List of hard rock musicians (A–M)

This is a list of notable hard rock musicians.

Contents

• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N–Z (other page)
• See also
• References

0–9

• 3 Doors Down[1]

A

• AC/DC[2]
• Aerosmith[3]
• Ahat[4]
• Airbourne[5]
• Alcatrazz[6]
• Alice Cooper (the band)[7]
• Alice in Chains[8]
• Alisa[9]
• Alkatrazz[10]
• Amajlija[11]
• The Amboy Dukes[12]
• The Angels[13]
• The Answer[14]
• April Wine[15]
• Argent[16]
• Asterix[17]
• Atomic Opera[18]
• Atomic Rooster[19]
• Attila[20]
• Avenged Sevenfold[21]

B

• Babe Ruth[22]
• Baby Animals[23]
• Sebastian Bach[24]
• Randy Bachman[25]
• Bachman–Turner Overdrive[26]
• Bad Company[27]
• Badlands[28]
• Bakery[29]
• Balkan[30]
• Barnabas[31]
• Jimmy Barnes[32]
• BB Steal[33]
• Beatrice[34]
• Pat Benatar[35]
• Nuno Bettencourt[36]
• Betty Blowtorch[37]
• Birth Control[38]
• Birtha[39]
• Kat Bjelland[40]
• Black 'n Blue[41]
• Black Oak Arkansas[42]
• Black Widow[43]
• Blackfeather[44]
• Blackfoot[45]
• Blackjack[46]
• Ritchie Blackmore[47]
• Bloodrock[48]
• Blue Cheer[49]
• Blue Öyster Cult[50]
• Blues Creation[51]
• Blues Image[52]
• Tim Bogert[53]
• Michael Bolton (early work)[54]
• Bon Jovi[55]
• Graham Bonnet (with Rainbow)[56]
• Boston[57]
• Bow Wow[58]
• Boys[59]
• Brainbox[60]
• Breaking Benjamin[61]
• Bring Me the Horizon[62]
• Brownsville Station[63]
• Jack Bruce[53]
• Buckcherry[64]
• Buffalo[65]
• Cidny Bullens[66]
• Buster Brown[65]
• BUX[67]
• Glen Buxton[68]
• B'z[69]

C

• Cactus[70]
• Cheap Trick[25]
• Cheetah[71]
• Chevelle[72]
• The Choirboys[73]
• Chrome[74]
• Cinderella[75]
• Circus of Power[76]
• Cirith Ungol (early work)[77]
• Eric Clapton[78]
• Cold[61]
• Cold Chisel[79]
• Alice Cooper (the musician)[25]
• Copperhead[80]
• Crack the Sky[81]
• Cream[82]
• Peter Criss[83]
• István Cserháti[84]
• The Cult[32]

D

• D-A-D[85]
• Roger Daltrey[32]
• Daniel Band[86]
• Deep Purple[87]
• Def Leppard[88]
• Defryme[89]
• Rick Derringer[90]
• Detroit[91]
• Divlje jagode[92]
• Dokken[93]
• Doro[94]
• Dream Theater[95]
• Drowning Pool[96]
• Duke Jupiter[97]

E

• Eagles of Death Metal[98]
• Eloy[99]
• John Entwistle[53]
• Enuff Z'Nuff[100]
• Europe[101]
• Extreme[102]

F

• Fanny[103]
• Finch[104]
• The Firm[105]
• Five Finger Death Punch[106]
• Floating Me[107]
• Flower Travellin' Band[108]
• Foghat[109]
• Lita Ford[110]
• Foreigner[111]
• The Four Horsemen[112]
• Free[113]
• Fuse[114]

G

• Gamma[115]
• Geeza[116]
• Geordie[117]
• Ghost[118]
• Gillan[119]
• Girlschool[120]
• Glass Harp[121]
• Godsmack[61]
• Golden Earring[122]
• Grand Funk Railroad[123]
• Great White[124]
• Derry Grehan[125]
• Jack Green[126]
• The Guess Who[127]
• Guns N' Roses[128]

H

• Sammy Hagar[129]
• Hanoi Rocks[130]
• Hard Stuff[131]
• Lauren Harris[132]
• Hawkwind[133]
• Haywire[134]
• Head East[135]
• Headpins[136]
• Heart[137]
• Heavy Metal Kids[138]
• Jimi Hendrix[139] / The Jimi Hendrix Experience[140]
• His Majesty[141]
• Honeymoon Suite[142]
• House of Lords[143]
• Humble Pie[144]
• Ian Hunter[145]
• Steve Hunter[146]

I

• In This Moment[147][148]
• Iron Butterfly[149]

J

• Mick Jagger[40]
• James Gang[150]
• Jefferson Starship[151]
• Jeronimo[152]
• Jerusalem[153]
• Jethro Tull[154]
• Jo Jo Gunne[155]
• John Paul Jones[53]
• Journey[156]
• Juicy Lucy[157]
• Jutro[92]

K

• Kahvas Jute[158]
• Karthago[159]
• Kin Ping Meh[160]
• King's X[18]
• The Kinks[161]
• Kiss[162]
• Kracker[163]
• Krokus[164]

L

• L.A. Guns[165]
• Allen Lanier[166]
• The Law[167]
• Leather Charm[168]
• Led Zeppelin[169]
• Kerry Livgren[170]
• Living Colour[171]
• Nils Lofgren[172]
• Loverboy[173]
• Lucifer's Friend[174]
• George Lynch[175]
• Phil Lynott[176]
• Lynyrd Skynyrd[177]
• Jimmy Lyon[178]

M

• Madder Lake[179]
• Majke[180]
• Manic Street Preachers[181]
• Marilyn Manson[182]
• Mantissa[183]
• Frank Marino[184]
• Steve Marriott[185]
• Bernie Marsden[186]
• Masters of Reality[187]
• MC5[188]
• Klaus Meine[189]
• Charlie Midnight[190]
• Montrose[191]
• Ronnie Montrose[115]
• Keith Moon[192]
• Mötley Crüe[193]
• Motörhead[168]
• Mountain[194]
• Moxy[195]
• Mr. Big[196]
• Mudvayne[197]
• My Chemical Romance[198]

See also

• List of hard rock musicians (N–Z)

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