Ranking
Rock (also including Punk):

Nirvana
R.E.M.
The Cure
Jane's Addiction
Sex Pistols
New Order
The Kinks
The Who
Pearl Jam
Genesis
Yes
Queen
The Scientists
T-Rex
Soft Machine
Pink Floyd
10-Minute Warning
The Sugarcubes
Violent Femmes
A Trick of the Tail
Elvis Presley
Frank Zapper
Flipper
Cream
Soup Dragons
Green River
The Stone Roses
Rolling Stones
Foo Fighters
Suzi Quatro
David Bowie
W.A.S.P.
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Jethro Tull
Firehose
Deep Purple
The Yardbirds
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Thin Lizzy
Guns N' Roses
Motley Crue
Van Helen
The B52s
Daddy Cool
Fleetwood Mac
Twisted Sister
Quiet Riot
Bon Jovi
Def Leppard
Whitesnake
Poison
L7
Soundgarden
Oasis
The Offspring
Greenday
Creed
Matchbox Twenty
Radiohead
Coldplay
Porcupine Tree
The Styx
Jet
Wolfmother
The White Stripes
The Vines
Three Days Grace
Queens of the Stone Age
Rage Against the Machine
Audioslave
Velvet Revolver
Franz Ferdinand
The Killers
Nickelback
3 Doors Down
Oi!
The Ramones
Billy Joel
Simon and Garfunkel
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Pixies
The Beach Boys
Black 47
Dropkick Murphys
Flogging Molly
The Briggs
The Go Set
The Gobshites
Jackdaw
Streetdogs
Swingin' Utters
Black Flag
Rise Against
Circle Jerks
Anti-Flag
Iron Cross
Beastie Boys
D.O.A.
Gallows