Origin: Boston, MA

Decades: 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's

Aerosmith was one of the most popular hard rock bands of the '70s, setting the style and sound of hard rock and heavy metal for the next two decades with their raunchy, bluesy swagger. The Boston-based quintet found the middle ground between the menace of the Rolling Stones and the campy, sleazy flamboyance of the New York Dolls, developing a lean, dirty riff-oriented boogie that was loose and swinging and as hard as a diamond. In the meantime, they developed a prototype for power ballads with "Dream On," ... Read More

Chuck Berry, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, James Brown, The Who, The Kinks, New York Dolls, Jeff Beck, Bo Diddley, The Yardbirds and Deep Purple

Buckcherry, Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Hanoi Rocks, Mother Love Bone, David Lee Roth, Def Leppard, Ratt, The Cult, Tesla, W.A.S.P., Poison, Twisted Sister, Velvet Revolver, Monster Magnet, Lita Ford, Young Heart Attack, The Runaways and The Black Crowes