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This Swedish foursome's
hooky pop is as popular in
the new millennium as it
was in the group's 1970s
heyday. The name Abba...
There is only one AC/DC.
They play rock 'n' roll that's
more punk than punk and
more metal than metal.
They rule. AC/DC formed i...
Avril Lavigne not only
writes her own songs, she
was the executive
producer of her 2007 album
The Best Damn Thing. She...
Whether he's playing folk,
country, rock or blues, Bob
Dylan always channels
songs that are timeless. Bob
Dylan legally changed his...
South African
singer/guitarist Dave
Matthews formed his funky
pop/rock outfit in Virginia in
the early '90s. Like Q-Tip...
A performer whose career
flagrantly defies convention
with such finesse that fans
not only forgive him, they
worship him. It seems like...
From his humble Rockabilly
beginning to his swaggering,
sweaty Las Vegas persona,
Elvis embodied all that was
rock 'n' roll. Elvis cut his f...
Foo Fighters members have
also played in the Germs,
Sunny Day Real Estate and
(of course) Nirvana. Foo
Fighters were named afte...
Jack Johnson's warm,
emotive voice and
acoustic-based music often
gets mistaken for Dave
Matthews. Pick a career:...
Hendrix used feedback,
heavy blues and LSD to
create enduring, influential
rock that expanded the
language of the guitar. Ja...
Zeppelin took the blues and
injected it with satanism,
horniness, and light-speed
guitars, the result became
heavy metal. The name Le...
Linkin Park are
guitar-slinging scratch
wizards who simultaneously
glorify the big riff while
bowing down to hip-hop....
One of pop's most
successful artists, Madonna
is admired for her music as
much as for her maverick
personality. Madonna left...
Michael Jackson's
domination of radio and
television in the 1980s
earned him the nickname
"King of Pop." His first solo...
Since the mid-1960s Neil
Young has staked out the
ground where country,
rock and feedback meet.
From Buffalo Springfield t...
Nickelback are an
Alberta-based nu-metal
band whose track "Leader
of Men" was an alt radio hit.
Initially, Nickelback was a...
Pearl Jam went from grunge
also-rans to one of the most
popular stadium rock bands
of the 1990s and beyond.
After Mother Love Bone si...
The premier psychedelic
band of the 1970s, Pink
Floyd formed in 1965,
incorporating jazz and
insanity into their music....
A suave Svengali and the
savior of post-Parliament
funk, Prince has found love
on the pop charts since the
1980s. Prince has been co...
Radiohead are one of the
most revered bands of the
1990s and beyond. Quite a
change from their initial
one-hit wonder tag. Radio...
The Beatles gained
enormous popularity with
genius songwriting,
beautiful harmonies and
non-stop experimentation...
The Byrds applied ringing
guitars to Dylan songs,
explored the outer reaches
of psychedelia and
kick-started Country Roc...
Forever the greatest rock
band on the planet, the
Stones have turned their
bluesy brilliance into a way
of life. The Stones' foundi...
The evolution of U2's music
is ongoing, and each record
seems to bring a
never-before-encountered
style to their oeuvre. Oth...
The premier American hard
rock band of the late '70s
and early '80s. Eddie Van
Halen influenced a
generation of guitarists. V...
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