List of rock epics

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A rock epic, or rock ballad is a typically multi-parted, unusually long rock song that pertains to one story or concept. Some epics do not necessarily pertain to one solid concept, because they are entirely instrumental. They are also sometimes called suites. Rock epics are most commonly found in progressive rock and progressive metal. Epics can be quite lengthy, some exceeding 45 minutes long.

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• "The End" - The Doors - 1967 (11:42)
• "When The Music's Over" - The Doors - 1967 (11:02)
• "Interstellar Overdrive" - Pink Floyd - 1967 (9:41)
• "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" - Iron Butterfly - 1968 (17:10)
• "A Saucerful of Secrets" - Pink Floyd - 1968 (11:56)
• "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby, Stills & Nash - 1969 (7:25)
• "April" - Deep Purple - 1969 (12:10)
• "Sysyphus" - Pink Floyd - 1969 (13:26)
• "The Narrow Way" - Pink Floyd - 1969 (12:17)
• "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" - Pink Floyd - 1969 (8:44)
• "Child in Time" - Deep Purple - 1970 (10:17)
• "Atom Heart Mother" - Pink Floyd - 1970 (23:44)
• "Tarkus" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1971 (20:39)
• "American Pie" - Don McLean - 1971 (8:36)
• "Echoes" - Pink Floyd - 1971 (23:31)
• "Starship Trooper" - Yes - 1971 (9:25)
• "Yours Is No Disgrace" Yes - 1971 (9:42)
• "Perpetual Change" Yes - 1971 (14:11)
• "The Musical Box" - Genesis - 1971 (10:24)
• "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" - Van Der Graaf Generator - 1971 (23:12)
• "Close to the Edge" - Yes - 1972 (18:41)
• "And You and I" - Yes - 1972 (10:07)
• "Thick as a Brick" - Jethro Tull - 1972 (43:48)
• "Supper's Ready" - Genesis - 1972 (22:55)
• "Trilogy" - Emerson, Lake and Palmer - 1972 (8:51)
• "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John - 1973 (11:06)
• "Fall of the House of Usher" - Alan Parsons Project - 1973 (16:11)
• "Fading Lights" - Genesis - 1991 (10:16)
• "The Battle of Epping Forest" - Genesis - 1973 (11:46)
• "The Cinema Show" - Genesis - 1973 (10:48)
• "Karn Evil 9" - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - 1973 (29:34)
• "Lark's Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson - 1973
• "Tubular Bells" - Mike Oldfield - 1973
• all songs off of Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes - 1973 (81:04)
• "The Gates of Delirium" - Yes - 1974 (21:50)
• "Journey/Recollection" - Rick Wakeman - 1974
• "Battle/The Forest" - Rick Wakeman - 1974
• "Shine on You Crazy Diamond, (all nine parts)" - Pink Floyd - 1975 (25:52)
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen - 1975
• "The Necromancer" - Rush - 1975 (12:31)
• "Fountain of Lamneth" - Rush - 1975 (20:00)
• "2112" - Rush - 1976 (20:32)
• "Achilles Last Stand" - Led Zeppelin - 1976 (10:24)
• "Dogs" - Pink Floyd - 1977 (17:08)
• "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" - Pink Floyd - 1977 (11:28)
• "Sheep" - Pink Floyd - 1977 (10:20)
• "Fool's Overture" - Supertramp - 1977 (10:57)
• "La Villa Strangiato" - Rush - 1978 (9:34)
• "Cygnus X-1 Book 1" - Rush - 1977 (10:21)
• "Cygnus X-1:Book 2:Hemispheres" Rush - 1978 (18:08)
• "Carouselambra" Led Zeppelin - 1979 (10:34)
• "Natural Science" - Rush - 1980 (9:17)
• "Behind the Lines/Duchess" - Genesis - 1980 (11:46)
• "Duke's Travels/Duke's End" - Genesis - 1980 (10:47)
• "Turn of a Friendly Card Suite" - Alan Parsons - 1980 (16:21)
• "The Camera Eye" - Rush - 1981 - (11:01)
• "Abacab" - Genesis - 1981 (7:03)
• "Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea" - Genesis- 1983 (11:16)
• "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" - Roger Waters - 1984
• "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - Iron Maiden - 1984 (13:39)
• "Brother Where You Bound" - Supertramp - 1985 (16:30)
• "Ivory Gate of Dreams"-Fates Warning - 1986
• "Domino (Part One-In The Glow Of The Night/Part Two - The Last Domino)- Genesis - 1986 (10:45)
• "Suicide Solution (with guitar solo)" - Ozzy Osbourne - 1986 (7:47)
• "Halloween" - Helloween - 1987 (13:18)
• "The Killing Hand" - Dream Theater - 1989
• " Three Days" - Jane's Addiction - 1990
• "November Rain" - Guns N' Roses - 1991 (8:57)
• "Estranged" - Guns N' Roses - 1991 (9:23)
• "Coma" - Guns N' Roses - 1991 (10:14)
• "Achilles' Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts" - Manowar - 1992
• "Dry County" - Bon Jovi - 1992
• "Learning to Live" - Dream Theater - 1992
• "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)" - Meat Loaf - 1993 (12:00)
• "A Change of Seasons" - Dream Theater - 1995 (23:09)
• "Ghostship" - Shadow Gallery - 1995
• "Crimson" - Edge of Sanity - 1996
• "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns left, looks right)" - The Smashing Pumpkins - 1996
• "Trial of Tears" - Dream Theater - 1997
• "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" - Symphony X - 1997
• "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" - Fates Warning - 1997
• "Three Minute Warning" - Liquid Tension Experiment - 1997
• "When The Water Breaks" - Liquid Tension Experiment - 1999
• "Moviedrome" - Arena - 2000
• "Elizabeth" - Kamelot - 2001
• "Cliffhanger" - Shadow Gallery - 2001
• "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" - Green Carnation - 2002
• "The Odyssey" - Symphony X - 2002
• "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" - Dream Theater - 2002 (42:00)
• "And Then There Was Silence" - Blind Guardian - 2002
• "Kalifi myy mustaa valoa" - Kuha. - 2003
• "Harvest of Souls" - IQ - 2004
• "Homecoming" - Green Day - 2004
• "Jesus of Suburbia" - Green Day - 2004
• "Cassandra Gemini" - The Mars Volta - 2004
• "Lochness" - Judas Priest - 2005
• "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here - Porcupine Tree - 2005
• "Octavarium" - Dream Theater - 2005 (23:58)
• "Death Come Near Me" - Draconian - 2005
• "The Tain" - [the Decemberists]] - 2005 (18:35)
• "Wings for Marie, Pt. 1" and "10,000 Days (Wings, Pt. 2)" - Tool - 2006
• "Knights of Cydonia" - Muse - 2006
• "Anesthetize" - Porcupine Tree - 2007
• "In the Presence of Enemies" - Dream Theater - 2007
• "Deathbed" - Relient K - 2007
• "United States" - Smashing Pumpkins - 2007
• "Jäästä Syntynyt / Varjojen Virta" - Moonsorrow - 2007 (30:10)
• "Tuleen Ajettu Maa" - Moonsorrow - 2007 (26:19)
• "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (live) -Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello -2008
• "Tulimyrsky" - Moonsorrow - 2008 (29:45)
• "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" - Weezer - 2008