List of mainstream rock performers

This is an alphabetical list of mainstream rock performers spanning all subgenres and fusions within the genre of rock music. Artists included are known for creating material predominantly within a style of rock music (Rock & Roll, Metal, Punk, Alternative, etc.); have enjoyed considerable success on singles or album charts;  recorded multiple songs that have endured or increased in popularity over time and continue to receive heavy airplay, streaming or downloads;  and garnered a significant following. Solo artists are sorted by surname.

0-9

 * 10cc
 * 10 Years
 * 3 Doors Down
 * 311
 * .38 Special

A

 * ABBA
 * Accept
 * AC/DC
 * Bryan Adams
 * Aerosmith
 * AFI
 * Air Supply
 * The Alan Parsons Project
 * Alice in Chains
 * The All-American Rejects
 * The Allman Brothers Band
 * Alter Bridge
 * Ambrosia
 * America
 * The Animals
 * Adam Ant
 * Anthrax
 * April Wine
 * Arcade Fire
 * Arctic Monkeys
 * Asia
 * Audioslave
 * Avenged Sevenfold
 * Awolnation

B

 * The B-52s
 * Bachman–Turner Overdrive
 * Bad Company
 * Badfinger
 * The Band
 * The Bangles
 * Barenaked Ladies
 * Bay City Rollers
 * The Beach Boys
 * Beastie Boys
 * The Beatles
 * Bee Gees
 * Beck
 * Ben Folds Five
 * Pat Benatar
 * Chuck Berry
 * The Big Bopper
 * Billy Talent
 * The Black Crowes
 * The Black Keys
 * Black Sabbath
 * Black Stone Cherry
 * Black Veil Brides
 * Blink-182
 * Blondie (band)
 * Bloodhound Gang
 * Blue October
 * Blue Öyster Cult
 * Blues Traveler
 * James Blunt
 * Blur
 * Bon Jovi
 * Boston
 * David Bowie
 * Bowling for Soup
 * The Boxtones
 * Boys Like Girls
 * Bread
 * Breaking Benjamin
 * Bring Me the Horizon
 * Jackson Browne
 * Buckcherry
 * Jeff Buckley
 * Bullet for My Valentine
 * Chris de Burgh
 * Bush
 * The Byrds

C

 * Cage the Elephant
 * Cake
 * Canned Heat
 * The Cab
 * The Cardigans
 * The Cars
 * Catfish and the Bottlemen
 * Harry Chapin
 * Tracy Chapman
 * Cheap Trick
 * Chevelle
 * Chicago
 * Chubby Checker
 * Cinderella
 * City and Colour
 * Eric Clapton
 * The Clash
 * Eddie Cochran
 * Joe Cocker
 * Coheed and Cambria
 * Cold Chisel
 * Coldplay
 * Collective Soul
 * Phil Collins
 * Alice Cooper
 * Chris Cornell
 * Elvis Costello
 * Counting Crows
 * The Cranberries
 * Crash Test Dummies
 * Cream
 * Creed
 * Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * Jim Croce
 * Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
 * Christopher Cross
 * Sheryl Crow
 * Crowded House
 * The Cult
 * The Cure

D

 * Damn Yankees
 * Charlie Daniels
 * Dashboard Confessional
 * Daughtry
 * The Dave Clark Five
 * Dave Matthews Band
 * Days of the New
 * Death Cab for Cutie
 * Deep Purple
 * Def Leppard
 * Deftones
 * Depeche Mode
 * Bo Diddley
 * Dio
 * Dire Straits
 * Disturbed
 * Fats Domino
 * Donovan
 * The Doobie Brothers
 * The Doors
 * Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
 * Dropkick Murphys
 * Drowning Pool
 * Duran Duran
 * Ian Dury & the Blockheads
 * Bob Dylan

