Top 10 Most Important Albums in Hard Rock

[@classickid2185]

"Metal is not included" *Proceeds to put on Blizzard Of Ozz and Black Sabbath*

[@undr7187]

shout at the devil was also a primarily metal album as well

[@ThatGuy-zm1xh]

Black Sabbath in my opinion is as hard as you can get without being metal

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

@@ThatGuy-zm1xh Oh they are Metal alright, they are the first Metal Band

[@titorialiano2419]

Lol this is Watch Mojonggg the troll

[@johnc3084]

@undr Motley Crue is even labeled as a metal band

[@cobrakai516]

Appetite for destruction, back in black, and pyromania should have all been in the top 5

[@wezacker6482]

I had honestly just typed this message, but decided to take a quick spin through the comments to make sure I wasn't repeating anyone. Needless to say, I agree with you!

[@tonyneff9196]

Exactly

[@lilsam9680]

YES!!!

[@mockupguy3577]

Does anybody even remember Pyromania?

[@ponraul1221]

@@mockupguy3577 Rock Of Ages, Photograph, Comin’ Under Fire, Rock Rock (Til You Drop)… Pyromania was the spearhead of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal on MTV and was only kept off #1 by Michael Jackson’s Thriller. It spawned so many imitations that Def Leppard had to make Hysteria instead of “Pyromania II”. Hell yeah people remember Pyromania.

[@davidwillis4361]

GNR Appetite for destruction and AC-DC Back in Black would have to be number 1 and 2 in my top 10 hard rock albums. Led Zeppelin is by far the best band but they're so good that you really could put all of their albums on the list.

[@denemarsh13]

Yes sir but I would switch acdc and gnr

[@libulb]

“Metal will not be included” *shows picture of Metallica and leaves the cover of a Black Sabbath album on the thumbnail*

[@davidbanan.]

bruh black sabath on dis list

[@jasonteqja7262]

Honestly mojo lost its credibility a while ago for me

[@mrgeorge621]

Motley Crue and Quernsryche too are metal

[@scottthewozznijak359]

Also shows Judas Priest

[@CYBERVISIONSdotCom]

@@jasonteqja7262 Mojo had credibility??

[@frandsenphilip1]

Appetite for Destruction was super-important: it combined hard rock and metal - it was in between and loved by both groups.

[@joelmacdonald6994]

"We won't include metal" Deep Purple Rainbow Def Leppard (flat out calls them glam metal) Ozzy Black Sabbath ("the moment hard rock became heavy metal") Motley Crue Queensryke I get it, there's a very muddy line between hard rock and metal. So just stop trying to separate the two.

[@joelmacdonald6994]

@Dafyd Maddz absolutely. It's all rock and roll. I'm a huge rocker. My tastes almost never stray from it, and although I do tend towards the heavier stuff, I listen to everything from the Stones, Beatles, CCR, Zeppelin, George Thorogood, to Alice in Chains, GnR, to Linkin Park, 3DG, to Metallica, Slayer, Lamb of God. All over the map of rock. They all offer something.

[@patrokus6889]

Not to mention they gave rainbows credit to Glover when Blackmore created the band

[@spinocobain]

Did they ever look at a Wikipedia page about hard rock artist

[@Miist3rDuce1]

@@joelmacdonald6994 deep purple are hard rock

[@stepladder3257]

Glam Metal even though called metal, still leans more to hard rock and when did Deep Purple become metal

[@salvatorevulcano3655]

1. Led Zeppelin II 2. Appetite for Destruction 3. Back in Black

[@davidbanan.]

led zepp was not "HARD ROCK"

[@user-mr1zy4nu7l]

david banan what?😂 they r

[@svenfigueroa312]

Dafyd Maddz hard country music 🙄🙄🙄😆😆😆😆😆

[@orphy6869]

Van Halen is way more important than Ac/Dc and GnR

[@svenfigueroa312]

orphy6869 exactly. I can’t understand why the following is so hard to grasp: The most important rock bands are(not in order): Led zep Van halen Beatles Rush That’s it. Simple. No elvis, no buddy hooooolly, no pink floyd, metallica, ramones, guns & roses...

[@carlosdeleon2805]

1. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction 2. AC/DC - Back In Black 3. AC/DC - Highway to Hell 4. Led Zeppelin - II 5. Van Halen - Van Halen 6. Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love 7. Scorpions - Love at first Sting 8. Kiss - Kiss 9. Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry 10. Foreigner - 4

[@fongeblam7999]

Carlos De Leon true

[@jackvylares3075]

Definitely

[@adammarchese]

Carlos De Leon Hysteria #1

[@donmendez582]

@@adammarchese Pyromania > Hysteria

[@SJUCityBoy]

Pyromania, one of my favorite albums. I remember clearly when it came out. I would listen to it three times a day. Great memories.

[@OMGanger]

For a second I thought led Zeppelin II was an honorable mention but then the world made sense again

[@alexanderhoifeldt86]

Guns n roses changed my life.

[@TNO73]

Ritchie Blackmore was the guitarist for Deep Purple who left and formed Rainbow. He recorded Long Live Rock and Roll. Roger Glover eventually joined Rainbow.

[@shawn4white]

I feel like AC/DC's Back In Black should be higher than 7 because its one of the best selling albums of all time well over $40million

[@shawn4white]

+billy brien And Its awesome, Along with Appetite For Destruction

[@matheusjezini]

True

[@bothellkenmore]

+billy brien Dude don't get caught up in the place on the list, be glad they made it!

[@R0DisG0D]

+billy brien But not one of the most important albums. Deep Purple as an example were much more important for the development Symphonic Rock, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal than AC/DC.

