I'm going to just bypass the whole discussion of what constitutes rock, and just give my picks.

The Police
U2
Velvet Underground
Blood Sweat and Tears
Queen
The Beatles
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Coldplay (Just want to make sure that the contemporaries don't get overlooked)

Police seconded
The Smiths
The Church

Comtemporaries: The Dresden Dolls

The great little band of the 21st Century.

The Kinks
The Who
The Grateful Dead
The Velvet Underground
Adrian Belew
The Handsome Family (not rock exactly but my favorite band nevertheless)

Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Type O Negative
White Zombie
AC/DC
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Misfits
Motorhead
Stephen Lynch

Stephen Lynch is a comedic singer, well-known to fans of the "Opie and Anthony" radio show. His songs touch on such diverse subjects as trans-sexuals, abortion, masturbation, anal sex, dead grandparents and bowling legends.

Honorable mention - GG Allin
GG's song "Automatic" is a great "couples" song.

nirvanah

Come ON, guys:

Queen (not in there yet - oops , just saw it - must have slipped in while I was typing, or something...)
Moody Blues
Animals
Oasis
Blur
AC DC (seconded)
Guns n Roses
U2 (seconded)
Status Quo
Simple Minds
Santana
Dire Straits
Green Day
Gorillaz
PInk Floyd
Led Zeppelin
10 CC
Wham
Crosby Stills and Nash
The Darkness

More to follow - time fror brekkie!

Wings (Paul Mccartney)
Go West (they won't win , but I liked them)
Duran Duran
Franz Ferdinand
Small Faces (Rod Stewart)
Police (seconded or thirded)
INXS
Bauhaus
Aha
Prince and the Revolution
Sparks
The Kinks

Deep Purple
Meatloaf
The Bangles (well, she was quite cute!)
Souxie and the Banshees
Sex Pistols


There's also some singers with backing bands that maybe ought to be considered, like:

James Brown
Suzie Quattro
Bruce Springsteen
David Bowie

That's me nearly done....

Can i puleeze PML @ Wham....sorry Cyclefrance (I do have their albums though) but I have decided you have good taste for an ...err...old guy :p

Duran Duran 2nded - saw them 3 years ago

Sorry about the tears down the trouserleg - ur probably right about Wham, altho Georgie boy deserves a mention - and I shouldn't have listed so many, but getting up to 64 looked like a heavy task so there's gonna be a few lightweights in there that would doubtkess disappear quite quickly...

Surprising how quickly groups come and go though - there are quite a few from the 70's, 80's and 90's that I haven't mentioned but can add if necessary because of a shortfall - always steering clear as much as possible from New Romantics that will generally not fit in that well....

PS - at least I remembered INXS:p

Also want to second for seeding purposes

Beatles
The Who
Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
Aerosmith

I do feel a bit bad that I forgot INXS, but shit happens.

Give 'em a second - they deserve it...

REM