Billboard has unveiled its ultimate list of the best rock bands of all time, but while the staff carefully considered each group’s merits as musical pioneers and cultural changemakers, not everyone is bound to be rocking with our choices.
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define. Some people prefer the in-your-face vocals and flashiness of groups such as Queen or The Rolling Stones, while others are more attracted to the groovy psychedelic influenc

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