De 100 grootste rockklassiekers aller tijden

Grootste rockklassiekers draaien om riffs, sterke zang, memorabele refreinen en vooral nummers die generaties blijven overleven. Deze lijst loopt van de grote namen uit de jaren zestig en zeventig tot grunge, britpop en moderne rock.

Grootste rockklassiekers: 100 tijdloze rockhits

Van klassieke rock tot moderne gitaarmuziek

Rock ontwikkelde zich vanuit blues, rhythm-and-blues, country en rock-‘n-roll en vertakte daarna eindeloos. Meer achtergrond staat op onze centrale pagina over Rockmuziek.

De top 25

  1. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
  2. Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
  3. Eagles – Hotel California
  4. Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
  5. AC/DC – Back in Black
  6. The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
  7. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
  8. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
  9. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
  10. Boston – More Than a Feeling
  11. The Who – Baba O’Riley
  12. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
  13. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
  14. Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
  15. Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
  16. Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
  17. U2 – With or Without You
  18. Aerosmith – Dream On
  19. The Doors – Riders on the Storm
  20. The Beatles – Come Together
  21. David Bowie – Heroes
  22. Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
  23. Foreigner – Cold as Ice
  24. Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
  25. Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell

Rockklassiekers 26 tot en met 50

  1. Van Halen – Jump
  2. ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
  3. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town
  4. Rainbow – Since You Been Gone
  5. Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane
  6. Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
  7. Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar on Me
  8. Europe – The Final Countdown
  9. Heart – Barracuda
  10. Status Quo – Whatever You Want
  11. Genesis – Land of Confusion
  12. Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
  13. Yes – Owner of a Lonely Heart
  14. Rush – Tom Sawyer
  15. The Police – Every Breath You Take
  16. Supertramp – The Logical Song
  17. The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky
  18. Bad Company – Feel Like Makin’ Love
  19. REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You
  20. Cheap Trick – I Want You to Want Me
  21. Blue Öyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
  22. Steve Miller Band – The Joker
  23. Santana – Black Magic Woman
  24. The Kinks – Lola
  25. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son

Van punk naar grunge: 51 tot en met 75

  1. The Clash – London Calling
  2. Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
  3. Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K.
  4. Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
  5. Elvis Costello – Pump It Up
  6. The Cars – Just What I Needed
  7. Blondie – One Way or Another
  8. The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
  9. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
  10. INXS – Need You Tonight
  11. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
  12. Pearl Jam – Alive
  13. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
  14. Oasis – Wonderwall
  15. Radiohead – Creep
  16. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
  17. Foo Fighters – Everlong
  18. Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
  19. Green Day – Basket Case
  20. The Cranberries – Zombie
  21. The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
  22. Blur – Song 2
  23. The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
  24. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
  25. Live – Lightning Crashes

Moderne rockklassiekers 76 tot en met 100

  1. Muse – Uprising
  2. Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
  3. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
  4. The Killers – Mr. Brightside
  5. Coldplay – Clocks
  6. Linkin Park – In the End
  7. Evanescence – Bring Me to Life
  8. Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
  9. Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
  10. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
  11. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
  12. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
  13. Nothing But Thieves – Amsterdam
  14. Greta Van Fleet – Highway Tune
  15. Royal Blood – Figure It Out
  16. The War on Drugs – Red Eyes
  17. Måneskin – Beggin’
  18. The Darkness – I Believe in a Thing Called Love
  19. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
  20. Kasabian – Fire
  21. Editors – Munich
  22. The Strokes – Last Nite
  23. Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
  24. Placebo – Every You Every Me
  25. Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way

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Voor de jaren zeventig sluit deze lijst aan op Jaren 70 muziek. De latere elektronische vertakkingen vind je bij New Wave en Synthpop. Zo wordt de lijst onderdeel van de site in plaats van een digitaal telefoonboek met gitaren.

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