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-Rock & Pop's top 100 Musicians in the 2oth century (especially 1955-1999)


100.Janis Joplin, The Smashing Pumpkins, Portishead, Tricky, Nine Inch Nails,

Metallica, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Beck, Super Furry Animals, Pulp,

Gram Parsons, Patti Smith, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Vashti Bunyan, Madonna, Run DMC,

Dead Kennedys, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, The Band,

Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Public Image Ltd.

Gang of Four, Dexy's Midinight Runners, Carpenters, Pearl Jam, Weezer, Eagles. (tie)


99.Billy Joel

98.Johnny Cash

97.Massive Attack

96.Leonard Cohen

95.Black Sabbath

94.De La Soul

93.T. Rex

92.Funkadelic

91.Manic Street Preachers

90.The Bee Gees

89.Elton John

88.Can

87.Blur

86.Eric Clapton

85.Spiritualized

84.The Fall

83.Roxy Music

82.King Crimson

81.Wilco

80.Queen

79.Ray Charles

78.Nick Cave

77.Stereolab

76.Blondie

75.Bob Marley

74.Bruce Springsteen

73.Creedence Clearwater Revival

72.Marvin Gaye

71.Aretha Franklin

70.Magnetic Fields

69.U2

68.Daft Punk

67.Simon & Garfunkel

66.Elvis Costello

65.Bjork

64.The Specials

63.The Cure

62.Michael Jackson

61.Kate Bush

60.Talking Heads

59.Sonic Youth

58.Prince

57.Buzzcocks

56.Primal Scream

55.Pet Shop Boys

54.Fleetwood Mac

53.Joni Mitchell

52.Brian Eno

51.The Who

50.Neutral Milk Hotel

49.Radiohead

48.Guns N' Roses

47.The Jesus & Mary Chain

46.Television

45.Beastie Boys

44.Tom Waits

43.The Zombies

42.Love

41.The Byrds

40.Happy Mondays

39.Oasis

38.Chuck Berry

37.Pavement

36.The Stone Roses

35.R.E.M.

34.Big Star

33.Van Morrison

32.My Bloody Valentine

31.The Doors

30.Ramones

29.Sly & the Family Stone

28.Pink Floyd

27.New Order

26.Pixies　

25.Nick Drake

24.Yo La Tengo

23.The Flaming Lips

22.Neil Young

21.ABBA

20.Jimi Hendrix

19.The Clash

18.The Sex Pistols

17.James Brown

16.Nirvana

15.The Smiths

14.Kraftwerk

13.Public Enemy

12.Stevie Wonder

11.Joy Division

10.Iggy Pop

9. The Kinks

8. Elvis Presley

7. David Bowie

6. Led Zeppelin


(Top 5 musicians are in alphabetical order)

Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Beatles,

The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground.



What do you think about this list?

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[40footwolf]

I disagree with the order, but I like the variety.
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[Kiki]

Someone acknowledged the Manic Street Preachers

Kate Bush and Bruce Springsteen made me smile too

[Cryptozoologist]

I think you should order the top 5 and remove the clutter from #100. But a pretty good list nonetheless.

[RaineyWins]

Great list, a few I wouldn't have included, but you cannot really argue with your top 5

[GARY]

Your list has a good variety of artists on it.First I have to get this off my chest.Where the Hell is Iron Maiden? So you don't think that Iron Maiden is one of the 134 best bands? Also,you have Metallica,Pearl Jam,& the Eagles outside the top 99? I feel that you have U2,Black Sabbath,& Pink floyd ranked too low.And the Sex Pistols way too high.You do redeem your list though by giving good rankings to ABBA,the Zombies,& the Kinks.I love where you have Radiohead #49.That's a good spot for the highly overrated band that is at #2 on this site.My favorite part of your list is your top 6.
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[RFNAPLES]

Here's my alpha list of the top 100 artists:

