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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 · 1973– · hard rock

159.050

Why this number?

The full board

2

Aerosmith

United States of America · 1970– · hard rock 68.803

3

Led Zeppelin

United Kingdom · 1968–1980 · rock 67.453

4

Rush

Canada · 1968– · progressive rock 66.154

5

Scorpions

Germany · 1965– · hard rock 62.269

6

Queen

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 61.632

7

Deep Purple

United Kingdom · 1968– · hard rock 50.074

8

Guns N’ Roses

United States of America · 1985– · hard rock 46.669

9

Black Sabbath

United Kingdom · 1968–2025 · heavy metal 43.866

10

Metallica

United States of America · 1981– · heavy metal 41.533

11

Van Halen

United States of America · 1972–2019 · hard rock 35.177

12

Blue Öyster Cult

United States of America · 1967– · hard rock 31.190

13

Motörhead

United Kingdom · 1975–2015 · heavy metal 30.841

14

Def Leppard

United Kingdom · 1977– · hard rock 25.439

15

Alice Cooper

United States of America · 1948– · hard rock 24.056

16

The Who

United Kingdom · 1964– · rock 18.976

17

Bon Jovi

United States of America · 1983– · hard rock 18.684

18

Alice Cooper

United States of America · 1964–1975 · hard rock 14.348

19

The Rolling Stones

United Kingdom · 1962– · rock 14.234

20

Ozzy Osbourne

United Kingdom · 1948–2025 · heavy metal 13.052

21

Ghost

Sweden · 2008– · heavy metal 12.652

22

Uriah Heep

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 12.534

23

Pearl Jam

United States of America · 1990– · grunge 12.312

24

Jethro Tull

United Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 12.307

25

ZZ Top

United States of America · 1969– · rock 12.292

26

Queens of the Stone Age

United States of America · 1996– · alternative rock 10.979

27

Neil Young

Canada · 1945– · rock 10.358

28 Audioslave

United States of America · 2001–2007 · hard rock 10.171

29

Whitesnake

United Kingdom · 1978–2022 · hard rock 9.109

30 Boston

United States of America · 1975– · rock 8.400

31

KISS

United States of America · 1973–2023 · hard rock 8.391

32 BAND‐MAID

Japan · 2013– · hard rock 8.095

33

Alice in Chains

United States of America · 1987– · grunge 7.901

34

Clutch

United States of America · 1990– · hard rock 7.726

35 Meat Loaf

United States of America · 1947–2022 · rock 7.567

36

Lynyrd Skynyrd

United States of America · 1964– · southern rock 7.563

37

Europe

Sweden · 1982– · hard rock 7.520

38

Judas Priest

United Kingdom · 1969– · heavy metal 7.488

39

David Bowie

United Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 7.047

40

Foo Fighters

United States of America · 1994– · alternative rock 6.914

41

Crazy Horse

United States of America · 1969– · rock 6.867

42

Dio

United States of America · 1982–2010 · heavy metal 6.823

43

Heart

United States of America · 1973– · rock 6.800

44

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock 6.723

45

Rainbow

United Kingdom · 1974– · hard rock 6.514

46

The Black Crowes

United States of America · 1989– · southern rock 6.493

47

Stone Temple Pilots

United States of America · 1990– · alternative rock 6.481

48 The Cult

United Kingdom · 1983– · hard rock 6.208