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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
Why this number?
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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