Personally I prefered Fleetwood Mack when they were a blues/rock band withouth the female vocals. I do like Stevie Nicks though so I may have to take a look-see.
I grew up to stuff like:
Black Sabbath....... OZZY Rules even today

Deep Purple before David Coverdale, I think it was Ian Gillan if my poor memory serves me correctly
Yes.......Roundabout is one of my favorites
Rush 2112 is an alltime classic
Max Webster/Kim Mitchell
Colin James
BTO
April Wine (from my home town)
Van Halen
Aerosmith
Sknyrd
Pat Travers
AC/DC
Allman Bros
Beatles
Stones