Liste ≡ Rock & Pop Bands A-D
150 Beste Rockbands der Welt + Popbands, Alben & Hits
Beste Rockbands gibt es – subjektiv betrachtet – viele. Denn jeder hat seinen ganz eigenen Musik-Geschmack, den er gerne hört. Für den einen gehört z.B. Genesis zu den beste Rock Bands aller Zeiten, für den anderen wiederum Deep Purple. Dazwischen liegen Welten, die wir mit dieser feinen Auswahl (des Taschenhirn-Teams) verbinden möchten.
Die blau markierten Alben gehören laut Rolling Stone Magazin zu den „TOP 100 Alben aller Zeiten“. Die # gibt die exakte Platzierung bekannt. Steht da also die Zahl #55, so rankt das Album auf dem 55. Platz. Die rötlich markierten Alben & Singles landeten in den deutschen Musik-Charts auf Platz 1.
Mit Klick auf ➕ finden Smartphone-User die erfolgreichsten Alben & größten Hits der beste Rockbands aller Zeiten. B=Bass, D=Drums, G=Gitarre, K=Keyboard, POS=Posaune, SYN=Synthesizer, V=Vocal/Gesang
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Große Bands (Gründung) | Letzte Besetzung, EX Mitglieder | Beste Alben & Hits (EV) |
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ABBA (SWE, 1972-1982) |
Sängerinnen Agneta Fältskog & Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad, Keyboarder Benny Andersson, Gitarrist Björn Ulvaeus | Alben: Ring, Ring (1972); Waterloo (1974); The Best of ABBA (Kompilation, 1975); ABBA (1975); Arrival (1976); ABBA – The Album (1977); Voulez-Vous (1979); Super Trouper (1980); The Visitors (1981); A wie ABBA (Kompilation, 1981); The First 10 Years (1982); ABBA Gold – Greatest Hits (Kompilation, 1992); Voyage (2021)
Hits: Waterloo (1974); Honey, Honey (1974); SOS (1975); Mamma Mia (1975); Dancing Queen (1976); Fernando (1976); Money Money (1976); Knowing Me, Knowing You (1977); Take a Chance on Me (1978); Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (1979); I Have a Dream (1979); Chiquitita (1979); Super Trouper (1980); The Winner Takes it all (1980); One of Us (1981); The Day Before You Came (1982); I Still Have Faith in You (2021); Don’t Shut Me Down (2021) |
AC/DC (AUS, 1973) |
Sänger Brian Johnson, Gitarristen Angus Young & Stevie Young, Bassist Cliff Williams, Drummer Phil Rudd
EX: V: Bon Scott † 1980, G: Mark Evans, Malcome Young † 2017, D: Simon Wright, Chris Slade, Colin Burgess † 2023, B: Larry Van Kriedt |
Alben: High Voltage (1975); T.N.T. (1975); Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976); Let There be Rock (1977); Powerage (1978); If You Want Blood You’ve Got It (Live, 1978); Highway to Hell (1979); Back in Black #77 (1980); For Those About to Rock (1981); Flick of the Switch (1983); ’74 Jailbreak (EP, 1984); Fly on the Wall (1985); Who Made Who (Soundtrack, 1986); Blow up Your Video (1988); The Razors Edge (1990); AC/DC Live (1992); Ballbreaker (1995); Let There Be Rock: The Movie – Live in Paris (Live, 1997); Live from the Atlantic Studios (Live, 1997); Stiff Upper Lip (2000); Black Ice (2008); Iron Man 2 (Soundtrack, 2010); Live at River Plate (Live, 2012); Rock or Bust (2014); Power Up (2020)
Hits: T.N.T. (1975); The Jack (1975); Live Wire (1975); Big Balls (1976); Jailbreak (1976); Love at First Feel (1976); Problem Child (1976); Ride on (1976); Let There be Rock (1977); Whole Lotta Rosie (1977); Highway to Hell (1979); Touch Too Much (1979); Hells Bells (1980); You Shook Me All Night Long (1980); Thunderstruck (1990); Big Gun (1993); Hard as a Rock (1996); Rock ’n Roll Train (2008); Play Ball (2014). Weitere beste Rockbands finden Sie auf den nachfolgenden Seiten. |
Aerosmith (USA, 1970) | Sänger Steven Tyler, Gitarristen Joe Perry & Brad Whitford, Bassist Tom Hamilton, Drummer Joey Kramer
EX: G: Jimmy Crespo, Rick Dufay |
Alben: Aerosmith (1973); Get Your Wings (1974); Toys in the Attic (1975); Rocks (1976); Draw the Line (1977); Night in the Ruts (1979); Rock in a Hard Place (1982); Done With Mirrors (1985); Permanent Vacation (1987); Pump (1989); Get a Grip (1993); Big Ones (Kompilation, 1994); Nine Lives (1997); A Little South of Sanity (Live, 1998); Just Push Play (2001); Music From Another Dimension! (2012); Rocks Donington 2014 (Live, 2015); 1971: The Road Starts Hear (Live, 2021); Greatest Hits (Kompilation, 2023)
Hits: Dream On (1973); Walk This Way (1975); Come Together (1978); Dude – Looks Like a Lady (1987); Love in an Elevator (1989); Livin’ On the Edge (1993); Cryin (1993); Amazing (1994); I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (1998); Jaded (2000) |