[@shadowkiller2588]

Nishkc Apkle wait are you serious, at each concert they do almost every song of this album are played and all the song in it have the right sound of rock.. look up for Hells bells or Shoot to thrill! thats some very good rock song and they did it after Bon s death

[@closertotheheart]

Bassist Roger Glover didn't play on Long Live Rock N Roll with Rainbow. You're thinking of RITCHIE BLACKMORE, the guitar player.

[@EightMilesHigh1966]

Roger Glover did play bass for a portion of Rainbow's career, but that's definitely Bob Daisley on that album.

[@Motatnema]

+EightMilesHigh You're both full of it. Joe Satriani played on it.

[@gj8683]

+Motatnema They're talking about bass players, not lead guitar players.

[@closertotheheart]

+Kenneth Rose Yeah, I don't mean to nitpick or anything it's just that I'm a music nerd so I notice they make at least one error per video. Wouldn't expect that from an information-sharing company with a designated music specialist and other contributors.

[@Hentarded]

+Jasper Yangchareon You're correct Roger Glover of Deep Purple did NOT do anything on Rainbow's Long Live Rock and Roll. He Produced Down to Earth. Correct this error WatchMojo!

[@freshinfofromdownatthecom6614]

List 10.) Alive- Kiss 9.) Machine Head- Deep Purple 8.) Who’s Next- The Who 7.) Back In Black- AC/DC 6.) Pyromania- Def Leppard 5.) Appetite for Destruction- Guns N’ Roses 4.) Blizzard of Oz- Ozzy Osbourne 3.) Van Halen- Van Halen 2.) Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath 1.) Led Zeppelin II- Led Zeppelin Honorable Mentions Rocks- Aerosmith Shout at the Devil- Motley Crue Slippery When Wet- Bon Jovi

[@bishlap]

at 10 years of age, 1969, Led Zep II was unlike anything I'd heard. The Beatles and Doors had been my go to Bands up until then, but when I heard Whole lotta love on the radio in Pop's car - it was over, I found my band.

[@bioscorp6178]

"Fool in the rain"!!

[@CYBERVISIONSdotCom]

Same age; I still have my original LZ albums from those years, though those album grooves and my brain cells got hammered in high school.

[@andynaz5631]

I am surprised Cream wasn't rank up there too.

[@GuntherVanAssche]

Every song on Back in Black is a masterpiece of rough hard rock the way it was meant to be. I can listen a million times to it.

[@rockroll3065]

10.) Alive!- Kiss 9.) Machine Head- Deep Purple 8.) Who’s Next- The Who 7.) Back In Black- AC/DC 6.) Pyromania- Def Leopard 5.) Appetite for Destruction- Guns N Roses 4.) Blizzard of Oz- Ozzy Osbourne 3.) Van Halen- Van Halen 2.) Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath H.M Back In the Saddle- Aerosmith Shout at the Devil- Mötley Crüe Slippery When Wet- Bon Jovi World Wide Love- The Scorpions Slide It In- WHITESNAKE Operation: Mind Crime- Queensyrche 1.) Led Zeppelin II- Led Zeppelin

[@lisamurphy378]

Long live 1980s

[@exormason6323]

your such an idiot ozzy is more heavier hes not among soft band. hes on heavy metal

[@WatchMojo]

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[@eddymadison9655]

You should do Top 10 Most Important Albums in Alternative Rock

[@Vindicator12Music]

+WatchMojo.com ok ok.... wait.... im not really a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan.... but wtf??????????? they didnt even get an honorable mention? are you fucking kidding me???? what in the actual fuck are you smoking......

[@firal556]

if think you should put rolling stones or deep purple or uriah heep.

[@motherofchaos5519]

Rainbow's *Straight Between the Eyes*.

[@ethanwork764]

Hard rock: Led Zeppelin Deep purple AC/DC Van halen Aerosmith Kiss Guns n roses Alice cooper The who Heavy metal: Black sabbath Iron maiden Dio Rainbow Judas Priest Motörhead Ozzy ozbourne Pantera Thrash metal (technically a subgenre of heavy metal): Metallica Slayer Anthrax Megadeth Testament Overkill Heathen Voivod Annihilator

[@WardenKaz]

Ethan Work not technically, it’s definitely a subgenre

[@inklinganonimo007]

Where's Rock n Roll?

[@samuelherman4859]

Before Heavy Metal they called Progressive Rock earlys Led Zeppelin and then Black Sabbath so basically the first Heavy Metal

[@weeblewwe]

Pantera is thrash

[@miluza8723]

KAWAII-METAL: BABYMETAL😋

[@chandlerroberts6468]

Van Halen was an eponymous album. Changed the face of Rock n Roll

[@Taylor-hu2no]

Chandler Roberts I say Van Halen and Fair Warning are 1a and 1b.

[@Lkrona]

Steed Fair Warning is the most underrated rock album ever. Unchained gets me every single goddamn time with that intro.

[@CYBERVISIONSdotCom]

I have absolutely no clue how many brain cells I killed listening to VH, but it was a lot.

[@steverichardson8080]

Meh. Sabbath and Zeppelin were more influential

[@oilersrock9350]

Steve Richardson are u nuts

[@Saroku007]

Here's the list if you're too lazy to write it down yourself. 10. Alive! (1975) by KISS 9. Machine Head (1972) by Deep Purple 8. Who's Next (1971) by The Who 7. Back in Black (1980) by AC/DC 6. Pyromania (1983) by Def Leppard 5. Appetite for Destruction (1987) by Guns N' Roses 4. Blizzard of Ozz (1980) by Ozzy Osbourne 3. Van Halen (1978) by Van Halen 2. Black Sabbath (1970) by Black Sabbath 1. Led Zepplin II (1969) by Led Zepplin Honorable Mentions: Rocks (1976) by Aerosmith Shout at the Deivl (1983) by Mötley Crüe Slippery When Wet (1986) by Bon Jovi World Wide Live (1985) by Scorpions Slide It In (1984) by Whitesnake Operation: Mind Crime (1988) by Queensrÿche

[@artemmyachkov3484]

thx

[@elmarcos94]

+Saroku007 spoileeeeeer

[@alshamal12]

Please make this a regular thing

[@Saroku007]

alshamal12 I will try my best! :D

[@WrenFaithBridger]

+Saroku007 Wow: I like all except #5 and Queensrÿche. I'm actually surprised. Hard rock isn't normally my genre.

