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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

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)

Origin: Liverpool, England

Status: defunct

1960s

1961

• The Beach Boys

Origin: Hawthorne, California, United States

Status: active

1962

• The Rolling Stones

Origin: London, England

Status: active

1963

• The Yardbirds

Origin: London, England

Status: active

1964

• The Who

Origin: London, England

Status: active

1965

• Jefferson Airplane

Origin: San Francisco, California, United States

Status: renamed to Jefferson Starship, occasionally active

• Pink Floyd

Origin: Cambridge, England

Status: on hiatus

• The Doors

Origin: Los Angeles, California

Status: defunct

1966

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Origin: London, England

Status: defunct

1968

• Led Zeppelin

Origin: London, England

Status: defunct, with occasional reunions in recent years

• Yes (band)

Origin: London, England

Status: on hiatus

1970s

1970

• Lynyrd Skynyrd

Origin: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Status: active

• Queen

Origin: London, England

Status: active

1973

• Kaveret

Origin: Israel

Status: defunct

1975

• Sex Pistols

Origin: London, England

Status: defunct, with occasional reunions in recent years

• Iron Maiden

Origin: London, England

Status: Active

1976

• Joy Division

Origin: Salford, England

Status: defunct, remnants renamed to New Order

• U2

Origin: Republic of Ireland

Status: active

1980s

1989

• Green Day

Origin: Oakland, California, United States

Status: active

1990s

1991

• Rage Against the Machine

Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States

Status: active

1998

• Relient K

Origin: Canton, Ohio, United States

Status: active

2000s

2001

• The Reputation

Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Status: defunct

Alphabetical listing

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A

• ABBA
• AC/DC
• A-ha
• Aldo Nova
• Alice in Chains
• The Allman Brothers
• The Arctic Monkeys

B

• The Babys
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Barenaked Ladies
• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• Black Sabbath
• Blue Oyster Cult
• Bon Jovi
• Boston
• Butthole Surfers

C

• The Carpenters
• Chicago
• Coldplay
• Collective Soul
• Counting Crows
• Creed
• Creedence Clearwater Revival

D

• Def Leopard
• Dillinger
• Dokken
• The Doors
• Duran Duran

E

• The Eagles

F

• Faster Pussycat
• Fleetwood Mac
• Foo Fighters
• Foreigner

G

• Genesis
• Grateful Dead
• Great White
• Green Day
• Guns N Roses

H

• Huey Lewis and the News
• Hole

I

• Iron Maiden

J

• Jefferson Airplane
• Jefferson Airship
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Joy Division
• Journey
• Judas Priest

K

• Kaveret
• Kansas (band)
• King Crimson
• KISS
• KIX

L

• L.A. Guns
• Led Zeppelin
• Lynyrd Skynyrd

M

• Matchbox Twenty
• Metallica
• Moody Blues
• Mötley Crüe

N

• Ninedays
• Nirvana

O

• Oasis

P

• Parliament (band)
• Pearl Jam
• Pink
• Pink Floyd
• Poison
• Prince and the Revolution
• Puddle of Mudd
• Police, The (band)

Q

• Queen
• Queensryche
• Quiet Riot

R

• Radiohead
• Rage Against the Machine
• RATT
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• R.E.M.
• REO Speedwagon
• Relient K
• The Reputation
• The Rolling Stones
• Rush

S

• Santana
• Sex Pistols
• Skid Row
• Slaughter
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Steely Dan
• Stone Temple Pilots
• Stray Cats
• Styx
• Supertramp

T

• Temptations
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Tool
• Twisted Sister

U

• U2

V

• Van Halen

W

• Warrant
• Weather Report
• Weezer
• The Who

X

Y

• The Yardbirds
• Yes

Z

• ZZ Top