100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock

Post by **Dogbreath** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:59 pm

I saw this on VH1 last night... normally, I don't like their "100 greatest" features but I really enjoyed this one, if only for the interviews.

100 Quiet Riot
99 Bad Brains
98 Mountain
97 Primus
96 Meat Loaf
95 Fugazi
94 Yes
93 Lenny Kravitz
92 The Black Crowes
91 The Misfits
90 Rainbow
89 Lita Ford
88 Tool
87 King Crimson
86 Foreigner
85 Whitesnake
84 UFO
83 King's X
82 Queensryche
81 The Pixies
80 Green Day
79 Ratt
78 Marilyn Manson
77 Hole
76 Bon Jovi
75 Spinal Tap
74 Pat Benatar
73 Twisted Sister
72 Foo Fighters
71 Lynyrd Skynyrd
70 Living Colour
69 Megadeth
68 Hýsker Dý
67 The Rolling Stones
66 Joan Jett
65 The Cult
64 Steppenwolf
63 Boston
62 Ministry
61 Jethro
60 The New York Dolls
59 Bad Company
58 Anthrax
57 Heart
56 White Zombie
55 Blue ýyster Cult
54 Sonic Youth
53 Korn
52 Faith No More
51 Thin Lizzy
50 Slayer
49 The Smashing Pumpkins
48 Janis Joplin
47 Rollins Band
46 Scorpions
45 Pantera
44 ZZ Top
43 Nine Inch Nails
42 The Kinks
41 Ted Nugent Tull
40 Stone Temple Pilots
39 Crazy Horse
38 MC5
37 The Yardbirds
36 Frank Zappa
35 Jane's Addiction
34 Alice in Chains
33 Rage Against the Machine
32 The Doors
31 Def Leppard
30 The Red Hot Chili Peppers
29 Mötley Crüe
28 Rush
27 Iggy Pop
26 Motörhead
25 Cheap Trick
24 Iron Maiden
23 Judas Priest
22 Deep Purple
21 Pearl Jam
20 Alice Cooper
19 The Clash
18 Ozzy Osbourne
17 The Ramones
16 Cream
15 Pink Floyd
14 Soundgarden
13 Queen
12 The Sex Pistols
11 Aerosmith
10 Kiss
9 Guns N' Roses
8 The Who
7 Van Halen
6 Nirvana
5 Metallica
4 AC/DC
3 Jimi Hendrix
2 Black Sabbath
1 Led Zeppelin

Whatta you think? (IMO, they should switch #6 and #32 around, Nirvana wasn't that great, and the doors were a much better band then that)

Post by **wardrich** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:14 pm

nooo way, 6 and 32 are fine, I <i>do</i> think Floyd should be flipped with Queen, and then flipped again with AC/DC though.

-Richard-

Post by **Dogbreath** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:24 pm

Maybe, but Nirvana definately needs to go. I mean, look at the top 10:

Kiss, Guns N' Roses, The Who, Van Halen, Metallica, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin, all gods of heavy metal, more or less. Then there's Nirvana, some stupid grunge band that can't even sing right. How does that make sense?

Post by **wardrich** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:19 pm

Nirvana >> AC/DC. AC/DC should move up the list to like 20 or so... Guess Who should be on there though.

Post by **Dogbreath** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:43 pm

You seriously think that? Wow...

Da_Goat · Post by **Da_Goat** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:17 pm

The reason Nirvana was so great was the energy they put into their music. I also think they have some of the best drum work produced in the past decade or so.

And they'd kick Van Halen's tush any day of the week.

I think The Ramones, Pink Floyd, and Cream should be ahead of Soundgarden, Sex Pistols, and Kiss. And Aerosmith only has the right to be in the top twenty because of their longevity.

Also, what the crap is Foreigner doing on there? Boo!

Dopefish · Post by **Dopefish** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:09 pm

They seem to have forgot GWAR and Manowar.

For shame.

x86_Game-Junkie · Post by **x86_Game-Junkie** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:06 pm

There are around about 6000 - 7000 Metal bands (90% are Eastern European), 1000 Hard Rock bands, and 2000 - 3000 Bands that are Alternative (Punk, Grunge, Industrial yadda yadda yadda)...added up thats 9,000 - 11,000 bands and it is growing by the week...plus you have to think most of these bands have one or more releases (Average approx = 7.5 releases)...so making a Top 100 that has artists what we like is basically impossible unless you had a wicked CD collection of 50,000 - 90,000 CDs which are only Metal, Hard Rock and Alternative...the only way they could afford these types of collections is if they win the lottery or have as much money as Michael Jackson's Personal Surgeon...So they do surveys of the most popular, which are in groups of 10 groups of 10, they normally change it per person as every person is different...basically it is the same thing that radio stations do to find out what people are after on the radio, the other way is people fill out questionaires in Magazines/News Media.

To speak Lamans Terms they have a generator program that generates artists that sound similar and and you say "yeah or nah" when they ask you which is better!!

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:27 am

oh yeah,black sabbath is #2!!!

Dopefish · Post by **Dopefish** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:28 pm

Ro@m wrote:oh yeah,black sabbath is #2!!!

But they probably didn't even acknowlege their post-Ozzy stuff, which is their best.

Post by **Dogbreath** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:04 pm

Actually, it was mostly their post-ozzy stuff. That's why they listed Osbourne as a seperate artist.

Dopefish · Post by **Dopefish** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:38 pm

Than I'm suprised and glad.

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:47 am

"he was turned to steel in a great magnetic wheel" tha's my favorite phrase.

Post by **wardrich** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:35 pm

Ro@m wrote:"he was turned to steel in a great magnetic wheel" tha's my favorite phrase.

um, I think it was the great magnetic <b>field</b>... not wheel.

Unknown_K · Post by **Unknown_K** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:19 pm

Since when is green day hard rock?

The list is interesting, most of my favorite rock bands are on the list.

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:18 am

field

i really think it is wheel,got any links to the text?

Post by **Dogbreath** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:14 pm

It is indeed "field," though Ozzy sings it like he's saying "feel" so it sounds like wheel unless you listen closely for the f.

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:03 am

i went to the www.blacksabbath.com ,but i didn't find texts...

Franz · Post by **Franz** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:31 am

well i reckon... SUNK LOTO is AWESOME. NEVER USE MY TOOTHBRUSH AGAIN

Black_Sabbath · Post by **Black_Sabbath** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:12 pm

Yes, Black Sabbath number TWO!!!!! YES!!!!! and the Ozzy years were their best, not the Dio years! (ugh)

Van Halen lucky seven !!!! alright.

Led Zeppelin is kinda overrated, in my opinion... but at least they made the best song ever: "Stairway to Heaven"

that list is really great !!