[@Astro24train]

I was hoping Boston's debut album "Boston" (1976) would make it on here at least as an honorable mention. Is currently #2 most-sold debut album ever (after Apetite), plus with songs like "More Than A Feeling" and "Foreplay/Long Time" generated a unique sound and inspirational music for its time.

[@martingaumann3822]

Led Zeppelin - II Deep Purple - Mashine Head Black Sabbath - Paranoid Queen - A Night At The Opera AC DC - Back In Black Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous Van Halen - Van Halen Rainbow - Long Live Rock n Roll Guns n Roses - Apetite for Destruction

[@Miist3rDuce1]

Black sabbath is metal

[@vanplq8841]

@@Miist3rDuce1 hard rock evolved into metal idiot

[@WatchMojo]

WatchMojo in Portuguese: kzbin.info WatchMojo in Spanish: kzbin.info WatchMojo in Dutch:kzbin.info/door/ht3DEu9qWOSQWa1YzxADjA Many more to come!

[@CrayZJo3Davola]

My artists and Im only 10 Led Zeppelin Jimi Hendrix Elvis Presley Journey Dokken Firehouse John Mayer Scorpions 3 Doors down Bon Jovi Guns n Roses Ramones U2 Ozzy Ac/dc kiss Metallica

[@timhull5667]

Your 10 so I forgive you for not mentioning Aerosmith!

[@minxbade]

I think you got the numbers backwards, Back in Black and Who's Next really should have been much higher.

[@Antonypancake]

Appetite and Back In Black should be a bit higher, but otherwise a good list

[@samuelherman4859]

AntonyPancake Piromania is one of the best album of Def Leppard then start coming up glam rock

[@The420Earthling]

I have to say Appetite for Destruction changed my life.

[@adamgriffith-smith9106]

The420Earthling same here

[@bigdawgfan72]

That was a groundbreaking album, was a sophomore in HS. just about wore out that cassette!

[@mooknick242]

yeah for sure..should have been at least 3

[@jerryvasquez8757]

For sure

[@sheepybusinesses]

same

[@DannyBoi2112]

Why was Back in Black not at least between 3 - 1, its the 3rd best selling album of all time

[@chadreno9834]

Absolutely

[@thepunishmentdue1166]

Daniel Elder cuz gnr is way better

[@Leon-cd1iy]

@@thepunishmentdue1166 guns n roses is not three different bands are they?

[@drachireidnoc6659]

@@thepunishmentdue1166 GNR is not better than AC/DC

[@davidrucareanu4849]

@@Leon-cd1iy gnr is Guns N and the 3rd band Roses Objective conclusion: GNR is 3 separate bands

[@KhoroShogun]

Metal Health by Quiet Riot? Metal Health is notable for being the first heavy metal album to reach the top spot on the Billboard 200. It made metal main stream.

[@omfug7148]

+Kensei007 Quiet Riot were Slade rip-offs, listen to the real deal-->Slade

[@mitchlmitten5874]

+Kensei007 This is hard rock, not metal.

[@lishtins]

They said hard rock not metal... Learn to listen

[@unholydiver1095]

+Mitch L (Mitten) They should be classified hard rock like other glam bands though

[@SARYM911]

+Kensei007 Yeah this is only about hard rock as others have stated..Sabbath is in this list because metal wasn't really a thing when they started and they considered themselves to be a hard rock band with a dark sound which of course formed the basis of the evolution of all types of metal.

[@BarryAllen-bf1ye]

Just a few In mind: - 'Back In Black' by AC/DC - 'Appetite For Destruction' by Guns N' Roses - 'Slippery When Wet' by Bon Jovi - '1984' by Van Halen

[@Miist3rDuce1]

My top 10 greatest hard rock albums of all time. 10. Alive 9. Rocks 8. Who's next 7. Slippery when wet 6. Machine head 5. Pyromania 4. Van Halen 1 3. Appetite for destruction 2. Back in black 1. Led zeppelin ll

[@abhikkhanna6180]

Appetite for Destruction and Back in Black should have been higher

[@wytchfyndyr]

Abhik Khanna not appetite

[@richardherzog5405]

+sarge bazooka WRONG

[@nilsolsson1795]

appetite is top 3 albums of the 80s easliy

[@falconbaker8553]

Well it not a top ten best, it’s a top ten most important, and since it was so late, it was ranked appropriately

[@ruthparks7199]

Abhik Khanna agree totally, AC/DC Back in Black was by the best comeback album of all time and Appetite was just brilliant.

[@PricefieldPunk]

I Miss Rock songs.

[@shawnyboi8633]

Same

[@baconstudios4996]

Agree

[@martijnstuart95]

Rock is far from dead. You just have to know where to look.

[@neilhardie6312]

+Rainbow Rising It's dead, son. I wish it wasn't so, but we must accept it and move on.

[@naruparagreendbz1]

+Neil Hardie That statement is as bold as it is untrue.

[@tonydeb6793]

Appetite For Destruction is a masterpiece.

