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Music Bands & Groups

Name: Music Bands & Groups
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Notable music bands and groups from around the world, sourced from MusicBrainz.

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Name↕	Type↕	Country↕	Active From↕	Active To↕	Genres↕	Relevance↕	Description↕
The Beatles	Group	GB	1960	1970	rock, pop, pop rock	100	UK rock band, “The Fab Four”
The Rolling Stones	Group	GB	1962	Present	rock, blues rock, british	99
The E Street Band	Group	US	1972	Present	heartland rock, pop rock, rock	98
Pearl Jam	Group	US	1990	Present	grunge, alternative rock, hard rock	95
Phish	Group	US	1983	Present	jam band, rock, progressive rock	95
Grateful Dead	Group	US	1965	1995	rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock	95
U2	Group	IE	1976	Present	alternative rock, rock, post-punk	94	Irish rock band
Metallica	Group	US	1981	Present	thrash metal, heavy metal, metal	93
Pink Floyd	Group	England	1965	2014	progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock	93
Led Zeppelin	Group	GB	1968	1980	hard rock, rock, blues rock	92
Nirvana	Group	US	1987	1994	grunge, alternative rock, rock	91	1980s–1990s US grunge band
Queen	Group	GB	1970	Present	rock, glam rock, hard rock	90	UK rock group
The Beach Boys	Group	US	1961	Present	surf rock, pop, sunshine pop	89	American rock band
Radiohead	Group	GB	1991	Present	alternative rock, art rock, rock	89
KISS	Group	US	1973	2023	hard rock, glam rock, glam metal	89	US rock band
The Smashing Pumpkins	Group	US	1988	Present	alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, shoegaze	89
Depeche Mode	Group	GB	1980	Present	electronic, synth-pop, new wave	89
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Group	JM	1970	1981	reggae, roots reggae, ska	89
Genesis	Group	GB	1967	2022	progressive rock, symphonic prog, progressive pop	87	English rock band
The Who	Group	GB	1964	Present	rock, hard rock, mod	87
Deep Purple	Group	GB	1968	Present	hard rock, rock, heavy metal	87
The Cure	Group	GB	1977	Present	new wave, gothic rock, post-punk	87
AC/DC	Group	AU	1973	Present	hard rock, rock, blues rock	87	Australian hard rock band
Wilco	Group	US	1994	Present	alternative rock, indie rock, folk rock	86	American alternative rock band
R.E.M.	Group	US	1980	2011	alternative rock, jangle pop, pop rock	86	American rock band
Marillion	Group	GB	1979	Present	progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, neo-prog	86	British progressive rock band
The Kinks	Group	GB	1964	1996	rock, mod, rock & roll	86
Fleetwood Mac	Group	GB	1967	Present	rock, soft rock, blues rock	86
コナミ矩形波倶楽部	Group	JP	N/A	Present	vgm, castlevania, bogus artist	85	sound team
Hawkwind	Group	GB	1969	Present	space rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock	85
Tangerine Dream	Group	DE	1967	Present	electronic, ambient, berlin school	85
Nine Inch Nails	Group	US	1988	Present	industrial rock, industrial, alternative rock	85
Rush	Group	CA	1968	2018	progressive rock, rock, hard rock	85	Canadian rock trio
King Crimson	Group	GB	1968	2021	progressive rock, art rock, experimental rock	85
Falcom Sound Team jdk	Group	JP	1988	Present	falcom, soundtrack, vgm	85
Iron Maiden	Group	GB	1975	Present	heavy metal, nwobhm, metal	84	English heavy metal band
The Doors	Group	US	1965	1973	psychedelic rock, blues rock, acid rock	84
Motörhead	Group	GB	1975	2015	heavy metal, hard rock, rock	84
Santana	Group	US	1966	Present	latin rock, rock, jazz fusion	84	US Latin, blues, & rock band
Aerosmith	Group	US	1970	Present	hard rock, blues rock, rock	84	American hard rock band