Pick Your Top 10 North American Rock Bands

[The Rover]

All styles of Rock are included. Some have commented that 5 was too short, so I've doubled that number to 10 for this thread. It's supposed to require some thinking, to weed out the great bands you like, that don't make it into the Top 10. It would be too easy to ask for your Top 25, for example.

• The Doors
• Van Halen (1978-1984)
• Alice Cooper Band
• ZZ TOP
• Chicago Transit Authority
• Rush
• Ted Nugent
• Alice In Chains
• Grand Funk Railroad
• Guns 'N' Roses

[CaboChris]

Van Halen
The Doors
The Beach Boys
The Doobie Brothers
Aerosmith

Sorry, Im only good for 5

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Van Halen
Aerosmith
The Eagles
The Cars
Cheap Trick
Guns N' Roses
Rush
The Doobie Brothers
The Beach Boys
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

[HippieLettuce]

VH
Rush
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Crickets
Aerosmith
STP
AIC
Metallica (Cliff Burton lineup)
The Doors
Kiss

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Van Halen
Aerosmith
The Eagles
The Cars
Cheap Trick
Guns N' Roses
Rush
The Doobie Brothers
The Beach Boys
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

I completely forgot about Alice In Chains.

[dislocatedday]

1. Van Halen
2. Rush

... Big gap for me after the 2 above. VH and Rush are head and shoulders my favorites above the rest on this list.

3. King's X
4. Allman Brothers
5. Aerosmith
6. Chicago *...Terry Kath era.....they went downhill after he died...*
7. Pearl Jam
8. ZZ Top
9. Megadeth
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

[jimmy812]

Van Halen
Aerosmith
GNR
Eagles
Billy Joel
Tom Petty
Metallica
Motley Crue
CCR
Skynyrd

[VH122]

Alice In Chains
White Stripes
Triumph
ZZ Top
Aerosmith
STP
Rush
VH
Boston
Cheap Trick

[YankeeRose]

I added a few more than 10.....

Van Halen

David Lee Roth (Yankee Rose band)

Extreme

The Who

Queensryche

Boston

Journey

ZZ Top

Meat Loaf

Damn Yankees

Dokken

Alice Cooper

Kim Mitchell

Guns N' Roses

[Naked Wake]

no particular order and I'm sure over the years this has changed a bit. When I was 12 or 13 I was obsessed with Ratt & Motley Crue, and there was a point where the only thing I listened to was Slayer.

Megadeth
Metallica
Savatage
Dream Theater
Buckethead
Alice in Chains
GNR
Queensryche
KISS
Heart

[VH1986]

Van Halen (1978-1995--Suck it, Rover.)
Metallica
Motley Crue
Megadeth
Guns n Roses
KISS
Warrant
Grateful Dead
Aerosmith
Boston

[DJ Work'in Hard]

Van Halen
Aerosmith
Doors
Blue Oyster Cult
Lynyrd skynyrd
Rush
ZZ Top
Boston
Kiss
April Wine

[I Coulda Hada VH]

How did I forget about Boston? 🤡

[Sam Vs. Dave]

In no real order:

Van Halen 1972-1987
Y&T
Solo Sammy
Material Issue
ZZ Top
Foghat (Are they American?)
April Wine
The Romantics
The Knack
The Huge

[Wild Ranger]

The Doors
Van Halen
Rush
Blue Oyster Cult
Dream Theater
Aerosmith
Guns n Roses
Alice in Chains
Smashing Pumpkins
The Stooges