[@waduhek3988]

Tony Deb Guns N’ Roses suck

[@TomDavo-gj8ww]

@@waduhek3988 that's your opinion

[@Joker-eg1sn]

TrollinLamb11 who do u listen to?

[@billcummins5801]

Trucking bunch of posers in the lead singer ain't nothing but a wife beater fucking bastard

[@waduhek3988]

Bill Cummins thank you

[@nedd.8479]

1: Led Zeppelin 1 2: Black Sabbath 3: Machine Head 4: Back In Black 5: Appetite For Destruction

[@danielhennig8383]

Nice Trout Mask Replica pfp.

[@timhull5667]

Toys in the attic or Rocks are 6000 times better then Appetite for Disaster!

[@mmolenda8141]

Guns N Roses A lot of amazing songs on their albums The lyrics to some of those songs are powerful

[@FrostedSeagull]

To M Molenda, I agree with you on Guns'N'Roses on Appetite for DEstruction AND GNR Lies. Unfortunately, that was it. I couldn't get into Use your Delusion and wrote an amazingly great review on them. I gave them a O out of 5 mark and created pandemonium on Amazon. Amazon wrote to my personal email address and told me that they would delete my review.

[@liquidSpin]

When it comes to any hard rock list Def Leppard should always be mentioned. 🤘🏻

[@tireoghain82]

I had the No. 1 spot as a tie between Led Zeppelin II and Appetite For Destruction. Thankfully Zepp one out :)

[@bihbehbb493]

Appetite be on top 3, it's impossible to find an 'undeserving song' in it, one greater than the other

[@bihbehbb493]

*should be

[@wytchfyndyr]

Bihbeh bb nope

[@falconbaker8553]

Well it not a top ten best, it’s a top ten most important, and since it was so late, it was ranked appropriately

[@mccallosone4903]

i agree with falcon. its a great album, but was less influential than the earlier works. maybe the best album of the 80s tho

[@ShgairoMayamo]

Appetite had virtually no effect on the music industry, maybe I'm a little biased considering I dont really like them, but rock died right after Appetite for destruction came out and grunge took over.

[@RideEventually]

PLEASE stop making "Top 10 ..." about music you DO NOT understand !!!

[@Slammy555]

@Gerry C I'd say LZ II is primarily hard rock with some excursions into metal and blues rock, but Pyromania & Shout at the Devil are Glam Metal and Blizzard of Ozz, Black Sabbath, & Operation: Mindcrime are Heavy Metal.

[@SuperDenonciateur]

STOP watching them IDIOT.

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

At least about rock, it's pure aids to see these videos and they rate GNR higher than The Who and Deep Purple. On what planet, in what Universe is that a reality. Watch mojo are fucking Martians with a shitty taste in music.

[@franquis505]

Narekaci Shahbazyan well apettite is the best rock album of all times so....

[@leecaneer4917]

@@franquis505 Led Zeppelin 4 is better

[@seppehermans1927]

it's so funny that a lot of people like to mock on ozzy osbourne, but still he's 2 times in the list of most influential hard rock albums ...

[@Oncewasgolden]

Ozzy is nothing more than a loudmouth drunken idiot. The fact a idiot put him on the list,speaks a lot.

[@TheCandyShow]

It is in my will that my vinyl copy of Led Zepp II has to be put in the coffin with me. Great list.

[@UrbanLegend9669]

1 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 2 Van Halen - Van Halen 1 3 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 4 Metallica - Master OP 5 AC/DC - Back In Black 6 Def Leppard - Pyromania 7 Boston - Boston 8 GNR - Appetite For Destruction 9 Aerosmith - Rocks 10 Deep Purple - Machine Head

[@worzel189]

um acdc back in black is one of the highest selling albums of all time...and guns n roses appetite s the highest selling debut hard rock album....should be a lot higher

[@rockgod6180]

I am absolutely shocked that Back In Black isn't in the top 3, they are the definition of hard rock

[@chadreno9834]

That's the biggest selling album in the history of Rock. Num 1ACDC

[@edwarddd999]

It's good but I do still prefer appetite of destruction, personal preference though

[@opshake5477]

Rock God they are hard rock

[@brownie4032]

Big fax

[@daveglander1]

I'm on board

[@PoohbearPlus]

Some honorable mentions... Out Of The Cellar - Ratt Priest...Live - Judas Priest W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. Lick It Up - Kiss Led Zeppelin 4 - Led Zeppelin

[@gabifrancis7414]

I am happy someone actually thought of a different and better album then Alive for KISS

[@imadeyoureadthis.9743]

10. Slave to the Grind 9. Pyromania 8. Blizzard of Oz 7. Who's Next? 6. Appetite for Destruction 5. Back in Black 4. Machine Head 3. Van Halen 2. Black Sabbath 1. Led Zeppelin l & ll

[@jacksworld1206]

Deep Purple Machine Head should of been way higher on this list.

[@martijnstuart95]

absolutely. Back in Black? Pyromania? What did they contribute?

[@cdonnan6091]

+Rainbow Rising Pyromania practically revived rock n roll in the early 80s by fusing heavy metal with pop bringing metal to the mainstream and heavily influencing many bands after that such as metallica, GnR, skid row, bon jovi etc

[@valerijsamarin2402]

I think, that the best album from Deep purple- In Rock!!!

[@srushtimishra111]

Appetite For Destruction is pure brilliance & LED ZEPPELIN II 😍😍😍😍

[@FrostedSeagull]

Appetite for Destruction was THE album for the Eighties. It was the perfect marriage between Led Zeppelin II and Never Mind the Bollocks by the Sex Pistols. Guns'N"Roses - used Zeppelin's light and shade technique and then threw in a Sex Pistols' short sharp solo. Pure guava. Wow . . .

