The 80s became the era of the "New Wave" - when various genres of rock music appeared. Today, rock is still popular all over the world. Both adults and teenagers listen to him. The hits that appeared almost 40 years ago are still loved and occupy an important place in the soul of almost every person. Rock will never die. We present to your attention 13 of the best bands that gave our world amazing music.
Journey is an American rock band formed by former members of Santana in 1973. Between 1978-1987, the group sold 80 million copies of their albums worldwide. Journey's most successful albums are "Escape" (1981) and "Frontiers" (1983). And the most famous hit, which is familiar to many, is “Don’t Stop Believin” from 1981.
Metallica is an American metal band that formed in 1981. This group became famous in 1983 after they released their first album, “Kill ‘Em All.” Their biggest hits "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Master of Puppets" will forever remain in our hearts.
The Cure are a British rock band that formed in 1976. Throughout its existence, the members of the group constantly changed and only frontman Robert Smith remained the only constant member of the group. The most famous singles of this British group are “Just Like Heaven” (1987), “Friday I’m in Love” (1992) and “Love song” (1989).
Bon Jovi is an American rock band that formed in 1983. In the 1980s, this group's hits were heard in every bar in America. The band achieved worldwide popularity after the release of their third album "Slippery When Wet" in 1986.
Foreigner is an American rock band formed in 1976. Some of this group's greatest hits rocked the 80s. Among them were "Urgent" (1981) and "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (1981). Their most successful single appeared in 1984, entitled “I Want to Know What Love Is.”
Depeche Mode is a British electronic rock band that formed in 1980. This is one of the most successful groups in the world. It is difficult to determine the best and most popular hits of this group, but still we will indicate here some amazing songs: “Never Let Me Down Again” (1987), “Stripped” (1986), “Just Can’t Get Enough” (1981).
Duran Duran is a British pop rock band formed in 1978. The group became famous not only for its unforgettable singles ("Hungry Like The Wolf" (1982) and "The Wild Boys" (1984)), but also for its controversial music videos, which became popular on MTV in the early 1980s.
Def Leppard is a British rock band formed in 1977. The group became popular in 1983 - 1989, when the platinum albums "Pyromania" (1983) and "Hysteria" (1987) were released. The most successful singles of their entire career are considered to be “Love Bites” (1987), “Pour Some Sugar On Me” (1987), “Armageddon It” (1987).
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band that formed in 1985. The group became famous after releasing the album "Appetite for Destruction" in 1987. Their best hits, heard all over the world, are “Sweet Child O" Mine" (1987), "Welcome to the Jungle" (1987), "Paradise City" (1987).
AC/DC is an Australian rock band that formed in 1973. Despite the fact that the group appeared in the 70s, it only became popular when one of its best-selling albums was released in 1980, "Back in Black". AC/DC is the most successful and famous rock band in the world.
U2 is an Irish rock band that was formed in 1976 by teenage musicians. Four years later they released their debut album "Boy". But the album “The Joshua Tree” (1987), which is one of the greatest rock albums, brought them worldwide fame and recognition.
The Police are a British rock band that formed in 1977. The group became internationally famous in the early 1980s and their album "Synchronicity" (1983) reached number one in the UK and US charts. The group broke up in 1984, but before that they managed to give the world such amazing hits as “Every Breath You Take” (1983) and “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” (1980).
Queen is a British rock band that was founded in 1970. This group became one of the most successful groups in the history of rock music. It became famous in the mid-70s, but the group gained worldwide fame in the early 80s, when they released the album "The Game" (1980) and such a great hit as "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980).
In the 70-80s, a large number of groups appeared, mastering and developing a new direction - hard rock. This one appeared with the arrival of such a popular group as the Beatles - it was these four Britons who laid the foundation for rock music, heavy metal and other modern styles of heavy music.
It is also worth noting that most of the songs of Zeppelin and Jim Morrison became real hits. Such popularity was achieved through the use of various effects of electric instruments (mostly, the musicians created them themselves, since at that time there was no good equipment capable of synthesizing sound), as well as “catchy” motifs and guitar riffs. Examples include the song “Stairway to heaven” by Led Zeppelin or the song “The end” by The Doors.
