50 All Time Classic Rock Artists 60's - 80's

[Nola33]

I am going to restrict this list to the top 50 artists I have seen who produced all or most of their music during the decades of the 60's, 70's & 80's.

Anyone also seen all of these?

British/Irish:
Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Who
Led Zeppelin
Moody Blues
Eric Clapton/Cream
Jethro Tull
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
U2
Van Morrison
Queen
Pink Floyd
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Yes
Def Leppard
Bad Company
Foghat
Duran Duran
Rod Stewart
The Animals
The Kinks
Black Sabbath
The Police

Best songwriters: Lennon/McCartney
Greatest voice: Freddie Mercury

American/Canadian/Australian:
The Eagles
Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
Journey
Boston
Styx
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Doors
Rush (Canadian)
AC/DC (Australian)
Aerosmith
The Byrds
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Foreigner (also British, founded in NYC)
Heart
Allman Brothers
Bob Seger
John Cougar Mellencamp
Tom Petty
ZZ Top
Bon Jovi
Van Halen
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Grand Funk Railroad

Best songwriter: Bob Dylan
The King of Rock 'n Roll: Elvis Presley
Greatest voices: Elvis & Roy Orbison

 

[BeautifulLoser79]

On the American side, I'm disappointed by the lack of...

...but don't worry about it. I'm so used to my #1 favorite band being massively underrated, sad to say.