[@srushtimishra111]

@@FrostedSeagull agree!!!

[@Zoso_1990]

Led Zeppelin II, easily the most defining and most important hard rock album ever created

[@chadreno9834]

Back in Black sold millions more. Best band ever dude

[@jorgemartinbg]

Guessing you never heard the fourth one

[@cooperdellane9363]

I’d say Led Zeppelin 4

[@shalev9536]

@@cooperdellane9363 led zeppelin 4 is not hard rock tho so i have to agree with him

[@cooperdellane9363]

shalev sharon that is true there’s only a few hard rock songs in Led Zeppelin 4

[@tonydeb6793]

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION : THE BEST !!!!

[@bogdanadzic9305]

Mm no

[@BenMossMusic]

Ong

[@bogdanadzic9305]

@Patrick Jones lmao

[@thegoldencamelfromegypt6865]

Use you're illusion is better

[@arianprofit]

Kids. No way Jose

[@fourseasons4105]

1. Deep purple- In rock 2. Led Zeppelin- Physical graffiti 3. Rainbow- Rising 4. Thin Lizzy- Johnny the fox 5. Van Halen- Van Halen 6. Rush- Fly by night 7. Uriah heep- Demons and wizards 8. Jimi Hendrix- Are you experienced? 9. ACDC- Let there be rock 10. Dio- Holy Diver

[@juliusnisonen2431]

6:11 it's not considered to be the best selling debut album of all time... IT IS

[@gr8dalmuti]

Actually GNR's debut album was Live Like a Suicide, but those that overlook that consider Appetite the debut.

[@richconnors2419]

isnt a best seller list its most important

[@alexgaona8299]

gr8dalmuti It was an EP not an album

[@G40s_WW]

@@gr8dalmuti yes i it actually is Boston by Boston

[@jerryvasquez8757]

1:54 Video editor: So what effects do you want? Deep purple band members: Yes

[@danfarnsworth4962]

My Personal list in order that changed my life. 1. Pyromania 2. Appetite 3. Back in Black 4. ..and Justice for All 5. Slave to the Grind As far as my opinion on actual influence to Hard Rock/Metal? 1. Black Sabbath 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Queen 4. AC/DC 5. Def Leppard

[@chandlerroberts6468]

Queen😂😂😂

[@hando88c]

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are Heavy Metal bands not Hard Rock !!!

[@michaelshamberger1307]

True

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

Heavy Metal is one and also the main subgenre of Hard Rock, that's why it enters here!!!

[@facelessandnameless]

Michael Gonzalez But in the beginning of the video they specifically said they were NOT including metal in this list... haha

[@facelessandnameless]

Sidsie Stensgaard Sabbath is fucking Metal.

[@megacahh870]

Sabbath is the originator of Heavy Metal

[@ramseybrown3233]

If watchmojo allowed more than one entry per band this would probably be the top 5 1. Led Zeppelin II 2. Led Zeppelin IV 3: Led Zeppelin I 4. Black Sabbath 5. Paranoid

[@rafaelaguirre1594]

agree, i would add in rock by deep ppurple, thats an insane album

[@carlosmontilla1804]

Ramsey Brown you forgot physical graffiti

[@rafaelaguirre1594]

and presence too

[@WianApple]

dont forget physical graffiti =)

[@ZKAttack]

One album per band is a pretty dumb rule, tbh. It makes no sense. It should be the "best" of the best - regardless of the band. Why should a lower ranked album get put higher on the list than an album that was better, just because one band might have two great albums? Makes no sense

[@brandonj520]

I’d consider “In Rock” more important then machine head but that’s just me

[@alfonsoguzman2526]

Brandon Jeffery absolutly

[@Packer1290]

Loved the honorable mention for Operation Mindcrime. A very underappreciated and underrated album.

[@jorgesequera2818]

But he is Prog Rock/Prog Metal

[@jspacone]

It’s not a bad list. “Important” is such an interesting adjective. In this context it would mean setting a trend or defining a style or showing what was possible. Certainly “Black Sabbath" and "Led Zepp 2" defined styles. "Pyromania" got me into heavy metal. "Appetite for Destruction" was definitely the most important album when I was 17. I realize you have to draw the line somewhere, but I feel like "Master of Puppets" and "Piece of Mind" could have at least been honorable mentions.

[@daokayestguitaristunder2061]

1 ZoSo-Led Zeppelin 2 Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin 3 Fly By Night-Rush 4 Cultosaurus Erectus-Blue Oyster Cult 5 Machine Head-Deep Purple 6 Use Your Illusion II-Guns’N’Roses 7 Back in Black-AC/DC 8 Killers-Iron Maiden 9 Rising-Rainbow 10 Led Zeppelin II-Led Zeppelin

[@searaydrivingguy]

kiss alive. back in black van halen 1. highway to hell. destroyer. led zepplin II . number of the beast. powerage . pyromania black sabbath

[@MattCipolla]

Thank God for the #1 pick. I was going to scream if Led Zeppelin wasn't on here.

[@johnnycto7576]

Led Zeppelin I, II, III, IV and Physical Graffiti: here's one half of top 10!

[@josephk.1382]

It might be the only one on the list that's correct.

[@raiderted4964]

Same lmaooo

[@jackped156]

Matt Cipolla dude I was thinking the same thing

[@GWard-hz5wj]

Thought this was Hard Rock. Worst top 10 list you've come up with. Only Led Zeppelin fits this, maybe...Deep Purple. The rest is metal of sorts & pop. Shame on you.

[@backstabbath2690]

Blows my mind that Appetite is still the best selling debut of all time

[@Oncewasgolden]

BackStabbath That is only because G and R were the last big rock band. You can beat a record if nobody is there to try. Within a year of Appetite, the Seattle sound came out. Rock music was at it peak when it was killed by cooperate idiots.

