Greatest Bands of All Time L-Q Rock & Pop Bands
There are numerous greatest bands of all time. At least subjectively – because everyone has their own taste in music. While some consider Queen to be one of the greatest bands of all time, others rave over The Beatles. Although the two bands are worlds apart they are now connected in this ADDucation list featuring the greatest bands of all time.
- Greatest bands list compiled by Robert Junker, last updated 04 Sep 2023.
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Key: B=Bass | D=Drums | DJ=Turntables/Electronics | G=Guitar | K=Keyboard | SX=Sax | SYN=Synthesizer | T=Trombone | V=Vocals | †=Died
| Greatest Bands of all Time | Line up | Ex/Other Band Members | Selected Albums and Hits (first release date) |
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| Led Zeppelin (GB, 1968-1980) |
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Albums: Led Zeppelin I (1969), II (1969), III (1970), IV Symbols (1972), Houses of the Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), The Song Remains the Same (1976), In Through the out Door (1979), Coda (1982), Celebration Day (2012)
Greatest Hits: Whole Lotta Love (1969), Immigrant Song (1970); Black Dog (1971); Stairway to Heaven (1971), Kashmir (1975). One of the most popular, widely known, and greatest bands of all time. |
| Limp Bizkit (USA, 1994) |
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Albums: Significant Other (1999), Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000), Results May Vary (2003), The Unquestionable Truth (2005), Gold Cobra (2011)
Greatest Hits: Take a Look Around (2000), Rollin (2000), My Way (2001), Behind Blue Eyes (2004) |
| Linkin Park (USA, 1996) |
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V: Chester Bennington † 2017 | Albums: Hybrid Theory (2000), Meteora (2003), Minutes to Midnight (2007), A Thousand Suns (2009), Living Things (2012), The Hunting Party (2014), One More Light (2017)
Greatest Hits: Crawling (2001), In the End (2001), Numb (2003), What I‘ve Done (2007), New Divide (2009), The Catalyst (2010), Burn it Down (2012), Castle of Glass (2013), A Light that Never Comes (2013), Heavy (2017) |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd (USA, 1964) |
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Albums: Second Helping (1974), Nuthin‘ Fancy (1975), Gimme Back my Bullets (1976), One More from the Road (1976), Street Survivors (1977), Skynyrd‘s First and Last (1978), Gold and Platinum (1979), Best of the Rest (1986), Legend (1987), The Last Rebel (1993); Edge of Forever (1999); Vicious Cycle (2003); God & Guns (2009); Last of a Dyin’ Breed (2012)
Greatest Hits: Gimme Three Steps (1973), Free Bird (1973), Sweet Home Alabama (1974) |
| Madness (GB, 1976) |
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G: Chris Foreman | Albums: One Step Beyond (1979), Absolutely (1980), The Rise and Fall (1982), Keep Moving (1984), Utter Madness (1986), Divine Madness (1992), Wonderful (1999), The Liberty of Norton Folgate (2009), Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da (2012), One Step Beyond (2014), Can’t Touch Us Now (2016)
Greatest Hits: My girl (1979), One Step Beyond (1979), My Girl (1980), Baggy Trousers (1980), Embarrassment (1980), It Must be Love (1981), House of Fun (1982), Our House (1983), Wings of a Dove (1983), The Sun and the Rain (1983), Lovestruck (1999) |
| Mamas & Papas (USA, 1965-1972) |
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Albums: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966), The Mamas & The Papas (1966), Deliver (1967), Farewell to the First Golden Era (1967), People Like Us (1971)
Greatest Hits: California Dreamin (1966), Monday, Monday (1966), Dream a Little Dream of Me (1968) |
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| Manfred Mann‘s Earth Band (GB/SFA, 1971) |
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Albums: The Five Faces of Manfred Mann (1964), Mann Made (1965), As Is (1966), Mighty Garvey! (1968), Manfred Mann‘s Earth Band (1972), Messin‘ (1973), Solar Fire (1973), The Good Earth (1974), Nightingales & Bombers (1975), Roaring Silence (1976), Watch (1978), Angel Station (1979), Chance (1980), Somewhere in Africa (1982), 2006 (2004)
Greatest Hits: Do Wah Diddy Diddy (1964), Sha La La (1964), Pretty Flamingo (1966), Ha! Ha! Said the Clown (1967), Mighty Quinn (1968), My Name is Jack (1968), Ragamuffin Man (1969), Joybringer (1973), Blinded by the Light (1976), Davy’s on the Road Again (1978), Don’t Kill It Carol (1979); For You (1980) |
| Maroon 5 (USA, 2001) |
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Albums: Songs About Jane (2002), It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (2007), Hands All Over (2010), Overexposed (2012), V (2014), Red Pill Blues (2017)
Greatest Hits: This Love (2004), Makes me Wonder (2007), Won’t go Home Without You (2007), Moves Like Jagger (2011), Payphone (2012), One More Night (2012), Maps (2014), Animals (2014), Sugar (2015), Don’t Wanna Know (2016); What Lovers Do (2017) |
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| Massive Attack (GB, 1987) |
