Musicians Who Set the Stage for Rock and Roll

David Lee Roth provided unique driving energy that permeated every song he wrote with Van Halen. If you listen to this band, there's virtually no way to avoid tapping your toes or dancing in your seat to them. David Lee Roth has since been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and when he rejoined Van Halen 20 years after his departure, he burned every venue to the ground night after night. 

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan told a story with his eyes, not just his words. Since his appearance in the 1960s, Bob Dylan has been credited as the "spokesman of a generation," and his political boldness helped ring in the Beatnik generation's socialist-humanitarian ideology. 

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