A-ha (NOR, 1982) |
Sänger Morton Harket, Gitarrist Pal Waaktaar-Savoy, Keyboarder Magne Furuholmen | Alben: Hunting High and Low (1985); Scoundrel Days (1986); Stay On These Roads (1988); East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990); Headlines and Deadlines (Kompilation, 1991); Memorial Beach (1993); Minor Earth, Major Sky (2000); Lifelines (2002); How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head? (Live, 2003); Analogue (2005); Foot of the Mountain (2009); 25 (Kompilation, 2010); Ending on a High Note – The Final Concert (Live, 2011); Cast in Steel (2015); MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice (Live, 2017); True North (2022)
Hits: Take On Me (1984); The Sun Always Shine on TV (1985); Hunting High and Low (1986); Cry Wolf (1986); The Living Daylights (1987 für den James Bond Film: „Der Hauch des Todes“); Stay On These Roads (1988); Touchy! (1988); Crying in the Rain (1990); Summer Moved On (2000); Forever Not Yours (2002); Celice (2005); Foot of the Mountain (2009) |
Alan Parsons Projekt (GB, 1975-1987) | Sänger, Pianist & Keyboarder Eric Woolfson († 2009), Gitarrist & Keyboard Alan Parsons
EX: G: Ian Bairnson, V: John Miles & Colin Blunstone, B: David Paton, SAX: Mel Collins, D: Stuart Elliot & Stuart Tosh |
Alben: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976); I Robot (1977); Pyramid (1978); Eve (1979); The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980); Eye in the Sky (1982); Ammonia Avenue (1984); Vulture Culture (1984); Stereotomy (1985); Gaudi (1987); The Instrumental Works (Kompilation, 1988); Live in Colombia (Live, 2016)
Hits: A Dream within a Dream (1976); Lucifer (1979): Games People Play (1980); Time (1981); Eye in the Sky (1982); Don’t Answer Me (1984) |
Alice In Chains (USA, 1987) |
Sänger William DuVall, Gitarrist Jerry Cantrell, Bassist Mike Inez, Drummer Sean Kinney
EX: V: Layne Staley † 2002 B: Mike Starr † 2011 |
Alben: We Die Young (1990); Facelift (1991); Sap (1992); Dirt (1992); Jar of Flies (1994); Alice In Chains (1995); MTV Unplugged (1996); The Essential (2006); Black Gives Way to Blue (2009); The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013); Rainier Fog (2018)
Hits: Would? (1992); Down in a Hole (1993); Get me Wrong (1994); Over Now (1996) |
Asia (GB, 1981) |
Sänger & Keyboarder: Geoff Downes, Sänger & Bassist John Wetton † 2017, Gitarrist Steve Howe, Drummer Carl Palmer
EX: V/B: Greg Lake V/G: John Payne |
Alben: Asia (1982); Alpha (1983); Astra (1985); Then and Now (Kompilation, 1990); Aqua (1992); Aria (1994); Arena (1996); Silent Nation (2004); Phoenix (2008); Omega (2010); XXX (2012); Gravitas (2014)
Hits: Heat of the Moment (1982); Only Time will Tell (1982); Don’t Cry (1983); Go (1985) |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (CAN, 1970-1977) | Sänger & Gitarrist Randy Bachman & Chad Allen, Bassist Fred Turner, Drummer Robbie Bachman
EX: V/G: Tim Bachman, Jim Clench † 2010 |
Alben: BTO Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1973); Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1974); Not Fragile (1974); Four Wheel Drive (1975); Head On (1975); Freeways (1977); Street Action (1978); Rock‘n‘Roll Nights (1979)
Hits: Taking Care of Business (1974); You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (1974); Free Wheelin’ (1974); Roll On Down the Highway (1975); Hey You (1975) |
Backstreet Boys (USA, 1993) | Sänger Howie Dorough, Alex McLean, Nick Carter, Brian Littrell & Kevin Richardson | Alben: Backstreet Boys (1996); Backstreet‘s Back (1997); Millennium (1999); Black & Blue (2000); Greatest Hits: Chapter One (Kompilation, 2001); Never Gone (2005); Unbreakable (2007); This Is Us (2009); In a World Like This (2013); DNA (2019); A Very Backstreet Christmas (2022)
Hits: We’ve Got it Going On (1995); I’ll Never Break Your Heart (1996); Get Down (1996 feat. Toni Cottura); Quit Playing Games With My Heart (1996); Everybody (1997); Anywhere for You (1997); All I Have to Give (1998); I Want it That Way (1999); Larger Than Life (1999); Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely (1999); Shape of My Heart (2000); Incomplete (2005) |
Band, The (CAN/USA, 1957-1999) | Sänger & Bassist Rick Danko † 1999, Sänger & Drummer Levon Helm † 2012, Saxophonist Garth Hudson
EX: V/G: Robbie Robertson † 2023, Bob Dylan V/K: Richard Manuel † 1986 |