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Albums: Blue Lines (1991), Protection (1994), No Protection (Massive Attack Vs. Mad Professor) (1995), Mezzanine (1998), Singles 90/98 (1999), 100th Window (2003)
Greatest Hits: Unfinished Sympathy (1991), Risingson (1993), Teardrop (1998) |
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| Metallica (USA, 1981) |
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Albums: Kill ‘em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1986), Master of Puppets (1986), …and Justice for All (1988), Metallica – Black Album (1991), Load (1996), Reload (1997), Garage Inc. (1998), St. Anger (2003), Death Magnetic (2008), Hardwire… to Self-Destruct (2016)
Greatest Hits: Enter Sandman (1991), Nothing Else Matters (1992), Until it sleeps (1996), Hero of the Day (1996), The Memory Remains (1997), The Unforgiven II (1998), Whiskey in the Jar (1999), I Disappear (2000), St. Anger (2003), Frantic (2003); The Day that Never Comes (2008) |
| Ministry (USA, 1981) |
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Albums: Work for Love (1983), Twitch (1986), Land of Rape and Honey (1988), The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989), Psalm 69 (1992), Filth Pig (1995), Dark Side of the Spoon (1999), Animositisomina (2003), Rio Grande Blood (2006), The Last Sucker (2007), Relapse (2012), From Beer to Eternity (2013)
Greatest Hits: I Wanted to Tell Her (1983), I Believe (1986), N.W.O (1993) |
| Motörhead (GB, 1975-2015) |
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Albums: Motörhead (1977), Overkill (1979), Ace of Spades (1980), No Sleep til Hammersmith (1981), Iron Fist (1982), Another Perfect Day (1983), 1916 (1991), March ör Die (1992), Inferno (2004), Kiss of Death (2006), Motörizer (2008), The Wörld is Yours (2010), Aftershock (2013), Bad Magic (2015)
Greatest Hits: Ace of Spades (1980), Iron Fist (1982); Killed by Death (1984); Born to Raise Hell (1994); Wisplash (2004), Be my Baby (2006) |
| Muse (GB, 1994) |
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Albums: Showbiz (1999); Origin the Symmetry (2001); Absolution (2003); Black Holes and Revelations (2006); The Resistance (2009); The 2nd Law (2012); Drones (2015)
Greatest Hits: Time ist Running Out (2003); Knights of Cydonia (2006); Uprising (2009); Undisclosed Desires (2009); Psycho (2015) |
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| New Model Army (GB, 1980) |
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Albums: Vengeance (1984), No Rest for the Wicked (1985), The Ghost of Cain (1986), Thunder & Consolation (1989), Impurity (1990), The Love of Hopeless Causes (1993), Strange Brotherhood (1998), Eight (2000), Carnival (2005), High (2007), Today is a Good Day (2009), Between Dog and Wolf (2013), Between Wine and Blood (2014), Winter (2016)
Greatest Hits: No Rest (1985), 51st State (1986), Lights go Out (1987), White Coasts (1987), Vagabonds (1989), Stupid Questions (1989); Green and Grey (1989); Get me Out (1990); Space (1991); Here Comes the War (1993) |
| New Order formerly Joy Division (GB, 1980) |
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Albums: Movement (1981), Power Corruption & Lies (1983), Low Life (1985), Substance (1987), Technique (1989), Republic (1993), Get Ready (2001), Waiting for the Sirens Call (2005), Music Complete (2015) Greatest Hits: Blue Monday (1983), True Faith (1987), World in Motion (1990) |
| Nickelback (CAN, 1995) |
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Albums: Curb (1996), The State (2000), Silver Side Up (2001), The Long Road (2003), All the Right Reasons (2005), Dark Horse (2008), Here and Now (2011), No Fixed Address (2014), Feed the Machine (2017)
Greatest Hits: How You Remind Me (2001), Someday (2003), Photograph (2005), Rockstar (2007), Edge of a Revolution (2014) |
| Nirvana (USA, 1987-1994) |
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Albums: Bleach (1989); Nevermind (1991), In Utero (1993), MTV Unplugged in New York (Live 1994); From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (Live 1996)
Greatest Hits: About a Girl (1989); Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991), Come As You Are (1992), Lithium (1992), Rape me (1993), Heart-Shaped Box (1993), All Apologies (1993) |
| Oasis (GB, 1991-2009) |
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Albums: Definitely Maybe (1994), (What‘s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995), Be Here Now (1997), The Masterplan (1998) Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000), Heathen Chemistry (2002), Don’t Believe the Truth (2005), Dig Out Your soul (2008)
Greatest Hits: Wonderwall (1995), Don’t Look Back in Anger (1996), Falling Down (2008), The Shock of the Lightning (2008) |
| Offspring, The (USA, 1986) |
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Albums: The Offspring (1984); Ignition (1992); Smash (1994); Ixnay on the Hombre (1997); Americana (1998); Conspiracy of One (2000); Splinter (2003); Rise & Fall, Rage & Grace (2008); Days go By (2012)
Greatest Hits: Self Esteem (1994); Pretty Fly (1999); Why Don‘t You Get a Job? (1999) |
| One Direction (GB/IRL, 2010-2016) |
