Based on a blended criteria of popularity, songwriting, longevity, critical acclaim, influence, innovation and my own bit of bias
Let the debate begin!1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Queen
5. Pink Floyd
6. Elvis Presley
7. David Bowie
8. Jimi Hendrix / Experience
9. The Who
10. Elton John
11. Black Sabbath
12. Fleetwood Mac
13. AC/DC
14. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
15. Billy Joel
16. U2
17. Nirvana
18. The Kinks
19. The Beach Boys
20. Bob Dylan
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. Deep Purple
23. R.E.M
24. The Doors
25. Guns N' Roses
26. Aerosmith
27. Metallica
28. Rush
29. Iron Maiden
30. The Eagles
31. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
32. The Shadows
33. The Police
34. Genesis
35. Yes
36. Toto
37. Radiohead
38. The Clash
39. Ramones
40. Sex Pistols
41. The Smiths
42. Joy Division / New Order
43. Pearl Jam
44. Soundgarden
45. Alice in Chains
46. Oasis
47. Blur
48. Van Halen
49. Manic Street Preachers
50. The Cure
51. Dire Straits
52. Electric Light Orchestra
53. T. Rex
54. Cream
55. The Yardbirds
56. Allman Brothers Band
57. Lynyrd Skynyrd
58. ZZ Top
59. Santana
60. Judas Priest
61. Steely Dan
62. Chicago
63. Boston
64. Thin Lizzy
65. Journey
66. Toto
67. Bon Jovi
68. Def Leppard
69. Scorpions
70. Mötley Crüe
71. Motörhead
72. Alice Cooper
73. Iggy & The Stooges
74. Pixies
75. Green Day
76. Dinosaur Jr.
77. Faith No More
78. Nine Inch Nails
79. Rage Against The Machine
80. Tool
81. System of a Down
82. Slipknot
83. Avenged Sevenfold
84. Muse
85. Foo Fighters
86. Foreigner
87. Blink-182
88. Red Hot Chili Peppers
89. Stereophonics
90. The Verve
91. The Jam
92. The Stranglers
93. Dead Kennedys
94. Sonic Youth
95. The Band
96. Faces
97. Free / Bad Company
98. Rainbow
99. Roxy Music
100. King Crimson
Notable Others
Van Halen
Grateful Dead
Stupertramp
Styx
Jethro Tull
Status Quo
Slade
The Sweet
Blue Oyster Cult
Linkin Park
Primus
Dream Theater
Opeth
Sepultura
Bush
Kansas
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP)
Korn
Limp Bizkit
Bush
Sheryl Crowe
Dolly Parton??!!