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Rock Recording Artists
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Albums: Best of Bowie, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in Brixton, London) is an iconic British rock musician. Active in five decades of popular music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited...
- Guns N' Roses
Albums: Appetite for Destruction, Use Your Illusion I, Chinese Democracy
Guns N' Roses are an influential American hard rock band founded in Los Angeles in 1985. They are often credited with bringing rock 'n' roll back into the mainstream during the late 1980s, resurrecting the styles of bands such as Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones during a time when hair metal and...
- Bon Jovi
Albums: Cross Road, Crush, Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi is a hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s. Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist...
- Eagles
Albums: Hell Freezes Over, The Very Best of the Eagles, Long Road Out Of Eden
The Eagles (currently formed by vocalist/drummer Don Henley, vocalist/guitarist Glenn Frey, guitarist Joe Walsh and bassist Timothy B. Schmit) are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. With five Number 1 singles and six Number 1 albums, the Eagles were...
- Jimi Hendrix
Albums: Band of Gypsys, His Final Performance [1990], Smash Hits
In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced...
- Eric Clapton
Albums: The Cream of Clapton, Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert, Tears in Heaven
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a Grammy Award winning English composer, singer and guitarist who became one of the most respected and influential artists of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- The Clash
Albums: London Calling, Combat Rock, The Clash
The Clash were a punk rock band from London, England, active from 1976 to 1986. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 1970s, they incorporated rock and roll, reggae, rockabilly, and eventually many other music styles into their repertoire.
- Talking Heads
Albums: Stop Making Sense, Remain in Light, Little Creatures
One of the most important, influential and enduring new wave bands, Talking Heads regularly modified their sound, bringing in elements of punk, pop, african rhythms and funk among others to add to their original jerky stripped-down art-punk stylings. Talking Heads first appeared on the New York...
- The Kinks
Albums: Lola vs Powerman And The Moneygoround, To the Bone (disc 2), The Ultimate Collection (disc 2)
The Kinks are a British rock group that came out of the British R&B/ Garage Rock scene of the early 1960s. Formed in 1963 in London, UK, they first gained prominence on the heels of the well-received and highly influential single "You Really Got Me" (1964).
- Taking Back Sunday
Albums: Tell All Your Friends, Where You Want to Be, Louder Now
This is the record that a lot of people never thought would happen: A brand new Taking Back Sunday album that features the same line-up as the band's platinum-selling 2002 debut Tell All Your Friends. Although the players here--frontman Adam Lazzara, guitarists Eddie Reyes and John Nolan, drummer...
- Chuck Berry
Albums: The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry Is On Top, Pulp Fiction
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music who first began performing in 1953.
- Buddy Holly
Albums: Greatest Hits, The Best of Buddy Holly, Juno - Music From The Motion Picture
Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an american singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. The change of spelling of "Holley" to "Holly" came about because of an error in a contract he was asked to sign, listing him as Buddy Holly.
- Little Richard
Albums: Good Golly, Miss Molly, 18 Greatest Hits, The Georgia Peach
Little Richard (born Richard Wayne Penniman, December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, and an early pioneer of rock 'n' roll, influencing generations of R&B and rock artists. Many of his fans have proclaimed Richard as The Real King of Rock...
- Muddy Waters
Albums: Baby Please Don't Go, The Best of Muddy Waters, Muddy Waters Long Distant Call
Muddy Waters ( McKinley Morganfield, Issaquena County, Mississippi, April 4, 1915 - Westmont, Illinois, April 30, 1983) was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of chicago blues." His fondness for playing in mud earned him the nickname "Muddy" at an early age.
- Carl Perkins
Albums: Carl Perkins, Original Sun Greatest Hits, The Man And The Legend
Carl Lee Perkins of (April 9, 1932-January 19 1998) originally of Tiptonville, Tennessee, made his mark with his prodigious pioneering career as a songwriter, singer and guitarist performing early rockabilly and rock n roll along with more traditional country and gospel music for decades before his...