Zahlreiche Alben mit Ronnie Hawkins (1957-1964) und Bob Dylan (1970-1975); Als „The Band“: Music from Big Pink #34 (1968); The Band #45 (Brown Album, 1969); Stage Fright (1970); Cahoots (1971); Rock of Ages (1972); Moondog Matinee (1973); Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975); Islands (1977); The Last Waltz (1978); Jericho (1993); High on the Hog (1996); Jubilation (1998)
Hits: The Weight (1968); The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969, wurde offiziell nie als Single veröffentlicht); Up on Cripple Creek (1969); King Harvest (1970) |
Barclay James Harvest (GB, 1966-1998) |
Sänger & Gitarristen Les Holroyd & John Lees
EX: D: Mel Pritchard † 2004, K: Wolly Wolstenholme |
Alben: Barclay James Harvest (1970); Once Again (1971); Baby James Harvest (1972); Everyone is Everybody Else (1974); Time Honoured Ghosts (1975); Octoberon (1976); Gone to Earth (1977); XII (1978); Eyes of the Universe (1979); Berlin – A Concert for the People (Live, 1982); Victims of Circumstance (1984); Face to Face (1987); Welcome to the Show (1990); Best of Barclay James Harvest (Kompilation, 1991); Caught in the Light (1993); River of Dreams (1997)
Hits: Child Of The Universe (1974); Hymn (1977); Poor Man’s Moody Blues (1978); Life is for Living (1980) |
Beach Boys (USA, 1961) | Sänger & Bassist Brian Wilson, Sänger Mike Love, Sänger & Gitarrist Alan Jardine
EX: V/G: Carl Wilson † 1998 D: Dennis Wilson † 1983 V: Bruce Johnston |
Alben: Surfin‘ USA (1963); Little Deuce Coupe (1963); Surfer Girl (1963); Shut Down Vol. 2 (1964); Beach Boys Concert (Live, 1964); All Summer Long (1964); The Beach Boys Today (1965); Summer Days (1965); Beach Boy’s Party! (1965); Pet Sounds #2 (1966); Smiley Smile (1967); 20/20 (1969); Surf’s Up (1971), Still Cruisin’ (1989), That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012); The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018); Feel Flows – The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969–1971 (Kompilation, 2021)
Hits: Surfin‘ USA (1963); Surfer Girl (1963); Fun Fun Fun (1964); I Get Around (1964); Help me, Rhonda (1965); California Girls (1965); Barbara Ann (1965); Sloop John B (1966); God Only Knows (1966); Good Vibrations (1966); Do It Again (1968); Kokomo (1988) |
Beatles, The (GB, 1960-1970) | Sänger, Gitarrist, Bassist & Pianist Paul Mc Cartney, Sänger, Gitarrist & Pianist John Lennon † 1980, Sänger & Leadgitarrist George Harrison † 2001, Drummer & Perkussion Ringo Starr
EX: B: Stuart Sutcliffe † 1962 D: Pete Best |
Alben: Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg (Live, 1962); Please Please Me #39 (1963); Meet the Beatles #53 (1963); A Hard Day‘s Night (1964); Beatles for Sale (1964); Help! (1965); Rubber Soul #5 (1965); Revolver #3 (1966); Sgt. Pepper‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band #1 (1967); The Magic Mystery Tour (1967); The White Album #10 (1968); Yellow Submarine (1969); Abbey Road #14 (1969); Let It Be (1970); Rotes Album: 1962–1966 (Kompilation, 1973); Blaues Album: 1967–1970 (Kompilation, 1973); Rock ’n’ Roll Music (Kompilation, 1976); Love Songs (Kompilation, 1977); Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 (1977); The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (Live, 1977); Live at the BBC (Kompilation, 1994); Anthology 1 (Kompilation, 1995); Anthology 2 (Kompilation, 1996); Anthology 3 (Kompilation, 1996); Yellow Submarine Songtrack (Remix, 1999); 1 (Kompilation, 2000); Let It Be… Naked (Remix, 2003); Love (Remix, 2006); Get Back: The Rooftop Performance (Live, 2021)
Hits: Love Me Do (1962); Please Please Me (1963); She Loves You (1963); I Want to Hold Your Hand (1963); Can’t Buy Me Love (1964); Hard Day‘s Night (1964); I Feel Fine (1964); Ticket to Ride (1965); Yesterday (1965); Help! (1965); We Can Work It Out (1965); Paperback Writer (1966); Michelle (1966); Nowhere Man (1967); Yellow Submarine (1966); Strawberry Fields Forever (1967); All You Need is Love (1967); Penny Lane (1967); Hello, Goodbye (1967); Lady Madonna (1968); Hey Jude (1968); Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1969); Get Back (1969); The Ballad of John and Yoko (1969); Something (1969); Come Together (1969); Let It Be (1970); Now and Then (2023) |
Bee Gees (Isle of Man, 1958-2003) |
Sänger Robin Gibb † 2012, Gitarrist Barry Gibb, Sänger, Bassist & Keyboarder Maurice Gibb † 2003. Ihr vierter Bruder Andy Gibb (1958-1988) war nie Teil der Band.
