37 classic rock bands still playing with original members

Let's raise a Bic lighter to time-honored rock bands that are still active in 2026, with one or more of the original members intact.
Ultimate Classic Rock

Top 40 Songs of 1976

In 1976, music thrived in diversity, with Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad about a shipwreck and McCartney's playful love ...
Yahoo

'60s Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Reacts to Impressive New Feat for Hit Song 55 Years Later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rock and roll legend recently celebrated the latest feat for his 1969 track "Fortunate Son," which was named the most-streamed ...
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'60s Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Reacts to Impressive New Feat for Hit Song 55 Years Later

Even after almost 6 decades, John Fogerty's music for Creedence Clearwater Revival continues to reach new heights. The rock and roll legend recently celebrated the latest feat for his 1969 track ...
collider

Elvis Presley Became the King of Rock 'n' Roll When He Recorded This Song

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...
Vulture

‘You Make 12 People Happy Each Year, and 30,000 Get Mad’

Welcome to “On That Note,” a rock-and-roll-centered column that will dive into the big stories, trends, and crazy ideas coming out of the music industry. “It’s like the teacher of the class and you ...
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Greatest Classic Rock Song of Every Year of the 1960s

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...
Digital Journal

David Letterman inducts the late Warren Zevon into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Killers perform in his honor

Warren Zevon. Photo Credit: Aaron Rapoport, Courtesy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Warren Zevon. Photo Credit: Aaron Rapoport, Courtesy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. TV host David Letterman ...
Paste

Notes On Warren Zevon, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee

Many institutions try to play God, but most of them just end up with horrible taste. I find that to be especially true about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, music’s cringy and deeply vain cathedral of ...
Variety

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: A Photo Gallery and Our Favorite Quotes From a Night Feting Soundgarden, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, White Stripes and More

There seems to be a pattern here. When the surviving members of Nirvana get back together for a semi-reunion (as they did at FireAid earlier in 2025), they only employ female singers as fill-ins for ...
Afro

Salt-N-Pepa blaze the stage and Outkast reunites in style at 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony

Cyndi Lauper turned “True Colors” into a defiant call for courage and the music of Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes brought waves of emotion on the night of Nov. 8 at the Rock & Roll Hall of ...