There were also groups that became famous for their spectacular performances. Undoubtedly, the first place among such teams could be given to Pink Floyd and its famous song Another brick in the wall.
AC/DC (IC/DC)- Australian team, created by two siblings in their youth. The Young family was literally obsessed with music. All 4 brothers Malcolm, George, Alex and Angus learned to play the guitar from childhood and by adulthood...
Genesis (Genesis)- legendary English rock band. 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the group’s creation. The group was included in the list of bands of the 80s because the 80s were the most successful years in the life of the rock group. It was at the very end of the 70s that Genesis radically...
A group from the USA that performed music in the style of hard rock. In 1974, the band's album Get Your Wings sold over three million records. Until the end of the decade, the team was one of the top five performers, the most popular all over the world.
Another foreign team performing hard rock. The virtuoso guitar duo made the band a classic, and guitar lovers to this day consider their performance an unattainable canon.
Rock band from the UK, founded in the late 70s. The work of this band organically merged elements of hard rock and proto-thrash. The most famous composition is No Sleep "til Hammersmith.
Legendary English group that began their career in the 1970s. Queen remained at the top of their game for decades. The components of the success of this group are the amazing vocal abilities of the group's lead singer Freddie Mercury and excellent music. As reference publications suggest, absolutely all Queen albums have gone platinum.
This band combined instrumental solos with elements of hard rock. The main hit is Lady in Black.
A cult band of the 70s and 80s that performed hard rock. It is the musicians of Led Zeppelin who can be called the founders of the heavy metal style. Creativity is characterized by powerful vocals combined with heavy musical accompaniment.
It is the musicians of Deep Purple who are called the founders of hard rock.
Another legendary rock band originally from New York, which is remembered by many for its provocative stage images, including makeup, and traditional pyrotechnic shows for performances. Kiss's greatest hits are Detroit Rock City, Strutter, Rock and Roll All Night.
The group from Australia combined hard rock and rock and roll in their work. AC/DC's most famous single is Highway to Hell.
Pink Floyd is an iconic British musical group whose songs can be called a symbol of a generation. Since 1973, every new Pink Floyd album has topped the charts. The album that brought the group the greatest fame is The Wall.
Among the legends of world rock are such groups as Scorpions, Sex Pistols, U2, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana.
This English group has become one of the legends of world rock. In 1970 they became famous thanks to the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar”. The main hits are Smoke On The Water, Gettin' Tighter.
Names of rock bands from the 60s and 70s. foreign and received the best answer
Answer from Zurbat[guru]
This is only from those whom I have heard about, and listened to at least a little))... And there are a lot more of them...
Not everything on this list is pure rock, but it's close. And not everyone here is a group, there are many solo performers, but they don’t make music alone, they make music with musicians, so it’s still a group))... Everything here, in one way or another, falls in the period of existence in the period from the 60th to the 79th year...
