock. |
| 125 | * Music/DeepPurple -- HardRock, PsychedelicRock ('60s output), ProgressiveRock, sometimes classified as HeavyMetal. |
| 126 | * Music/DefLeppard -- HardRock, HairMetal, ArenaRock, pop rock. |
| 127 | * Music/DerekAndTheDominos -- HardRock, BluesRock. |
| 128 | * {{Music/Devo}} -- {{New Wave|Music}}, PostPunk, pop rock. |
| 129 | * Music/NeilDiamond -- Folk rock, country rock, soft rock, pop rock. |
| 130 | * Music/BruceDickinson -- HeavyMetal, HardRock. |
| 131 | * [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]] -- HeavyMetal, HardRock. |
| 132 | * Music/DireStraits -- BluesRock, roots rock, ArenaRock, jazz rock, ProgressiveRock, art rock. |
| 133 | * {{Music/Dokken}} -- HardRock, ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 134 | * Music/TheDoobieBrothers -- Boogie rock, soft rock, soul rock, roots rock, yacht rock (Michael [=McDonald=] era) |
| 135 | * Music/TheDoors -- PsychedelicRock, BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 136 | * {{Music/Doucette}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 137 | * Music/DuranDuran -- {{New Wave|Music}}, pop rock, dance-rock |
| 138 | * Music/BobDylan -- Folk rock, country rock, soft rock, blues rock. |
| 139 | * {{Music/Eagles}} -- Country rock, soft rock, pop rock, folk rock. |
| 140 | * [[Music/EdgarWinter The Edgar Winter Group]] -- HardRock, pop rock. |
| 141 | * Music/ElectricLightOrchestra -- ProgressiveRock, pop rock. |
| 142 | * Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer -- ProgressiveRock. |
| 143 | * {{Music/Europe}} -- HardRock, BluesRock, HeavyMetal, ArenaRock. |
| 144 | * Music/TheFabulousThunderbirds -- BluesRock. |
| 145 | * {{Music/Faces}} -- BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 146 | * Music/JohnFarnham -- Pop rock, ArenaRock (mid '80s-early '90s output). |
| 147 | * [[Music/FireHouse FireHouse]] -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, HairMetal. |
| 148 | * Music/FleetwoodMac -- Pop rock, soft rock, folk rock, BluesRock (Peter Green-era output). |
| 149 | * Music/FrancoDeVita -- Pop rock. |
| 150 | * {{Music/FM}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 151 | * Music/JohnFogerty -- Heartland rock, swamp rock, roots rock, SouthernRock (even though he's from California), BluesRock, country rock, soft rock. |
| 152 | * Music/{{Foghat}} -- HardRock, BluesRock, boogie rock. |
| 153 | * Music/LitaFord -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 154 | * Music/{{Foreigner|Band}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 155 | * Music/PeterFrampton -- ArenaRock. |
| 156 | * Music/FreeBand -- BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 157 | * Music/RobertFripp -- ProgressiveRock |
| 158 | * Music/PeterGabriel -- ProgressiveRock, art rock, experimental rock, pop rock. |
| 159 | * Music/{{Gamma}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 160 | * Music/TheJGeilsBand -- BluesRock ('70s output), boogie rock ('70s output), {{New Wave|Music}} ('80s output). |
| 161 | * Music/GenesisBand -- ProgressiveRock, art rock, soft rock, pop rock (output from the late '70s on). |
| 162 | * Music/TheGeorgiaSatellites -- SouthernRock, HardRock. |
| 163 | * Music/{{Giant}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 164 | * {{Music/Giuffria}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 165 | * Music/TheGoGos -- {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 166 | * Music/GoldenEarring -- HardRock. |
| 167 | * Music/{{Gowan}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 168 | * Music/GrandFunkRailroad -- HardRock, BluesRock, boogie rock. |
| 169 | * Music/GratefulDead -- PsychedelicRock, BluesRock, folk rock, country rock, jam band. |
