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Old 07-28-2004, 11:39 PM   #19 (permalink)
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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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