[@MrJett1971]

@dark whispers-the Seattle sound really only reached those actually IN Seattle in 1987. It didn’t hit the rest of us until 1991, so when it hit from about ‘88 on, AFD was about as big as a new band could get.

[@kcauman73]

@@MrJett1971 AFD had a different feel and energy than anything at the time. Punk, Blues, melodic guitars, few solo moments, no noodling.(everybody was doing the long sloppy guitar solo then-GNR IE. Slash played Melodies, Duff's harmonic/pounding of the bass and Izzy's clean rhythms...there are a lot of different sounding songs on that LP- oh yeah the singer was pretty good too) In your face Rock-n-Roll. I saw them in '88. they looked like they might rob you in the parking lot, but blew Aerosmith straight off the stage.. Raw but A really tight sound, great lyrics. It foreshadowed Grunge. Best debut ever. Top 5 all time

[@randallarana7429]

Saw Guns n roses appetite album so had to click on the video... #GNR

[@natimber3040]

gnr is ass

[@jjj-qj8lu]

@@natimber3040 you are ass

[@ProSkater-xp7uo]

Same

[@alexmustata4089]

Gnr is quite possibly one of the worst rock bands ever. Axel is a terrible singer and slash is a mediocre guitarist who is criminally overrated.

[@mooknick242]

best rock band in last 20 years..easily

[@CapAnson12345]

Let's be honest, you could put 4 or 5 Zeppelin albums on this list. Also Disraeli Gears by Cream.. not exactly hard rock.. but definitely a major influence.

[@dudgielovechild9239]

Early Zeppelin and Sabbath may seem like hard rock compared to todays standards of Metal. But, considering they both started in the late 60's when The Beatles, Stones, Beachboys, Kinks and The Monkeys were the big thing...they were heavy as f**k back then \m/. Whole Lotta Love and Heartbreaker - 1969...HEAVY AS F*******K!!!

[@megicappel]

At least someone at watchmojo noticed Deep Purple. Applause! *ironic mode off* In my personal opinion In Rock is much more important than Machine Head: It came out in 1970, two years earlier than Machine Head, it was harder, louder and rawer than anything before, and from the very first second it goes... no, it rushes, it races straight into your face! I love Deep Purple, and I love Machine Head, but compared to In Rock it sounds like played with the Hand brake pulled on, literally "tame". For me In Rock was the birth of hard rock. Period.

[@wytchfyndyr]

Claus Appel deep purple in rock is best because it has flight of the rat

[@mansiaslib]

For one reason or another Deep Purple are not so well treated as Zeppelin or Sabbath.Especialy MTV when it started to show and push hard rock and metal bands and make documentaries about metal,they always put in the front Sabbath and Zeppelin and then all the others.I remember mentioning Purple just a hard rock band along with Aerosmith an AC/DC.I was suprised.For god's sake.They didn't even know Sabbath before Ozzy made the reality show!What can I say...different opinions,TV oriented documentaries?

[@lukethebody]

Deep Purple are way heavier than Led Zeppelin and way faster than Black Sabbath, easily the best musicianship of the unholy trinity, often overlooked in America but thankfully the rest of the world understands this.

[@saim316]

I would have put all Led Zeppelin albums in here...

[@jayannakelley9051]

Saim // - Amen to that🔥

[@chrissy3938]

Agreed

[@sadrahafezi8794]

led zeppelin in trash

[@jayannakelley9051]

Sadra Hafezi 🙄🙄

[@jensclarberg6419]

@Jay Davis Not even close.

[@djheaven2772]

My best hard rock lp: "Metal health" Quiet riot. (or is it metal? Because it is the first nr. 1 metal LP in US) The first 4!! solo LPs are devinied Ozzy. VH great with both singers. Scorpions and Bon Jovi are great too

[@cking06]

I would have had Shout at the Devil should have been on the list and Back in Black and GnR should have been higher but I love #1 Nice job guys

[@Nash1965H]

Good Lord, check your Deep Purple fact it wasn’t a studio that burned down. The fire was at a live gig. The band has talked about the stage curtains catching fire!

[@AndreiSliva]

1.Deep Purple - In Rock 2.Led Zeppelin - II 3.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself 4.Grand Funk Railroad - On Time 5.Rainbow - Rising 6.Slade - Slayed 7.Black Sabbath - Paranoid 8.Judas Priest - British Steel 9.Ozzy - Blizard Of Ozz 10.Kiss - Dynasty Bands like G'n'R are probably hard'n'heavy or glam rock bands.

[@rolfana1]

Ever heard of an album called British Steel???

[@namedeplume2022]

Judas Priest and Iron Maiden consistently get no respect. These lists are created by people who get their hard rock news from Rolling Stone rather than Guitar Player and who likely never even have seen these bands live.

[@Insolitus_xl]

British Steel is British New Wave Metal, also called Heavy Metal, not Hard Rock.

[@namedeplume2022]

@@Insolitus_xl Black Sabbath is considered the starting point of Heavy Metal, and they got two spots. On that point, Def Leppard certainly went mainstream with Pyromania, but they certainly were NWBHM before that. "High N Dry" is a metal force.

[@ManiacGuitar98]

Pretty good but thin lizzys jailbreak should have at least been an honorable mention

[@holmanjag]

lizzy deserve to be here so bad

[@martijnstuart95]

Black Rose is far better

[@michaelfitzgerald5474]

yeah, they are my favorite hard rock. just the right mix.

[@geronimojones2]

Yes!