E

 * Eagles
 * Echo & the Bunnymen
 * Duane Eddy
 * The Edgar Winter Group
 * Electric Light Orchestra
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer
 * England Dan & John Ford Coley
 * Melissa Etheridge
 * Europe
 * Evanescence
 * Everclear
 * Everlast
 * The Everly Brothers
 * Extreme

F

 * Faces
 * Faith No More
 * Fall Out Boy
 * Bryan Ferry
 * Filter
 * Finger Eleven
 * FireHouse
 * Five Finger Death Punch
 * Five for Fighting
 * The Fixx
 * The Flaming Lips
 * Fleetwood Mac
 * Flogging Molly
 * Florence + the Machine
 * Flyleaf
 * Foals
 * Dan Fogelberg
 * John Fogerty
 * Foo Fighters
 * Foreigner
 * Foster the People
 * The Four Seasons
 * Peter Frampton
 * Franz Ferdinand
 * The Fray
 * Glenn Frey
 * Fuel
 * Fun.


 * Funkadelic

G

 * Peter Gabriel
 * Garbage
 * Genesis
 * Ghost
 * Gin Blossoms
 * Gary Glitter
 * The Go-Go's
 * Godsmack
 * Golden Earring
 * Goo Goo Dolls
 * Good Charlotte
 * Grand Funk Railroad
 * Grateful Dead
 * Great White
 * Green Day
 * Greta Van Fleet
 * The Guess Who
 * Guns N' Roses

H

 * Halestorm
 * Bill Haley & His Comets
 * Hall & Oates
 * George Harrison
 * Heart
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Don Henley
 * Herman's Hermits
 * Highly Suspect
 * Hinder
 * The Hives
 * Hole
 * The Hollies
 * Buddy Holly
 * Hoobastank
 * Hootie & the Blowfish

I

 * Icehouse
 * Billy Idol
 * Imagine Dragons
 * Incubus
 * Interpol
 * INXS
 * Iron Maiden

J

 * The J. Geils Band
 * The Jam
 * Tommy James and the Shondells
 * Jane's Addiction
 * Jefferson Airplane
 * Jefferson Starship
 * The Jesus and Mary Chain
 * Jet
 * Jethro Tull
 * Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
 * Jimmy Eat World
 * Billy Joel
 * Elton John
 * Janis Joplin
 * Journey
 * Joy Division
 * Judas Priest

K

 * Kaiser Chiefs
 * Kaleo
 * Kansas
 * Keane
 * Kid Rock
 * The Killers
 * Killswitch Engage
 * Kings of Leon
 * The Kinks
 * Kiss
 * Korn
 * Lenny Kravitz

L

 * Lacuna Coil
 * Lamb of God
 * Avril Lavigne
 * Led Zeppelin
 * John Lennon
 * Huey Lewis and the News
 * Jerry Lee Lewis
 * Lifehouse
 * Limp Bizkit
 * Linkin Park
 * Little Richard
 * Little River Band
 * Live
 * Living Colour
 * Kenny Loggins
 * Loverboy
 * The Lovin' Spoonful
 * The Lumineers
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd

M

 * The Mamas & the Papas
 * Manfred Mann
 * Manfred Mann (musician)
 * Manfred Mann's Earth Band
 * Manfred Mann Chapter Three
 * Marilyn Manson
 * The Marshall Tucker Band
 * Matchbox Twenty
 * John Mayer
 * John Mayall
 * John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
 * Paul McCartney
 * Meat Loaf
 * Megadeth
 * John Mellencamp
 * Men at Work
 * Metallica
 * Midnight Oil
 * Mike + the Mechanics
 * Modest Mouse
 * Eddie Money
 * The Monkees
 * Montgomery Gentry
 * The Moody Blues
 * Alanis Morissette
 * Van Morrison
 * Morrissey
 * Mötley Crüe
 * Motörhead
 * Mudvayne
 * Mumford & Sons
 * Michael Martin Murphey
 * Muse
 * My Chemical Romance