EX: D: Colin Petersen, Vince Melouney |
Alben: The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs (1965); Spicks and Specks (1966); Bee Gees 1st (1967); Horizontal (1968); Idea (1968); Odessa (1969); Cucumber Castle (1970); 2 Years On (1970); Trafalgar (1971); To Whom It May Concern (1972); Life in a Tin Can (1973); Mr. Natural (1974); Main Course (1975); Children of the World (1976); Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack, 1977); Here at Last…Bee Gees (Live, 1977); Spirits Having Flown (1979); Living Eyes (1981); Staying Alive (Soundtrack, 1983); E.S.P. (1987); One (1989); The Very Best of the Bee Gees (Kompilation, 1990); High Civilization (1991); Size Isn’t Everything (1993); Still Waters (1997); One Night Only (Live, 1998); This is Where I Came In (2001); Their Greatest Hits – The Record (Kompilattion, 2001); Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits (Kompilation, 2017). Bee Gees haben zudem zahlreiche Song für andere Interpreten geschrieben.
Hits: Massachusetts (1967); World (1967); Words (1968); I’ve Got a Message to You (1968); First of May (1969); I.O.I.O. (1970); Jive Talkin’ (1975); You Should Be Dancing (1976); How Deep is Your Love? (1977); Saturday Night Fever (1977); Stayin‘ Alive (1977); Night Fever (1978); Too Much Heaven (1978); Tragedy (1979); Love You Inside Out (1979); You Win Again (1987); Secret Love (1991); Alone (1997); Immortality (1998 mit Céline Dion) |
Black Eyed Peas, The (USA, 1995) | Sänger Will.I.am, Apl.de.ap, Taboo & Fergie
EX: V: Kim Hill |
Alben: Behind the Front (1998); Bridging the Gap (2000); Elephunk (2003); Monkey Business (2005); The E.N.D. (2009); The Beginning (2010), Masters of the Sun, Vol. 1 (2018); Translation (2020); Elevation (2022)
Hits: Where is the Love? (2003 feat. Justin Timberlake); Shut Up (2003); Hey Mama (2004); Don’t Phunk with My Heart (2005); Don’t Lie (2005); My Humps (2005); Boom Boom Pow (2009); I Gotta Feeling (2009); Meet Me Halfway (2009); Rock That Body (2010); The Time – Dirty Bit (2010); Just Can‘t Get Enough (2011); Ritmo – Bad Boys for Life (2019 mit J Balvin); Mamacita (2020 mit Ozuna & J. Rey Soul); Girl like Me (2020 feat. Shakira) |
Black Sabbath (GB, 1969-2017) | Sänger Ozzy Osbourne, Gitarrist Tony Iommi, Bassist Geeze Butler, Drummer Bill Ward
EX: V: Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan |
Alben: Black Sabbath (1970); Paranoid (1970); Master of Reality (1971); Volume 4 (1972); Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973); Sabotage (1975); We Sold Our Soul for Rock ’n’ Roll (Kompilation, 1975); Technical Ecstasy (1976); Never Say Die! (1978); Heaven and Hell (1980); Mob Rules (1981); Born Again (1983; Seventh Star (1986); The Eternal Idol (1987); Headless Cross (1989); Try (1990); Dehumanizer (1992); Cross Purposes (1994); Forbidden (1995); Reunion (Live, 1998); 13 (2013); The End: Live in Birmingham (Live, 2017)
Hits: Paranoid (1970); Never Say Die! (1978); Neon Knights (1980); TV Crimes (1992) |
Blondie (USA, 1974) | Sängerin Debbie Harry, Gitarrist Chris Stein, Bassist Gary Valentine, Drummer Clem Burke, Keyboarder Jimmy Destri | Alben: Plastic Letters (1978); Parallel Lines (1978); Blondie (1979); Eat to the Beat (1979); AutoAmerican (1980); The Hunter (1982); No Exit (1999); The Curse of Blondie (2003); Panic of Girls (2011); Pollinator (2017); Against the Odds: 1974-1982 (Kompilation, 2022)
Hits: Denis (1978); Heart of Glass (1979); Sunday Girl (1979); Dreaming (1979); Call Me (1980); Atomic (1980); The Tide is High (1980); Rapture (1981); Maria (1999) |
Blur (GB, 1989) |
Sänger & Gitarrist Damon Albarn, Gitarrist Graham Coxan, Bassist Alex James, Drummer Dave Rowntree
EX: G: Simon Tang |
Alben: Leisure (1991); Modern Life is Rubbish (1993); Parklife (1994); The Great Escape (1995); Blur (1997); 13 (1999); The Best Of (Kompilation, 2000); Think Tank (2002); The Magic Whip (2015); The Ballad of Darren (2023)
Hits: There is No Other Way (1991); Girls and Boys (1994); Parklive (1994); Country House (1995); The Universal (1996); Song 2 (1997); Beetlebum (1997); Tender (1999); Coffee & TV (1999); Out of Time (2003) |
Bon Jovi (USA, 1983) | Sänger & Gitarrist Jon Bon Jovi, Gitarrist Richie Sambora, Drummer Tico Torres, Keyboarder David Bryan
