NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

meruizh · 2014-08-09T11:23:04-04:00

Here is the list. 100. Deerhunter 99. The Cure 98. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 97. Iceage 96. Country Teasers 95. Dirty Projectors 94. Richard Hawley 93. Black Lips 92. St. Vincent 91. Foals 90. Flying Lotus 89. Simple Minds 88. Oneohtrix Point Never 87. Billy Bragg 86. The Triffids 85. Black Flag 84. Nine Inch Nails 83. The Jesus and Mary Chain 82. Massive Attack 81. Animal Collective 80. Dusty Springfield 79. Suicide 78. Stevie Wonder 77. Best Coast 76. Vampire Weekend 75. The Wedding Present 74. Slint 73. Wu-Tang Clan 72. Grimes 71. Rilo Kiley 70. Pharrell 69. Nick Lowe 68. The National 67. Jay Z 66. The Slits 65. Diplo 64. The Zombies 63. Talk Talk 62. The Stooges 61. DJ Shadow 60. DJ Rashad 59. Chic 58. Black Sabbath 57. James Blake 56. Happy Mondays 55. The Chills 54. Aphex Twin 53. The Fall 52. Nas 51. Television 50. Sufjan Stevens 49. Death From Above 1979 48. Bat For Lashes 47. The Cars 46. Wiley 45. T Rex 44. Bikini Kill 43. New Order 42. PJ Harvey 41. Led Zeppelin 40. Tame Impala 39. Brian Jonestown Massacre 38. Dr. Dre 37. Kraftwerk 36. My Bloody Valentine 35. TV on the Radio 34. Depeche Mode 33. The Knife 32. Pavement 31. Bjork 30. Bon Iver 29. Bruce Springsteen 28. Pixies 27. The Stone Roses 26. Fleetwood Mac 25. Nirvana 24. Queens of the Stone Age 23. Burial 22. Sonic Youth 21. Hole 20. Prince 19. Neutral Milk Hotel 18. Aaliyah 17. Blur 16. The Velvet Underground 15. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 14. The Clash 13. Joy Division 12. The Breeders 11. The Smiths 10. The xx 09. Nick Cave 08. Kate Bush 07. The Gun Gun Club 06. The Flaming Lips 05. The Strokes 04. The White Stripes 03. Kanye West 02. David Bowie 01. Radiohead *If you are wondering where are The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floys, etc. NME said: "When the idea was first floated of an issue celebrating the most influential acts in music today, one question was paramount: where do you put The Beatles? Obviously modern music wouldn’t exist in its current form without them, virtually every facet of NME’s world can be traced back to ‘The White Album’, they’re clearly the most influential act in rock history. End of argument, right? But how many bands today turn up to a rehearsal room plastered with posters of Ringo, neck a load of brown acid and plug in planning to write a 21st Century ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’? Far fewer, we reasoned, than want to write their own ‘Seven Nation Army’ or ‘Crystalised’. Ditto Dylan, The Stones and The Who, et al. These are acts whose influence is written in stone, the very bedrock of the form, but who aren’t necessarily directly informing the music being made today any more than Chaucer is influencing Buzzfeed. Influence is a fluid concept, so rather than simply tipping our caps to the legends (again), we set out to quantify which are the biggest influences on today’s music scene. There was a certain amount of science to it. An entire week of work experience students left the office thinking that cutting-edge music journalism in 2014 mostly involves calculating which bands have been mentioned most in NME in the past two years, then hunting out references to the bands that influenced those acts online and finally adding up the number of times each influence came up. This gave us a rough list which our editorial team - heads swimming with all of the bands that Wolf Alice (or whoever) have raved on about over 4am ciders - then took to the pub, tore into shreds, fought and shouted about and finally reconstructed in the rundown of 100 you see in the mag today. The Beatles didn’t make it. Sorry." We should make BEA's 100 Most Influential Artist, and see how different this list can turn out.

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I agree with the following:

-David Bowie
- Kate Bush
- The Velvet Underground
- Prince
- Fleetwood Mac
- Bruce Springsteen
- Bjork
- Depeche Mode
- Led Zeppelin
- T Rex
- The Cars
- Talk Talk
- The Zombies
- Stevie Wonder
- Dusty Springfield
- The Cure

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