1) 10 CC
2) Abba
3)AC/DC
4) Aerosmith
5) Alan Parson's Project
6) Alice Cooper
7) Allman Brothers Band
8) Amboy Dukes
9) America
10) Animals
11) Aphrodite's Child
12) Argent
13) Bachman-Turner Overdrive
14) Bad Company
14) Badfinger
15) Band
16) Boney M
17) Beach Boys
18) Beatles
19) Bee Gees
20) Billy Joel
21) Black Sabbath
22) Blind Faith
23) Blondie
24) Blue Oyster Cult
25) Bob Dylan
26) Bob Marley
27) Bob Seger
28) Bonnie Tyler
29) Boston
30) Boxtops
31) Bruce Springsteen
32) Buffalo Springfield
33) Byrds
34) Camel
35) Canned Heat
36) Cars
37) Cat Stevens
38) Chambers Brothers
39) Cheap Trick
40) Chicago
41) Chris De Burgh
42) Chris Rea
43) Christie
44) Clash
44) Cream
45) Creedence Clearwater Revival
46) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
47) David Bowie
48) Deep Purple
50) Derek and the Dominos
51) Dire Straits
52) Don McLean
53) Donovan
54) Doobie Brothers
55) Doors
56) Dr. John
57) Eagles
58) Edgar Winter group
59) Electric Light Orchestra
60) ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
61) Elton John
62) Elvis Presley
63) Eric Clapton
64) Fleetwood Mac
65) Focus
66) Foghat
67) Foreigner
68) Frank Zappa
69) Free
70) Gary Glitter
71) Gary Moore
72) Genesis
73) Geordie
74) George Harrison
75) George Thorogood
76) Golden Earring
77) Grand Funk Railroad
78) Grateful Dead
79) Guess Who
80) Head East
81) Heart
82) Hollies
83) Humble Pie
84) Iron Butterfly
85) Jackson Browne
86) James Gang
87) Janis Joplin
88) Jefferson Airplane
89) Jethro Tull
90) Jimi Hendrix
91) Jimi Hendrix Experience
92) Joe Cocker
93) Joe Walsh
94) John Fogerty
95)John Lennon
96) Journey
97) Judas Priest
99) Kansas
99) King Crimson
100) Kingsmen
101) Kinks
102) Kiss
103) Kraftwerk
104) Led Zeppelin
105)Leonard Cohen
106) Livin' Blues
107) Lou Reed
108) Lovin' Spoonful
109) Lynyrd Skynyrd
110) Mamas And Papas
111) Manfred Mann
112) Manfred Mann's Earth Band
113) Meat Loaf
114) Middle of the road
115) Mike Oldfield
116) Monkees
117) Moody Blues
118) Mott The Hoople
119) Mungo Jerry
120) Nazareth
121) Neil Young
122) Norman Greenbaum
123) Outlaws
124) Paul McCartney
125) Pavlov's Dog
126) Peter Frampton
127) Peter Gabriel
128) Pink Floyd
129) Police
130) Procol Harum
131) Queen
132) Rainbow
133) Ramones
134) Rascals
135) Reo Speedwagon
136) Rick Derringer
137) Rod Stewart
138) Rolling Stones
139) Roxy Music
140) Roy Orbison
141) Rush
142) Santana
143) Scorpions
144) Seals & Croft
145) Searchers
146) Sex Pistols
147) Shocking Blue
148) Simon And Garfunkel
149) Sky
150) Slade
151) Sly And The Family Stone
152) Smokie
153) Spencer Davis Group
154) Status Quo
155) Steely Dan
156) Stephen Stills
157)Steppenwolf
158) Steve Winwood
159) Stevie Ray Vaughan
160) Stooges
161) Stranglers
162) Strawberry Alarm Clock
163) Styx
164) Sugarloaf
165) Supermax
166) Supertramp
167) Suzi Quatro
168) Sweet
169) Syd Barett
170) Ted Nugent
171) Ten Years After
172) Thin Lizzy
173) Three Dog Night
174) Thunderclap Newman
175) Tina Turner
176) Todd Rundgren
177) Tom Jones
178) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
179) Tom Waits
180) T. Rex
181) Traffic
182) Troggs
183) Uriah Heep
184) Van Der Graaf Generator
185) Vangelis
186) Van Halen
187) Van Morrison
188) Ventures
189) Warren Zevon
190) Whitesnake
191) Who
192) Wings
193) Yardbirds
194) Yes
195) Young Rascals
196) Zombies
197) ZZ Top
Source: Rock encyclopedia and the collection "Classic rock top 500" helped me remember all this))...
