Rock
48 timelines
Billy Joel: Piano Man
From Long Island to Madison Square Garden 150 times — Billy…
Bob Dylan: The Voice of a Generation
From Greenwich Village folk clubs to the Nobel Prize — six …
Bob Seger: Night Moves
A Detroit hero for a decade before the world caught on — Bo…
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
From the Jersey Shore to Born in the U.S.A. and Broadway — …
Carlos Santana
A curated timeline tracing the life and career of guitarist…
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Swamp Rock from California
Four boys from El Cerrito who sounded like they came from t…
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
Space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust, Berlin, Let's Dance and Black…
Eagles: Hotel California
From Linda Ronstadt's backing band to Hotel California and …
Elvis Costello: This Year's Model
Angry young man, country singer, classical collaborator — E…
Eric Clapton
The life and career of Eric Clapton (born 1945) — English r…
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
From Peter Green's blues band to Rumours and The Dance — th…
Foo Fighters: The Colour and the Shape
From a one-man demo to stadium headliners — Dave Grohl's Fo…
George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
The quiet Beatle — George Harrison from the Quarrymen to th…
Grateful Dead: American Beauty
Acid Tests, the Wall of Sound and thirty years on the road …
Jackson Browne: Late for the Sky
Laurel Canyon's most literate songwriter — Jackson Browne f…
Janis Joplin: Pearl
From Port Arthur to Monterey, Woodstock and Pearl — Janis J…
Jeff Buckley
The life and career of Jeff Buckley (1966-1997) — American …
Jim Morrison
The life and career of Jim Morrison (1943-1971) — American …
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced
Four years that changed the electric guitar forever — Jimi …
John Lennon: Imagine
Liverpool art student, Beatle, peace campaigner and househu…
John Mellencamp: Small Town
From Johnny Cougar to Pink Houses and Farm Aid — John Melle…
Kurt Cobain: Come as You Are
From a logging town in Washington to the voice of a generat…
Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven
Twelve years, eight albums and the biggest tours of the 197…
Los Lobos: How Will the Wolf Survive?
Just another band from East L.A. — Los Lobos, from Mexican …
Manu Chao
The life and career of Manu Chao (born 1961, Paris) — Franc…
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps
From Winnipeg garage bands to Harvest, Crazy Horse and Rock…
Nick Cave
A curated timeline of Nick Cave's life and career, from his…
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
From Aberdeen garages to knocking Michael Jackson off numbe…
Paul McCartney: Beatle, Wings and Beyond
From a Liverpool church fete to Wings, the Olympics and the…
Pearl Jam: Ten
Out of the grief of the Seattle scene came Ten — Pearl Jam,…
Peter Gabriel: So
From Genesis's theatrical singer to Sledgehammer, WOMAD and…
Phil Collins
The life and career of Phil Collins (born 1951) — English d…
Pretenders: Brass in Pocket
An American in London with a punk band — Chrissie Hynde's P…
Prince: Purple Rain
Multi-instrumentalist, producer and showman — Prince from M…
The 27 Club
From Robert Johnson in 1938 to Amy Winehouse in 2011 — the …
The Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East
Two guitars, two drummers and endless jams — the Allman Bro…
The Band: Music from Big Pink
Four Canadians and an Arkansan who backed Ronnie Hawkins an…
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Surf songs to Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations — the Beach Bo…
The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man
A twelve-string Rickenbacker and three-part harmonies — the…
The Clash: London Calling
The only band that matters — The Clash, from punk's first w…
The Doors: Light My Fire
Venice Beach poetry, an organ and a Lizard King — The Doors…
The Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society
From the power chords of You Really Got Me to Waterloo Suns…
The Police: Synchronicity
Bleached hair, white reggae and Every Breath You Take — the…
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
The banana album sold few copies, but everyone who bought o…
The Who: Maximum R&B
Smashed guitars, rock operas and the loudest band in the wo…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes
From Gainesville to the Traveling Wilburys and Full Moon Fe…
U2: The Joshua Tree
From a Dublin kitchen to the Sphere in Las Vegas — U2, the …
Van Morrison: Into the Mystic
From the Belfast R&B of Them to Astral Weeks and Moondance …