| 170 | * Music/GreatWhite -- ArenaRock, HairMetal, BluesRock. |
| 171 | * Music/TheGregKihnBand -- Pop rock, PowerPop. |
| 172 | * {{Music/GTR}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 173 | * Music/TheGuessWho -- BluesRock, PsychedelicRock, pop rock, boogie rock, HardRock. |
| 174 | * Music/GunsNRoses -- HardRock, HeavyMetal. |
| 175 | * Music/SammyHagar -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, GlamMetal, BluesRock. |
| 176 | * Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates -- Soul rock, pop rock (with a {{New Wave|Music}} period in the '80s), soft rock, yacht rock. |
| 177 | * Music/HaremScarem -- ArenaRock. |
| 178 | * {{Music/Harlequin}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 179 | * Music/GeorgeHarrison -- Pop rock, soft rock, folk rock. |
| 180 | * Music/CoreyHart -- Pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 181 | * Music/HeadEast -- Heartland rock, ArenaRock. |
| 182 | * Music/{{Heart|Band}} -- HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s), folk rock. |
| 183 | * Music/JimiHendrix -- PsychedelicRock, HardRock, BluesRock. |
| 184 | * Music/DonHenley -- Pop rock, soft rock. |
| 185 | * Music/TheHollies -- Pop rock, soft rock. |
| 186 | * Music/HoneymoonSuite -- ArenaRock. |
| 187 | * Music/HumblePie -- BluesRock, HardRock, boogie rock. |
| 188 | * Music/{{Icon}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal, ArenaRock. |
| 189 | * Music/BillyIdol -- HardRock, {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 190 | * {{Music/INXS}} -- {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 191 | * Music/DonnieIris -- ArenaRock, pop rock. |
| 192 | * Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}} -- PsychedelicRock, HardRock. |
| 193 | * Music/IronMaiden -- HeavyMetal, HardRock. |
| 194 | * Music/TheIsleyBrothers -- Funk rock, boogie rock. |
| 195 | * Music/JoeJackson -- {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 196 | * Music/{{Jackyl}} -- SouthernRock, HairMetal. |
| 197 | * Music/JamesGang -- Boogie rock, HardRock, soft rock, BluesRock. |
| 198 | * [[Music/JeffBeck The Jeff Beck Group]] -- BluesRock, HardRock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 199 | * Music/JeffersonAirplane -- PsychedelicRock, folk rock. |
| 200 | * Music/JeffersonStarship -- ArenaRock. |
| 201 | * Music/JethroTull -- ProgressiveRock, folk rock, HardRock. |
| 202 | * Music/TommyJamesAndTheShondells -- Pop rock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 203 | * [[Music/JoanJett Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] -- HardRock, PowerPop, PunkRock. |
| 204 | * Music/BillyJoel -- Pop rock, soft rock, folk rock, BaroquePop, {{NewWave|Music}}. |
| 205 | * Music/EltonJohn -- Soft rock, GlamRock, pop rock, BaroquePop. |
| 206 | * Music/JanisJoplin -- BluesRock, soul rock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 207 | * Music/{{Journey|Band}} -- HardRock, ProgressiveRock, jazz rock, ArenaRock. |
| 208 | * Music/JudasPriest -- HeavyMetal, HardRock (with an ArenaRock in the mid-'80s). |
| 209 | * {{Music/Kansas}} -- ProgressiveRock, HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the '80s). |
| 210 | * Music/KingCrimson -- ProgressiveRock. |
| 211 | * Music/TheKinks -- Pop rock, HardRock, soft rock. |
| 212 | * {{Music/Kiss}} -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, shock rock (with a HairMetal period in the mid '80s-early '90s). |
| 213 | * Music/TheKnack -- PowerPop, pop rock, HardRock. |
| 214 | * {{Music/Krokus}} -- HardRock (with a HairMetal period in the mid-late '80s). |
| 215 | * [[Music/LAGuns L.A. Guns]] -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 216 | * Music/LedZeppelin -- HardRock, BluesRock, folk rock, ProgressiveRock (debatable). |