[@kira1143]

+Z Jones also it should have been- It's naz from nazareth, made in japan, and some ted nugent's album like double live gonzo

[@jondavis942]

Let me save you 12 minutes of you life: #10 - "Alive!" (1975) - Kiss #9 - "Machine head" (1972) - Deep Purple #8 - "Who's next" (1971) - The Who #7 - "Back in black" (1980) - AC/DC #6 - "Pyromania" (1983) - Def Leppard #5 - "Appetite for destruction" (1987) - Guns N' Roses #4 - "Blizzard of Ozz" (1980) - Ozzy Osbourne #3 - "Van Halen" (1978) - Van Halen #2 - "Black Sabbath" (1970) - Black Sabbath #1 - "Led Zeppelin ||" (1969) - Led Zeppelin

[@alptanriover9667]

1- İt should have been Appetite for Destruction or Back in Black on top, they made the real change 2- I really love Blizzard of ozz but it is more Metal than Hark rock 3- Black Sabbath is Heavy metal(all albums) as you also say so why in the list? 4- Led Zeppelin is great choice but debatable between no II an IV Also I know its more blues rock but you tend to blend genres so why no Hendrix

[@trevorglaum6203]

If you look at the sales numbers, influence, album tour results, and longevity of the music I don’t know how Slippery When Wet isn’t on this list. Bon Jovi sold a million copies a week for the first 6 weeks on that album. And the number of hits on Slippery When Wet(1986) and New Jersey(1988) put both of those albums over several on this list.

[@MrRobarino]

It isn't about number of album sales, it's about how important, ground breaking, iconic or trendsetting the album was. Slippery When Wet had some great songs and sold a lot of copies but it didn't break any new ground or change the genre in any new or unique way.

[@igors9112]

1. AC/DC- Back in black. 2. Kiss-Dynasty. 3. Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti. 4. Uriah Heep-Innocent Victim. 5. Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. 6. Whitesnake-Come an Get it. 7. Rainbow-Difficult to Cure. 8. Ace Frehley-Ace Frehley. 9. Nazareth-Rampant. 10. Slade-In Flames.

[@kingfish4242]

Led Zepplin 1 was more influential

[@townshendshean]

Yeah...if you like plagiarism!

[@ignacypankracy2438]

kingfish4242 Led Zeppelin 1 was blues album not hard rock .

[@codythedoggo7671]

@@ignacypankracy2438 Dazed and Confused especially

[@ignacypankracy2438]

CodyTheDoggo and „You shook me”

[@kalebmarsh4218]

But led zeppelin II had whole lotta love

[@gbick182]

Deep Purple in Rock should have been in this list!

[@pelegbennon5271]

Way better then machine head!

[@theps4guylol608]

Agree!

[@ChanDowd137]

Yah. November Rain, along with You Could Be Mine and Back Off Bitch, would’ve made Appetite For Destruction even more epic. But we really needed some good songs in the 1990s, ‘cause there really weren’t many. Thank you Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, and every other 90s band!!!

[@FrostedSeagull]

The winner is . . . Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin influenced almost every band and existence. The Beatles - their best album was Led Zeppelin II. The famous Led Zeppelin IV was just an extension of II. Stairway to Heaven just has chord progression and the stand out track was . . When the Levee Breaks. Black Dog has the most interesting riff and hardest to play . . . BUT . . . I have been told that Pagey stuffed up the outro. My guitar playing mates tell me that Jimmy Page makes a couple of errors and his guitar is out of tune. This leads us too . . .. a group of guitar playing Rock critics doing reviews of Seventies rock bands. You guessed it . . . as it came down too Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. I love both bands. Machine Head - won and beat out Led Zeppelin IV WHY - Machine Head is note for note perfect. Yeah , it has the most famous riff in the world with Smoke on the Water. The whole album was practically played live and you can hear it on Made in Japan. Made in Japan - the perfect and greatest ever live album. Its practically all of Machine Head. There are no overdubs on Made in Japan. It was recorded on $US1,200 and sold millions everywhere,especially the United States. It cracked open the door for the U.S and both Machine Head and Made in Japan went platinum. Purple's bassist, Roger Glover, has the Billboard awards for most albums sold.

[@mikebrideson6512]

Oh yeah

[@daokayestguitaristunder2061]

Frosted this doesn’t make sence

[@MrJett1971]

The Beatles best album is led zeppelin ll???

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

Finally, found somebody that has decent knowledge about rock.

[@ToothyMTG1]

I didn’t read all of that but you praised Zeppelin so I agree

[@80HD8]

The problem with having categories of music is that a lot of bands cross over into different styles of music. Led Zeppelin could be viewed as blues, rock, heavy rock or even soft rock with some of their acoustic songs. So people will always argue about what bands should and shouldn't be included in you list. Having said that I agree with you picks, however I would have put Van Halen at #2.

[@jayannakelley9051]

John Demont - Actually any Van Hagar is so much better!

[@tgguitarguy]

I came on here to complain that you didn't put KISS in this video, but then well I got blown away lol

[@hipocedillo8974]

Top 10 greatest albums per decade?

[@renapeppers20]

YES!

[@CamMackay96]

been done already

[@chuexsy672]

+hipo cedillo Are we talking genre or just in all.

[@therealjerryseinfeld4321]

+iYourAverageGamer no it hasn't. They did song, artist, but not album

[@matthewcorcoran4718]

+isaiah nguyen just in general. It would be cool if they did rock albums per decade though.

[@KayleighNatasha]

I see a Def Leppard album in the thumbnail, I click on the link

[@lilsam9680]

That's mainly why I clicked on this video lol

[@Sandra-qh3gl]

Me to I am a big fan of def leppard

[@kennethferrari5232]

A few of those bands I would have put in the metal category. I feel The Eagle's One of these nights and Tesla's The Great Radio COntroversy should have been included.

