Best Rock Songs Ever

The late 1950s witnessed the growth of one of the most exciting genres of music, rock music. Rock music was a sensation amongst the youth from the 50s to 90s and it became a symbol of exuberance, enthusiasm and liberty. Rock music became the tone of rebellions and challenged the opinions set by conservative thinking. When Chuck Berry conceptualized the classic blue structure through his rock and roll music in the 1950s, it led to the rise of many popular metal bands. Since then various metal bands came into existence like the Rolling Stones and Beatles - the two best rock bands of all time. The two greatest personalities in the history of music who popularized rock music were the legendary, Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. The best rock songs ever have been covered in this article...

Best Rock Songs of All Time

Some of the best rock songs ever that have pulsated the younger generation in the history of rock music have been mentioned below. Some of the songs are my personal favorites and I couldn't help but include them in the list. You too might be having some personal favorites, so for you they may be the best rock songs ever. So all you can do now, is to download the mentioned songs and plug in the head phones of your music players in your ears and dive into these sensational music genre.

Best Rock Love Songs

• Your Song ~ Elton John
• Candle in the Wind
• My Immortal ~ Evanescence
• What I Got ~ Sublime
• Mysterious Ways~ U2 Bono
• To Be With You ~ Mr. Big
• Nothing Else Matters ~ Metallica
• Beth ~ KISS
• Under The Bridge ~ Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Sorry ~ Berrychuck
• Fell in Love With a Girl ~ The White Stripes
• Black ~ Pearl Jam
• With or Without You ~ U2 Bono
• Angie ~ The Rolling Stones
• Sweet Child o' Mine ~ Guns N' Roses
• Secret Garden - Bruce Springsteen
• Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word - Elton John
• I Don't Want to Miss a Thing ~ Aerosmith
• (Just Like) Starting Over lyrics ~ John Lennon
• Everything I do ~ Bryan Adams (It's soft rock, rather)
• I Only Want to Be With You ~ Dusty Springfield
• You Don't Have To Say You Love Me ~ Dusty Springfield
• The Look Of Love ~ Dusty Springfield
• Waiting for a Girl Like You ~ Foreigner
• Hello ~ Lionel Richie
• Thinking Of You ~ Sister Sledge
• Is This Love? ~ Whitesnake
• Cameo ~ Candy
• Stay With Me Tonight ~ Jeffrey Osbourne

Best Classic Rock Songs

• Hey Jude ~ The Beatles
• A Day in the Life ~ the Beatles
• Can't Get it Out of my Head ~ ELO
• Tell All the People ~ The Doors
• Street Fightin' Man ~ the Rolling Stones
• Stop Draggin My Heart Around - (Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty)
• Panama - Eddie Van Halen
• Peace Frog ~ the Doors
• Band On The Run ~ Paul McCartney
• Time is On My Side ~ Rolling Stones
• Travelin' Band ~ CCR
• The Pusher ~ Steppenwolf
• Communication Breakdown ~ Led Zeppelin
• Into The Mystic ~ Morrison, Van
• Immigration Man ~ Nash & Crosby
• Conquistador ~ Procol Harum
• The Real Me ~ Who

Best Hard Rock Songs

The hard rock music, a sub genre of the rock music, owes its origin to the rock music of 1960s that are similar to the garage and psychedelic rock.

• I Want You to Want Me ~ Cheap Trick
• (You Want to Make) A Memory ~ Bon Jovi
• Love of a Lifetime ~ Firehouse
• When it's Love ~ Van Halen
• More than a Feeling ~ Boston
• Don't Question My Heart ~ Saliva
• Don't Tell Me You Love Me ~ Night Rider
• It's So Easy ~ Guns N' Roses
• Flight of Icarus ~ Iron Maiden
• Breaking the Silence ~ Queensryche
• Hell's Bells ~ AC/DC
• Call of the Wild ~ Deep Purple
• Big Me ~ Foo Fighters
• Evenflow ~ Pearl Jam
• No Rain ~ Blind Melon
• My Own Prison ~ Creed
• Daughter ~ Pearl Jam
• Apologies ~Nirvana
• Nookie ~ Limp Bizkit
• Cowboy ~ Kid Roc
• Plush ~ Stone Temple Pilots

Best Alternative Rock Songs

• Viva la Vida ~ Coldplay
• Wild Horses ~ Rolling Stone
• Over the hills and Far Away ~ Led Zepplin
• Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
• Karma Police - Radiohead
• Lonely no more ~ Rob Thomas
• The The Windmills of Your Mind ~ From movie Thomas Crown Affair

Top 10 Punk Rock Bands

Punk rock or rock music is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1977 in the United States, London and Australia. Punk rock music achieved main stream attention in 1975.

