Rock

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.
  • 1980 - Back in Black
• Bryan Adams
• Aerosmith
• The Afghan Whigs
• The Allman Brothers Band
• Anarchy Club
• Andrew W.K.
• The Animals ^note  Also see Jimi Hendrix
• Archive
• Area 11
• Arctic Monkeys
  • 2006 - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  • 2013 - AM
• Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
• Bad Company^note Also see Free, King Crimson and Queen
• 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
  • John Lennon^note Also see Yoko Ono
  • 1970 - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
  • 1971 - Imagine
  • 1973 - Mind Games
  • Paul McCartney^note Also see Wings
  • 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
• 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
  • 1974 - Diamond Dogs
  • 1975 - Young Americans
  • 1976 - Station to Station
  • 1977 - Low
  • 1977 - "Heroes"
  • 1979 - Lodger
  • 1980 - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
  • 1983 - Let's Dance
  • 1984 - Tonight
  • 1987 - Never Let Me Down
  • 1993 - Black Tie White Noise
  • 1993 - The Buddha Of Suburbia
  • 1995 - Outside
  • 1997 - Earthling
  • 1999 - Hours...
  • 2002 - Heathen
  • 2003 - Reality
  • 2013 - The Next Day
  • 2016 - Blackstar
• Black Veil Brides
• Jackson Browne
• Andy Biersack
• British Sea Power
• Buck Tick
• Jimmy Buffett
• 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
• Chickenfoot^note Also see Joe Satriani, Van Halen and Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 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
• Cream^note Also see Eric Clapton
  • 1967 - Disraeli Gears
• Creed^note Also see Alter Bridge
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • 1969 - Willy and the Poor Boys
• Crush 40
• The Cult
• D
• Daughtry
• Deep Purple^note Also see Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Whitesnake
  • Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969)
  • Deep Purple in Rock (1970)
  • Machine Head (1972)
• Def Leppard
• Dick Dale
• Dire Straits
  • Brothers in Arms (1985)
• Minnie Driver
• James Durbin
• Eagles
• Eagles of Death Metal^note Also see Queens of the Stone Age
• The Eraserheads
  • Ultraelectromagneticpop (1993)
• Europe
• The Everly Brothers
• Everything Else
• exist†trace
• Extreme
• Faces^note Also see The Small Faces and The Who
• Falling in Reverse ^note Also see Escape the Fate
• Filter
• Fleetwood Mac
  • 1977 - Rumours
  • 1979 - Tusk
• Foreigner^note Also see King Crimson
• Peter Frampton
• Free^note Also see Bad Company
• FT Island
• Fugazi
  • Repeater (1990)
• The Fugs
  • The Fugs First Album (1965)
  • The Fugs Second Album (1966)
  • It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest (1968)
• The J. Geils Band
• Golden Earring
• Grand Funk Railroad
• The Grateful Dead
  • Anthem of the Sun (1968)
  • American Beauty (1970)
• Greek Fire
• Ferre Grignard
• Dave Grohl
• Guns N' Roses^note Also see Buckethead
  • 1987 - Appetite for Destruction
  • 1988 - G N'R Lies
  • 1991 - Use Your Illusion
• Halestorm
• 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  Also see The Animals
  • 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
• Billy Idol
• Rhys Ifans
• INXS
• Jan and Dean
• Jawbreaker
• Jefferson Airplane
  • 1966 - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
  • 1967 - Surrealistic Pillow
  • 1968 - Crown of Creation
• Joan Jett^note Also see The Runaways
• Tom Jones
• Journey
• Kamikazee
• Kid Rock
• The Kinks
  • 1967 - Something Else by the Kinks
  • 1968 - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
  • 1970 - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
  • 1971 - Muswell Hillbillies
• 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
• Led Zeppelin^note Also see The Yardbirds and Them Crooked Vultures
  • 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 Also see Rob Thomas
• Dave Matthews Band
• Imelda May
• Mayday
• MC5
  • Kick Out the Jams (1969)
• Meat Loaf
• Freddie Mercury
  • Barcelona (1988)
• Steve Miller Band
• Miyavi

