Ultimate Classic Rock Staff

Remember these bands?

New house in L.A. suburbs is small but luxurious with its enormous backyard pool.

Your soundtrack to the end of the semester.

From the B-52's to XTC, Blondie to Talking Heads, we count down the genre's best LPs.

Everything from sweltering surf-rock to tunes best played at full volume with the windows rolled down.

Turn on, tune in and drop out to these tracks.

None of these shared release dates were planned, but there sure are some cool coincidences here.

Still-feuding rockers tried new tricks during second round of their ongoing battle.

A surprisingly high number of these albums proved to be pivotal for some of rock's biggest names.

Some are groundbreaking, while others are grounding.

From final releases to midcareer masterpieces.

Inspired by giants like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and B.B. King, rock artists have put their distinctive spin on the genre.