The Billboard staff has compiled its list of "The 50 Best Rock Bands"

They wrote that their criteria was to "keep the focus on true bands, so we didn’t include vocal groups (who don’t play the majority of their own instruments) — or bands who mostly fell in back of their top-billed front person — but we weren’t overly fussy in defining 'rock' from there."

So with that, here's their list:

1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Pink Floyd
5. Queen
6. Fleetwood Mac
7. U2
8. Sly & The Family Stone
9. Black Sabbath
10. Nirvana
11. The Who
12. Metallica
13. AC/DC
14. Creedence Clearwater Revival
15. Talking Heads
16. The Grateful Dead
17. Heart
18. The Clash
19. The Beach Boys
20. Radiohead
21. Van Halen
22. Rage Against the Machine
23. Guns N’ Roses
24. The Velvet Underground
25. Maná
26. Pretenders
27. Parliament/Funkadelic
28. The Allman Brothers Band
29. R.E.M.
30. Pearl Jam
31. Paramore
32. Aerosmith
33. The White Stripes
34. Nine Inch Nails
35. Eagles
36. Ramones
37. Thin Lizzy
38. Santana
39. Green Day
40. Blondie
41. The Band
42. Earth, Wind & Fire
43. No Doubt
44. Cafe Tacvba
45. The Stooges
46. Oasis
47. Def Leppard
48. Sleater-Kinney
49. The Cure
50. Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Once again, this list is completely subjective.
• No disrespect to Cafe Tacvba, a Mexican band, or Sleater-Kinney, but what list of the "Best Rock Bands" would in their right mind include them as well as Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament/Funkadelic and Sly & The Family Stone, all of whom are clearly not rock bands in the way that most folks define "rock."