The document discusses four influential bands in music history: The Beatles, an English rock band formed in 1960 that became one of the most commercially successful bands; the Ramones, an American punk rock band formed in 1974 in New York that used stage names replacing their last names with "Ramone"; Elvis Presley, an American singer and actor from 1935-1977 considered a cultural icon and the King of Rock 'n' Roll; and Guns N' Roses, a popular American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles in the 1980s originally consisting of Axl Rose, Slash, Dizzy Straddling, Duff McKean, and Steven Adler.