Most young people, especially in the West,since the distant "acidic" seventies answered questions about happiness, with a simple and concise phrase: "Sex, drugs, and rock and roll." Rock has become an integral part of world culture. The best rock bands are built in the face of the saints and are untouchable, while others ingloriously earn money by playing on the feelings of people. After all, as Lisa Simpson used to say: "There is nothing easier than to drive a teenager into depression." It will be just about this pleiad of "holy rockers", although it is unlikely that someone will turn their tongues to be righteous and sinless.

Autistic and depressive lead singer of "Nirvana" KurtCobain popularized a new direction in music - grunge. He delighted the ears of young listeners with his protest, melancholy, minimalism and “dirty” sound of the guitar. The famous hit Smells like teen spirit is still present in many teen playlists. The best grunge rock bands of the time are also Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth and Pixies. A little later, in the mid-nineties,

Among the heavy music and hard rock are such best rock bands as Metallica, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Korn, System of a down and many others.
But rock is not just protest and aggressive.a reminder that life is far from office work, cinema episodes, love reciprocity and honest authority. Pop punk has also earned its well-deserved recognition. For pop punk, all life is the road from one party to another. Sad, lyrical moments may come along the way, but on the whole it all turns into one big party. The best rock bands in this direction are Offspring, Green day, Blink182 and Sum41. Female audiences with the sound of guitar distortion and love lyrics make Avril Lavigne and Pretty Reckless happy.

It's hard to list all the best rock bands, becausethat there are so many of them, they all made a significant contribution to the development of musical art. Their songs are replayed by orchestras and amateur musicians, their music is illustrated by films, their utterances are quoted in blogs, and the names are perpetuated on T-shirts and in tattoos. And rock itself is not just music, it is a lifestyle!