| 217 | * Music/LegsDiamond -- ArenaRock. |
| 218 | * Music/LeRoux -- ArenaRock, SouthernRock. |
| 219 | * Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews -- Pop rock, soul rock. |
| 220 | * Music/LittleFeat -- Swamp rock, roots rock, SouthernRock (even though they're from California), BluesRock, country rock, jazz rock, jam band, boogie rock. |
| 221 | * Music/LittleRiverBand -- Yacht rock, pop rock, soft rock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s). |
| 222 | * Music/KennyLoggins -- Pop rock, soft rock (with an ArenaRock period in the '80s), yacht rock (to an extent). |
| 223 | * {{Music/Loverboy|Band}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 224 | * Music/TheLovinSpoonful -- Folk rock, BluesRock, BaroquePop, PsychedelicRock, pop rock. |
| 225 | * Music/LoveHate -- HairMetal, ArenaRock. |
| 226 | * Music/LynyrdSkynyrd -- SouthernRock, HardRock, BluesRock. |
| 227 | * {{Music/Magnum}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 228 | * Music/TheMamasAndThePapas -- Folk rock, pop rock, BaroquePop, PsychedelicRock. |
| 229 | * Music/BarryManilow -- Pop rock, soft rock, yacht rock.[[note]]Like the above-mentioned Paul Anka, Barry Mannilow's music could technically be considered Classic Rock, but is on the ''very'' soft, Middle-of-the-road side of soft rock, and as such, usually isn't described as Classic Rock.[[/note]] |
| 230 | * [[Music/ManfredMann Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] -- ProgressiveRock, pop rock. |
| 231 | * Music/BennyMardones -- ArenaRock. |
| 232 | * Music/TheMarshallTuckerBand -- Country rock, SouthernRock, BluesRock, jazz rock, soft rock. |
| 233 | * [[{{Music/Wings|Band}} Paul McCartney and Wings]] -- Pop rock, soft rock. |
| 234 | * Music/TheMiracles -- Funk rock, soul rock. |
| 235 | * Music/RichardMarx -- ArenaRock. |
| 236 | * Music/DonMcLean -- Folk rock, soft rock. |
| 237 | * Music/MeatLoaf -- Wagnerian rock, ProgressiveRock, HardRock, soft rock, pop rock. |
| 238 | * Music/JohnMellencamp -- Heartland rock, HardRock. |
| 239 | * Music/MenAtWork -- {{New Wave|Music}}, pop rock, reggae rock. |
| 240 | * {{Music/Metallica}} -- ThrashMetal, HeavyMetal, HardRock, SpeedMetal, ArenaRock. |
| 241 | * Music/MikeAndTheMechanics -- Pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 242 | * Music/SteveMillerBand -- Pop rock, PsychedelicRock, BluesRock. |
| 243 | * [[Music/MrMister Mr. Mister]] -- Pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 244 | * Music/KimMitchell -- ArenaRock. |
| 245 | * Music/MollyHatchet -- SouthernRock, HardRock. |
| 246 | * Music/EddieMoney -- Pop rock, soft rock, ArenaRock. |
| 247 | * {{Music/Montrose}} -- HardRock. |
| 248 | * Music/TheMoodyBlues -- ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock, pop rock. |
| 249 | * Music/GaryMoore -- HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the '80s), BluesRock. |
| 250 | * Music/VanMorrison -- Pop rock, soul rock, soft rock. |
| 251 | * Music/MotleyCrue -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 252 | * {{Music/Motorhead}} -- HeavyMetal, HardRock. |
| 253 | * Music/MottTheHoople -- GlamRock, HardRock. |
| 254 | * {{Music/Mountain}} -- HardRock, BluesRock, HeavyMetal, PsychedelicRock. |
| 255 | * Music/TheMove -- Pop rock, PowerPop, PsychedelicRock. |
| 256 | * {{Music/Nazareth}} -- HardRock, BluesRock. |
| 257 | * {{Music/Nelson}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 258 | * Music/StevieNicks -- Pop rock, soft rock. |
| 259 | * Music/NightRanger -- HardRock, HairMetal, ArenaRock. |
| 260 | * Music/HarryNilsson -- Pop rock, soft rock. |
| 261 | * Music/AldoNova -- ArenaRock. |
| 262 | * Music/TedNugent -- HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the '80s). |