Punk rock or rock music dealt with lyrics that were intentionally violent, which expressed anger and social loneliness against society. A punk rock band included 1 or 2 electric guitars, electric bass, and drummer and vocals. Punk songs were generally short than mainstream songs. Bands started self producing their recordings and distributing them to local music channels. Here is a list of different categories of punk bands. This article is your own best punk rock band atlas.

Top 10 Punk Rock Bands
Ramones:They started out in 1975 in New York City Underground. The Ramones played catch, fast punk rock music. People say they are the founders of punk rock music. Their first album inspired thousands of rock bands across America.

Sex Pistols:You love them or hate them, they were there to stay and influence punk music like no one ever did. Formed in 1972 as 'The Strand' they changed their name to Sex Pistols in 1975. They were the first Punk band of UK.

The Clash: The Clash was formed in 1976 with Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer. Their first successful album was released in 1979, 'London Calling' which redefined punk music.

Dead Kennedys: The Dead Kennedys was formed in 1978 in San Fransisco, CA. They brought some revolutionary changes in punk rock.

Anti-Flag: This rock band was from Pittsburgh. The first members were Jutine Sane, Andy Falg and Pat Thetic. Their songs were mainly about politics. They have been an inspiration to many punk bands in the world.

Bad Religion: It was one of the most popular bands in the 80's. They started a punk rock band craze in California. Their songs were based mostly on religion and politics that could get the youth change their mind and think out of the box.

Black Flag: Black flag was one of the most influential bands of the 80's. They are credited with starting the underground movement in the United States. Their music dealt with heavy metal and even jazz, one of the best hardcore bands.

Minor Threat: This is one of the most popular Bands in the history of punk rock. The songs of Minor Threat have inspired an entire generation. They left a huge impact on the fans of rock and influenced many rock bands.

Rancid: They were one of the influences for the new wave in punk music, in the mid 90's. Rancid was born from the ashes of 'Operation Ivy'. Rancid will remain a punk legend for generations to come.

Bad Brains: It was one of the most popular bands of the 70's. Their songs were influenced by debatable issues like religion to normal issues like an accident in a block. They have put out some amazing hardcore rock albums which had never been heard before.

As time passed, faster and more aggressive styles such as hardcore and Oi became a genre of punk rock. Musicians began to pursue a broad range of variations in punk music. People say that punk music actually started with old UK bands, but today modern bands are keeping their legacy alive. Let's have a look at some modern punk rock bands.

10 Modern Punk Rock bands
Modern punk rock bands have their own unique style of music. They gave us some songs which are going to be remembered for long. Many modern rock bands wrote songs about bad relationships and love issues. In modern punk bands, drums are used extensively. These are some famous punk rock bands that gave us those wonderful lyrics. The most popular were Green Day and Linkin Park. Here are some great bands who made it to the list

• Sum 41
• Metallica
• Alice in Chains
• Less than Jake
• Yellow Card
• Goldfinger
• Fall Out Boy
• The Starting Line
• Sugarcult
• Millencolin

American Punk Rock Bands
People say American punk music was inspired by 'The Beatles'. In time, American punk rock bands have given us great original music, which will be remembered for years to come. Here is the list of top punk rock bands of America.

• The Ramones
• The Stimulators
• Misfits
• NOFX
• Dead Kennedys
• Paramore
• Silverstein
• Descendents
• Paramore
• Real Big Fish
• Green Day
• Panic at the Disco
• Alesana

Girl Punk Rock Bands
They were famous punk rock bands. Every girl punk rock band had a unique style. Their songs were about moving to a new city, independence from a male dominated society, betrayal in love and discrimination.

• Paramore
• New Found Glore
• Coheed and Cambria
• The Distillers
• Tsunami Bomb
• Sleater-Kinney
• Damone
• Holy Roman Empire
• New Years Day
• Automatic Love Letter

Punk Rock bands of the 80's
Though punk rock bands started in the 70's. It bled some great music and songs in the 80's. On the American coast, these bands made a speedy and aggressive form of punk known as "Hardcore". This is a list of punk rock bands of the 80's

• Dead Kennedys
• Bad Religion
• Minor Threat
• The Misfits
• Circle jerks
• T.S.O.L
• Angry Samoans
• MDC
• Fear
• Social Distortion

Punk Rock Bands of the 90's
Many rock bands in the 90's wrote songs about love and betrayal. Songs like "I Walk Alone" and "In The End" are still popular. The 90's were a time where words of betrayal met rock music. This is my favorite decade of punk rock music. As I was growing up, I could relate to most of these lyrics

• Unwritten Law
• Avail
• The Suicide Machines
• Bouncing Souls
• Snub
• Swingin' Utters
• Lagwagon
• Citizen Fish
• Crowned King
• The Off Spring
• Nirvana