The ten most influential artists of rock music?

Here is my top 10 list(ok it's a little more than 10)of influential artists and why they're influential:

The Beatles-Forget how many albums they sold for a minute,they revolutionized the way songs were written,they changed the way music was made in the studio,it was through them that music grew a social conscience,they encouraged their contemporaries(and those who followed them)to express their opinions on relevant issues of the day.I could go on for awhile about what The Beatles did for rock and roll other than sell a lot of albums.

ELO-Their fusion of rock and classical music,yes The Beatles were among the 1st to use classical instruments on pop/rock songs,but ELO took it to the next level!

The Who-Considered by many to be the godfathers of punk,also put out the 1st album that told a story(Tommy)

Pink Floyd:All I have to do is mention 2 albums:Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall

The Beach Boys:All I have to do is mention one album:Pet Sounds,in fact Paul McCartney has been quoted as saying that if not for Pet Sounds,there would've never been a Sgt.Pepper

Bee Gees-Helped usher in a cultural revolution in the 1970's

The Rolling Stones-Albums like Beggars Banquet,Sticky Fingers,and Exile on Main St. have shown why the Stones earned the title "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"

Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath-I put these 2 bands together for a reason because they are considered by many to be the founding fathers of heavy metal

The Kinks-Although Zeppelin and Sabbath are considered to be the founding fathers of metal,it was You Really Got Me that was a huge influence on them and other bands(like The Beatles),in fact You Really Got Me is considered to be the 1st metal song

The Byrds-1968's Sweetheart of the Rodeo inspired bands like The Eagles,Poco,and The Stone Canyon Band,in fact it was this album that gave birth to the country/rock genre

The Yardbirds-Particularly while Jeff Beck was a member,listen to songs like Shapes of Things,I'm A Man,Heart Full of Soul,Evil Hearted You,and Still I'm Sad

Cream-Their pioneering fusion of rock,pop,jazz,and blues

Nirvana-As The Beatles and their British Invasion cohorts swept away the teen idols of the late 1950's and early 1960's,so to did Nirvana and their grunge brethren swept aside the hairbands and power ballads of the 1980's.

The Moody Blues-All I have to do is mention 1 album:Days of Future Passed

The Doors-One of the 1st to really write from the dark side of music,I highly doubt that any other band would've had the balls to write a song like The End or defy an order of The Ed Sullivan Show!

1. Theatre of Tragedy were most influential for Gothic Metal, because they were the first to use the now popular The Beauty and the Beast Singing (harsh male vocals/growls and beautiful female mostly classical singing)

2. The Beatles/Remo Four/The Kinks/The Rolling Stones are definitely very influential of many musical genres. They developed Beat Music. Their later works were proto-metal, proto-punk, and other.

3. Jimi Hendrix

4. Uli Jon Roth (ex-Scorpions, ex-Electric Sun)

5. Mountain, Steppenwolf, The Troggs, Iron Butterfly are those who paved the way for metal music along with Blue Cheer and similar bands.

6. The Who

7. Glenn Miller Band

8. Yes/King Krimson/Eloy

10. Deep Purple/Led Zeppelin/Black Sabbath

The Beatles

The Clash

The Sex Pistols

The Doors

Led Zeppelin

Alice Cooper

Black Sabbath

Jimi Hendrix

Judas Priest

The Who

Honourable mentions to these bands: The Cure, The Smiths, Joy Division, The Ramones, Black Flag, Rainbow, Sonic Youth, X, The Kinks

Chuck Berry-one of the firsts guitar heros

Elvis Presley- introducing rock and roll to the white man

The Beatles-starting the British revolution

The Rolling Stones- Made Rock & Roll rebelious and awesome

Eric Burdon& the Animals-brought the blues sound

The Kinks- Intro to the more metalish sound

Led Zeppelin- intro heavy metal

The Ramones-founding fathers of punk rock

Black Sabbath- led it off into metal

Queen- made rock unforgetable

No order

The Beatles

The Rolling Stones

The Who

Chuck Berry

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Deep Purple

The Sex Pistols

Cream

Van Halen

King Crimson

Bob Dylan

Buffalo Springfield

The Who

The Pixies

Neil Young

Primus

Kiss

Pink Floyd

Cream

In no order

The Beatles

The Ramones

The Who

Elvis

Chuck Berry

Black Sabbath

Led Zeppelin

Nirvana

The Sex Pistols

The Rolling Stones

Bill Haley & The comets (For introducing rock & roll to the mainstream)

Chuck Berry

Elvis Presley (HUGE)

The Beach boys (America's biggest band till...)

The Beatles (The biggest of them ALL)

The Rolling stones

The Who

The Monkees (Beleive it or not they brought rock right into your house)

Elton John

Bob Dylan

Black Sabbath (Where heavy metall all staerted)

The Velvet Underground

David Bowie

Television

Iggy & The Stooges

Brian Eno

Joy Division

R.E.M.

The Talking Heads

Kraftwerk

Pixies

No order.

elvis #1.he was rock n roll.he broadened it from chuck berrys country and blues fusion to that finest of genres,and he popularized it.he did alot more for music than the beatles.they just followed in his footsteps.without elvis we wouldnt have had the beatles.he did more for music than any other single man in history