AC/DC
Al Green
Aretha Franklin
Beastie Boys
Beck
Björk
Black Sabbath
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Bruce Springsteen
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Chuck Berry
Creedence Clearwater Revival
David Bowie
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Eminem
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
Grateful Dead
Guns N' Roses
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jimi Hendrix
John Coltrane
John Lennon
Johnny Cash
Joni Mitchell
Joy Division
Kanye West
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Little Richard
Lou Reed
Madonna
Marvin Gaye
Massive Attack
Metallica
Michael Jackson
Miles Davis
Missy Elliott
Neil Young
New Order
Nirvana
Oasis
Otis Redding
OutKast
Parliament/Funkadelic
Patti Smith
Pavement
Pearl Jam
Pet Shop Boys
Pink Floyd
Pixies
PJ Harvey
Portishead
Primal Scream
Prince
Public Enemy
Pulp
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Ramones
Ray Charles
Roxy Music
Run-D.M.C.
Sam Cooke
Sex Pistols
Simon and Garfunkel
Sly and the Family Stone
Sonic Youth
Steely Dan
Stevie Wonder
T. Rex
Talking Heads
The Band
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Byrds
The Clash
The Cure
The Doors
The Kinks
The Police
The Rolling Stones
The Smiths
The Stooges
The Velvet Underground
The White Stripes
The Who
Tom Waits
U2
Van Morrison
Wilco

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[btener11]

100. The Notwist
99. Portishead
98. Mercury Rev
97. Shudder to Think
96. Echo & the Bunnymen
95. The Cult
94. T. Rex
93. Morphine
92. Pearl Jam
91. Afghan Whigs
90. Swans
89. Mission of Burma
88. U2
87. Massive Attack
86. Pavement
85. Japan
84. Cocteau Twins
83. Nine Inch Nails
82. Katatonia
81. Faith No More
80. Pere Ubu
79. The Jesus Lizard
78. Violent Femmes
77. Slowdive
76. Johnny Thunders
75. Skinny Puppy
74. Love
73. Arcade Fire
72. Elliott Smith
71. Depeche Mode
70. Television
69. Billy Joel
68. Death
67. The Zombies
66. Kate Bush
65. Stevie Wonder
64. Robert Wyatt
63. My Bloody Valentine
62. New Order
61. R.E.M.
60. Slint
59. Rage Against the Machine
58. Roxy Music
57. Blue Oyster Cult
56. Yes
55. Van Morrison
54. Captain Beefheart
53. Husker Du
52. Will Oldham
51. Judas Priest
50. Radiohead
49. New York Dolls
48. Sonic Youth
47. Joni Mitchell
46. Tool
45. Leonard Cohen
44. Steely Dan
43. The Kinks
42. Pink Floyd
41. Bruce Springsteen
40. Tim Buckley
39. Faust
38. Talking Heads
37. The Cure
36. Jeff Buckley
35. The Doors
34. The Modern Lovers
33. Big Star
32. Pixies
31. Patti Smith
30. Aretha Franklin
29. Jimi Hendrix
28. Rush
27. Can
26. The Who
25. Marvin Gaye
24. Nick Drake
23. Talk Talk
22. Elvis Costello
21. Iron Maiden
20. Neil Young
19. Brian Eno
18. Ramones
17. David Bowie
16. King Crimson
15. The Smiths
14. Little Richard
13. Metallica
12. Nirvana
11. Nick Cave
10. Tom Waits
9. Joy Division
8. Bob Dylan
7. Black Sabbath
6. The Rolling Stones
5. Iggy Pop
4. Chuck Berry
3. Led Zeppelin
2. The Velvet Underground
1. The Beatles
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[purple]

whoa, OK, so is all this Iggy Pop love actually for his solo career? Idiot and Lust are damn good, and New Values, American Caesar, and Avenue B are alright, but really? Iggy Pop before the Stooges? I will say that Iggy Pop's solo career is like a better version of Lou Reeds, though Iggy never had a MMM

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