[@DSMStudios]

Led Zeppelin 2 fantastic album

[@bambamdias1948]

O I e o II são perfeitos

[@arthurbishop3173]

My favorite LZ album, so even tho I don't think DL should even be in there, I can live with LZ2 as #1. If anything, 'High and Dry' should be in a Top 20 (or 25) hard rock albums of all time, but not 'Pyromania'. P is a pop rock album...Mutt made sure of that.

[@metaldisector6701]

I personally think Ratt was the best glam rock/hair metal band to come out of the 80s, but I understand why Def Lep and GNR were chosen.

[@karenschreurs7650]

Ratt is awesome but without Def Leppard 80s rock wouldn't be the same their influence is huge in every genre of rock during their time and still to this day

[@shoogerkane]

and GNR wasn't really hair metal - they were much better than most hair metal.

[@SonnyThomasShow1]

Disagree. Poison was. They not only had some great guitar licks but poignant lyrics that still stand the test of time.

[@Jorge-ly5ki]

Leppard And GNR itsn Hair Metal They Pure Hard Rock

[@omererenl2879]

My Top 10: 1. Toys in the Attic 2. Appetite for Destruction 3. Led Zeppelin IV 4. Van Halen (1978) 5. Back in Black 6. Who's Next 7. Rocks 8. Slippery When Wet 9. Machine Head 10. Hysteria Aerosmith twice. Because both albums are excellent.

[@tonyartadi3587]

UFO strangers in the night. Perhaps the best live album of all time with Schenker's guitar work on it being legendary!

[@billmaher1634]

UFO SHOULD HAVE BEEN HUGE SELLING OUT M.S.G !!!!

[@GrizrazRex]

There could literally be a great top 10 live albums list that might go there. Just off the top of my not-quite-yet-a-fogey noggin, I come up with these: Kiss Alive (on this vid's list) Frampton Comes Alive (the only entry on my list that could have supplanted Kiss for this vid) The Who Live at Leeds (CD version has another LP's worth of tracks; deluxe version has a full Tommy performance; this is the benchmark; ground zero from which all other live rock albums are measured) Deep Purple Made In Japan Yessongs (all of their best early tracks, with the best version of Roundabout ever) Welcome Back...ELP (a triple that I never tire of; superb Aquatarkus sends chills up and down my spinal column to this day) Another Live (Todd Rundgren's Utopia; their 2nd album overall; title alludes to opening track, "Another Life," and this album has the first version of the glorious The Seven Rays) Frank Zappa Live in New York (opening track is the original "Titties & Beer" and "the Illinois Enema Bandit" debuts with a spoken intro from SNL's Don Pardo) CD version has another LP's worth of tracks Judas Priest Unleashed in the East (raw, but with some polish, and a far more satisfying listen than Priest Live) Joe Jackson Live 1980-86 (4 different bands and tours depicted; JJ has a penchant for radically re-arranging his own material for performance, and there are 3 very different versions of Is She Really Going Out With Him on this album). Honorable mentions: Black Sabbath Live Evil, Johnny Cash Live From Folsom Prison, ELP Pictures at an Exhibition, Kiss Alive III (best version of Watchin' You EVER), Kiss You Wanted the Best (the Alive-era tracks are priceless, as they are not on that album), The Song Remains the Same (my respect to Page & Co is only grudgingly paid; I have my reasons as a musician), Ozzy Speak of the Devil (the best live album we'll ever get of him singing classic Sabbath material), Prince Miles from the Park (with Miles Davis), Rush All the World's a Stage (they have so many live albums out tho'; could easily put a few more here), Tower of Power Live, UB40 CCCP (Live in Moscow in 1987; pretty bold, politically, for the time), U2 Under a Blood Red Sky, Yesshows Of course, my list is all over the map, because my tastes are a bit more eclectic. I gotta see what the vid-makers think of the top prog-rock albums. Depending on how you classify Zappa, 3 or 4 albums from my live list are prog. Not making the honorable mention list was Kiss Alive IV, which pairs the band with a full orchestra, and makes for a pretty unique sonic soup.

[@kingsxkids]

How about UFO Force It?

[@timhull5667]

Most people never heard of UFO! So they missed out on the greatest musical experience of all time!

[@timhull5667]

Walk on Water is much better then Appetite for disaster!

[@MrJlmob8642]

All 60s, 70s, and 80s. My favorite eras of music.

[@Miist3rDuce1]

My favorite era is the 50s, 60, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s,

[@pindowskivich]

The latest release in this top 10 was Appetite For Destruction; 1987. So nearly 32 years have gone by without a release of anything worthy of topping these albums. I grew up in a great time for music.

[@sebastianasaro6791]

I’d say KISS’s Destroyer album is more influential than Alive seeing as one of the songs “Beth” was one of the very first true power ballads. Not to mention it had hits like “Detroit Rock City” and “Shout it Out Loud”

[@gibson8093]

Def Leppard... what a fucking great band. Classic)Love 'em))

[@danielwoods2531]

Yeah. Pete Willis era. On through the night, high n dry and pyromania. Then they dumped Pete, Rick Allen's accident. After that they were just a pop band. Then when they lost Steve forget about it.

[@meadapug2339]

@@danielwoods2531 I agree except I really do like hysteria

[@Miist3rDuce1]

@@danielwoods2531 hey if pete wasn't drinking a lot than he would still be in the band

[@olaf1191]

Led Zeppelin IV should be no 1,Mountain - Climbing,ACDC - Powerage,Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power,Sir Lord Baltimore -Sir Lord Baltimore

[@kellytaggart3749]

Clicked because I saw Def Leppard 🤘🏼