the 25 bands who had an impact on my life are....

[Thorngrub]

[glow=blue,2,300]Bad part is that now, with my political leanings long since laid bare and seen as let's say 'Goofy'...or worse 'Very dangerous to ALL'...who the fuck can I talk to anymore here? There's all this 'Oh what a nightmare'-talk all over the boards....

I feel that I can't even say 'Well, I hope Bush DOES try to finally unify some of these factions'...but my GOD, such a VAST majority here has written him off that now well, according to you all, we're jsut completely fucked, there's no escape...

A bad time on the boards here, that's all...
[/glow]

You can talk to me, Roc'.

As a constituent of the polar opposite camp from yours, 'Doc -- allow me to say this. Even I can sympathize with your feelings of . . . strained futility, here. I read in the paper today that Bush "Vows To Unite" us . . . and all I can say is, if he should succeed in that endeavor, I will personally pardon him from my own list of accusations & complaints, and consider him REDEEMED in my eyes, at least.

Let's say that . . . this "negative"-vibe you refer to here . . . yeah, it gets me down, too. Sure I'm one of em crazy "Bush-haters" around here. But you know what? I also happen to hold inside of me the potential for being dead-wrong about that. And another thing. This whole morass of negativity and ill-criticism of Bush's "neocon" tactics, in the end, must be categorized under the banner of a mere "perception" on behalf of us wack Liberal-types, and in that sense, I clearly see that said "perception" as being something that the INDIVIDUAL (such as myself) construes from the WHOLE crazy mess. I.E, we individuals who "see" this, regardless of how stalwart we might wish to be in our stance -- MUST inevitably give in to the distinct possibility that our perception may very well be relegated under the heading of "futility", due to the inherent dynamics either lost or found in such an endeavor. I mean to say -- after all, what do we really know of such Large-Scale matters-? (I'd wager this goes for all of youse in the "other" camp, as well - Truth's twi-edged Blade cuts both ways)

All of this psychobabble is just to say . . . I am open to your thoughts, your ideas, your perceptions, partly because they ARE different than mine. The reason for this is simple. I cannot lay claim to the idea that "I Must Be Right". Neither can I lay claim to the idea that "you must be right". Hence -- (and this is why I support Re-Unification of the Divided citizens of this once allegedly "united" country) -- I can only really conclude that the "truth" may only be reached through our concerted efforts. Take the best perceptions of each of us, eliminate the biases & faulty outlooks, and what we reach between us might very well be close enough to the truth, for our purposes.

I guess that was my lengthy way of saying "Hey, I'll tell you what RocDoc: regardless of our sharply contrasted opposing viewpoints, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt so long as we can utilize our differences to get across this gaping & ever widening pit threatening to swallow us all up."

I.E, despite my ill-feelings towards our newly elected president, I will do my best to look on the positive side of his administration. Mainly because I have no choice . . . and I don't want to continue "fouling up the air" with relentless lambasting of his bad qualities . . . I'm not one to "cry over spilt milk". I have Hope. And if George W. Bush "Vows" to try and Unite us -- all I can say is "Amen & More Power To Him", for that.

[RocDoc]

Take the best perceptions of each of us, eliminate the biases & faulty outlooks, and what we reach between us might very well be close enough to the truth, for our purposes.

'Eliminate' biases....THAT I'd have to say is pretty durn impossible. We're full-blown packet of biases which are product of our experiences and upbringings. Lots(tho not all)are probably hard-wired into our characters. Probably more possible would be to admit biases' existence and then compromise somewhere toward the middle. Tho the stronger the bias, the tougher it is for someone to bend toward abandoning that bias. Some biases may be totally implacable and immoveable as well, y'see.

I don't feel that I have any screamingly horrible biases of the type that justifies getting repeatedly lumped into some sort of Nazi-cult version of 'Conservatives' or 'Republicans' which I see being drawn as analogies again and again, with the presumption being made 'Well, you say you're this(___fill in your fave label), so therefore you must think THIS horribly disgusting thing, right?'...meaning, all conservatives, all Catholics, all Eastern Europeans....ALL of you must think this and this and this...then they say 'and for THAT you disgust me!'

