These British boogie barons lord over several generations of raucous rock acts. Status Quo's raunchy riffs gave AC/DC their crunch, Oasis their swagger, and Queens of the Stone Age their swing. And their old-school ethic has inspired more progressively minded bands to go back to their roots, be it Electric Light Orchestra's disco-blues rave-up “Don't Bring Me Down” or Dire Straits' rockabilly throwback “Walk of Life.”