Classic Rock BandsWhat is classic rock? It may sounds like a simple question, but depending on who you ask, you can get different answers. I opinion anyway, is that I look at any band or artist that played pure rock 'n roll from the mid to late sixties, up to the mid seventies, as Classic Rock bands. This is why you will not see any rock bands/artists on my list that started out after that time. I know that there are bands and artists that have formed since then that play classic rock, but I am more about saluting the older classic rock bands. In time those newer bands may or may not be added to the classic rock band lists. There are a few artists and bands that came around before the mid-sixties and some of them are considered classic rock bands. Without these greats, Classic Rock bands would never have evolved, so that's why they are included on some of classic rock bands listings. Fifties and early sixties rock may not fall into anybody' s list as Classic Rock bands, but the output from that time was pure classic rock!