EX: B: Alec John Such † 2022 |
Alben: Bon Jovi (1984); 7800° Fahrenheit (1985); Slippery When Wet (1986); New Jersey (1988); Keep the Faith (1992); Cross Road – The Best of Bon Jovi (Kompilattion, 1994); These Days (1995); Crush (2000); One Wild Night Live 1985–2001 (Live, 2001); Bounce (2002); This Left Feels Right (Kompilation, 2003); Have a Nice Day (2005); Lost Highway (2007); The Circle (2009); Greatest Hits (Kompilation, 2010); What About Now (2013); Burning Bridges (2015); This House is Not For Sale (2016); 2020 (2020)
Hits: Runaway (1984); Living On a Prayer (1986); You Give Love a Bad Name (1986); Bad Medicine (1988); Keep the Faith (1992); Bed of Roses (1993); In These Arms (1993); Always (1994); This Ain’t a Love Song (1994); It‘s my Live (2000); Everyday (2002); Have a Nice Day (2005); Make a Memory (2007); We Weren‘t Born to Follow (2009). Weitere beste Rockbands finden Sie auf den nachfolgenden Seiten. |
Boston (USA, 1975) |
Gitarrist, Bassist, Schlagzeuger & Keyboarder Tom Scholz, Gitarrist Gary Pihl, Schlagzeuger Curly Smith & Jeff Neal, Sänger & Keyboarder Tommy DeCarlo EX: G/V: Brad Delp † 2007, G: Barry Goudreau, D: Jim Masdea |
Alben: Boston (1976); Don’t Look Back (1978); Third Stage (1986); Walk On (1994); Corporate America (2002); Life, Love & Hope (2013) Hits: More Than a Feeling (1976); Don’t Look Back (1978); Amanda (1986) |
Byrds, The (USA, 1964-1973) |
Sänger & Gitarrist Roger McGuinn, David Crosby & Gene Clark † 1991, Sänger & Bassist Chris Hillman, Drummer Michael Clarke † 1993 EX: V/G: Clarence White † 1973 V/B: Skip Battin † 2003 |
Alben: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965); Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965); Fifth Dimension (1966); Younger Than Yesterday (1967); The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968); Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968); Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1969); Ballad of Easy Rider (1969); Untitled (1970); Byrdmaniax (1971); Farther Along (1971); Byrd (1973); History of the Byrds (Kompilation, 1973) Hits: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965); All I Really Want to Do (1965); Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965); Eight Miles High (1966); The Times They Are A’Changin’ (1966) |
Chicago (USA, 1967) |
Sänger & Pianist Robert Lamm, Sänger Lee Loughnane, Sänger & Posaunist James Pankow, Sänger & Bassist Jason Scheff, Drummer Tris Imboden
EX: V: Peter Cetera, G: Terry Kath † 1978, D: Daniel Seraphine |
Alben: Chicago Transit Authority (1969); Chicago (1970); Chicago III (1971); At Carnegie Hall (1971); V (1972); VI (1973); VII (1974); VIII (1975); Chicago X (1976); Chicago XI (1977); Hot Streets (1978); Chicago 16 (1982); Twenty 1 (1991); Night & Day Big Band (1995); Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album (1998); The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits (Kompilation, 2002); Chicago XXX (2006); Stone of Sisyphus (2008); Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions (2013); Now: Chicago XXXVI (2014); Terry’s Last Stand (Live, 2015); Chicago: VI Decades Live – This is What We Do (2018); Chicago Christmas (2019); Chicago XXXVIII: Born for this Moment (2022)
Hits: 25 or 6 to 4 (1970); I‘m a Man (1970); Old Days (1975); If You Leave Me Now (1976); Baby What a Big Surprise (1977); Hard to Say I’m Sorry (1982); You’re the Inspiration (1984); Stay the Night (1984); Look Away (1988) |
Clash, The (GB, 1976-1986) | Sänger & Gitarrist Joe Strummer † 2002 & Nick Sheppard, Gitarrist Vince White, Sänger & Bassist Paul Simonon, Drummer Pete Howard
EX: V/G: Mick Jones, D: Terry Chimes, V/D: Topper Headon |
Alben: The Clash #81 (1977), Give ’Em Enough Rope (1978), London Calling #8 (1979), Sandinista! (1980), Combat Rock (1982), Cut the Crap (1985). Weitere beste Rock Bands finden Sie auf den nachfolgenden Seiten. Hits: Tommy Gun (1978), London Calling (1979), Bankrobber (1980), Rock the Casbah (1982), Should I Stay Or Should I Go (1982) |
Coldplay (GB, 1996) |
