The success of rock music and the expansion of its popular base led to the emergence of rock bands, who took the throne of this type of music and changed the form of artistic and cultural life.
10 of the most famous bands in history
The 10 most famous bands that performed rock music throughout history, which achieved great success and were associated with audiences all over the world throughout history.
10. Cold play
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| Cold-play |
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1996.
Band members: Chris Martin (lead singer and pianist), Johnny Buckland (lead guitarist), Jay Berryman (guitarist), Will Champion (drummer), and Phil Harvey, who is the band's manager.
Coldplay achieved international fame with the release of the single "Yellow" in 2000, followed in the same year by their debut album Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Their album, X&Y, was the best-selling album worldwide in 2005, as well as their album Viva la Vida. or Death and all His Friends, the best-selling album worldwide of 2008. In November 2019, they released their eighth album, Everyday Life, to everyone's acclaim.
They have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands in the world.
9. Queen
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| Queen |
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970. One of the biggest rock bands in the world.
Band members: Freddie Mercury (singer and pianist), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitarist), Roger Taylor (singer and drummer).
Initially, Brian May and Roger Taylor formed a band called Smile, and after Mercury joined, the name was changed to Queen, then John Deacon joined them in March 1971.
The popular song "Bohemian Rhapsody" remains a favorite song for many, and its film of the same name was a huge success, and was the number one film in cinemas around the world. The film also became the second highest-grossing film in history of its genre at the box office.
The film's success also prompted the sale of their albums. "One Bites the Dust" (1980) became their best-selling single, while their 1981 breakthrough album Greatest Hits was their best-selling album in the UK and went eight times platinum in the US. Their performance at the Live Aid concert was rated 1980. 1985 is ranked among the best in rock history by many publications.
In August 1986, Mercury gave his final performance with Queen in Knebworth, England. In 1991, he died of bronchopneumonia – a complication of AIDS, and John Deacon retired in 1997. Since 2004, Mayo and Taylor have toured under the name Queen with singers Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert.
Estimates of Queen's record sales range from 170 million to 300 million records, making them one of the best-selling artists in the world. In 1990, Queen received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music from the British Phonographic Industry, and all members were inducted into the Songwriting Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2005, Queen received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Outstanding Songs Group from the British Academy For songwriters, composers and authors. In 2018, they received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
8. Backstreet Boys
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| Backstreet-Boys |
is a famous American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The group consists of “AJ McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Littrell”.
She released her first international album, Backstreet Boys (1996), and rose to stardom with their third album, “Millennium” in 1999, and the follow-up album, “Black & Blue” in 2000. Her 2019 album, “DNA,” reached number one, after more Two decades after the formation of the group.
The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the best-selling artists in the world. The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.
7. Metallica
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| Metallica |
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and is based in San Francisco.
Band Members: Founding members and primary songwriters Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine (who was fired from the band) and guitarists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton (who died in a bus accident in Sweden in 1986) and Jason Newsted are former members of the band.
Metallica has released ten studio albums, four live albums, a cover album, five extended plays, 37 singles and 39 music videos. Its fifth album, "Metallica", released in 1991, achieved great commercial success, selling over 16 million copies in the United States to date. Now, making it the best-selling album of the "Sound Scan" era.
Metallica is considered one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 125 million albums worldwide as of 2018. Metallica has been ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines such as Rolling Stone, which ranked them at 61 in List of the top 100 artists of all time. The band has also won nine Grammy Awards from 23 nominations.
6. Aerosmith
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| Aerosmith |
Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston, in 1970. They are sometimes referred to as the "Bad Boys of Boston", and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". The group consists of Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums) and Brad Whitford (guitar).
At first it was Perry and Hamilton, in a band called The Band, then they met Tyler, Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was then replaced by Whitford.
Her first five albums achieved great success. During the 1970s, drug addiction and internal conflict took their toll on the band, leading to the departures of Perry and Whitford in 1979 and 1981, respectively; They were replaced by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay. The band did not have good success between 1980 and 1984, releasing the album Rock in a Hard Place, and then Perry and Whitford returned to Aerosmith in 1984.
The band has had 21 top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Dude (Looks a Lady)", "Angel Rag Doll", "Love in an Elevator", "Janie's Got a Gun", "What It Takes", "Levin' on the Edge", "Crane", and "Crazy". A nine-time Mainstream Rock No. 1 winner, four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards, they were included on both Rolling Stone and VH1's lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time at No. 57 and No. 30, respectively.
5. AC/DC
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| AC / DC |
AC/DC is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers. Malcolm and Angus Young.
Ranked 72nd on Rolling Stone's list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", AC/DC has sold over 200 million records worldwide.
AC/DC underwent several lineup changes before releasing their debut album, High Voltage, in 1975. Membership then settled around the Young brothers, singer Bon Scott, drummer Phil Rudd, and bass player Mark Evans. . Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the "Powerage" album.
