What are some good classic rock bands that a lot of people my age arent familiar with?

StarlightBev{pro-darknessgoat}

Dec 14, 2008 at 4:51 pm

Iron Maiden
Motley Crue (the old stuff)
Soundgarden (not really classic rock, but still unknown to too many people)

btw, i love pink floyd too.

pickingausernamesucks

Dec 20, 2008 at 8:02 pm

You have good taste in music. Here are a few more.

Badfinger
Steppenwolf
The Doors
The Shocking Blue
Jefferson Airplane
The Zombies
The Animals

when I was A painter

Dec 22, 2008 at 3:08 pm

ZEPPELIN!!!
The doors
Rush

MegaQuail246

Dec 25, 2008 at 6:26 am

First of all, I agree with you about Pink Floyd, They’re awesome.

Some Good Classic Rock Bands:

AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice Cooper
Bad Company
The Beatles
Black Sabbath
Blue Öyster Cult
Bon Jovi
Boston
The Cars
Cheap Trick
Cream
Credence Clearwater Revival
Creed
The Cure
David Bowie
David Bowie Queen
David Gilmour
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
The Doors
The Eagles
Eric Johnson
Foreigner
Grand Funk Railroad
Grateful Dead
Guns N’ Roses
J. Geils Band
Jimmy Page
John Lennon
Journey
Kansas
Led Zeppelin
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Metallica
Manfred Mann
Nirvana
Ozzy Osbourne
Paul McCartney
Pat Benatar
Page-Plant
Pink Floyd
The Police
Queen
Roger Waters
The Rolling Stones
Rush
Santana
The Scorpions
Simon Garfunkel
Steve Miller Band
Stray Cats
Styx
Sweet
Talking Heads
U2
Van Halen
The Who
Yardbirds
Yes
ZZ Top

tom1thomas1

Dec 27, 2008 at 4:21 am

Hey I’m just the same. I find the lesser known ones are often pretty good.
I know there are a lot but you should try them all just in case, there are lots of great songs here.
Artist, best songs, description:

ACDC:
you probably know them already, Can I Sit Next To You Girl and Are You Ready are less popular ones that I love

Aerosmith:
-Baby Please Don’t Go
-Dream On
-Dude Looks Like A Lady
-Walk This Way

Alice Cooper:
-Go To Hell
-School’s Out
They’ve got a lot of strange songs too but still good

America:
-Horse With No Name
-Sister Golden Hair
They’re mostly acoustic/country but you might like them still

B.B. King:
-Rock Me Baby
He’s one of the best ever blues players, Rolling Stone rated him somewhere in the top 5 guitarists.

Bad Company:
-Feel Like Making Love
I don’t know them that well but that songs great

Badfinger:
-I remember finding out about you
That’s easy to play on guitar
The Beatles
-Twist and Shout
-We Can Work It Out
-A Hard Day’s Night
-Hey Jude
I don’t like loads of their stuff but if you keep going through it you’ll probably find stuff you like, they’ve written heaps of different types of songs.

Billy Thorpe:
-Most People I Know (Think that I’m crazy)
-Children of the Sun
Good vocals

Black Sabbath:
(all their songs are good)
-Iron Man
-The Wizard
-Paranoid
-Wheels of Confusion
-War Pigs
-Crazy Train
-Heaven and Hell
-Hellraiser
-Into the Void
-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
-Thrill of it All
Slow but heavy, really good riffs

Blue Cheer:
-Summertime Blues
-Rock me Baby
Maybe the first ever rock band

Blue Oyster Cult:
-Don’t Fear the Reaper
-Godzilla
-I’m Burning for You

Bob Seger:
-Old Time Rock and Roll

Buggles:
Video Killed the Radio Star (kind of funny song)

Carlos Santana

Cars:
-Let the good times roll

Chicago:
-25 or 6 to 4

Cold Chisel:
-You got nothing I want

!!!!COZY POWELL!!!!
-NA NA NA
I put this in capitals to get your attention this is a great song. Cozy Powell’s a drummer hes played with Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Whitesnake.

Cream (eric clapton’s band)
-White Room
-Sunshine of your love
-Cocaine
-Crossroads

Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
-Down on the Corner
-Travelin Band
-Bad Moon Rising

Daddy Cool:
-Eagle Rock

David Bowie:
-Starman

Deep Purple:
-Smoke on the Water
-Black Night
-Highway Star
Awesome guitar hooks

Dio:
-The End of the World
Kind of heavy

Elf

Eric Clapton:
-Layla

The Faces:
-Stay With Me
-Man of Constant Sorrow

Fleetwood Mac
-Oh well

Foghat
-Slow Ride

Guns N Roses
-November Rain
-Welcome to the Jungle
-Sweet Child o Mine
-Paradise City
Kind of like heavy blues or something, great guitar

Iron Maiden:
-Run to the Hills
-The Trooper
-Number of the Beast
-Aces High
You might not like them they’re almost heavy metal

Jimi Hendrix:
-Purple Haze
-Voodoo Child
-His version of Sunshine of Your Love
Go on Youtube and search for jimi Hendrix solo, he is GOD

Judas Priest- they’re pretty heavy too

Kenny Loggins
-Your mama don’t dance

The Kinks
-You really got me
-lola

Kiss:
-Rock and roll all night

LED ZEPPELIN:
-Everything by Led Zeppelin is good
-Acoustic songs: Bron-y-aur stomp
Gallows Pole
-Heavier Songs: Black Dog
Rock and Roll
The Ocean
Bring it on Home (fast forward 1:40)

Lynyrd Skynyrd:
-Sweet Home Alabama
-Free Bird

MC5:
-Kick out the Jams
-Call Me animal
Heavy, theyre from the 60s

Mountain:
-Mississippi Queen
-Blood of the Sun

Muddy Waters:
He’s a blues player too

Nirvana’s pretty new but they’re good

Queen:
-Just listen to heaps of their songs they’re all good but different

Rainbow:
-Long Live Rock n Roll
-Since You’ve Been Gone
They have lots of songs with good riffs and songs that are softer, like Catch The Rainbow

Robert Johnson:
-Crossroads Blues
He’s an early blues player

Rolling Stones:
-Paint it Black
-Jumpin Jack Flash
-You Can’t Always Get What You Want
They could almost be country or blues band

Roy Orbison:
-Pretty Woman
-You Got It
Rock and roll good singer

Russell Morris:
-The Real Thing
Acoustic Australian singer/guitarist

Rush:
-Fly By Night
-Working Man
Their drummer is one of the best, check out his solos
Status Quo:
-Rockin all over the world

The Stooges (or Iggy Pop and the Stooges)
-Search and Destroy

Ted Nugent
He’s kind of softer

Thin Lizzy:
-Chinatown
-Bad Reputation
-Cold Sweat
-The boys are back in town
Chinatown has the best guitars in it

U2

Van Halen:
-Running with the Devil (listen to the solo at about 1:55)
-You Really Got Me (the kinks cover)
-Panama
-Hot For Teacher
Great finger tapping and solos

Whitesnake:
-Here I Go Again (On my own)

The White Stripes:
They’re new but they sound alright
-Seven Nation Army

The Who:
-My Generation
-Substitute
I think they’ve got lots of

harroldthebarroll

Dec 27, 2008 at 1:32 pm

hi try genesis when peter gabriel was the singer , yes, styx, the allman brothers band whitesnake, steve vai, joe satriani, led zeppelin, alice cooper joe bonamasa, the eagles, the doobie brothers steely dan. mostly autumn, santana, ten years after.gary moore