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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: London, England
- Status: defunct
- 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
1980
- Origin: San Antonio, Texas
- Status: on hiatus
- Origin: London, England
1981
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
1981
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
1983
- Origin: New Jersey
- Status: defunct
- Origin: Hollywood, California
- Status: active
1984
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
1985
- Origin: New York
- Status: defunct
1986
- Origin: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1988
- Origin: Brighton, England
- Origin: Liverpool, England
- Origin: Oxford, England
1989
- Origin: Colchester, England
- Status: active
- Origin: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Status: active
- Origin: Oakland, California, United States
- Status: active
1990s
1990
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
- Origin: Albany, California
1991
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
- Origin: Burnage, England
- Status: defunct
- Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Status: on hiatus
1992
- Origin: San Diego, California
- Origin: London, England
1994
- Origin: Jacksonville, Florida
- Origin: Hounslow, England
- Status: defunct
1996
- Origin: London, England
- Status: defunct
- Origin: Bethnal Green, London, England
- Status: defunct
1998
- Origin: San Francisco, California
- Origin: Southern California
- Origin: Canton, Ohio, United States
- Status: active
2000s
2001
- Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Status: defunct
2010s
2013
- Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Status: active
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 Beta Band: Add brief definition or description
- The Black Crowes: An American, revivalist hard rock jam band from Atlanta, Georgia dedicated to celebrating and playing 1970s-era blues-rock. [e]
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Add brief definition or description
- Black Sabbath: English heavy metal group formed in 1968. [e]
- Blink 182: Add brief definition or description
- The Bluetones: Add brief definition or description
- Blur: Add brief definition or description
- Bon Jovi: Add brief definition or description
- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Add brief definition or description
- Bush: Add brief definition or description
- Butthole Surfers: Add brief definition or description
C
- California Breed: Add brief definition or description
- 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]
- Legendary Pink Dots: Add brief definition or description
- The Lemonheads: Add brief definition or description
- The Levellers: Add brief definition or description
- Levitation: Add brief definition or description
- The Libertines: Add brief definition or description
- The Lightning Seeds: Add brief definition or description
- Limp Bizkit: Add brief definition or description
- Linkin Park: Add brief definition or description
- Listen (band): Add brief definition or description
- Living Colour: Add brief definition or description
M
N
O
P
- Pink Floyd: Add brief definition or description
- The Pretty Things: Add brief definition or description
Q
R
- Radiohead: Add brief definition or description
- Rancid: Add brief definition or description
- Relient K: Add brief definition or description
- R.E.M.: Add brief definition or description
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Add brief definition or description
- REO Speedwagon: Add brief definition or description
- The Reputation: Add brief definition or description
- The Rolling Stones: Add brief definition or description
- Rush: Add brief definition or description
S
T
- Toto (band): Add brief definition or description
- Triumph (band): Add brief definition or description
- Trooper (band): Add brief definition or description