| 263 | * Music/OzzyOsbourne -- HardRock, HeavyMetal. |
| 264 | * Music/TheOutfield -- PowerPop, pop rock, {{New Wave|Music}} (to a lesser extent). |
| 265 | * Music/{{Outlaws}} -- SouthernRock, country rock, HardRock. |
| 266 | * Music/PabloCruise -- Yacht rock, pop rock, soft rock. |
| 267 | * Music/RobertPalmer -- Pop rock, soul rock, soft rock. |
| 268 | * Music/JohnParr -- ArenaRock. |
| 269 | * Music/TheAlanParsonsProject -- ProgressiveRock, soft rock, pop rock. |
| 270 | * Music/{{Petra}} -- ChristianRock, ArenaRock. |
| 271 | * [[Music/TomPetty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] -- Heartland rock, BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 272 | * Music/{{Phenomena}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 273 | * Music/PinkFloyd -- ProgressiveRock, art rock, PsychedelicRock ('60s output), experimental rock, space rock, ArenaRock. |
| 274 | * Music/PlanetPProject -- ProgressiveRock, ArenaRock, pop rock. |
| 275 | * Robert Plant -- HardRock, pop rock, folk rock, country rock, BluesRock. |
| 276 | * {{Music/Player}} -- Soft rock, yacht rock. |
| 277 | * {{Music/Poison}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 278 | * Music/ThePolice -- {{New Wave|Music}}, PostPunk, PunkRock, reggae rock, pop rock. |
| 279 | * Music/PrayingMantis -- ArenaRock. |
| 280 | * Music/{{Pretenders}} -- HardRock, pop rock, PunkRock, {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 281 | * Music/{{Prince}} -- Pop rock, FunkRock. |
| 282 | * Music/{{Prism}} -- HardRock, pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 283 | * Music/ProcolHarum -- ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 284 | * Music/SuziQuatro -- GlamRock, HardRock, pop rock. |
| 285 | * {{Music/Queen}} -- HardRock, ArenaRock (debatable), GlamRock, pop rock, ProgressiveRock (debatable), BaroquePop. |
| 286 | * {{Music/Queensryche}} -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, ProgressiveMetal. |
| 287 | * Music/QuietRiot -- HardRock, ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 288 | * {{Music/Rainbow}} -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, PowerMetal (with an ArenaRock period after Music/RonnieJamesDio left the band). |
| 289 | * Music/RamJam -- HardRock, boogie rock, BluesRock, SouthernRock (even though they're from New York). |
| 290 | * Music/{{Ramones}} -- HardRock, PostPunk, PunkRock. |
| 291 | * {{Music/Ratt}} -- HardRock, ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 292 | * Music/RedRider -- ArenaRock, pop rock, {{NewWave|Music}}, HardRock. |
| 293 | * Music/LouReed -- GlamRock, pop rock. |
| 294 | * Music/REOSpeedwagon -- HardRock, pop rock, soft rock, ArenaRock. |
| 295 | * Music/{{Roadmaster}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 296 | * Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} -- BluesRock, HardRock, soft rock. |
| 297 | * Music/TheRomantics -- PowerPop, pop rock. |
| 298 | * Music/LindaRonstadt -- Country rock, soft rock, pop rock. |
| 299 | * Music/DavidLeeRoth -- HardRock, HairMetal, pop rock. |
| 300 | * Music/{{Rush|Band}} -- ProgressiveRock, HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the '80s-early '90s). |
| 301 | * {{Music/Saga}} -- ProgressiveRock, ArenaRock, pop rock. |
| 302 | * [[Music/TheSanfordTownsendBand The Sanford-Townsend Band]] -- Pop rock, soul rock, yacht rock. |
| 303 | * {{Music/Santana}} -- Latin rock, BluesRock, PsychedelicRock, HardRock. |
| 304 | * {{Music/Saxon}} -- HardRock, HeavyMetal. |
| 305 | * Music/{{Scorpions|Band}} -- HardRock (with a HairMetal period in the '80s-early '90s). |
| 306 | * [[Music/BobSeger Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band]] -- Heartland rock, roots rock, BluesRock, soft rock. |