To be quite honest, I do let people talk me into my viewpoints. Tho 'freedom' of the type which my parents were stripped of, by acquisitive assholes...and then my past 14 years of CLOSE involvement with Eastern Europeans and the sadness I feel at the absolute unjust way in which their lives were pushed, disrespected and brutalised....THESE are unavoidable emotions to me.

Along with seeing the cold reality of the long hard process of putting themselves BACK on their feet...understanding the meaning of patience, because of the way that an learned way of life was gone. And that a new one must take its place and be learned and succeeded at. And they ARE doing it!

With all the post-9 / 11 journalism which went on, I read many a well-reasoned and very well-spoken article...reading reasonable (I thought) view by people like Charles Krauthammer, the reconstituted Christopher Hitchens and even finding lots of David Horowitz's pieces to ring with good reasoning.

I feel that if people like this are supporting a position towards which I was sorta kinda maaaaybe leaning anyway...well, then their ability to shore up a point here or there, with logic and eloquence, this only firms up my opinion.

I for one, loved seeing someone like Rudy Giuliani, who I admire bigtime, stand up at the Repub convention and throw his testimony in the direction of Dubya.(Er, 'someone' at CE just called Giuliani a 'tool'...well why? Just for having supported GWB, the only reason as far as I can divine...THERE's a solution to this 'divide', eh?)
Then..
Having Colin Powell...and then FUCK! Tony Blair!
Shit, having Tony Blair understand the purpose of what so many had said was simply some sort of unprincipled madness(ie the Coalition's actions)and to eloquently DEFEND it to the huge detriment of his political career.....THAT(and with the REST of these admired people, cumulatively) simply made me believe that those yowling 'unprincipled madness' everywhere(and at CE)were talking out of their asses. HAD to be.

Or they had other reasons....

Biases.

~
Bottom line is that I think that the positives which were attempted for...and which have come from the Iraq invasion need to be seen as finally an good thing, ultimately. Fuck the 'land grab'. Fuck the obscenely stupid 'Blood For Oil'...

There's already been a branding iron of sorts put on Iraq, for better for worse. Those bitching about that need to get over it and HELP to figure out a way for the common Iraqi to get to realizing that, yes, Iraqis are dying there, but that 98% of it is DIRECTLY due to the insurgent Al Q'aeda cocksuckers purposely stirring the cauldron...turn on the fuckers. Counterinsurgency.

Put the people to work with this unclaimed congressional allocation $$, like the DiBlasio article I C&Ped at CE, said. You DID read that, I hope?
Reasonable, very reasonable plans of action....NOT greedy, not avaricious....

The strategic value of some sort of ties with Iraq's lands were actually an acquiescence to that dick OBL because he said 'LEAVE THE LANDS OF MECCA!'...well, fine...we dumped our Saudi air bases.

But wait! He meant to leave ALL of the mid-east, didn't he? The literal command WAS appeased. But leave Israel to the jackals? No.

~

...damnit, I gotta stop with this...work to do!

[Ayinger]

Hollow, think I recall you from the RS days (I'm don) -- bitch to hear about the DUI. I've gotten pulled over 2x in the past 4 months for speeding after leaving a club --even had to do the roadside sobriety tests once- but just got off with warnings for the speeding. Could have cost my ass a lot in more ways than one.....

Doc, wish I could have had some of the experiences that you have (hell, even some of Jeff's from his "travelin'" days).....I think it'd help any of us to be more well-rounded individuals.

AND, I have my OWN top 25 list a goin'.....

[RocDoc]

<sub>...pardon the typos and discontinuities up there...I was typing that over a 4 hour period this AM, in between patients...got sorta lost...

DeBlasio is the writer...read this plz...vv interesting views;
www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/perspective/chi-0410310166oct31,1,2865195.story</sub>


Sammy, WTF?! Shit, what a drag!

It's like an epidemic, I swear! I've got 2 other friends who got nailed for DWIs....one got absolutely railroaded by this little 5'3 small suburb mini-cop, who actually once gave me a speeding ticket, who even then had this 'little-guy syndrome' where he needed to prove how tough he was. And on a nice sunny Sunday afternoon while we're driving the new(at that time) Caddy to see a flick...ruined the day for us.

Tho no, that doesn't compare to a DWI situation.

