Can You Identify 100 Iconic Rock Bands? (1)

[D] Led Zeppelin | Four lads from England who made "Stairway to Heaven" the most requested radio song that DJs got sick of playing—proof that eight minutes of genius beats three minutes of mediocrity.

[A] Queen | Freddie Mercury's vocal range spanned nearly four octaves, which explains why karaoke singers worldwide still fail spectacularly at "Bohemian Rhapsody" every Friday night.

[C] The Beatles | These Liverpool lads sold more records than any band in history—and somehow convinced millions that "I Am the Walrus" made perfect sense.

[A] Pink Floyd | Their album "The Dark Side of the Moon" stayed on Billboard charts for 736 weeks straight—that's 14 years of making cash registers ring to match their famous track.

[A] The Rolling Stones | Mick Jagger's lips have their own insurance policy, Keith Richards defies medical science, and they're still touring at 80—rock's ultimate survivors.

[C] Jimi Hendrix | The man who played guitar with his teeth, behind his back, and set it on fire at Monterey—then apologized to the instrument afterward.

[D] AC/DC | Angus Young has worn the same schoolboy outfit for 50 years of performing, proving that when you find a look that works, you stick with it—even if you're pushing 70.

[B] The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Three guys who recorded their debut album in just four days, then watched it change how every guitarist after them approached the instrument.

[B] Black Sabbath | Tony Iommi lost his fingertips in a factory accident, invented lighter guitar strings to compensate, and accidentally created heavy metal in the process.

[B] Creedence Clearwater Revival | Four California boys who sang about the bayou so convincingly that Louisiana natives thought they were Southern—the ultimate musical catfishing success story.

[A] The Who | Pete Townshend invented the windmill guitar move and destroyed more instruments than most bands could afford to buy—rock's most expensive temper tantrum.

[C] Fleetwood Mac | The band that turned their messy breakups and affairs into "Rumours"—the ultimate revenge album that made them all millionaires.

[C] David Bowie | The Starman who changed personas more often than most people change their socks, teaching the world that rock could be theater, art, and alien all at once.

[B] Elvis Presley | The Mississippi truck driver who gyrated his hips on TV and caused such moral panic that cameras would only film him from the waist up.

[B] The Eagles | "Hotel California" has been analyzed more than any PhD thesis, with theories ranging from Satanism to rehab—sometimes a song about a creepy hotel is just that.

[B] Guns N' Roses | Axl Rose once kept 75,000 fans waiting three hours because he was watching a basketball game backstage—peak rock star audacity.

[B] The Doors | Jim Morrison got arrested for allegedly exposing himself on stage in Miami, then fled to Paris where he wrote poetry in bathtubs—rock's most literary fugitive.

[D] Van Halen | Eddie revolutionized guitar with two-handed tapping while demanding brown M&Ms be removed from backstage bowls—genius comes with specific candy preferences.

[C] Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Free Bird" clocks in at 14 minutes live, giving bar bands everywhere an excuse for an extended cigarette break mid-set.

[B] Metallica | The thrash metal gods who sued Napster, won, and somehow became the villains in a story about millionaires versus college kids sharing music.

[A] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Tom Petty refused to back down when his record label tried to raise album prices, staging a rebellion that kept music affordable for fans—rock's consumer advocate.

[A] Nirvana | Kurt Cobain wore a dress on Headbanger's Ball and killed hair metal overnight—three guys from Aberdeen who made flannel shirts cost $90 at Urban Outfitters.

[C] Eric Clapton | "Clapton is God" graffiti appeared in London in 1967—he's the only guitarist whose divinity was democratically declared via vandalism.

[D] Aerosmith | Steven Tyler's scarves have more miles on them than most tour buses, and the band came back from near-death in the '80s to dominate MTV—rock's greatest comeback story.

[C] Paul McCartney | Sir Paul wrote "Yesterday" in a dream and spent weeks asking people if he'd stolen it—even genius doubts itself sometimes.

[C] Rush | Neil Peart wrote lyrics about dystopian priests, black holes, and Ayn Rand while playing drums like an octopus on espresso—prog rock's philosopher king.

[D] Deep Purple | "Smoke on the Water" has the most recognizable riff in rock history—four notes that every guitar store employee has heard 10,000 times too many.

[C] Dire Straits | Mark Knopfler sings about wanting MTV while making millions from MTV playing that exact song—irony at 120 decibels.

[A] The Police | Sting named himself after a wasp and sang "Roxanne" 100 times in one song—repetition that somehow never gets old (unlike their reunion tour prices).

[B] Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode's duck walk inspired every rock star strut that followed—the man who taught white kids it was cool to move on stage.