these moves are synonymous with the
artists that made them famous welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten signature
rock moves
for this list we’ve decided to choose
the artists that are most closely
associated with certain rock moves or
who popularized them and not necessarily
the first rockers to perform them number
10
ZZ Top 360 guitar spinning it was in the
video for their song legs that these
bearded American rockers debuted their
trademark spinning guitars covered in
white sheep’s wool these custom-made
game guitars made such an impact that ZZ
Top continued to use them to display
their 360-degree twirls in other videos
live on stage and in pop culture come on
let’s have some fun number 9 Axl Rose of
Guns & Roses the snake dance
the monkeys Davy Jones may have done it
before him but Axl Rose truly made the
snake dance his own with his charisma
and raw energy
by using sex drugs and dirty
rock-and-roll the Guns N’Roses frontman
brought the band’s music to another
level with his swing and crooning
the dance move worked especially well
with their power ballads and added that
much more to the most dangerous band in
the worlds live shows
number eight Jean Simmons of kiss tongue
wagging amid kisses loud anthemic music
eye catching costumes and onstage antics
Jean Simmons made tongue wagging his
signature move the unusual length of his
appendage caught the attention of so
many fans and groupies that story soon
spreads as the demon had a cow’s tongue
attached to his own all right so that
isn’t true but there really is no one
else who can do this quite like Jean
number seven Jimi Hendrix guitar with
his teeth
as the original Seattle rocker Jimi
Hendrix wasn’t only a musical innovator
with avant-garde ideas he was also an
incomparable guitarist who wasn’t afraid
to show off his skills
later inspiring the likes of stevie ray
vaughan joe satriani and more with his
theatrics the left-handed musician could
play the instrument between his legs and
behind his back but what’s most
impressive was that he could play a mean
electric guitar with his teeth
number six Angus Young of ac/dc guitar
spasms
aside from adopting Chuck Berry’s duck
walk into a routine Angus Young jumps
around on stage runs through the crowd
and interacts with his ac/dc bandmates
all while playing his guitar however his
most striking move has got to be as
spasms where Jung continues to solo
while lying flat on the ground and
spinning around in circles it’s not that
easy to describe so here let him show
you
try number five Mick Jagger of The
Rolling Stones
the rooster strut
The Rolling Stones explosive combination
of rock and roll wouldn’t be the same
without Mick Jagger’s expressive vocals
and uninhibited showmanship
inspired by tina turner’ spirited dance
moves jagger crafted his own onstage
persona that includes incessant energy
arm and leg movements and of course the
rooster stride while you go out and do
the rooster I simply put nobody’s got
the moves like Jagger
number four Michael Jackson crotch grab
few people alive in the 80s will ever
forget Michael Jackson busting out the
moonwalk
during Billie Jean on Motown’s 25th
anniversary television special
but another iconic move also heavily
connected with MJ is the one he claimed
the music compelled him to do the crotch
grab so the King of Pop was also known
for smooth criminals anti-gravity lean
the racy reach for his groin was sure to
throw audiences into a frenzy
number three P Townsend of The Who the
windmill strum
they’ll moon the loon tried scaling the
spotlight with his explosive antics and
drum destruction his bandmates also held
their own Daltrey swung and threw his
mic in time with the music
while Townsend smashed guitars like
there’s no tomorrow but it’s Townsend’s
often copied windmill strum against his
guitar strings that remains inseparable
from the whose rebellious yet ambitious
rock-and-roll gigs
number two Chuck Berry duck walk
by introducing R&B and guitar solos to
the genre Chuck Berry laid down the law
and rock and roll
but it was the sweet little
rock-and-rollers original beats stage
bravado and dance moves that set the
tone for the genres growth and
subsequent explosion he was particularly
famous for the duck walk which was a one
legged hop later adopted by a CDC’s
Angus Young and still performed by Barry
today
number one Elvis gyrating hips flaunting
good looks a rebellious image and
versatile vocals and his rockabilly
style Elvis had something for everybody
but he wouldn’t be the king of rock and
roll without his gyrating hips rumor has
it Elvis the pelvis is sexually
suggestive dance moves were so risque
for the time but CBS wanted to show him
only from the waist up on the Ed
Sullivan Show
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite signature rock move be sure to
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entertaining top 10s
