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Ok, to keep repeats to a bare minimum, I'll be updating the official LIST from time to time, as new suggestions warrant. I've taken the time to alphabetize it for easy reference. I've also added a number of my own suggestions, as well as removing a few that don't, IMHO, quite fit. These are included as appendices at the end of the LIST. If one of your suggestions is included there, please don't be offended, or think that I don't consider that artist's contribution to the music world valid or valuable. Just understand that I don't consider them to quite fit the criteria. The fact is that some of these few (roughly a dozen or so) are in fact good bands that I enjoy. That doesn't make them classic rock.
Remember, as initiator of this thread, I will be the final arbitor of what does or does not make the list. Thanks for your contributions.
Final Note: we've got about 170 or so names here. That's pretty good, but I think if we all rack our brains enough, we can push that number over 200 (300?). So keep those suggestions coming in, please. Thanks.
The LIST
----------Numeric
.38 Special
----------A
AC/DC
Aerosmith
The Alan Parsons Project
Alice Cooper
Alice In Chains
Greg Allman
The Allman Brothers
The Animals
Asia
----------B
Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO)
Bad Company
Badfinger
The Band
The Beatles
Jeff Beck
Pat Benatar
The Black Crowes
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blue Oyster Cult
Blues Image
Boston
David Bowie
Buffalo Springfield
Eric Burdon
The Byrds
----------C
The Cars
Eric Clapton
Cheap Trick
Chicago
The Clash
Tom Cochrane
Joe Cocker
Phil Collins
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and Young) (CSN/Y)
The Cult
----------D
Roger Daltry
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Derek and the Domino's
Rick Derringer
Devo
Dio
Dire Straits
The Doobie Brothers
The Doors
Dream Theater
Dr. John
----------E
The Eagles
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP)
Eurythmics
----------F
Faces (aka The Small Faces)
Fleetwood Mac
Foreigner
Peter Frampton
Free
Foghat
----------G
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Glen Frye
Golden Earring
Grand Funk Railroad
The Grateful Dead
The Guess Who
Guns 'n' Roses
----------H
Sammy Hagar
George Harrison
Head East
Jeff Healey
Heart
Don Henley
Jimi Hendrix
The Herd
The Hollies
Humble Pie
----------I
Billy Idol
INXS
Donnie Iris (& The Cruisers)
Iron Maiden
----------J
The James Gang
Janis Joplin (& Big Brother & The Holding Company)
Jefferson Airplane/ Starship
Jethro Tull
Joan Jett (& The Blackhearts)
The J. Geils Band
Billy Joel
Elton John
Eric Johnson
Journey
----------K
Kansas
King Crimson
The Kinks
Kiss
The Knack
Lenny Kravitz
----------L
Led Zeppelin
John Lennon
Gordon Lightfoot
Living Color
Lynrd Skynrd
----------M
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
The Marshal Tucker Band
Paul McCartney
Meatloaf
Metallica
The MC5
The Steve Miller Band
Montrose
The Moody Blues
Mott the Hoople
Mountain
----------N
Nazareth
The Nazz
Stevie Nicks
Ted Nugent
----------O
Ozzy Osborne
----------P
Jimmy Page
Graham Parker (& The Rumor)
Robert Plant
Tom Petty (& The Heartbreakers)
Pink Floyd
The Police
The Pretenders
The Pretty Things
Prince (Purple Rain album only)
----------Q
Queen
Queensryche
----------R
Rainbow
The Ramones
Red Ryder
REO Speedwagon
Paul Rodgers
The Rolling Stones
David Lee Roth
Todd Rundgren
Rush
----------S
Santana
Joe Satriani
The Scorpions
Bob Seger (& The Silver Bullet Band)
Simon and Garfunkel
Patti Smith
Spirit
Bruce Springsteen (& The E Street Band)
Billy Squier
Ringo Starr (& his All Starr Band)
Steely Dan
Rod Stewart
Sting
Styx
Supertramp
Sweet
----------T
Ten Years After
Tesla
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
Toto
Pete Townshend
Traffic
The Traveling Wilburys
T. Rex
The Troggs
Triumph
Robin Trower
----------U
U2
Uriah Heep
Utopia
----------V
Steve Vai
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Stevie Ray Vaughn
----------W
Joe Walsh
War
Roger Waters
Bob Welch
Whitesnake
The Who
Wings
Edgar Winter
Peter Wolf
----------X
XTC
----------Y
The Yardbirds
Yes
Neil Young
----------Z
Frank Zappa (& The Mothers Of Invention)
ZZ Top
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The sort-of-but-not-quite classic rock list:
America
Bread
The Beach Boys
Bo Diddley
Ry Cooder
Jan and Dean
The Mamas and the Papas
Poco
Wilson Pickett
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The thrown-out-entirely list (and the reason why):
Berlin (too pop, not a rock band in any sense)
Cactus (too obscure)
Electric Flag (too obscure)
Iggy Pop & The Stooges (too punk)
Motorhead (too hardcore/metal)
New York Dolls (too punk)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (too funk)
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