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The greatest classic rock artists of all time

127 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock

22.532

Why this number?

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2

Led Zeppelin

United Kingdom · 1968–1980 · rock 22.191

3

The Beatles

United Kingdom · 1960–1970 · rock 19.694

4

Dire Straits

United Kingdom · 1977–1995 · rock 13.689

5

The Rolling Stones

United Kingdom · 1962– · rock 11.286

6

Eagles

United States of America · 1971– · rock 10.042

7

The Doors

United States of America · 1965–1973 · rock 9.735

8

AC/DC

Australia · 1973– · hard rock 9.053

9

Queen

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 8.964

10

The Who

United Kingdom · 1964– · rock 8.670

11

Creedence Clearwater Revival

United States of America · 1959–1972 · rock 8.522

12

Blue Öyster Cult

United States of America · 1967– · hard rock 7.722

13

Yes

United Kingdom · 1968– · progressive rock 7.050

14

David Bowie

United Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 6.457

15

Deep Purple

United Kingdom · 1968– · hard rock 6.315

16

Black Sabbath

United Kingdom · 1968–2025 · heavy metal 5.534

17

Jethro Tull

United Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 5.425

18

Neil Young

Canada · 1945– · rock 5.189

19

Rush

Canada · 1968– · progressive rock 5.122

20

Uriah Heep

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 4.760

21

Aerosmith

United States of America · 1970– · hard rock 4.418

22

Bob Dylan

United States of America · 1941– · folk rock 4.201

23

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

United Kingdom · 1970–2011 · progressive rock 3.793

24

Eric Clapton

United Kingdom · 1945– · rock 3.646