The best rock bands in the world
What distracts us from everyday life? For everyone, this is something of its own: someone reads books, and someone jumps with a parachute. But most often, it's music and books. We suggest you expand your playlist and find out the best rock bands with the best rock singers of all time, this is guaranteed to tear you from the routine and will give you many pleasant minutes!
1. Primus
Funk Rock
The founder and the permanent author of music and texts - Les Claypool, teaming up with guitarist Larry Lalonde, changes drummers from time to time, but this does not affect the quality of music. The style of the band is almost impossible to determine, Kleipul himself somehow called his music "psychedelic polka." The band played with all sorts of musicians, their brightest performances with multi-instrumentalist Buckethead. The group opens many festivals, being a headliner, participating in musical shows, their performances are always distinguished by a special atmosphere. The distinctive manner of singing Claypool - it's hard to call singing, he just tells the story in a microphone, which creates the impression of the absurdity of the combination of music and vocals in general. Musicians have an excellent sense of humor, probably because they wrote the title track for the animated series "South Park". Primus is the only group that has a personal style for the ID3 tag in the Winamp player. In total there were nine albums of the band if you take into account all their joint and side projects, then there will be much more interesting material than officially released.
2. Alice in Chains
Hard rock
The collective, formed in Seattle, the heart of the grunge, by Lane Staley and Jerry Cantrell, in the early nineties. The band comes with Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, the top four grunge bands for all time. In total, they released 5 full-length albums, 3 mini albums, 2 albums from concerts and 2 collections of videos about the band. The world has sold 35 million copies of albums and it's only officially. The band's style is hard to describe, from album to album the sound changed: first was hard rock, with a touch of glam rock, country, and blues, but then they sounded harder approaching the alternative metal. The heavy reefs of Cantrell and Stiyl's hypnotic voice are combined in songs as a whole. After the death of Lane Steyli from an overdose of drugs (at the time of death with an increase of 180 cm, he weighed 39 kilograms) the group suspended its activities for a long period. With the advent of William Duvall in 2006, the group has regained its creativity and now travels the world with tours.
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Acid rock
The American-British band, famous for its guitar riffs and solos, innovative ideas and famous songs. The central figure of the team was Jimmy Hendrix - the founder of the ideologist and the author of all the songs. He was helped by Noel Redding (bass guitar) and Mitch Mitchell (drums). The year of the band's founding was 1966, the band disbanded in three years, in 1969 after the bass guitarist left. The band was revived in 1970 when Billy Cox took the bass. The fans had an informal name for the fans, The Cry of Love. Constant experiments with sound and the continuous development of Jimmy with the guitar-led the group to the favorites of the charts. In 1992, the band got into the hall of fame rock'n'roll. Often the albums recorded by the band are considered a solo work of Hendrix, as he was the key figure of psychedelic music at that time.
4. The Doors
Blues Rock
The collective is named after the book Aldous Huxley - "The Door of Perception". The band was founded in 1965 by Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison, having got the rest of the band, they started recording songs. Speaking at the club, they were amateurs in terms of music, and almost every time the club management said that this was their last performance, accompanied by Morrison's behavior on the stage - often he was in a state of alcoholic or narcotic intoxication. But each "last time" was not the last, because the group had an army of fans who wanted to see "that long-haired guy who sang." Morrison allowed himself everything, he went on stage and said - "I am the lizard king. I can do anything. " Having gained experience in clubs, the band recorded the first album, which became multi-platinum, then each of their albums became a masterpiece. The band broke up when Jim was found in the bathroom of the hotel, who died of a heart attack. Music Doors sounds very unusual and fresh even now.
5. Pink Floyd
Psychedelic art-rock
In the 70's a world-class collective appeared -Pink Floyd. Their main asset was the pompous show, acoustic inserts and topical texts, which for a long time crashed into memory. They sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Initially, the group included Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason. Later, they were joined by the main ideologist of the group - Sid Barrett. The band created many successful songs and recorded psychedelic videos. Sid Barrett, over time, became more and more closed and then retired. It was he who dedicated the songs "Shine on your crazy diamond" and "We wish you were here". After Barrett's departure, David Gilmour comes to the group. Successfully functioning until 1994, the group disintegrates due to disagreements. But in 2005, having forgotten about the quarrels and disagreements, they unite to play on the show "Live 8" that it is struggling with the problem of poverty. The group is rightly considered the father of psychedelic rock.
6. Led Zeppelin
Hard rock
The creator of the legendary band was Jimmy Page, who worked as a session guitarist, but he got tired of it and decided to start his own band. Soon John Paul Jones (bass guitar), Robert Plant (vocals) and John Bonham (drums) joined him. The group was named New Yardbirds. But soon, they changed their name to Led Zeppelin, recalling the phraseology "to go down like a lead balloon", which means to fail, with a bang. But the group's ironic mood prevented them from avoiding success. The band classified their music as a heavy blues with rock-and-roll elements. The fans always wanted from the band a heavy and assertive sound, but the musicians did not go around with anyone, and they recorded many semi-acoustic compositions. For some time the group was harassed - Planta died a son, and John Bonham died of an alcohol overdose. After the death of Bonham, the group declared its disintegration, because they always considered themselves as one. Now the participants are engaged in a solo career.
7. Tool
Art rock
The band was founded in the 1990s, in Los Angeles, the original direction was grunge, later became one of the most progressive groups of our time. They were awarded "Grammy" three times, they for a long time took the position of leaders on the world stage. Due to technically complex and long works, together with texts-messages about continuous personal development, the group has the glory of the leading collective and one of the pioneers of the genre of progressive groups. The composition of the group Adam Jones, Paul D'Amour, Maynard James Keenan and Danny Carey. The lyrics of the group are aggressive politicized texts, with a touch of mysticism, this is due to the fact that members of the group are trying to expose society's ulcers and inform about the insolvency of the system. At the same time, one of the members of the collective was in the Masonic lodge, while the other was engaged in yoga and hypnosis.
