The most famous rock bands of the 20th century

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Many famous rock bands continue to delight their fans with their creativity. These teams have achieved world fame with their creativity and continuous work. Some of them will be discussed below.

List of famous rock bands

In 1968, the legendary British band Led Zeppelin was created. Having existed for 12 years, these musicians became one of those thanks to whom rock music developed. The band mixed many styles in their sound, such as hard rock, folk rock, heavy metal, blues rock and others. Their music is still popular today. Since the beginning of the group's existence, approximately 300 million copies of their albums have been sold.

Perhaps the real queen among other teams is Queen. Actually, the name of the group is translated that way. This is a British musical group, formed back in 1970. Many famous rock bands were formed precisely under the influence of Queen's work. These musicians are famous not only for their amazing music, virtuoso playing, beautiful lyrics and the magical voice of vocalist Freddie Mercury. The Queen group is also a shocking image, the ability to create shows, and howat concerts and in music videos. Unfortunately, Mercury passed away in 1991, but the band continued to exist, and true connoisseurs can still attend the concert of their favorite band.

Many famous rock bands developed in parallel. The American hard rock band Aerosmith, for example, also formed back in the 70s. Almost immediately they became famous and for several years successfully gave concerts, they were played on the radio. However, in the late seventies and early eighties, some participants began to have problems with drug use. The two decided to leave the band, but after the persuasion of the manager, Aerosmith reunited. Things went smoothly again, and soon they became even more successful than at the first stage. The most famous rock bands are still releasing albums, delighting their fans.

Following hard rock, the heavy metal genre began to develop. Many famous rock bands played in this style, such as Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Guns'n'Roses, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, AC/DC. However, the Iron Maiden team, formed in 1975, had the greatest influence on the development of this genre. They have sold over 85 million copies of their albums worldwide.

Steve Harris has been the vocalist and leader of the band for many years. The band continues to give concerts and record albums to this day.

It would be unfair not to talk about the famous musical group Nirvana. Many famous rockgrunge bands are their followers. And it is "Nirvana" that stands at the origins of the development of this genre. The group was formed in America in 1987. Two years later, they became successful, gave many concerts and were one of the most rotated groups on the radio. In 1991, one of the most famous, as well as the most commercially successful album of the group, was released. There were three studio albums in total. The last one came out in 1993. In 1994, the leader of the group, Kurt Cobain, died. The cause of his death is still being debated, just as people all over the world still love the work of Nirvana. There are still a huge number of talented and famous rock bands, and those listed above are just a small part of them.