Sänger & Pianist Chris Martin, Gitarrist Jonny Buckland, Bassist & Keyboarder Guy Barryman, Drummer Will Champion | Alben: Parachutes (2000); A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002); X&Y (2005); Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends (2008); Mylo Xyloto (2011); Ghost Stories (2014); A Head Full of Dreams (2015); Kaleidoscope (EP, 2017); Live in Buenos Aires (Live, 2018); Everyday Life (2019); Music of the Spheres (2021)
Hits: Yellow (2000); In My Place (2002); Speed of Sound (2005); Viva La Vida (2008); Paradise (2011); Princess of China (2012); Atlas (2013); A Sky Full of Stars (2014); Adventure of a Lifetime (2015); Hymn for the Weekend (2015); Something Just Like This (2017); Higher Power (2021); My Universe (2021) |
Commodores, The (USA, 1968) | Trompeter William King, Drummer Walter Orange, Saxophonist J.D. Nicholas
EX: G: Thomas McClary B: Ronald LaPread SX: Lionel Richie K: Milan Williams († 2006) |
Alben: Machine Gun (1974); Caught in the Act (1975); Movin’ On (1975); Hot on the Tracks (1976); Zoom (1977); Natural High (1978); Midnight Magic (1979); Heroes (1980); In the Pocket (1981); Commodores 13 (1983); Nightshift (1985); United (1986); Rock Solid (1988); No Tricks (1993); Keep On Dancing (2012)
Hits: Slippery When Wet (1975); Sweet Love (1975); Just to Be Close to You (1976); Easy (1977); Brick House (1977); Too Hot Ta Trot (1977); Three Times a Lady (1978); Still (1979); Lady (1981); Nightshift (1985) |
Cranberries, The (IRL, 1989-2019) | Sängerin, Gitarristin & Keyboarderin Dolores O’Riordan † 2018, Gitarrist Noel Hogan, Bassist Michael Hogan, Drummer Fergal Lawler |
Alben: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (1993); No Need to Argue (1994); To the Faithful Departed (1996); Bury the Hatchet (1999); Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001); Stars – The Best of the Cranberries 1992–2002 (Live, 2002); Roses (2012); Something Else (2017); In the End (2019) Hits: Dreams (1992); Linger (1993); Zombie (1994); Salvation (1996) |
Creedence Clearwater Revival „CCR“ (USA, 1967-1972) | Sänger & Gitarrist John Fogerty, Bassist Stu Cook, Drummer Doug Clifford
EX: G: Tom Fogerty |
Alben: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968); Bayou Country (1969); Green River (1969); Willy and the Poor Boys (1969); Cosmo‘s Factory (1970); Pendulum (1970); Mardi Gras (1972), Chronicle Vol. One #59 (1976); Hey Tonight (Kompilation, 1981); Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Live, 2022) Hits: Suzi Q (1968); Proud Mary (1969); Bad Moon Rising (1969); Green River (1969); Down on the Corner (1969); Travelin’ Band (1970); Up Around the Bend (1970); Lookin’ Out My Back Door (1970); Long as I Can See the Light (1970 > TH-Hörempfehlung); Hey Tonight (1971); Sweet Hitch-Hiker (1971); I Heard it Through the Grapevine (1976) |
Cream (GB, 1966-1968) |
Sänger & Gitarrist Eric Clapton, Sänger & Bassist Jack Bruce † 2014, Drummer Ginger Baker † 2019 | Alben: Fresh Cream (1966); Disraeli Gears (1967); Wheels of Fire (1968); Goodbye (1969); Best of Cream (Kompilation, 1969); Live Cream (Live, 1970); Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005 (Live, 2005)
Hits: I Feel Free (1966); Sunshine of Your Love (1968); White Room (1968); Crossroads (1969); Badge (1969) |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young „CSNY“ (GB/USA, 1968-2016) | Sänger & Gitarristen David Crosby † 2023, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash & Neil Young | Alben: Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969); Déjà Vu (1970); Four Way Street (Live, 1971); So Far (Kompilation, 1974); CSN (1977); Daylight Again (1982); American Dream (1988); After the Storm (1994); Looking Forward (1999); CSNY 1974 (Live, 2014)
Hits: Marrakesh Express (1968); Ohio (1970); Woodstock (1970); Teach Your Children (1970); Just a Song Before I Go (1977); Wasted on the Way (1982); Southern Cross (1982) |
Cure, The (GB, 1978) |
Sänger & Gitarrist Robert Smith, Gitarrist Porl Thomson, Bassist Simon Gallup, Drummer Jason Cooper
EX: V/B: Michael Demsey D/K: L. Tulhurst K: Roger O‘Donnell D: Boris Williams, Andy Anderson † 2019 |
