With screaming guitars, pounding drums and epic solos, hard rock turned the music world upside down from the late 1960s onward. These bands sold hundreds of millions of albums and filled stadiums all over the world. Who is the ultimate hard rock band for you? Cast your vote!
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Led Zeppelin
With more than 300 million records sold and innovative heavy riffs, they are seen as the absolute pioneers of the hard rock genre.
AC/DC
The Australian giants scored one of the best-selling rock albums in history with Back in Black.
Overrated as hell tbh, AC/DC had maybe one solid record and rode the hype for decades.
Deep Purple
Famous for legendary guitar riffs like Smoke on the Water and the virtuoso interplay between guitar and Hammond organ.
Untouchable.
Guns N' Roses
Their 1987 debut album Appetite for Destruction is, with more than thirty million copies, the best-selling debut album ever in the US.
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Black Sabbath
Laid the foundations for both hard rock and heavy metal with down-tuned guitars and dark themes.
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Aerosmith
Scored mega-hits for decades and, with more than 150 million records sold, is regarded as the most successful American hard rock band.
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Van Halen
Set a new worldwide standard for rock guitarists with Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary two-handed tapping.
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KISS
World-famous for their extravagant makeup, spectacular pyrotechnic shows and stadium anthems like Rock and Roll All Nite.
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Scorpions
The German rock band broke through internationally with stadium hits like Rock You Like a Hurricane and sold more than 100 million albums.
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Def Leppard
Sold more than 100 million records worldwide with monster productions on albums like Pyromania and Hysteria.
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With more than 300 million records sold and innovative heavy riffs, they are seen as the absolute pioneers of the hard rock genre Hard to argue with #1 on this list.
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