Pop Rock

Widely regarded as the most influential rock band in history.

Stadium-filling Irish rockers who fused post-punk drive with anthemic ambition.

Surf-pop pioneers turned studio innovators with peerless vocal harmony.

British blues band that became a transatlantic pop-rock juggernaut.

Theatrical British prog band who later became 1980s pop hitmakers.

British alt-rockers turned global stadium-pop colossus.

Manchester harmony-pop veterans of the British Invasion.

Studio perfectionists fusing jazz harmony with cynical rock songcraft.

Horn-driven rockers turned soft-rock juggernaut over decades.

L.A. session-musician supergroup behind 'Africa' and other studio classics.

Mark Knopfler's understated bar-rock outfit became a global mass-market act.

Sydney rock band whose funk-rock crossover defined Australian rock's 80s peak.

Birmingham synth-rockers at the heart of MTV's first golden age.

Synth-pop duo behind some of the most enduring 80s hits.

Madden brothers' Maryland pop-punk band of MTV-era ubiquity.

Montreal pop-punkers among Canada's biggest 2000s rock exports.

Vegas band whose vaudevillian emo-pop dominated late-2000s charts.

Chrissie Hynde's Anglo-American band of jangly New Wave craft.

Birmingham soul-rockers whose 'Come On Eileen' became a generational anthem.

Wirral synth-pop pioneers whose hits traveled from new wave to MTV staples.

Bryan Ferry's stylish art-rockers who pre-figured post-punk and synth pop.

Guadalajara band who became one of the most popular Latin rock acts.

Versailles indie-rockers whose 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' broke France big.

Paris New Wave veterans, France's biggest enduring rock band.

Trans-Tasman rockers behind enduring hits like 'Don't Dream It's Over'.

Sydney British-Invasion-style band whose 'Friday on My Mind' is a global classic.

Melbourne band whose 'Down Under' became Australia's unofficial anthem.

Melbourne glam-rockers whose costumes and satire defined Aussie 70s rock.

Brighton indie-poppers of breezy melodic chops.

Manchester band fusing 80s pop sheen with confessional indie.

Oxford indie band whose 'Heat Waves' became a streaming-era smash.

NYC band of Afro-pop-inflected guitars and preppy literary pop.

Albuquerque indie-pop band whose 'Oh, Inverted World' is a 2000s touchstone.

Anaheim band whose Gwen Stefani-led ska-punk crossover defined late-90s mainstream rock.

Columbia, S.C. band whose 'Cracked Rear View' was a 90s mass-market behemoth.

Florida band whose Rob Thomas-led adult-alternative dominated late-90s radio.

Buffalo alt-rockers turned soft-rock hitmakers behind 'Iris'.

Damon Albarn's animated band crossing alt-rock with hip hop and electronica.

Bangor indie-rockers of bright, danceable guitar-pop.

Tokyo indie-rock veterans whose anime-soundtrack work brought them global fans.