> I made sure I include all types of rock... listed alphabetically here
>
> Beatles (pop rock)
> Black Sabbath (heavy metal/stoner metal)
> Can (avantgarde rock)
> Deep Purple (hard rock/heavy metal)
> Fall (post punk)
> Genesis (progressive rock)
> Iron Maiden (progressive metal/power metal)
> King Crimson (art rock)
> Kinks (rock)
> Kraftwerk (electronic rock)
> Led Zeppelin (blues rock/folk rock)
> Pink Floyd (psychedelic rock)
> Ramones (punk)
> REM (alternative rock)
> Rolling Stones (rock n roll)
> Slayer (thrash metal)
> Sonic Youth (noise rock)
> Van der Graaf Generator (experimental rock/jazz rock)
> Who (hard rock)
> Yes (symphonic rock)
>
> All the bands have at least 3 classic albums and they are all very
> highly rated by fans and critics.
>
> Bands like Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Band, Velvet Underground,
> Stooges, T.Rex, Death, Radiohead, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Joy
> Division, Talk Talk, Pixies, Opeth, Clash, Tool, Metallica, Ulver,
> Wire, Replacements, Talking Heads, Pavement and Pain of Salvation are
> also very highly rated. But they havent made 10 studio albums and
> hence they didnt make the list.
>
> I used this list as a reference. It has the top 5000 albums of all
> time.http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time