Individuals or bands who perform rock and any of its varieties. Also see the Metal index
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Rock
- 3 Doors Down
- The 13th Floor Elevators
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- 2009 - This Is War
- AC/DC
- 1975 - High Voltage
- 1975 - T.N.T.
- 1976 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
- 1979 - Highway to Hell
- 1980 - Back in Black
- Bryan Adams
- Aerosmith
- Get a Grip (1993)
- The Afghan Whigs
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Anarchy Club
- Andrew W.K.
- The Animals note
- Archive
- Area 11
- Arctic Monkeys
- 2006 - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
- 2013 - AM
- Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
- Bad Companynote
- The Band
- 1969 - The Band
- Band Of Gypsys
- 1970 - Band of Gypsys
- The Beach Boys
- 1964 - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
- 1965 - The Beach Boys Today!
- 1965 - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
- 1965 - Beach Boys' Party!
- 1966 - Pet Sounds
- 1967 - SMiLE
- 1967 - Smiley Smile
- 1967 - Wild Honey
- 1968 - Friends
- 1969 - 20/20
- 1970 - Sunflower
- 1971 - Surf's Up
- 1972 - Carl and the Passions "So Tough"
- 1973 - Holland
- The Beatles
- George Harrison
- 1970 - All Things Must Pass
- 1971 - The Concert for Bangladesh
- John Lennonnote
- 1970 - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- 1971 - Imagine
- 1973 - Mind Games
- Paul McCartneynote
- 1970 - McCartney
- 1971 - RAM
- Ringo Starr
- 1973 - Ringo
- Be-Bop Deluxe
- Jeff Beck
- Pat Benatar
- Chuck Berry
- Bi-2
- Big Brother And The Holding Company
- 1968 - Cheap Thrills
- Big Star
- The Big Three
- Blue Öyster Cult
- Secret Treaties (1974)
- Agents of Fortune (1976)
- Spectres (1977)
- Blues Traveler
- Marc Bolan
- 1971 - Electric Warrior
- Bon Jovi
- The Bonzo Dog Band
- Boston
- Jamie Campbell Bower
- David Bowie
- 1967 - David Bowie
- 1969 - Space Oddity
- 1970 - The Man Who Sold the World
- 1971 - Hunky Dory
- 1972 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- 1973 - Aladdin Sane
- 1973 - Pin Ups
- 1974 - Diamond Dogs
- 1975 - Young Americans
- 1976 - Station to Station
- 1976 - Changesonebowie (Greatest Hits Album)
- 1977 - Low
- 1977 - "Heroes"
- 1979 - Lodger
- 1980 - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
- 1983 - Let's Dance
- 1984 - Tonight
- 1987 - Never Let Me Down
- 1989 - Tin Machine (with Tin Machine)
- 1993 - Black Tie White Noise
- 1993 - The Buddha of Suburbia
- 1995 - 1. Outside
- 1997 - Earthling
- 1999 - 'hours...'...
- 2002 - Heathen
- 2003 - Reality
- 2013 - The Next Day
- 2016 - ★
- Black Veil Brides
- Jackson Browne
- Andy Biersack
- British Sea Power
- BUCK-TICK
- Jimmy Buffett
- B'z
- The Calling
- Can
- Captain Beefheart: Normally closer to avant-garde music, but he did release two albums where his sound is closer to pure mainstream rock.
- Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974)
- Bluejeans & Moonbeams (1974)
- Cardiacs
- Chas & Dave
- Cheap Trick
- Chevelle
- Chicago
- Chickenfootnote
- CKY
- Gilby Clarke
- Pawnshop Guitars (1994)
- CN Blue
- Cold Chisel
- Alice Cooper
- 1971 - Love It to Death
- 1978 - From the Inside
- Elvis Costello
- 1977 - My Aim Is True
- 1978 - This Year's Model
- 1986 - Blood and Chocolate, with The Attractions
- Creamnote
- 1967 - Disraeli Gears
- Creednote
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 1968 - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 1969 - Bayou Country
- 1969 - Green River
- 1969 - Willy and the Poor Boys
- 1970 - Cosmo's Factory
- 1970 - Pendulum
- 1972 - Mardi Gras
- Crush 40
- The Cult
- D
- Daughtry
- DAY6
- Deep Purplenote
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969)
- Deep Purple in Rock (1970)
- Machine Head (1972)
- Def Leppard
- Dick Dale
- Dire Straits
- Dire Straits (Album) (1978)
- Making Movies (1980)
- Love Over Gold (1982)
- Brothers in Arms (1985)
- On Every Street (1991)
- The Doobie Brothers
- Minnie Driver
- James Durbin
- Eagles
- Eagles of Death Metalnote
- The Eraserheads
- Ultraelectromagneticpop (1993)
- Europe
- The Everly Brothers
- Everything Else
- existtrace
- Extreme
- Facesnote
- Falling in Reverse note
- Filter
- Fleetwood Mac
- 1975 - Fleetwood Mac
- 1977 - Rumours
- 1979 - Tusk
- Foreignernote
- Peter Frampton
- Freenote
- FT Island
- Fugazi
- Repeater (1990)
- The Fugs
- The Fugs First Album (1965)
- The Fugs Second Album (1966)
- It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest (1968)
- Leif Garrett (post-1980s output)
- The J. Geils Band
- Golden Earring
- Grand Funk Railroad
- The Grateful Dead
- Anthem of the Sun (1968)
- American Beauty (1970)
- Greek Fire
- Greta Van Fleet
- Ferre Grignard
- Dave Grohl
- Guns N' Rosesnote
- 1987 - Appetite for Destruction
- 1988 - G N'R Lies
- 1991 - Use Your Illusion
- Halestorm
- Daryl Hall & John Oates
- PJ Harvey
- 1992 - Dry
- 1993 - Rid of Me
- 1995 - To Bring You My Love
- 1998 - Is This Desire?
- 2000 - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
- 2004 - Uh Huh Her
- Heart
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience note
- 1967 - Are You Experienced
- 1967 - Axis: Bold as Love
- 1968 - Electric Ladyland
- Herman's Hermits
- The Hollies
- Horslips
- Buddy Holly
- Hootie & the Blowfish
- Glenn Hughes
- Caleb Hyles
- Billy Idol
- Rhys Ifans
- INXS
- Jan and Dean
- Jawbreaker
- Jefferson Airplane
- 1966 - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
- 1967 - Surrealistic Pillow
- 1968 - Crown of Creation
- Joan Jettnote
- Eric Johnson
- Tom Jones
- Journey
- Kamikazee
- Kid Rock
- 1993 - The Polyfuze Method
- 1996 - Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp
- 1998 - Devil Without A Cause
- 2001 - Cocky
- 2003 - Kid Rock (2003)
- The Kinks
- KISS
- 1974 - KISS
- 1974 - Hotter Than Hell
- 1975 - Dressed to Kill
- 1976 - Destroyer
- 1976 - Rock And Roll Over
- 1977 - Love Gun
- 1977 - Alive II
- 1978 - KISS Solo Albums
- 1979 - Dynasty
- 1980 - Unmasked
- 1981 - Music from "The Elder"
- 1982 - Creatures of the Night
- 1983 - Lick It Up
- 1984 - Animalize
- 1985 - Asylum
- 1987 - Crazy Nights
- 1989 - Hot in the Shade
- 1992 - Revenge
- 1997 - Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
- 1998 - Psycho Circus
- 2009 - Sonic Boom
- 2012 - Monster
- Klaatu
- Lenny Kravitz
- Led Zeppelinnote
- 1969 - Led Zeppelin
- 1969 - Led Zeppelin II
- 1970 - Led Zeppelin III
- 1971 - Led Zeppelin IV
- 1973 - Houses of the Holy
- 1975 - Physical Graffiti
- 1976 - The Song Remains the Same
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Little Richard
- 1957 - Here's Little Richard
- Kenny Loggins
- Love
- Love/Hate
- Loverboy
- Nick Lowe
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen
- 1995-2013 - Ayreon
- 2012 - Lost in the New Real
- Lucifer Luscious Violenoue
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- The Mamas & the Papas
- Mary And The Black Lamb
- Matchbox Twenty note
- Dave Matthews Band
- Imelda May
- Mayday
- MC5
- Kick Out the Jams (1969)
- Meat Loaf
- John Mellencamp
- Freddie Mercury
- Barcelona (1988)
- Steve Miller Band
- Miyavi
- The Monkees
- Moon Kana
- Mötley Crüe
- Mott the Hoople
- Mr. Big
- Münchener Freiheit, a.k.a. Freiheit
- NateWantsToBattle
- Nautilus Pompilius
- Needtobreathe
- Nephew
- Michael Nesmithnote
- Neu!
