# Howard Stern names the three greatest rock bands of all time: “No argument”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/howard-stern-names-the-three-greatest-rock-bands-of-all-time-no-argument/
- Published: 2026-10-26T21:05:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T21:15:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/howard-stern-names-the-three-greatest-rock-bands-of-all-time/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Stern’s top three are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.
- He ranked The Beatles first and The Stones second.
- All three bands emerged in the 1960s.

## Summary

Howard Stern named The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin as the three greatest rock bands of all time during a 2020 radio discussion. His choices matter because each group helped shape rock music and had an influence that reached beyond the genre.

Stern ranked The Beatles first, praising their importance to popular music; he put The Rolling Stones second for building on blues and creating what he called masterpieces. Led Zeppelin took third place, with Stern highlighting Jimmy Page’s riffs, John Bonham’s drumming and Robert Plant’s vocals. The article notes that all three bands released their first singles within seven years of one another in the 1960s.

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