Not including band names that start with “The” or duos with “and” between their names. Members of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame are shown in bold and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in bold italics.
- Ace of Base
- Acres of Lions
- Adventures in Stereo
- Age of Days
- Airborne Toxic Event
- Alert the Medic
- Alice In Chains
- All-American Rejects
- Allman Brothers Band
- All Systems Go!
- All That Remains
- Amazing Rhythm Aces
- Amos the Transparent
- An April March
- Animals as Leaders
- Another Day Dawns
- A Passing Fancy
- Apostle of Hustle
- Art of Noise
- Ashes of Soma
- A Thousand Horses
- Atlanta Rhythm Section
- Attack in Black
- August Burns Red
- Average White Band
- Back Door Slam
- Babes In Toyland
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Band of Horses
- Band of Light
- Banned From Atlantis
- Bay City Rollers
- Before Their Eyes
- Beneath the Massacre
- Big Big Train
- Black Country Communion
- Black Light Orchestra
- Black Oak Arkansas
- Black Pistol Fire
- Black Star Riders
- Black Stone Cherry
- Black Veil Brides
- Bleeding Knees Club
- Bleu Jeans Bleu
- Blinker the Star
- Blood Sweat & Tears
- Blue Oyster Cult
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bombs Over Providence
- Boots for Dancing
- Bowling for Soup
- Boyz II Men
- Boys Night Out
- Brides of Destruction
- Broken Social Scene
- Butterfield Blues Band
- By Devine Right
- Cage the Elephant
- Celtic Frost Songs
- Change of Heart
- Charlie Daniels Band
- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
- Chicago Transit Authority (later just Chicago)
- Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
- Circle of Dust
- Circus of Power
- Climax Blues Band
- Codeine Velvet Club
- Cold War Kids
- Conquering Animal Sound
- Corrosion of Comformity
- Cosmic Rough Riders
- Crash Test Dummies
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Cross Canadian Ragweed
- Cry Before Dawn
- Dance Gavin Dance
- Darkwoods My Betrothed
- Dave Matthews Band
- Dead Can Dance
- Dead Hollywood Stars
- Dead Letter Circus
- Dead Letter Dept.
- Dead or Alive
- Death From Above
- Dexy’s Midnight Runners
- Dillinger Escape Plan
- Dog Faced Hermans
- Down With Webster
- Dragon Fli Empire
- Drawn From Bees
- Drive-By Truckers
- Dustin’s Bar Mitzvah
- Eagle-Eye Cherry
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Edgar Winter Group
- Edge of Sanity
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Eleven Past One
- Enuff Z’ Nuff
- Escape the Fate
- Faith No More
- Falling In Reverse
- Fall Out Boy
- Farewell to Freeway
- Fifths of Seven
- Fine Young Cannibals
- Five For Fighting
- Five Star Affair
- Florida/Georgia Line
- Flower Travelin’ Band
- Flying Burrito Brothers
- Fly Pan Am
- Foster the People
- Fountains of Wayne
- Four Non Blondes
- Four Year Strong
- Front End Loader
- F*^k the Facts
- Fueled By Ramen
- Gang of Four
- Gogh Van Go
- Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Goose Creek Symphony
- Grand Funk Railroad (later just Grand Funk)
- Grand Theft Bus
- Greta Van Fleet
- Gugun Blues Shelter
- Guns N’ Roses
- Hail the Villain
- Half Moon Run
- Hands Like Houses
- Head Hits Concrete
- Heavy Weight Champ
- Hip Club Groove
- Hot Hot Heat
- House of Lords
- House of Pain
- I Hate Sally
- Inch Nine Kills
- Insane Clown Posse
- International Submarine Band
- In This Moment
- Jet Set Satellite
- Jimmy Eat World
- Joe Perry Project
- Jr. Gone Wild
- Jump Ship Quick
- Keys N Krates
- Kids on TV
- Kings of Leon
- L.A. Guns
- Lamb of God
- Land of Talk
- Lesbians on Ecstasy
- Less Than Jake
- Little River Band
- Live on Arrival
- Longing for Dawn
- Los Lonely Boys
- Low Level Flight
- Manic Street Preachers
- Marquis of Kensington
- Marshall Tucker Band
- Matthews’ Southern Comfort
- Men at Work
- Men Without Hats
- Miami Sound Machine
- Michael Stanley Band
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Mother Love Bone
- Motionless In White
- Mott The Hoople
- My Bloody Valentine
- My Chemical Romance
- My Darkest Days
- My Little Funhouse
- My Morning Jacket
- Naughty By Nature
- New Found Glory
- New Town Animals
- New Years Day
- New York Dolls
- Night by Night
- Nine Inch Nails
- North Atlantic Oscillation
- North Mississippi Allstars
- North of America
- Nothing But Thieves
- One Bad Son
- One Free Fall
- One More Girl
- One Shot Left
- Our Lady Peace
- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- Pearls Before Swine
- Pet Shop Boys
- Plain White T’s
- Pony Da Look
- Pousette-Dart Band
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Program the Dead
- Public Image Ltd.
- Puddle of Mud
- Pure Prairie League
- Pure Reason Revolution
- Queen City Kids
- Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Raising the Fawn
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Republic of Loose
- Return to Forever
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Rings of Saturn
- River Town Saints
- Rossington Collin Band
- Royal Southern Brotherhood
- Rural Alberta Advantage
- Sage the Gemini
- Said the Whale
- Saint Jude’s Infirmary
- Salt-N-Pepa
- Samsara Blues Experiment
- Say Lou Lou
- Scars on 45
- Scouting for Girls
- School of Fish
- Seven Mary Three
- Shouting at Planes
- Silver Ginger 5
- Sons of Silver
- South of Eden
- Speed the Band
- Spencer Davis Group
- Starland Vocal Band
- State of Shock
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Stone the Crows
- Strapping Young Lad
- Strawberry Alarm Clock
- String Cheese Incident
- Super Furry Animals
- Super Wild Horses
- Sweet Comfort Band
- Swing Out Sister
- Taking Back Sunday
- Tears for Fears
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Ten Second Epic
- Ten Tonne Dozer
- Ten Years After
- Thank You Scientist
- Think About Life
- Those Nervous Animals
- Three Days Grace
- 3 Doors Down
- Three Dog Night
- 13th Floor Elevators
- Tokyo Police Club
- Tower of Power
- Trans Siberian Orchestra
- Treat Her Right
- 12 Foot Ninja
- Twenty One Pilots
- Two Crown King
- Type O Negative
- Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
- Ugly Kid Joe
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Unleash the Archers
- Vinnie Vincent Invasion
- Walk on Fire
- Walk the Moon
- We Are Messengers
- Wednesday Night Heroes
- Wet Wet Wet
- When Rivers Meet
- World on Edge
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- You Say Party
- Young and Sexy
- Your Favorite Enemies
SOURCES:
- Personal knowledge
- https://www.classicrockhistory.com/classic-rock-bands-list-and-directory/
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-bands-2026814
- https://www.rockarchive.com/artists
- https://www.udiscovermusic.com/
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_country_rock_groups
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blues_rock_musicians
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_from_Canada
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_rock_music_groups
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Scottish_rock_music_groups
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