- New Model Army
- Nickelback
- Stevie Nicksnote
- Niconote
- Night Ranger
- Klaus Nomi
- Klaus Nomi (1981)
- Simple Man (1982)
- Ted Nugent
- Yoko Ononote
- Roy Orbison
- Passion Pit
- Petra
- Tom Petty
- Phish
- Pink Cream 69note
- Pinn Panelle
- Joel Plaskett
- Pleaserock
- Poco
- Poison
- Iggy Pop
- The Idiot (1977)
- Lust for Life (1977)
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Elvis Presley
- 1956 - Elvis Presley
- 1976 - The Sun Sessions
- The Pretty Things
- 1968 - S.F. Sorrow
- The Pretty Reckless
- Los Prisioneros
- The Proclaimers
- Psycho le Cému
- Queennote
- 1973 - Queen (1973)
- 1974 - Queen II
- 1974 - Sheer Heart Attack
- 1975 - A Night at the Opera
- 1976 - A Day at the Races
- 1977 - News of the World
- 1978 - Jazz
- 1980 - The Game
- 1982 - Hot Space
- 1984 - The Works
- 1986 - A Kind of Magic
- 1989 - The Miracle
- 1991 - Innuendo
- 1995 Made in Heaven
- Gerry Rafferty
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
- Californication (1999)
- By the Way (2002)
- Stadium Arcadium (2006)
- Lou Reednote
- 1972 - Transformer
- 1973 - Berlin
- 1989 - New York (1989)
- REO Speedwagon
- The Rolling Stones
- 1964 - The Rolling Stones
- 1965 - The Rolling Stones No. 2
- 1965 - Out of Our Heads
- 1966 - Aftermath
- 1967 - Between the Buttons
- 1967 - Their Satanic Majesties Request
- 1968 - Beggars Banquet
- 1969 - Let It Bleed
- 1971 - Sticky Fingers
- 1972 - Exile on Main St..
- 1973 - Goats Head Soup
- 1974 - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll
- 1976 - Black and Blue
- 1978 - Some Girls
- 1980 - Emotional Rescue
- 1981 - Tattoo You
- 1983 - Undercover
- 1986 - Dirty Work
- 1989 - Steel Wheels
- 1994 - Voodoo Lounge
- 1997 - Bridges to Babylon
- 2005 - A Bigger Bang
- Mick Jagger
- Brian Jones
- Keith Richards
- Mick Taylor
- David Lee Roth
- Todd Rundgren
- Something/Anything? (1972)
- Santana
- 1970 - Abraxas
- 2002 - Shaman
- Carlos Santana
- Saving Abel
- Scorpions
- The Script
- Bob Seger
- Sha Na Na
- The Shaggs
- SHAZNA
- Shinedown
- Slade
- Sloan
- The Small Facesnote
- Soul Coughing
- Sparks
- Kimono My House (1974)
- Lil' Beethoven (2002)
- The Spin Room
- Rick Springfield
- Bruce Springsteen
- 1975 - Born to Run
- 1984 - Born in the U.S.A.
