30 Bands Who Influenced Heavy Metal

These are bands from the late 60s and early 70s, which were ranked for their greatness, and more importantly, how much they influenced and contributed to metal.



1.Black Sabbath


2.Deep Purple


3.Led Zeppelin


4.The Jimi Hendrix Experience


5.Alice Cooper


6.The Who


7.Aerosmith


8.Blue Cheer


9.Pink Floyd


10.The Doors


11.Grand Funk Railroad


12.The Kinks


13.Cream


14.Thin Lizzy


15.Steppenwolf


16.Ten Years After


17.UFO


18.Jethro Tull


19.MC5


20.Uriah Heep


21.King Crimson


22.The Yardbirds


23.Yes


24.Iron Butterfly


25.The Velvet Underground


26.The Stooges


27.The Jeff Beck Group


28.Big Brother & the Holding Company


29.Vanilla Fudge


30.The Move