This one friend of mine, relatively prominent here, had everything over-exaggerated in the police report(he'd had 4 beers over like a 6 hour period and had been up for like 20 straight hours, while working mostly)this shit-head cop wrote and the local paper printed it pretty much verbatim...all sorts of 'he staggered...heavy smell of alcohol..' which was total concocted bullshit AND he took them and their very own copy of the videotape that came from their car, to court and won....embarassed the shit out of that department.

Now he REALLY has to stay out of that town, which is a shame cause it's really pretty there...but their cops all suck.

But the fucking paper was over and done with...people asking him 'Was that you?'....nor would this paper do a retraction/correction. Damage was done however....

So, what ELSE is up? Ya married yet...among all this soap opera stuff happening in yer life?

[Hollow]

Not married, yet Doc. I've been seeing the same girl for almost a year now. Not too serious, but fun all the same. I hate the soap-opera BS. I try to remain low-key, but it just doesn't happen. I have to get online at home, I'm just not yet.

[RocDoc]

Nope nope, don't go rushing into anything too fast, Sam...but it does sound like there's a bit of a 'commitment' there anyway, which can be a comfort...but it sounds pretty nice there, especially when you have someone to soften these 'bumps in the road' for ya. If just a little...hang in there man.My buddy's getting through the 'rehab' thing just fine; you ceratinly are going to come out just fine.

But 'reformed'?

Ha-ha-haaaa! Probably not..

~

Ha, Don! One of stops wasn't on one of midnight runs to Chicago, was it? Friggin maniac!

~

Wow! We've got 25 Impactful Bands coming from both Strat AND from Don Pitcher!!?

THIS will be real good, I know it!

[Ayinger]

hate to say but if I would've been nailed on that ride up to Chicago last winter I KNOW I woulda been doin' some time or sumthin'!! 90-100 mph up I-65 and a 12/pack of stout in the back seat.....NOT a good thing (or one to be repeated!)

But when I did get pulled over the one time, the cop gave me the "follow the pen light" + "walk the straight line" + "hold your foot up and count backwards from 30" tests BEFORE pulling out the breath-A-lyzer and finding out I was well under the LiMiT.......why the fuck he didn't do that in the first place....


hey, I'm practically living with Carol now since just meeting her in June.....for the very first time am actually thinking this is going to end up with a walk down the aisle (alley?)......and I'm VERY[/i][/u] cautious to make that plunge. The biggest thing in the way now is that after quitting for a few weeks, she's taken back up smoking......cause being the stress of new job of being a nurse at an old folks place on the 3-11 shift....

[Ayinger]

Okay, don't know if I'll hit a full 25 here and some of these folks had their debut long before my time, but I look at it as music is timeless so WTF?

Led Zeppelin - yeah the big ol' dino to some but you had to be there growing up with them. The thing with Zeppelin was that they mixed up all kinds of elements, being hard and light all in the same breath -- something you have to realize that not a lot of bands were necessarily doing. They weren't gunning for hits but earned an attitude of grandeur both in the studio and on the stage. This was a BIG band that hardly existed more than a decade. But back to that mixture that they did: it is to me without a doubt why I grew into being open to all these different areas of music. And as much as they stole from those old black forefathers, that just in turn made me travel back my own self and find exactly who was this Willie Dixon, who was this Howlin' Wolf.... They opened my ears in a myriad of directions.

Al DiMeola - this guitarist I'd have to say is who pushed me through the door of contemporary jazz. Hearing him blaze away was just like rock to me anyhow but made me brave to make other forays into the medium, starting primarily with other guitarists like Larry Carlton and Stanley Jordan (who's debut is still ear-candy to me).

Yes and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer and King Crimson and early Genesis - in the day they were know as Progressive Rock. They brought in abrupt time changes, over-the-top soundscapes, exposure to classical elements -- again allowing me to accept those sounds when I heard them in Debussy or the like. Bear with me again as I was taking in an education that these bands helped present to me. Oh, add in Jethro Tull too.

Neil Young - ah, Mr. Young.....Neil....another case that speaks of variance. One moment wistfully pining to live on Sugar Mountain, the next thundering his wants of his Cinnamon Girl. Neil could pull out the country fields or pull down a mountain of feedback....it'd be years before I'd own any Waylon & Willie but Neil was hip to have in the face of my friends.