artists that made them famous welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten signature
rock moves
for this list we’ve decided to choose
the artists that are most closely
associated with certain rock moves or
who popularized them and not necessarily
the first rockers to perform them number
10
ZZ Top 360 guitar spinning it was in the
video for their song legs that these
bearded American rockers debuted their
trademark spinning guitars covered in
white sheep’s wool these custom-made
game guitars made such an impact that ZZ
Top continued to use them to display
their 360-degree twirls in other videos
live on stage and in pop culture come on
let’s have some fun number 9 Axl Rose of
Guns & Roses the snake dance
the monkeys Davy Jones may have done it
before him but Axl Rose truly made the
snake dance his own with his charisma
and raw energy
by using sex drugs and dirty
rock-and-roll the Guns N’Roses frontman
brought the band’s music to another
level with his swing and crooning
the dance move worked especially well
with their power ballads and added that
much more to the most dangerous band in
the worlds live shows
number eight Jean Simmons of kiss tongue
wagging amid kisses loud anthemic music
eye catching costumes and onstage antics
Jean Simmons made tongue wagging his
signature move the unusual length of his
appendage caught the attention of so
many fans and groupies that story soon
spreads as the demon had a cow’s tongue
attached to his own all right so that
isn’t true but there really is no one
else who can do this quite like Jean
number seven Jimi Hendrix guitar with
his teeth
as the original Seattle rocker Jimi
Hendrix wasn’t only a musical innovator
with avant-garde ideas he was also an
incomparable guitarist who wasn’t afraid
to show off his skills
later inspiring the likes of stevie ray
vaughan joe satriani and more with his
theatrics the left-handed musician could
play the instrument between his legs and
behind his back but what’s most
impressive was that he could play a mean
electric guitar with his teeth
number six Angus Young of ac/dc guitar
spasms
aside from adopting Chuck Berry’s duck
walk into a routine Angus Young jumps
around on stage runs through the crowd
and interacts with his ac/dc bandmates
all while playing his guitar however his
most striking move has got to be as
spasms where Jung continues to solo
while lying flat on the ground and
spinning around in circles it’s not that
easy to describe so here let him show
you
try number five Mick Jagger of The
Rolling Stones
the rooster strut
The Rolling Stones explosive combination
of rock and roll wouldn’t be the same
without Mick Jagger’s expressive vocals
and uninhibited showmanship
inspired by tina turner’ spirited dance
moves jagger crafted his own onstage
persona that includes incessant energy
arm and leg movements and of course the
rooster stride while you go out and do
the rooster I simply put nobody’s got
the moves like Jagger
number four Michael Jackson crotch grab
few people alive in the 80s will ever
forget Michael Jackson busting out the
moonwalk
during Billie Jean on Motown’s 25th
anniversary television special
but another iconic move also heavily
connected with MJ is the one he claimed
the music compelled him to do the crotch
grab so the King of Pop was also known
for smooth criminals anti-gravity lean
the racy reach for his groin was sure to
throw audiences into a frenzy
number three P Townsend of The Who the
windmill strum
they’ll moon the loon tried scaling the
spotlight with his explosive antics and
drum destruction his bandmates also held
their own Daltrey swung and threw his
mic in time with the music
while Townsend smashed guitars like
there’s no tomorrow but it’s Townsend’s
often copied windmill strum against his
guitar strings that remains inseparable
from the whose rebellious yet ambitious
rock-and-roll gigs
number two Chuck Berry duck walk
by introducing R&B and guitar solos to
the genre Chuck Berry laid down the law
and rock and roll
but it was the sweet little
rock-and-rollers original beats stage
bravado and dance moves that set the
tone for the genres growth and
subsequent explosion he was particularly
famous for the duck walk which was a one
legged hop later adopted by a CDC’s
Angus Young and still performed by Barry
today
number one Elvis gyrating hips flaunting
good looks a rebellious image and
versatile vocals and his rockabilly
style Elvis had something for everybody
but he wouldn’t be the king of rock and
roll without his gyrating hips rumor has
it Elvis the pelvis is sexually
suggestive dance moves were so risque
for the time but CBS wanted to show him
only from the waist up on the Ed
Sullivan Show
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite signature rock move be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com for more
entertaining top 10s
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