In February 1980, a few months after recording the Highway to Hell album, lead singer and songwriter Bon Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning. He brought in Brian Johnson as a replacement for Scott. Later that year, the band released their first album with Johnson, Back in Black, which they dedicated to Scott's memory. The album launched her to new levels of success and became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
The band's next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, was their first to reach number one in the United States.
The band fired Phil Rudd as drummer in 1983, and Simon Wright filled in for him until his resignation in 1989, replaced in turn by Chris Slade.
The band experienced a commercial comeback in the early 1990s with the release of "The Razors Edge". Phil Rudd returned in 1994, contributing to the band's 1995 album Ballbreaker. The band's studio album Black Black, released in 2008, was their second best-selling album of that year, and their biggest hit since For Those About to Rock, eventually reaching No. 1 on all charts worldwide.
4. Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin is an English rock band formed in 1968 as the Yardbirds and is considered one of the most successful, innovative and influential rock bands in history.
Band Members: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jason Bonham, Paul Martinez, Michael Lee, Tony Thompson.
After changing their name from the Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that gave them significant artistic freedom.
Although the group was initially unpopular according to critics, they achieved great commercial success with nine albums released over the course of ten years, from Led Zeppelin (1969) to In Through the Out Door (1979). IV (1971), which features the song "Stairway to Heaven", is among the most popular and influential works in rock music, and helped ensure the group's popularity. Led Zeppelin has sold more than 50 million records in the United States alone and more than 200 million records worldwide.
The latter half of their career saw a series of record-breaking tours that gained the group a wide following. Although commercially and critically successful, the production and touring schedule was limited during the late 1970s, and the group disbanded after Bonham's death from alcohol-related asphyxiation in 1980. In the decades that followed, the remaining members collaborated sporadically on concerts.
3. Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd is one of the most successful and influential rock bands in history. Formed in London in 1965, they were distinguished by their compositions, philosophical lyrics and live performances.
Pink Floyd was founded by students Syd Barrett (guitar, vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two singles and a successful debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1967. Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health.
Waters became the primary lyricist, creating the concepts behind the albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979) and The Final Cut 1983.
Following personal tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, and were later joined by Wright. They produced three more albums (A Lapse of Reason of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994)) – and toured both albums before entering an extended period of inactivity. In 2005, everyone except Barrett reunited for a one-off performance at the Global Awareness Event Live 8. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. Pink Floyd's final album, The Endless River (2014), was based on unreleased material from the recording sessions.
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the United States in 1996 and the Music Hall of Fame in the United Kingdom in 2005. By 2013, they had sold over 250 million records worldwide, including the albums The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall They are two of the best-selling albums of all time.
2. The Rolling Stones
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| The Rolling Stones |
English rock band formed in London in May 1962. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
Band Members: Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (percussion, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Dick Taylor (bass), Tony Chapman (drums), Ian Stewart (keyboards, piano), Brian Jones (percussion) , Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums, percussion), Mick Taylor (guitars), Ron Wood (guitars, backing vocals).
After the band gained wide fame, it became a rival to The Beatles. Their fame reached a high level in 1965 after they produced works including: The Last Time and I Can't Get No Satisfaction. This was followed by a number of hit songs such as: 19th Nervous Breakdown and Paint It Black. During the "Summer of Love" in 1967 they released an LP, and returned to rock the following year with songs including "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
In 1969 Brian Jones left the band and was later found dead in his pond. Guitarist Mick Taylor replaced him in the band, and performed a number of the Rolling Stones' most famous songs, such as: Brown Sugar, Tumbling Dice, and Angie, before leaving the band in 1974. After that, Ronnie Wood became the band's second guitarist. In the 1980s, the band announced its intention to part ways, but until now it is still active in the international music scene.
1. The Beatles
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The magic of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison remains. It is still felt by rock and roll fans all over the world. This is not surprising, because The Beatles are the largest and most influential band in history. Which was formed in Liverpool in 1960. It continued until their separation in 1970, and the Beatles entered the Guinness Book of Records with the most sales around the world after many years of stopping singing. One billion and 600 million, which exceeded the sales of the King of Rock, Elvis Presley.
The Times magazine ranked them on the list of the 100 most important and influential people of the twentieth century. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, the Beatles have achieved the record for best-selling albums in the United States of America more than any other artist. Eleven of the thirteen albums released by the Beatles were included in the list of “The 500 Greatest Albums in the History of Music”. The band won 7 Grammy Awards and received 15 “Ivor Novello” Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters and Composers.
The Beatles began their successful career in Britain in late 1962 with the release of their first single, "Love Me Do". They also gained international popularity the next year with the release of their first official album, “Please Please Me.” They performed widely until 1966, then returned to recording albums in the studio until their separation in 1970. During this period, the Beatles produced 13 official albums, in addition to... 5 movies. After the band broke up in 1970, the band members continued to release their solo works. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still pursuing their careers to this day, while John Lennon was shot to death in 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.
After the Beatles stopped giving concerts and committed to writing new songs in the studio, they produced the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is considered, in the view of critics, a masterpiece and a very important page in the history of music.