Led Zeppelin

Bandmates Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones created an empire of titanic guitar rock, drawing deeply from the blues driven by Bonham's heavy hand and Page's quirky riffs. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, the Mighty Zep has had all nine of their studio albums chart in the top 10, much to the delight of hard and classic rock fans the world over. Hammer of the gods, indeed.