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Albums: Up All Night (2011), Take me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014), Made in the A.M. (2015)
Greatest Hits: What Makes you Beautiful (2011), Live While we’re Young (2012), Little Things (2012), One Way or Another (2013), Best Song Ever (2013), Story of My Life (2013), Drag me Down (2015), Perfect (2015), History (2015) |
| OneRepublic (USA, 2002) |
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Albums: Dreaming Out Loud (2007), Waking Up (2009), Native (2013), Oh My My (2016)
Greatest Hits: Apologize (2007); Stop and Stare (2007); Secrets (2009); Marchin‘ on (2010); Good Life (2010); Feel Again (2012); If I Lose Myself (2013); Counting Stars (2013); Love Runs Out (2014), Whereever I Go (2016) |
| Pearl Jam (USA, 1990) |
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Albums: Ten (1991), Pearl Jam – Vs. (1993), Vitalogy (1994), No Code (1996), Yield (1998), Binaural (2000), Riot Act (2002), Pearl Jam (2006), Backspacer (2009), Lightning Bolt (2013)
Greatest Hits: Alive (1991), Even flow (1991), Jeremy (1991), Given to Fly (1998), Last Kiss (1999) |
| Pet Shop Boys (GB, 1981) |
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Albums: Please (1986), Actually (1987), Introspective (1987), Discography (1990), Yes (2009), Elysium (2012), Electric (2013), Super (2016)
Greatest Hits: West End Girls (1985), Suburbia (1986), It‘s a Sin (1987), Go West (1993), Se a Vida é – That’s the Way Life is (1996), She’s Madonna (2007) |
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| Pink Floyd (GB, 1965) |
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Albums: Ummagumma (1969), Atom Heart Mother (1970), The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish you were Here (1976), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), The Final Cut (1983), A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988), The Division Bell (1994), Pulse (1995), The Endless River (2014)
Greatest Hits: Money (1973), Time (1973), Wish you were Here (1976), Comfortably Numb (1979), Shine on You Crazy Diamond (1976), Another Brick in the Wall (Part II, 1979). One of the most popular, widely known, and greatest bands of all time. |
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| Pointer Sisters, The (USA, 1971-2004) |
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Albums: The Pointer Sisters (1973), Having a Party (1977), Energy (1978), Priority (1979), Special Things (1980), Black & White (1981), So Excited (1982), Break Out (1983)
Greatest Hits: Fire (1978), He’s so Shy (1980), Slow Hand (1981); I’m so Excited (1984), Jump for my Love (1984), Neutron Dance (1984), Automatic (1984), Dare me (1985) |
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| Police, The (GB, 1977-1986) |
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G: Henry Padovani | Albums: Outlandos d‘Amour (1978), Regatta de Blanc (1979), Zenyatta Mondatta (1980), Ghost in the Machine (1981), Synchronicity (1983)
Greatest Hits: Roxanne (1979), Message in a Bottle (1979), Walking on the Moon (1979), So Lonely (1980), Don’t Stand so Close to Me (1980); De Do Do Do De Da Da Da (1980); Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (1981); Every Breath You Take (1983) |
| Prodigy, The (GB, 1990) |
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Albums: Experience (1992), Music for the Jilted Generation (1994), Fat of the Land (1997), Hell‘s Kitchen (2000), Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (2004), Invaders Must Die (2009); The Day is My Enemy (2015)
Greatest Hits: Firestarter (1996), Breathe (1996), Smack My Bitch Up (1997), Mindfields (1997), Omen (2009) |
| Procol Harum (GB, 1967) |
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Albums: A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967); Shine on Brightly (1968); A Salty Dog (1969); Home (1970); Broken Barricades (1971); Grand Hotel (1973); Exotic Birds and Fruits (1974); Something Magic (1977); The Prodigal Stranger (1991); The Long Goodbye (1996); The Well’s on Fire (2003); Novum (2017)
Greatest Hits: A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967); Homburg (1968); A salty dog (1968) |
| Queen (GB, 1970) |
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Albums: Queen II (1974), Sheer Heart Attack (1974), A Night at the Opera (1975), A Day at the Races (1976), News of the World (1977), Jazz (1978), Live Killers (1979), The Game (1980), Flash Gordon (1980), Hot Space (1982), The Works (1984), A Kind of Magic (1986), The Miracle (1989), Innuendo (1991), Made in Heaven (1995)
Greatest Hits: Killer Queen (1974), Bohemian Rhapsody (1975), Somebody to Love (1976), We are the Champions (1977), We Will Rock You (1977), Bicycle Race (1978), Don‘t Stop Me Now (1978), Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979), Another One Bites the Dust (1980), Flash (1980), Under Pressure (1981), Radio Ga Ga (1984), One Vision (1985), A Kind of Magic (1986), Invisible Man (1989). One of the most popular, widely known, and greatest bands of all time. |
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