This is a list of Southern rock bands that fall into one of the following four categories, with a sign denoting them as such following the description.
Traditional or mainstream Southern rock bands *Bands that may be considered Southern metal **Bands (rock or hard rock) that cite Southern Rock influence ♪Bands that may not necessarily be traditional southern rock, but fuse qualities of Southern rock with another genre, making a sort of sub-subgenre Alt. Southern Rock. These fusions include but are not limited to: country, bluegrass, punk, indie, etc. ♫