Answer from Shark-Hardcore[guru]
what, everyone? I only like The Doors
Answer from Cat black[guru]
hmm.. there are a lot of them. AC/DC, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix (although this is a solo artist..), Beatles, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rainbow, Rush, Status Quo, Sweet (although this is glam..) , The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Cars, The Kinks, Animals, Suzi Quatro (although this is a solo artist :)), Shocking Blue, Searchers, Scorpions, Procol Harum, Nazareth, Mamas and Papas, Electric Light Orchestra, Jefferson Airplane, Guess Who...Actually, of course, much more, but I don’t remember now)
Answer from Lera Mostovschikava[newbie]
?1) 10 CC2) Abba3) AC/DC4) Aerosmith 5) Alan Parson's Project 6) Alice Cooper 7) Allman Brothers Band 8) Amboy Dukes9) America10) Animals 11) Aphrodite's Child12) Argent13) Bachman-Turner Overdrive14 ) Bad Company 14) Badfinger15) Band16) Boney M17) Beach Boys18) Beatles19) Bee Gees20) Billy Joel21) Black Sabbath22) Blind Faith23) Blondie24) Blue Oyster Cult25) Bob Dylan 26) Bob Marley27) Bob Seger 28) Bonnie Tyler29) Boston30 ) Boxtops31) Bruce Springsteen 32) Buffalo Springfield 33) Byrds 34) Camel35) Canned Heat36) Cars37) Cat Stevens 38) Chambers Brothers39) Cheap Trick40) Chicago 41) Chris De Burgh42) Chris Rea43) Christie 44) Clash44) Cream45) Creedence Clearwater Revival 46) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young47) David Bowie 48) Deep Purple50) Derek and the Dominos51) Dire Straits 52) Don McLean 53) Donovan54) Doobie Brothers55) Doors56) Dr. John57) Eagles58) Edgar Winter group59) Electric Light Orchestra 60) ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)61) Elton John62) Elvis Presley63) Eric Clapton64) Fleetwood Mac65) Focus66) Foghat67) Foreigner68) Frank Zappa69) Free70) Gary Glitter 71) Gary Moore72) Genesis73) Geordie74) George Harrison75) George Thorogood76) Golden Earring 77) Grand Funk Railroad 78) Grateful Dead79) Guess Who80) Head East81) Heart 82) Hollies 83) Humble Pie84) Iron Butterfly85) Jackson Browne86) James Gang 87) Janis Joplin88) Jefferson Airplane89) Jethro Tull90) Jimi Hendrix91) Jimi Hendrix Experience92) Joe Cocker 93) Joe Walsh 94) John Fogerty 95) John Lennon96) Journey97) Judas Priest 99) Kansas99) King Crimson 100) Kingsmen101) Kinks102) Kiss 103) Kraftwerk 104) Led Zeppelin105) Leonard Cohen106) Livin" Blues 107) Lou Reed108) Lovin" Spoonful 109) Lynyrd Skynyrd 110) Mamas And Papas111) Manfred Mann 112) Manfred Mann"s Earth Band 113) Meat Loaf 114) Middle of the road115 ) Mike Oldfield 116) Monkees117) Moody Blues 118) Mott The Hoople119) Mungo Jerry120) Nazareth121) Neil Young 122) Norman Greenbaum123) Outlaws124) Paul McCartney125) Pavlov's Dog126) Peter Frampton 127) Peter Gabriel128) Pink Floyd 129) Police 130 ) Procol Harum131) Queen 132) Rainbow 133) Ramones134) Rascals135) Reo Speedwagon136) Rick Derringer137) Rod Stewart 138) Rolling Stones139) Roxy Music140) Roy Orbison141) Rush142) Santana 143) Scorpions144) Seals & Croft145) Searchers 146) Sex P istols147) Shocking Blue148) Simon And Garfunkel149) Sky 150) Slade 151) Sly And The Family Stone152) Smokie 153) Spencer Davis Group154) Status Quo155) Steely Dan156) Stephen Stills157) Steppenwolf158) Steve Winwood159) Stevie Ray Vaughan160) Stooges 161) Stranglers162) berry Alarm Clock163) Styx164) Sugarloaf165) Supermax166) Supertramp 167) Suzi Quatro 168) Sweet 169) Syd Barett170) Ted Nugent 171) Ten Years After 172) Thin Lizzy173) Three Dog Night 174) Thunderclap Newman175) Tina Turner176) Todd Rundgren177) Tom Jones 178) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 179) Tom Waits180) T. Rex181) Traffic182) Troggs183) Uriah Heep 184) Van Der Graaf Generator 185) Vangelis 186) Van Halen187) Van Morrison188) Ventures 189) Warren Zevon190) Whitesnake191) Who192) Wings193) Yardbirds194) Yes 195) Young Rascals196) 197) ZZ Top
