50 Greatest Hard Rock/Metal Bands

I`m putting together a list of the 50 greatest hard rock/metal bands of all time, and would like input from other members. Submit a list of who you think the 50 best are and your vote will be counted. The 50 listed bands with the highest average ranking will make the list.

I`ll start the voting, with my own list...

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Van Halen
3. AC/DC
4. Metallica
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Nirvana
7. Deep Purple
8. Guns N` Roses
9. Black Sabbath
10. Soundgarden
11. Pearl Jam
12. The Who
13. Aerosmith
14. Rush
15. Ozzy Osbourne
16. Judas Priest
17. Queen
18. Alice In Chains
19. Pink Floyd
20. Motley Crue
21. The Doors
22. Alice Cooper
23. Iron Maiden
24. Red Hot Chili Peppers
25. Def Leppard
26. Pantera
27. Rage Against The Machine
28. Kiss
29. Korn
30. Queensryche
31. Cheap Trick
32. The Rolling Stones
33. Stone Temple Pilots
34. Faith No More
35. Jane`s Addiction
36. Scorpions
37. ZZ Top
38. Ted Nugent
39. Thin Lizzy
40. Tool
41. Whitesnake
42. Rainbow
43. Heart
44. Boston
45. Blue Oyster Cult
46. Living Colour
47. The Cult
48. Anthrax
49. Nine Inch Nails
50. Lynryd Skynrd

You actually think Ac/Dc & Nirvana are better than Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd & The Rolling Stones?...

HMMmm... Ok, you can go jump off a bridge now.

Seems pretty much complete

not a bad list just keep out kiss i realy dont consider them anything. They didnt even make it from there music the only way that they made is from there lazer shows ans jean simmons toung i mean come on besides their not even consider hard rock they are consider hair metel along with fart i mean heart.

The reason why bands like The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, etc., are either not ranked in the top 10, high positions, or at all, is that while they were great bands with incredible influences on rock and roll in general, other bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Van Halen, etc., had more of an influence on specifically heavy metal/ hard rock, than they did.

Pearl Jam, on the other hand, is right where they belong, or so I feel.

If you have more of a life than I do, and don`t want to make a list of 50, any comments on who to raise on the list, who to lower on the list, or who to add or drop from the list, will be taken into consideration.

Thank you for the comments.

You`re telling me Boston has had more hard rock influence on artists today than Nine Inch Nails? lol. Pearl Jam has to be in the top 10 any way you look at it, so do the Rolling Stones.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/popcandy/2005-07-05-pop-candy_x.htm

That should prove why Pearl Jam should be in the top 10.

Kiss seems relatively unpopular right now.

I`d like to know what other band you`d all want to see take their spot.

I personally like Kiss (may I also note they did rank in the top 10 on VH1`s list of the best hard rock bands), but if you all feel another band is more worthy so be it.

My vote would be for White Zombie, to take their spot.

Many of the bands you place in that list are not Metal or even hard rock(pearl jam, chilli peppers, sound garden dude that !***! is grunge and funk, dont talk about metal or hard rock if you dont know what it is), check this list and tell me what you thinki dont include Zeppelin or Deep Purple because they were mostly the influence of these bands not actually part of the genre, except Sabbath and Priest that are credited for starting Metal)

1. Iron Maiden
2. Metallica
3. Judas Priest
4. Dio
5. Edguy
6. Helloween
7. Megadeth
8. Van Halen
9. Guns n Roses
10. Black Sabbath
11. Skid Row
12. Dream Theater
13. Symphony X
14. Manowar
15. Testament
16. Stratovarius
17. Gamma Ray
18. Kamelot
19. Angra
20. Pantera
21. Dokken
22. Motley Crew
23. Kiss
24. Evergrey
25. Rainbow
26. Scorpions
27. Children of Bodom
28. Rhapsody
29. Dream Evil
30. Slayer
31. Queensryche
32. Tool
33. Diamond Head
34. Mr.Big
35. Nightwish
36. Therion
37. WASP
38. Alice in Chains
39. Dimmu Borgir
40. Ratt
41. Ántrax
42. Def Leppard
43. Iced Earth
44. King Diamond
45. Primal Fear
46. Blind Guardian
47. Accept
48. Twisted Sister
49. Thin Lizzy
50. Sepultura

ACDC (forgot them)

Thank you for the list.

For now Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, etc., will stay on the list, but I will average your list into mine as soon as possible.

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Here's the list with Cartman's added...

1. Metallica
2. Van Halen
3. Guns N' Roses
4. (Tie) Black Sabbath, Judas Priest
6. Iron Maiden
7. Motley Crue
8. Pantera
9. Kiss
10. Alice In Chains
11. Queensryche
12. Scorpions
13. Rainbow
14. Thin Lizzy
15. Anthrax
16. AC/DC
17. Led Zeppelin


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18. Dio
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Edguy
21. Nirvana
22. Helloween
23. Megadeth
24. Deep Purple
25. Soundgarden
26. Skid Row
27. Pearl Jam
28. Dream Theater
29. The Who
30. Symphony X
31. Aerosmith
32. Manowar
33. Rush
34. Ozzy Osbourne
35. Testament
36. Stratovarius
37. Queen
38. Gamma Ray
39. Kamelot
40. Pink Floyd
41. Angra
42. The Doors
43. Dokken
44. Alice Cooper
45. Evergrey
46. Red Hot Chili Peppers
47. Childrem Of Bodom
48. Rage Against The Machine
49. Rhapsody
50. Korn

PLEASE take korn out of there, numetal shouldnt have metal in it, its nu alright but not metal.

and if you want to place nirvana and all those groups just make a general rock list

For all whom may be questioning the types of bands who would be included on this list, this is a list of a few rock subgenres who are elligible for the list.

British Invasion (Rolling Stones, The Who)

60`s Psychedelia (Jimi Hendrix, The Doors)

Early Metal (Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple)

70`s/ Classic Rock (Aerosmith, Queen)

Prog. Rock (Pink Floyd, Rush)

Punk (Sex Pistols, The Clash)

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (Judas Priest, Iron Maiden)

Heavy Metal (AC/DC, Guns N` Roses, Van Halen)

80`s Metal (Motley Crue, Def Leppard)

Grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden)

Alternative Metal (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More)

Speed/ Thrash Metal (Metallica, Slayer, Pantera)

Nu Metal (Korn, Tool)

Death/ Black Metal (Emperor, Cradle Of Filth)

How dare you call `Tool` nu-metal - Tool has been around much longer than Korn, & if you call Tool nu-metal, then Metallica is also nu-metal.. if Metallica is nu-metal, King Crimson is nu-metal, if King Crimson is nu-metal, then Black Sabbath is nu-metal.. the point?

TOOL IS IN NO WAY A NU-METAL BAND, JUST BECAUSE THEY`RE HEAVY DOESN`T MAKE THEM NU-METAL

Damn I have no respect for you.

A warning...

Any and all criticisms of me personally, will be reported the second I see them. I have never given any one member of this forum a reason to not like me, and all I`m trying to do is assemble a list, so post your personal criticisms else where.

Though I won`t report them, I would like all criticisms of any kind to be constructive and backed up. If you`re gonna criticize, at least look smart doing it.

Thank you, keep the lists/ suggestions coming.