- Billy Squier
- Status Quo
- Steely Dan
- 1973 - Countdown to Ecstasy
- 1977 - Aja
- Steppenwolf
- Al Stewart
- Rod Stewart
- The Stunners
- Harry Styles
- Survivor
- Sweet
- James Taylor
- Steve Taylor
- Tesla
- Thin Lizzy
- Thirsty Merc
- TNT
- Toto
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- 2000 - Beethoven's Last Night
- The Traveling Wilburysnote
- Viktor Tsoi
- Tina Turner
- U2
- War (1983)
- The Joshua Tree (1987)
- Rattle and Hum (1988)
- Achtung Baby (1991)
- All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
- Steve Vainote
- Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
- Van Halennote
- Velvet Undergroundnote
- The Velvet Underground (1969)
- Loaded (1970)
- Squeeze (1973)
- Warrant
- Whitesnakenote
- The Whonote
- 1965 - My Generation
- 1966 - A Quick One
- 1967 - The Who Sell Out
- 1969 - Tommy
- 1971 - Who's Next
- 1973 - Quadrophenia
- Brian Wilson
- Dennis Wilson
- 1977 - Pacific Ocean Blue
- The Winery Dogs
- Wingsnote
- Wolfmother
- The Yardbirdsnote
- 1964 - Five Live Yardbirds
- 1965 - For Your Love
- 1965 - Having a Rave Up
- 1966 - Roger the Engineer
- 1967 - Little Games
- Jonathan Young
- Neil Young
- After the Gold Rush (1970)
- Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
- Warren Zevon
- The Zombies
- 1965 - Begin Here
- 1968 - Odessey and Oracle
- ZZ Top
- 1983 - Eliminator
New Wave/Post-Punk
- ABC
- Adam and the Ants
- Adam Ant
- a-ha
- The Alarm
- The B-52s
- Bauhaus
- Blondie
- Vyacheslav Butusov
- The Cars
- Coeur Machant
- Culture Club
- Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
- Colour by Numbers (1983)
- Waking Up with the House on Fire (1984)
- From Luxury to Heartache (1986)
- The Cure
- The Damned
- Daniel Amos
- Devo
- Q: Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! (1978)
- Freedom of Choice (1980)
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Divinyls
- Thomas Dolby
- Duran Duran
- 1993 - Duran Duran
- Ian Dury and The Blockheads
- Eurythmics
- A Flock of Seagulls
- The Go-Go's
- Katrina and the Waves
- Joy Divisionnote
- 1979 - Unknown Pleasures
- 1980 - Closer
- 1988 - Substance (Joy Division Album)
- Annie Lennox
- Magazine
- Martha And The Muffins
- Men at Work
- Missing Persons
- Klaus Nomi
- Oingo Boingo
- The Police
- Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
- Synchronicity (1983)
- Polysics
- The Pretenders
- Pretenders (1980)
- Peter Schilling
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Spandau Ballet
- Squeeze
- Talking Heads
- 1977 - Talking Heads: 77
- 1978 - More Songs About Buildings and Food
- 1979 - Fear of Music
- 1980 - Remain in Light
- 1983 - Speaking in Tongues
- 1984 - Stop Making Sense
- 1985 - Little Creatures
- 1986 - True Stories
- 1988 - Naked
- Tom Tom Club
- Talk Talk
- Tears for Fears
- Voltaire
- Wall of Voodoo
- Wire
- 1977 - Pink Flag
- 1978 - Chairs Missing
Progressive
- Aghora
- Aina
- The Alan Parsons Project
- 1977 - I, Robot
- Asia
- Anouk
- Ayreon
- Isaac Baranoff
- Bill Bruford
- Bucketheadnote
- Bull of Heaven
- Camel
- Coheed and Cambria
- Conception
- Devil Doll
- Dog Fashion Disco
- Dream Theater
- 1992 - "Images and Words"
- 1999 - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
- Liquid Tension Experimentnote
- Egg
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Emerson, Lake & Palmernote
- Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
- Fair to Midland
- Marianne Faithfull
- The Fall of Troy
- The Flower Kings
- Peter Gabrielnote
- Genesisnote
- Gentle Giant
- Gongnote
- Gordian Knotnote
- Greek Fire
- Steve Hackettnote
- Hawkwindnote
- Henry Cow
- Desperate Straights (with Slapp Happy) (1975)
- In Praise Of Learning (with Slapp Happy) (1975)
- Isis
- Jethro Tull
- Aqualung (1970)
- Yuki Kajiura
- Yoko Kanno
- Kansas
- King Crimsonnote
- Luna Sea
- Malice Mizernote
- Marillion
- Mastodon
- The Mars Volta
- Meshuggah
- Mudvayne
- LD 50 (2000)
- The End Of All Things To Come (2002)
- Lost and Found (2005)
- The New Game (2008)
- Mudvayne (2009)
- Nevermore
- New York Dolls
- Mike Oldfield
- Tubular Bells (1973)
- Crises (1983)
- Tubular Bells II (1992)
- Tubular Bells III (1998)
- Opeth
- Pain of Salvation
- Periphery
- Pink Floyd
- 1967 - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- 1968 - A Saucerful of Secrets
- 1969 - More
- 1969 - Ummagumma
- 1970 - Atom Heart Mother
- 1971 - Meddle
- 1972 - Obscured by Clouds
- 1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon
- 1975 - Wish You Were Here
- 1977 - Animals
- 1979 - The Wall
- 1983 - The Final Cut
- 1987 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- 1994 - The Division Bell
- 2014 - The Endless River
- Syd Barrett
- 1970 - The Madcap Laughs
- 1970 - Barrett
- Roger Waters
- Porcupine Tree
- The Project Hate MCMXCIX
- Protest the Hero
- The Protomen
- Quatermass
- Queensrÿche
- 1988 - Operation: Mindcrime
- Ratt
- Roxy Music
- Rush
- 1989 - Presto
- 2012 - Clockwork Angels
- Joe Satrianinote
- SikTh
- Spock's Beard
- Steven Wilson
- Styx
- Supertramp
- 1979 - Breakfast in America
- Symphony X
- tool
- Devin Townsend
- Trevor Rabin
- Ulver
- Umphrey's McGee
- Underground Zero
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Voivod
- Yes
- 1971 - The Yes Album
- 1971 - Fragile
- 1972 - Close to the Edge
- 1983 - 90125
Punk/Hardcore/Pop-Punk
- The Acacia Strainnote
- The Adicts
- Against Me!
