Genre in a city
The 50 most-read hard rock artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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110 artists are tagged hard rock in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Odin, up 10 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Guns N’ Roseshard rock, glam metal | 151,779 | +1 |
02 | Mötley Crüeglam metal, hard rock | 104,972 | -1 |
03 | Audioslavealternative rock, hard rock | 51,569 | 0 |
04 | Jane’s Addictionalternative rock, alternative metal | 41,268 | +2 |
05 | The Runawayshard rock, glam punk | 35,495 | 0 |
06 | Quiet Riothard rock, glam metal | 29,885 | -2 |
07 | Them Crooked Vulturesalternative rock, hard rock | 26,837 | +3 |
08 | W.A.S.P.heavy metal, hard rock | 23,036 | -1 |
09 | Great Whitehard rock, glam metal | 20,990 | 0 |
10 | Dweezil Zappahard rock, rock | 19,805 | +1 |
11 | L.A. Gunshard rock, glam metal | 18,267 | -3 |
12 | Mr. Bighard rock, glam metal | 16,743 | 0 |
13 | Dokkenglam metal, hard rock | 16,528 | +1 |
14 | Josh Toddhard rock | 16,393 | +9 |
15 | David Glen Eisleyhard rock | 13,743 | -2 |
16 | Dead Saragarage rock, alternative rock | 13,199 | +3 |
17 | Bad Englishaor, hard rock | 11,780 | -1 |
18 | Nita Strausshard rock, heavy metal | 11,417 | 0 |
19 | Crazy Horsefolk rock, hard rock | 10,975 | +1 |
20 | Mammothrock, hard rock | 10,431 | -5 |
21 | Liliachard rock, heavy metal | 8,501 | +3 |
22 | Joan Jett & The Blackheartsrock, hard rock | 7,903 | -5 |
23 | Hollywood Rosehard rock | 7,487 | +5 |
24 | Don Dokkenhard rock, metal | 7,475 | +1 |
25 | Sixx:A.M.hard rock, heavy metal | 6,939 | +1 |
26 | Faster Pussycatglam metal, hard rock | 6,869 | +1 |
27 | Dorothyhard rock, rock | 6,233 | -5 |
28 | BulletBoysglam metal, hard rock | 6,003 | +1 |
29 | Ralph Saenzhard rock | 5,891 | -8 |
30 | Lynch Mobhard rock, heavy metal | 5,750 | 0 |
31 | Slash’s Snakepithard rock, blues rock | 5,290 | 0 |
32 | Blue Murderhard rock | 3,717 | 0 |
33 | King Kobraaor, hard rock | 3,425 | +1 |
34 | Timothy Druryhard rock | 3,072 | +3 |
35 | House of Lordshard rock | 3,051 | +1 |
36 | Michael Monarchhard rock | 3,013 | -3 |
37 | Dirty Honeyblues rock, hard rock | 2,713 | -2 |
38 | Marc Fordblues rock, hard rock | 2,676 | +3 |
39 | McAuley–Schenker Grouphard rock, rock | 2,431 | +1 |
40 | Last in Linehard rock, heavy metal | 2,251 | +3 |
41 | Hurricaneaor, blues rock | 2,242 | -2 |
42 | Gone Is Gonehard rock, heavy metal | 2,186 | +6 |
43 | Neurotic Outsidershard rock, punk | 2,177 | +1 |
44 | Bang Tangofunk rock, hard rock | 2,005 | -6 |
45 | Keelhard rock, heavy metal | 1,965 | -3 |
46 | Odinheavy metal, hard rock | 1,946 | +10 |
47 | Lionheavy metal, glam metal | 1,915 | +2 |
48 | Chris Weberhard rock | 1,866 | +5 |
49 | Rough Cuttglam metal, hard rock | 1,824 | -2 |
50 | XYZhard rock | 1,822 | 0 |
68 | Teenage Time Killersheavy metal, hard rock | 840 | +21 |
59 | Beautiful Creaturesglam metal, hard rock | 1,140 | +10 |
98 | Jesters of Destinyhard rock, heavy metal | 219 | +10 |
82 | Burning Treeblues rock, hard rock | 515 | +9 |
70 | Diggrunge, alternative rock | 811 | +7 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.