List of hard rock bands (N–Z)
This is a list of notable hard rock bands and musicians.
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P
Q
R
- Rabbit[44]
- Raging Slab[45]
- Rainbow[46]
- Ram Jam[47]
- Ramatam[48]
- Rare Earth[49]
- Ratt[50]
- Red Rider[51]
- Regata[52]
- Resurrection Band[53]
- REO Speedwagon[54]
- Rhino Bucket[55]
- Randy Rhoads[56]
- Riblja Čorba[57]
- Riot[58]
- The Rockets[59]
- Paul Rodgers[60]
- Rok Mašina[61][62]
- The Rolling Stones[63]
- Axl Rose[64]
- Rose Tattoo[65]
- The Runaways[66]
- Todd Rundgren
- Rush[67]
- Mitch Ryder[29]
S
- Saigon Kick[68]
- Saraya[69]
- Scorpions[70]
- The Screaming Jets[71]
- Bob Seger[72]
- The Seeds[73]
- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band[74]
- Seether[75]
- Shaman's Harvest[76][77]
- Sharks[78]
- Shihad[79]
- Shinedown[80]
- Gene Simmons[81]
- Sister[82]
- Skid Row[83]
- Skillet[84]
- Slade[85]
- Sleeze Beez[86]
- Spooky Tooth[87]
- Bruce Springsteen[88]
- Billy Squier[89]
- Starchild[90]
- Status Quo[91]
- Steeler[92]
- Steppenwolf[93]
- Stone Temple Pilots[94]
- The Stooges[95]
- Strapps[96]
- Streetheart[97]
- Stryper[98]
- Styx[99]
- Surgery[100]
- Survivor[101]
- Sven Gali[102]
- Sweet[103]
- John Sykes[104]
T
- Teška Industrija[105][106]
- Tesla[107]
- Texas Hippie Coalition[108]
- Thin Lizzy[109]
- Thundermother[110]
- Tin Machine[111]
- Toad[112]
- Tora Tora[113]
- Toronto[114]
- Triumph[115]
- Trixter[116]
- Robin Trower[117]
- Trust[118]
- Tucky Buzzard[119]
- Turbowolf[120]
- Joe Lynn Turner[121]
- Twisted Sister[122]
- Steven Tyler[123]
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V
W
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Z
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