Alben: Three Imaginary Boys (1979); Seventeen Seconds (1980); Faith (1981); Pornographic (1982); Japanese Whispers Kompilation, 1983); The Top (1984); The Head on the Door (1985); Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987); Disintegration (1989); Mixed Up! (Remix, 1990); Wish (1992); Wild Mood Swings (1996); Galore (Kompilation, 1997); Bloodflowers (2000); Greatest Hits (Kompilatiton, 2001); The Cure (2004); 4:13 Dream (2008); Mixed Up (Kompilation, 2018); 40 Live – Curætion 25 – Anniversary (2019)
Hits: Boys Don‘t Cry (1979); A Forest (1980); The Walk (1983); The Love Cats (1983); The Caterpillar (1984); In Between Days (1985); Close to Me (1985); Lullaby (1989); Lovesong (1989); Pictures of You (1990); Never Enough (1990); High (1992); Friday I’m in Love (1992) |
Deep Purple (GB, 1968) | Sänger & Mundharmonika Ian Gillan, Gitarrist Steve Morse, Bassist Roger Glover, Drummer Ian Paice, Keyboarder & Orgelspieler Don Airey
EX: G: Ritchie Blackmore B: Nick Simper V: Rod Evans K: Jon Lord † 2012 V: David Coverdale V/B: Glenn Hughes V: Joe Lynn Turner |
Alben: Shades of Deep Purple (1968); The Book of Taliesyn (1968); Deep Purple III (1969); Deep Purple in Rock (1970); Fireball (1971); Machine Head (1972); Made in Japan (Live, 1972); Who Do We Think We Are (1973); Burn (1974); Stormbringer (1974); Come Taste the Band (1975); Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple (Kompilation, 1980); Perfect Strangers (1984); The House of Blue Light (1987); Slaves and Masters (1990); The Battle Rages On (1993); Purpendicular (1996); Abandon (1998); Bananas (2003); Rapture of the Deep (2005); Now What? (2013); Infinite (2017); Whoosh! (2020); Turning to Crime (2021); Bombay Calling (Live, 2022). Weitere beste Rock Bands finden Sie auf den nachfolgenden Seiten.
Hits: Hush (1968); Speed King (1970); Black Night (1970); Child in Time (1970 > TH-Hörempfehlung); Strange Kind of a Woman (1971); Fireball (1971); Smoke on the Water (1972); Highway Star (1972); Woman from Tokyo (1973); Mistreated (1974); Burn (1974) |
Def Leppard (GB, 1977) | Sänger Joe Elliott, Gitarristen Phil Collen & Vivian Campbell, Bassist Rick Savage, Drummer Rick Allen
EX: G. Pete Willis, Steve Clark † 1991 |
Alben: On Through the Night (1980); High N’ Dry (1981); Pyromania (1983); Hysteria (1987); Adrenalize (1992); Retro Active (Kompilation, 1993); Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (Kompilation, 1995); Slang (1996); Euphoria (1999); X (2002); Yeah! (2006); Songs From the Sparkle Lounge (2008); Mirror Ball (Live, 2011); Def Leppard (2015); Diamond Star Halos (2022); Drastic Symphonies (2023 mit dem Royal Philharmonic Orchestra). Weitere beste Rock Bands finden Sie auf den folgenden Seiten.
Hits: Animal (1987); Armageddon It (1987); Pour Some Sugar On Me (1987); Love Bites (1988); Let’s Get Rocked (1992); Two Steps Behind (Soundtrack von „Last Action Hero“, 1993); When Love & Hate Collide (1995) |
Deftones (GB, 1977) |
Sänger & Gitarrist Camillo „Chino“ Wong Moreno, Gitarrist Stephen Carpenter, Bassist Sergio Vega, Drummer Abe Cunningham, Keyboarder Frank Delgado EX: B: Dominic Garcia, Chi Ling Dai Cheng † 2013, D: John Taylo |
Alben: Adrenaline (1995); Around the Fur (1997); White Pony (2000); Deftones (2003); B-Sides & Rarities (Kompilation, 2005); Saturday Night Wrist (2006); Diamond Eyes (2010); Koi No Yokan (2012); Gore (2016); Ohms (2020) Hits: My Own Summer – Shove It (1997); Minerva (2003); Diamond Eyes (2010) |
Depeche Mode (GB, 1980) |
Sänger Dave Gahan, Sänger, Gitarrist & Keyboarder Martin Gore, Keyboarder Andrew Fletcher † 2022
EX: K: Vince Clarke, D: Alan Wilder, Christian Eigner |
Alben: Speak & Spell (1981); A Broken Frame (1982); Construction Time Again (1983); Some Great Reward (1984); Black Celebration (1986); Music For the Masses (1987); 101 (Live, 1989); Violator (1990); Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993); Ultra (1997); For the Masses (Tributealbum, 1998); The Singles 86>98 (Kompilation, 1998); Exciter (2001); Remixes 81–04 (Kompilation, 2004); Playing the Angel (2005); The Best of, Volume 1 (Kompilation, 2006); Sounds of the Universe (2009); Remixes 2: 81–11 (Kompilation, 2011); Delta Machine (2013); Live in Berlin (Live, 2014); Spirit (2017); Spirits in the Forest (Live, 2020); Exciter (Kompilation, 2022); Playing the Angel (Kompilation, 2022); Memento Mori (2023); Sounds of the Universe – The 12″ Singles (Kompilation, 2023); Delta Machine – The 12″ Singles (Kompilation, 2023)