8. Dream Theater
Progressive Rock
The history of one of the most interesting groups of our time, dates back to the distant 1985, when friends John Mayang and John Petrucci decided, with the support of drummer Mike Portnoy, to assemble their own team. As a vocalist, Chris Collins was taken, and for the keyboards, Kevin Moore was taken. The newly made line-up, dropped out of school at Berkeley College to start his musical career. Their first compositions were similar to the Rush group, which did not stop them, because they always wanted to complete the originality of the composition. To date, a lot of powerful albums have been released, each member of the team masterfully owns the instrument, and their concerts are compared with a march to the opera on the complexity of the performance of parties.
9. The Stooges
Garage rock
The band was founded by the world famous Iggy Pop, who became vocal, the bass was entrusted to Dave Alexander, and the brothers Ashton - Ron and Scott got a guitar and drums. The first performance took place in 1967, in Halloon, at the University of Michigan. The original name is Psychedelic Stooges. The first album was produced by John Cale from Velvet Underground. The group after that almost fell apart - the collective was heavily hooked on drugs. But, despite long proceedings, protracted problems with drug addiction in Iggy Pop, after all the group became cult and in 2010 it was brought to the Hall of Fame rock'n'roll. June 22, 2016, the group ceased to exist, because in the previous ten years "to the next world" almost all members of the group were sent. The last album was released in 2013, entitled "Ready to die".
10. Animals as leaders
Progressive Rock, Fusion Rock
Animals as leaders - a progressive musical group from the United States, was founded in support of guitarist Tosin Abasi - guitar virtuoso. The novel by Daniel Quinn "Ishmael", written on the topic of anthropocentrism (the view that man is the center of the universe), inspired the group precisely for this name. Broken reefs, non-standard sizes and a lot of strategic decisions in terms of sound make the group innovators and pioneers in their genre, who, despite everything, do not stop and continue to develop.
11. Buckethead
Experimental Rock
Brian Patrick Carroll, better known under the pseudonym Buckethead, a virtuoso guitar player and an American musician. One of the most productive musicians in the world. He has more than 40 studio albums, more than 50 releases. He recorded with many musicians in very different styles. Very noteworthy is the image of a rock performer - on his head a bucket of chicken from a fast food KFC, with the inscription Funeral (funeral). The face is hidden by a white theatrical mask. In his speech, he not only plays the guitar but also shows receptions with nunchaku, performs robot dance and gives his listeners toys, directly from the stage. To the extraordinary image is attached a "legend" that he was brought up by hens, and therefore his mission is "to warn people about the continuous chicken holocaust in fast foods around the world." All his oddities are overlapped by his skill. In addition to guitar, Brian plays bass, ukulele, piano, synthesizer, mandolin, banjo, violin - all these tools for Carroll are "entertainment". Also, I remember the soundtrack to the film - Mortal Combat 2.
12. John 5
Shock Rock
Guitarist virtuoso John William Lowry has his own project - John 5. This at one time and his pseudonym, and the name of his collective. When he played with Merlin Manson, with the light hand of Manson, he got this nickname and in all of his next bands, he played already under that name. And there were a lot of them: Garbage, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Avril Lavigne, Rob Helford and many others. John collaborates with guitar brands, released several names of models of his guitars. The most interesting thing in his work is an unusual mix of bluegrass, country, rock and all this can be present in one song!
13. Messer Chups
Surf rock
The musical group of Oleg Fomchenkov, which he founded in 1998. In total there were eleven albums, on a label "Solnze Records". Under the license agreement came out in the States, Germany, and Australia. Also, a great number of tracks appeared on various collections all over the world. From the very beginning, the group was a duet of Fomchenkov and the German woman Annette Schneider; Oleg played the guitar, Temenos and mixed, and Annette played the synthesizer. Later the composition of the group changed, the participants came to play for a while, but the foundation was always the same. They stick to the direction of surf and rockabilly, having a unique sound that can not be confused with anyone. Their music carries, as if in some kind of horror, or the film of David Lynch with an incomprehensible and mystical atmosphere. They also recorded a couple of movie soundtracks. The most interesting thing is that abroad.
14. The Rolling Stones
Psychedelic rock
Previously, R'n'B was associated with the name Rolling Stones, but before R'n'B, it was a reduction in rhythm and blues, and not what it was now. Over the years, their music progressed, changed and became a rock classic. In their experiments, they started with reggae and finished disco, but always had their own unique sound. Since 1962 the composition of the group has never changed and the "rolling stones" continue to amaze the audience with their music and charisma, despite the already advanced age. Vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, and drummer Charlie Watts - that's the composition of the cult band. Their name is associated with a period when, after the Beatles, a series of groups with a more rich and complex sound began to appear, the brightest among them was the "Rolling Stones". Trio, more than once sentenced to imprisonment because of possession of drugs, but they always got away with it.
15. Queen
Pop rock
Back in 1968, two fellow students - Tim Staffell and Bryan May, organized a group. They took Roger Taylor, who later became a drummer. The newly formed band took the name "Smile" (in translation - a smile), and actively started recording albums. At that time, Staffel introduces his classmate Freddie Mercury to the group's creativity. He became their passionate fan. But the band did not last long - Staffel left her. Then Freddie left his band and came to their collective. Further history is known to all - a group of Queen appeared, which became a cult and the object of adoration of adolescents. It lasted long enough and could continue to exist, but Mercury's death stopped the procession of the group around the world. The band members tried to revive the former band, but without Freddie, it was not like that.