N

 * New York Dolls
 * Nickelback
 * Stevie Nicks
 * Harry Nilsson
 * Nine Inch Nails
 * Nirvana
 * No Doubt
 * Ted Nugent

O

 * Oasis
 * The Offspring
 * Roy Orbison
 * Ozzy Osbourne
 * Our Lady Peace
 * The Outfield

P

 * P.O.D.
 * Panic! at the Disco
 * Pantera
 * Papa Roach
 * Paramore
 * Parliament (band)
 * Parliament-Funkadelic
 * Pearl Jam
 * A Perfect Circle
 * Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 * Pink Floyd
 * Pixies
 * Robert Plant
 * Poison
 * The Police
 * Iggy Pop
 * Pop Evil
 * The Presidents of the United States of America
 * The Pretenders
 * Elvis Presley
 * The Pretty Reckless
 * Primus
 * Puddle of Mudd

Q

 * Queen
 * Queens of the Stone Age
 * Queensrÿche
 * Quiet Riot

R

 * R.E.M.
 * Radiohead
 * Rage Against the Machine
 * Rainbow
 * Rammstein
 * Ramones
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * Lou Reed
 * REO Speedwagon
 * Rise Against
 * Sixto Rodriguez
 * The Rolling Stones
 * Linda Ronstadt
 * Roxy Music
 * Royal Blood
 * Run-DMC
 * Rush
 * Mitch Ryder

S

 * Saliva
 * Sam Fender
 * Santana
 * Joe Satriani
 * Saving Abel
 * Scorpions
 * The Script
 * Seether
 * Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
 * Sepultura
 * Sex Pistols
 * Shakin' Stevens
 * Shinedown
 * Silverchair
 * Simon & Garfunkel
 * Simple Minds
 * Simple Plan
 * Skid Row
 * Skillet
 * Slade
 * Slayer
 * Slipknot
 * Sly and the Family Stone
 * Small Faces
 * Smash Mouth
 * The Smashing Pumpkins
 * The Smiths
 * Smokie
 * Snow Patrol
 * Social Distortion
 * Soundgarden
 * Bruce Springsteen
 * Billy Squier
 * Staind
 * Ringo Starr
 * Starset
 * Starship
 * Status Quo
 * Steely Dan
 * Steppenwolf
 * Steve Miller Band
 * Rod Stewart
 * Sting
 * The Stone Roses
 * Stone Sour
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * The Strokes
 * Styx
 * Sublime
 * Sublime with Rome
 * Sum 41
 * Supertramp
 * Survivor
 * Sweet
 * System of a Down

T

 * T. Rex
 * Talking Heads
 * James Taylor
 * Tenacious D
 * Tesla
 * Theory of a Deadman
 * Thin Lizzy
 * Third Eye Blind
 * Thirty Seconds to Mars
 * George Thorogood and the Destroyers
 * Thousand Foot Krutch
 * Three Days Grace
 * Three Dog Night
 * Tool
 * Toto
 * Traffic
 * The Tragically Hip
 * Train
 * The Traveling Wilburys
 * Travis
 * Trivium
 * Twenty One Pilots
 * Twisted Sister

U

 * U2
 * Uriah Heep
 * The Used

V

 * Steve Vai
 * Ritchie Valens
 * Vampire Weekend
 * Van Halen
 * Van Zant (band)
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
 * Velvet Revolver
 * The Velvet Underground
 * The Verve
 * Gene Vincent
 * Volbeat

W

 * Joe Walsh
 * Warrant
 * W.A.S.P. (band)
 * Weezer
 * Jack White
 * The White Stripes
 * White Zombie
 * Whitesnake
 * The Who
 * Wings
 * Steve Winwood

X

 * X (American band)
 * X Ambassadors

Y

 * The Yardbirds
 * Yes
 * Neil Young

Z

 * Frank Zappa
 * Rob Zombie
 * The Zombies
 * ZZ Top