Hits: Just Can’t Get Enough (1981); Everything Counts (1983); People Are People (1984); Master and Servant (1984); Blasphemous Rumours (1984); Shake the Disease (1985); It’s Called a Heart (1985); Stripped (1986); A Question of Time (1986); Strangelove (1987); Never Let Me Down Again (1987); Personal Jesus (1989); Enjoy the Silence (1990); I Feel You (1993); Walking in My Shoes (1993); It‘s No Good (1997); Barrel of a Gun (1997); Only When I Lose Myself (1998); Dream On (2001); Something to Do (2004); Precious (2005); Martyr (2006); Wrong (2009); Heaven (2013); Should Be Higher (2013); Ghosts Again (2023) |
Dire Straits (GB, 1977-1995) | Sänger & Gitarrist Mark Knopfler, Keyboarder Alan Clark & Guy Fletcher, Bassist John Illsley
EX: G: David Knopfler, Hal Lindes D: Pick Withers, Terry Williams |
Alben: Dire Straits (1978); Communiqué (1979); Making Movies (1980); Love over Gold (1982); Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (Live, 1984); Brothers in Arms (1985); Money for Nothing (Kompilation, 1988); On Every Street (1991); On the Night (Live, 1993); Sultans of Swing (Kompilation, 1998); Private Investigations (Kompilation, 2005)
Hits: Sultans of Swing (1979); Romeo and Juliet (1981); Private Investigations (1982); Walk of Life (1985); Money for Nothing (1985); Brothers in Arms (1985); Calling Elvis (1991) |
Disturbed (USA, 1994 als Brawl) | Sänger David Draiman, Gitarrist Dan Donegan, Bassist John Moyer, Drummer Mike Wengren
EX: B: Steve „Fuzz“ Kmak |
Alben: The Sickness (2000); Believe (2002); Ten Thousand Fists (2005); Indestructible (2008); Asylum (2010); The Lost Children (Kompilation, 2011); Immortalized (2015); Evolution (2018); Divisive (2022)
Hits: Down with the Sickness (2000); Another Way to Die (2001); The Sound of Silence (2015) |
Doors, The (USA, 1965-1973) | Sänger Jim Morrison † 1971, Gitarrist Robby Krieger, Drummer John Densmore, Orgelspieler & Keyboarder Ray Manzarek † 2013 | Alben: The Doors #42 (1967); Strange Days (1967); Waiting For the Sun (1968); The Soft Parade (1969); Morrison Hotel (1970); Absolutely Live (1970); Doors 13 (1970); L.A. Woman (1971); Other Voices (1971); Full Circle (1972); An American Prayer (1978); In Concert (Live, 1991); The Best of the Doors (Kompilation, 1985); The Doors – Soundtrack (Kompilation, 1991); Live at the Matrix 1967: San Francisco (Live, 2008); The Singles (Kompilation, 2017)
Hits: Light My Fire (1967); The End (1967); Hello, I Love You (1968); Touch Me (1968); Riders On the Storm (1971) |
Dream Theater (USA, 1985) |
Sänger James LaBrie, Gitarrist John Petrucci, Bassist John Myung, Keyboarder Jordan Rudess, Drummer Mike Portnoy
EX: V: Charles Dominici K: Kevin Moore |
Alben: When Day and Dream Unite (1989); Images and Words (1992); Awake (1994); A Turbulence (2002); Train of Thought (2003); Octavarium (2005); Systematic Chaos (2007); Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009); A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011); Dream Theater (2013); The Astonishing (2016); Distance Over Time (2019); Distant Memories – Live in London (2020); A View from the Top of the World (2021) |
Duran Duran (GB, 1978) | Sänger & Gitarrist Simon Le Bon, Gitarrist Dominic Brown, Bassist John Taylor, Drummer Roger Taylor, Keyboarder Nick Rhodes
EX: G: Andy Taylor, Warren Cuccurullo |
Alben: Duran Duran (1981); Rio (1982); Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983); Arena (Live, 1984); Notorious (1986); Big Thing (1988); Liberty (1990); Duran Duran – The Wedding Album (1993); Thank You (1995); Medazzaland (1997); Pop Trash (2000); Astronaut (2004); Red Carpet Massacre (2007); All You Need Is Now (2010); Paper Gods (2015); Future Past (2021); Danse Macabre (2023)
Hits: Girls on Film (1981); Hungry Like a Wolf (1982); Save a Prayer (1982); Is There Something I Should Know? (1983); The Reflex (1984); The Wild Boys (1984); A View to a Kill (1985 für James Bond 007 „Im Angesichts des Todes“); Notorious (1986); Ordinary World (1993). Weitere beste Rockbands finden Sie auf den nachfolgenden Seiten. |
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