All-Time Fave Musical Artists

Quick’s Picks – Raw Power Magazine

This is my list of all-time favorite musical artists—a collection shaped by a lifetime of spinning records, crashing concerts, and chasing sonic highs. The first 20 are ranked—my personal hall-of-famers—but after that, the order gets looser and the genre lines blur. From classic rock gods and punk pioneers to under-the-radar geniuses and modern indie heroes, this list is less about charts and more about impact. These are the artists who moved the needle—and moved me.

  1. The Rolling Stones
  2. Yes
  3. The Beatles
  4. David Bowie
  5. Genesis
  6. Led Zeppelin
  7. Aerosmith
  8. Sly & the Family Stone
  9. Black Sabbath
  10. Queen
  11. Green Day
  12. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
  13. The Who
  14. Iggy & the Stooges / Iggy Pop
  15. Cheap Trick
  16. The Ramones
  17. Petula Clark
  18. The Tragically Hip
  19. Mott the Hoople
  20. Pearl Jam
  21. The Beach Boys
  22. Elton John
  23. Ozzy Osbourne
  24. R.E.M.
  25. Metric
  26. Father John Misty
  27. Bad Company
  28. Chicago
  29. Sparks
  30. Simon & Garfunkle
  31. Tracy Chapman
  32. Neil Young
  33. Jimi Hendrix
  34. Nirvana
  35. The Smithereens
  36. Dave Matthews Band
  37. Three Dog Night
  38. Bob Marley & the Wailers
  39. Amy Winehouse
  40. Bruce Springsteen
  41. Deep Purple
  42. Soundgarden
  43. The Black Keys
  44. Temples
  45. The Doors
  46. Badfinger
  47. Marvin Gaye
  48. Kula Shaker
  49. Tame Impala
  50. AC/DC
  51. U2
  52. Live
  53. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
  54. Harry Nilsson
  55. CCR
  56. Wings
  57. Sweet
  58. Devo
  59. Jefferson Airplane
  60. The Byrds
  61. Oasis
  62. Yusuf / Cat Stevens
  63. The Hollies
  64. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  65. The Runaways
  66. The Killers
  67. The Charlatans
  68. The Kinks
  69. The Zombies
  70. Paul Simon
  71. Peter Gabriel
  72. Radiohead
  73. John Lennon
  74. Stevie Wonder
  75. Supertramp
  76. Weezer
  77. The Pretenders
  78. The Go-Go’s
  79. The Cars
  80. Audioslave
  81. Rainbow
  82. Nazareth
  83. Uriah Heep
  84. Sinead O’Connor
  85. Harry Chapin
  86. Suzanne Vega
  87. Sam Phillips
  88. Jim Croce
  89. Don McLean
  90. Glen Campbell
  91. The Grass Roots
  92. Johnny Cash
  93. Sammy Hagar
  94. Def Leppard
  95. Sex Pistols
  96. Lord Huron
  97. Muse
  98. The Beaches
  99. Interpol
  100. Elephant Stone

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