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This is an incomplete list of articles on bands that perform rock music, in chronological order of their founding year. To view the list in alphabetical order, see #Alphabetical listing.
1950s
1957
- The Beatles (original name was The Quarrymen)
1960s
1961
- Origin: Hawthorne, California, United States
- Status: active
1962
- Origin: London, England
- Status: active
1963
- Origin: London, England
- Status: active
- Origin: London, England
- Status: active
1964
- Origin: London, England
- Status: active
1965
- Origin: San Francisco, California, United States
- Status: renamed to Jefferson Starship, occasionally active
- Origin: Cambridge, England
- Status: defunct
- Origin: Los Angeles, California
- Status: defunct
1966
- Origin: Birmingham, England
- Status: defunct
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
1967
- Origin: Birmingham, England
- Status: defunct, reformed briefly 1977-1978
1968
- Origin: Walsall, England
- Status: defunct
1970s
1970
- Origin: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Status: active
- Origin: London, England
- Status: on hiatus
1973
- Origin: Israel
- Status: defunct
1975
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct, with occasional reunions in recent years
- Origin: London, England
- Status: Active
1976
- Origin: Salford, England
- Status: defunct, remnants renamed to New Order
- Origin: Republic of Ireland
- Status: active
1980s
1981
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
1981
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
1984
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
1989
- Origin: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Status: active
- Origin: Oakland, California, United States
- Status: active
1990s
1991
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
- Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Status: active
1998
- Origin: Canton, Ohio, United States
- Status: active
2000s
2001
Alphabetical listing
Use the appropriate alpha-link template here...I forget what it's called.
A
ABBA: A Scandinavian pop music group; one of the iconic rock bands of the 1970s. [e]- The Addicts: A 1960s Widnes band which released one notable single on Decca Records, and featured Geoff Keeley on vocals and Steve Duggan on guitar. [e]
- A-ha: A Norwegian pop music band formed in 1983. [e]
B
- Band of Joy: A 1960s Birmingham band which featured Robert Plant and John Bonham. [e]
- The Beatles: English rock band of the 1960's. [e]
- The Black Crowes: An American, revivalist hard rock jam band from Atlanta, Georgia dedicated to celebrating and playing 1970s-era blues-rock. [e]
Black Sabbath: English heavy metal group formed in 1968. [e]
C
- Coverdale-Page: A 1990s collaboration band featuring Whitesnake lead vocalist David Coverdale, and former Led Zeppelin and the Firm guitarist Jimmy Page. [e]
D
E
F
- The Firm (band): 1980s supergroup, comprising of ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, along with ex-Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, Tony Franklin, and Chris Slade. [e]
G
- Genesis (band): A British progressive rock band founded in 1967. [e]
- The Guess Who: A Canadian Rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1965. [e]
H
- Heart (band): A Seattle-based rock band led by Ann and Nancy Wilson. [e]
- The Honeydrippers: A 1980s rhythm and blues project by Robert Plant, featuring guest musicians Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Nile Rodgers. [e]
I
- Iron Maiden: English heavy metal band from Leyton in East London, formed in 1975. [e]
J
- Jefferson Airplane: An American rock band founded in 1965, in San Francisco. [e]
- Joy Division: Rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, England, and viewed as one of the forerunners of gothic. [e]
K
L
Led Zeppelin: English hard rock and blues group formed in 1968, known for their albums and stage shows. [e]- Listen (band): A 1960s Birmingham band featuring Robert Plant as singer. [e]
M
N
O
- Obs-Tweedle: A 1960s Walsall band notable for having Robert Plant as singer, before being discovered by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. [e]
P
- Pink Floyd: A widely acclaimed psychedelic rock band which originated in England in the 1960s. [e]
- The Pretty Things: Influential English rock and blues group formed in 1963, known for their raucous stage shows, wild antics, and rivalry with contemporaries the Rolling Stones. [e]
Q
- Queen (rock band): A rock band formed in 1970 in London, United Kingdom. [e]
R
- Relient K: A pop-punk and Christian Rock band which is known in both Christian and secular circles. [e]
R.E.M.: A rock and roll band, a mainstay on college radio throughout the 1980s, and in virtue of its increasing popularity into the 90s, became credited as one of the major forces in bringing alternative rock into some mainstream acceptance. [e]- REO Speedwagon: American rock band from the Midwestern United States, formed in 1967. [e]
- The Reputation: Add brief definition or description
- The Rolling Stones: Famous and influential English blues rock group formed in 1962, known for their albums Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers, and songs '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' and 'Start Me Up'. [e]
- Rush: Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968, in Toronto, Ontario, composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. [e]
S
- Supertramp: A progressive rock band founded in 1969 originally based around lead singers, and principal songwriters, Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson. [e]
T
- Toto (band): Add brief definition or description
- Triumph (band): A Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975, consisting of Gil Moore on drums and vocals, Mike Levine on bass and keyboards and Rik Emmett on guitar and vocals. [e]
- Trooper (band): Add brief definition or description
U
V
W
X
- XYZ (band): A projected 1980s supergroup, derived from eX-Yes-&-Zeppelin, comprising of ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, along with ex-Yes members Chris Squire and Alan White. [e]