• Moon Kana
• Mötley Crüe
• Mott the Hoople
• Mr. Big
• Münchener Freiheit, a.k.a. Freiheit
• NateWantsToBattle
• Nautilus Pompilius
• Needtobreathe
• Nephew
• Michael Nesmith^note Also see The Monkees
• Neu!
• Nickelback
• Stevie Nicks^note Also see Fleetwood Mac
• Nico^note Also see Velvet Underground
• Night Ranger
• Klaus Nomi
  • Klaus Nomi (1981)
  • Simple Man (1982)
• Ted Nugent
• Yoko Ono^note Also see John Lennon
• Roy Orbison
• Passion Pit
• Petra
• Tom Petty
• Phish
• Pink Cream 69^note Also see Helloween
• 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
• Queen^note Also see Bad Company
  • 1973- Queen 1973
  • 1974- Sheer Heart Attack
  • 1975 - A Night at the Opera
  • 1976 - A Day at the Races
  • 1977 - News of the World
  • 1986 - A Kind of Magic
  • 1989 - The Miracle
• Gerry Rafferty
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
  • Californication (1999)
  • By the Way (2002)
  • Stadium Arcadium (2006)
• Lou Reed^note Also see Velvet Underground
  • 1972 - Transformer
  • 1973 - Berlin
• 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
• The Small Faces^note Also see Faces and The Who
• Soul Coughing
• Sparks
  • Kimono My House (1974)
  • Lil' Beethoven (2002)
• Bruce Springsteen
  • 1975 - Born to Run
• Billy Squier
• Status Quo
• Steely Dan
• 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 Wilburys^note Also see Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, George Harrison, and Electric Light Orchestra
• 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 Vai^note Also see Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake
• Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• Van Halen^note Also see Chickenfoot
• Velvet Underground^note Also see Nico, Lou Reed
  • The Velvet Underground (1969)
  • Loaded (1970)
  • Squeeze (1973)
• Warrant
• Whitesnake^note Also see Deep Purple
• The Who^note Also see The Small Faces and Faces
  • 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
• Wings^note Also see The Beatles, Paul McCartney and The Moody Blues
• Wolfmother
• The Yardbirds^note Also see Led Zeppelin, Cream and Eric Clapton
  • 1964 - Five Live Yardbirds
  • 1965 - For Your Love
  • 1965 - Having a Rave Up
  • 1966 - Roger the Engineer
  • 1967 - Little Games
• Jonathan Young
• Neil Young
  • Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
• Warren Zevon
• The Zombies
  • 1965 - Begin Here
  • 1968 - Odessey and Oracle
• ZZ Top

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New Wave/Post-Punk

• ABC
• Adam and the Ants
• Adam Ant
• aha
• 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 Division^note Also see New Order
  • 1979 - Unknown Pleasures
  • 1980 - Closer
• Annie Lennox
• Magazine
• Martha And The Muffins
• Missing Persons
• Klaus Nomi
• Oingo Boingo
• The Police
  • Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
  • Synchronicity (1983)
• Polysics
• Pretenders
• 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
  • 1984 - Stop Making Sense
  • 1985 - Little Creatures
  • 1986 - True Stories
  • Tom Tom Club
• Talk Talk
• Tears for Fears
• Voltaire
• Wall of Voodoo
• Wire
  • 1977 - Pink Flag

Progressive

• Aghora
• Aina
• The Alan Parsons Project
  • 1977 - I, Robot
• Asia
• Anouk
• Ayreon
• Isaac Baranoff
• Bill Bruford
• Buckethead^note Also see Guns N' Roses
• 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 Experiment^note Also see King Crimson
• Egg
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer^note Also see King Crimson
  • Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
• Fair to Midland
• Marianne Faithfull
• The Fall of Troy
• The Flower Kings
• Peter Gabriel^note Also see Genesis and Tony Levin (King Crimson)
• Genesis^note Also see Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett
  • Tony Banks
• Gentle Giant
• Gong^note Also see Hawkwind and Allan Holdsworth
• Gordian Knot^note Also see Cynic
• Greek Fire
• Steve Hackett^note Also see Genesis
• Hawkwind^note Also see Motörhead, Underground Zero, and Gong
• Henry Cow
• Isis
• Jethro Tull
  • Aqualung (1970)
• Yuki Kajiura
• Yoko Kanno
  • The Seatbelts
• Kansas
• King Crimson^note Also see Bad Company, Foreigner, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Liquid Tension Experiment
  • In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
• Luna Sea
• Malice Mizer^note Also see Gackt
• Marillion
• Mastodon
• The Mars Volta
• Meshuggah
• Mudvayne
• Nevermore
• New York Dolls
• Mike Oldfield
  • Tubular Bells (1973)
• 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 Satriani^note Also see Chickenfoot, Deep Purple
• SikTh
• Spock's Beard
• Steven Wilson
• Styx
• Supertramp
• Symphony X
• Tool
• Devin Townsend
• Trevor Rabin
• Ulver
• Umphrey's McGee
• Underground Zero
• Van Der Graaf Generator
• Voivod
• Yes

Punk/Hardcore/Pop-Punk

• The Adicts
• Against Me!
• A Kiss Could Be Deadly
• Alexisonfire
• Bad Brains
• Bad Religion
• Bikini Kill
• Black Flag
  • Henry Rollins
• blink-182^note Also see Angels & Airwaves
• Botch
• Bowling for Soup
• Buzzcocks
• Circle Takes The Square
• The Clash
  • London Calling (1979)
  • Sandinista! (1980)
• Converge
• The Cramps
• Crass
• 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
• Dropkick Murphys
• Emily Pukis and the Vagrants
• Escape the Fate ^note Also see Falling in Reverse
• 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
• Kottonmouth Kings
• 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 Offspring^note Also see Angels & Airwaves
• John Otway
• 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 Runaways^note Also see Joan Jett
• Schoolyard Heroes
• Screeching Weasel
• Sex Pistols^note Also see Public Image Ltd.
  • Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
• 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 Sunday^note Also see Brand New
• Television
  • Marquee Moon (1977)
• Titus Andronicus
  • The Monitor (2010)
• Trap Them^note Also see The Red Chord and Unearth
• Tub Ring
• Turbonegro
• Uncle Kracker
• Underoath
• 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)

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