Big 4

The 'Big 4' of Warped Tour bands are Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Less Than Jake and Paramore. Each group impacted the tour's legacy in their own way.

To help explain the difference between the grunge and post-grunge subgenres, we chose four groups that best represent each category.

The following four bands are who we consider the 'Big 4' of post-grunge, which was a subgenre that branched off of Seattle grunge.

These four bands are who we consider the 'Big 4' of Gen Z dad rock, as they were popular between the years 2010 and 2025.

The biggest rock artists of 1995 were Green Day, the Smashing Pumpkins, Alanis Morissette and Oasis due to their popularity and success.

Creed, Linkin Park, Knocked Loose and Gojira make up our list of the Big 4 bands of 2024 due to what they accomplished in rock and metal this year.

Who are the 'Big 4' of masked rock and metal bands? There's a lot of great bands to consider and we consider these four to be the best!

Our picks for the 'Big 4' of grunge guitarists are Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.

Kerry King says that Lamb of God should replace Slayer in the 'modern' version of metal's 'Big 4' with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.

The thrilling highs and nauseating lows of prog metal’s foremost masters.