| 307 | * Music/{{Sherbs}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 308 | * Music/ShootingStar -- ArenaRock. |
| 309 | * Music/SimonAndGarfunkel -- Folk rock, soft rock, BaroquePop. |
| 310 | * Music/PaulSimon -- Pop rock, soft rock, folk rock. |
| 311 | * Music/SimpleMinds -- {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 312 | * Music/SkidRow -- ArenaRock, HairMetal, HeavyMetal (output from the '90s on). |
| 313 | * {{Music/Slade}} -- GlamRock, HardRock. |
| 314 | * Music/{{Slaughter}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 315 | * Music/TheSmallFaces -- Pop rock, PowerPop, PsychedelicRock. |
| 316 | * Film/SpinalTap -- Comedy rock, HairMetal. |
| 317 | * Music/RickSpringfield -- Pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 318 | * Music/BruceSpringsteen -- Heartland rock, folk rock, pop rock. |
| 319 | * Music/BillySquier -- ArenaRock. |
| 320 | * Music/MichaelStanleyBand -- ArenaRock, heartland rock. |
| 321 | * {{Music/Starship}} -- Pop rock, ArenaRock. |
| 322 | * Music/StatusQuo -- Boogie rock, BluesRock, HardRock. |
| 323 | * Music/SteelyDan -- Jazz rock, soft rock, pop rock. |
| 324 | * {{Music/Steppenwolf}} -- HardRock, BluesRock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 325 | * Music/RodStewart -- Pop rock, soft rock, soul rock. |
| 326 | * {{Music/Sting}} -- Pop rock, soft rock. |
| 327 | * Music/TheStorm -- ArenaRock. |
| 328 | * Music/{{Strangeways}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 329 | * Music/{{Streetheart}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 330 | * Music/{{Streets}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 331 | * {{Music/Styx}} -- Pop rock, soft rock, ArenaRock, ProgressiveRock, HardRock. |
| 332 | * {{Music/Supertramp}} -- Pop rock, soft rock, ProgressiveRock. |
| 333 | * {{Music/Survivor|Band}} -- ArenaRock, HardRock, pop rock. |
| 334 | * Music/SteveVai -- Funk rock, ProgressiveRock, comedy rock. |
| 335 | * {{Music/Sweet}} -- GlamRock, HardRock. |
| 336 | * Music/TalkingHeads -- {{New Wave|Music}}, pop rock, PostPunk, dance-rock. |
| 337 | * Music/JamesTaylor -- Folk rock, soft rock. |
| 338 | * Music/TearsForFears -- {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 339 | * {{Music/Tesla}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal, BluesRock. |
| 340 | * Music/ThinLizzy -- HardRock, sometimes classified as HeavyMetal. |
| 341 | * [[Music/GeorgeThorogood George Thorogood & the Destroyers]] -- BluesRock, boogie rock, HardRock. |
| 342 | * Music/ThreeDogNight -- Pop rock, soft rock, soul rock. |
| 343 | * {{Music/Toto}} -- Soft rock, HardRock, soul rock, ArenaRock. |
| 344 | * Music/TravelingWilburys -- Pop rock, folk rock. |
| 345 | * Music/{{Trixter}} -- HairMetal, ArenaRock |
| 346 | * [[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]] -- GlamRock, HardRock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 347 | * {{Music/Triumph}} -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, Progressive Rock, ArenaRock. |
| 348 | * {{Music/Trooper}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 349 | * Music/TheTubes -- {{New Wave|Music}}. |
| 350 | * Music/TwistedSister -- ArenaRock, HairMetal, HeavyMetal. |
| 351 | * Music/BonnieTyler -- Pop rock, soft rock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s), Wagnerian rock. |
| 352 | * Music/{{U2}} -- AlternativeRock, PostPunk, pop rock. |
| 353 | * Music/{{UFO|Band}} -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, ProgressiveRock, space rock. |
| 354 | * Music/UriahHeep -- HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the late '70s-early '90s), HeavyMetal, ProgressiveRock. |
| 355 | * Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons -- Pop rock. |