- Alexisonfire
- Babes in Toyland
- Bad Brains
- Bad Religion
- Bikini Kill
- Black Flag
- Damaged (1981)
- Henry Rollins
- blink-182note
- Botch
- Bowling for Soup
- Buzzcocks
- Circle Takes the Square
- The Clash
- The Clash (Album) (1977)
- London Calling (1979)
- Sandinista! (1980)
- Cut the Crap (1985)
- Converge
- The Cramps
- Crass
- Cult Leader
- A Day to Remember
- Dead Kennedys
- Frankenchrist (1985)
- The Dead Milkmen
- The Deafening (with a bit of Glam Rock)
- Descendents
- Die Ärzte
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- The Dingees
- D.O.A.
- Dropkick Murphys
- Emily Pukis and the Vagrants
- Escape the Fate note
- The Exploding Hearts
- Fall Out Boy
- Fastbacks
- Fear
- Flogging Molly
- The Forgotten Rebels
- Funeral for a Friend
- GG Allin
- The Germs
- Glassjaw
- Gob
- Good Charlotte
- Greeley Estates
- Green Day
- 1994 - Dookie
- 1995 - Insomniac
- 1997 - nimrod.
- 2000 - Warning
- 2004 - American Idiot
- 2009 - 21st Century Breakdown
- Hed PE
- Helmet
- Hüsker Dü
- The Jam
- John Otway
- A Kiss Could Be Deadly
- Less Than Jake
- Life Never Lost
- Lit
- MDC
- Melt-Banana
- The Menzingers
- Mischief Brew
- Minor Threat
- Minutemen
- The Misfits
- The Modern Lovers
- Motion City Soundtrack
- MC5
- Mx Px
- New Found Glory
- Nina Hagen
- Nirvana
- Bleach (1989)
- Nevermind (1991)
- Incesticide (1992)
- In Utero (1993)
- MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
- Kurt Cobain
- NOFX
- Onkel Konkel and His Konkelbar
- The Offspringnote
- Paramore
- The Pogues
- The Ramones
- Ramones (1976)
- Leave Home (1977)
- Rocket to Russia (1977)
- Road to Ruin (1978)
- End of the Century (1980)
- Rancid
- Relient K
- Rise Against
- Rites of Spring
- The Runawaysnote
- Schoolyard Heroes
- Screeching Weasel
- Sex Pistolsnote
- Shonen Knife
- Simple Plan
- Patti Smith
- Horses (1976)
- Radio Ethiopia (1976)
- Easter (1978)
- Wave (1979)
- Snot
- The Stooges
- The Stooges (Album) (1969)
- Fun House (1970)
- Raw Power (1973)
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Sum 41
- System of a Down
- 2001 - Toxicity
- 2005 - Mezmerize/Hypnotize
- Taking Back Sundaynote
- Television
- Marquee Moon (1977)
- Titus Andronicus
- The Monitor (2010)
- Trap Themnote
- Tub Ring
- Turbonegro
- Uncle Kracker
- Underoath
- Waterparks
- The World/Inferno Friendship Society
- X
- Yellowcard
- Zebrahead
- Zombina and the Skeletones
- John Zorn: Highly eclectical and impossible to pigeonhole artist, mostly active in jazz, though his gigantic catalogue has tried out various genres and styles throughout the years.
- Spillane (1987)
- Radio (1993)
- Music for Children (1998)