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The greatest hard rock artists of all time

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

No. 1

AC/DC

Australia flagAustralia · 1973– · hard rock
159.050
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2 Aerosmith United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · hard rock 68.803
3 Led Zeppelin United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968–1980 · rock 67.453
4 Rush Canada flagCanada · 1968– · progressive rock 66.154
5 Scorpions Germany flagGermany · 1965– · hard rock 62.269
6 Queen United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1970– · rock 61.632
7 Deep Purple United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968– · hard rock 50.074
8 Guns N’ Roses United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · hard rock 46.669
9 Black Sabbath United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968–2025 · heavy metal 43.866
10 Metallica United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · heavy metal 41.533
11 Van Halen United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1972–2019 · hard rock 35.177
12 Blue Öyster Cult United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1967– · hard rock 31.190
13 Motörhead United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975–2015 · heavy metal 30.841
14 Def Leppard United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1977– · hard rock 25.439
15 Alice Cooper United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1948– · hard rock 24.056
16 The Who United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1964– · rock 18.976
17 Bon Jovi United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · hard rock 18.684
18 Alice Cooper United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1964–1975 · hard rock 14.348
19 The Rolling Stones United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1962– · rock 14.234
20 Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948–2025 · heavy metal 13.052
21 Ghost Sweden flagSweden · 2008– · heavy metal 12.652
22 Uriah Heep United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1970– · rock 12.534
23 Pearl Jam United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1990– · grunge 12.312
24 Jethro Tull United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 12.307