| 356 | * Music/VanHalen -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, ArenaRock, HairMetal, pop rock. |
| 357 | * Music/VanZant -- ArenaRock ('80s output), SouthernRock (output from the '90s on), country rock (output from the '90s on). |
| 358 | * [[Music/StevieRayVaughan Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble]] -- BluesRock. |
| 359 | * Music/TheVelvetUnderground -- Experimental rock, {{Protopunk}}. |
| 360 | * Music/{{Vixen}} -- HardRock, pop rock, HeavyMetal, HairMetal. |
| 361 | * Music/JohnWaite -- ArenaRock. |
| 362 | * Music/JoeWalsh -- HardRock, BluesRock, pop rock. |
| 363 | * {{Music/Warrant}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 364 | * Music/WhiteLion -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 365 | * Music/WhiteSister -- ArenaRock. |
| 366 | * {{Music/Whitesnake}} -- HardRock (with a HairMetal period in the late '80s). |
| 367 | * Music/TheWho -- HardRock, PsychedelicRock, ProgressiveRock, PowerPop, pop rock. |
| 368 | * {{Music/Winger}} -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 369 | * [[Music/YAndT Y&T]] -- ArenaRock, HairMetal. |
| 370 | * Music/WeirdAlYankovic -- Comedy rock, pop rock. [[note]] Not all of his songs are rock, but enough of them are to make him qualify for a list like this. [[/note]] |
| 371 | * Music/TheYardbirds -- BluesRock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 372 | * {{Music/Yes}} -- ProgressiveRock, folk rock, HardRock, pop rock (early '80s-early '90s output), ArenaRock (early '80s-early '90s output). |
| 373 | * Music/NeilYoung -- Folk rock, country rock, HardRock, soft rock. |
| 374 | * [[Music/FrankZappa Frank Zappa / The Mothers of Invention]] -- Comedy rock, PsychedelicRock, jazz rock, experimental rock, ProgressiveRock. |
| 375 | * Music/{{Zebra}} -- ArenaRock. |
| 376 | * Music/WarrenZevon -- Pop rock. |
| 377 | * Music/WildCherry -- Funk rock. |
| 378 | * Music/TheZombies -- Pop rock, PsychedelicRock. |
| 379 | * Music/{{Zucchero}} -- Pop rock, frequently mixed with {{Soul}} and {{Blues}} flavors. |
| 380 | * Music/ZZTop -- Boogie rock, BluesRock, HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s), SouthernRock (debatable). |
| 381 | |
| 382 | !!Bands and artists generally considered too old to be Classic Rock, but may show up once in a while on the radio include: |
| 383 | |
| 384 | * Paul Anka [[note]] Linked above, his ''later'' music from the 1970s and onward would fit into Classic Rock, just very loosely.[[/note]] |
| 385 | * Music/ChuckBerry |
| 386 | * Music/TheEverlyBrothers |
| 387 | * Music/BuddyHolly |
| 388 | * Music/JerryLeeLewis |
| 389 | * Music/LittleRichard |
| 390 | * Music/RoyOrbison [[note]]Save for his late-career work with the Music/TravelingWilburys, that is.[[/note]] |
| 391 | * Music/ElvisPresley |
| 392 | |
| 393 | !!Newer and/or alternative bands and artists that sometimes get played on Classic Rock radio include: |
| 394 | |
| 395 | * Music/AliceInChains |
| 396 | * Music/BeastieBoys |
| 397 | * {{Music/Bush}} |
| 398 | * Music/CollectiveSoul |
| 399 | * Music/SherylCrow |
| 400 | * Music/FaithNoMore |
| 401 | * Music/FooFighters |
| 402 | * Music/GreenDay |
| 403 | * Music/JanesAddiction |
| 404 | * {{Music/Jet}} |
| 405 | * Music/KidRock |
| 406 | * Music/LennyKravitz |
| 407 | * {{Music/Live}} |
| 408 | * Music/LivingColour |
| 409 | * Music/{{Metallica}} ('90s era) |
| 410 | * {{Music/Nirvana}} |
| 411 | * Music/PearlJam |
| 412 | * Music/{{Pixies}} |
| 413 | * Music/RedHotChiliPeppers |
| 414 | * {{Music/REM}} |
| 415 | * Music/KennyWayneShepherd |
| 416 | * {{Music/Soundgarden}} |
| 417 | * Music/StoneTemplePilots |
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