The Waterboys - like the above, these guys could go all over the map and could still hold that nucleus that was intense no matter what. The energy of post-punk, big acoustics making The Big Music, downhomeyness of a country estate to the deep-fried grease of Fish N Chips at a rustic corner pub and the times the music just howled and howled and howled.....

Bruce Springsteen - one of the first artists that I ever listened[/u] too. I had never really gotten into Dylan and then I got a Springsteen album and heard some of what he was singing about. I can't recall which album it was (possibly "Darkness") but it sent me out to buy several others in short succession (this WAS pre-"Born In The USA"-dom). His songs were poetry to me and my life at the time. My god, he was down at the level of all of us! Still is.....

Count Basie and Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus and Miles Davis - now, these guys created MUSIC. period. 'nuff said! .....I could just end it there, but man if DiMeola started to open that door to jazz, these guys just blew the entire house away. Basie's Kansas City swing brought me into the big band stuff....ah, there were always those tunes like "One O'Clock Jump" and "Jumpin At The Woodside" that are instantly recognizable but then you start to realize the art and all the levels & parts involved. Ellington knocked it out of the park for me as far as those classic big bands go -- this man's (along with partner Billy Strayhorn) contribution to American music is insurmountable with "Take The 'A' Train" being one of the greatest works (IMO) ever put to sheet music. And then there's Mingus.....the shades of light and dark that he could draw out --- a muthafuker of a musician and personhood. And if Mingus was a muthafuker, Miles was THE MUTHAFUKER. Yet another influence to my listenings that is an artist that took chances, changed gears, and shook the world. If you don't own anything by these artists, especially the latter three, you're missing out on some music necessitates.

The Replacements - bless their lil' fired up, sometimes-runnin'-on-3-cylinders, noisy, clumsy, drunken bit of noize that they blasted out with and the later mellowing (somewhat) of Westenburg's bastard of youth heart. Finding them was like becoming radical again.

Funkadelic and Prince - both put the rock into funk and then went even higher or spaceyer. George Clinton along with oodles of weed put over some stellar jams while Prince became a chameleon in his own realm, walking his own path to lay down his mark.

Pink Floyd and Hawkwind - More elements in the black light poster ridden bedrooms of the mid-70's. The music here was "off the planet" for those times....ya'd drop the needle down on the platter and kick back. That was it.

REM - "Murmur" was just soooo different to me when it came out. This was "indie" music and even though you couldn't understand what he was slurring around about, Stipe was getting something across and it rocked in a totally different way.

Motown and that Philly sound - The Temptations, The Four Tops, The O'Jays, Harold Melvin, etc.....though I got into it all mostly after-the-fact, their songs spoke one thing to me on the AM radio but brought something else to me when I was hearing them again at an older age. They spoke of a life culture then as rap does now....eye-opening to read into "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" and see more of it than just a groovy song.

Chris Beard - Red Beans & Rice - Cincinatti AllStars Blues Band - Johnny Rawls Govenor Davis & Blues Ambassadores - Tony Zamora Jazz Ensemble - Clayton Miller Band - Kelly Richy Band - Blue Mirror Band - and a host of others[/i] - all people who I've seen up close & personal at a jazz & blues club called The Knickerbocker here in Lafayette. Over the past 12 years they've pulled me deeply into their world and left me tumbling around it, endlessly searching for more and more and more of the like. And especially in the case of the blues, it's all come full circle back to that kid blasting out "Led Zeppelin II" in his bedroom as those Brits led me back to the roots of what I had become to love so much. There ain't much out there better.....

Being Friday, I believe I'll head down there tonight and have a cool pint too.

[Hollow]

No Doc, I didn't get busted via Chicago. I was actually driving 2 miles back to my house (go figure). Anyway, here's my laughable the first 5 of 25 bands:

Cream: My Dad played Cream like it was going out of fashion. He always said that "this is how a trio should play"....and he was right

Rolling Stones: it's rawk...and it rolls

Slayer: If you know me, then I'll say no more

Alice In Chains: Melody, mood, and a lot of drugs....I related instantly

KISS: Sometimes you just need stupid cheesy party music, but they did it with makeup, YIPPEE

[Ayinger]

LOL on the Kiss thing but I know what you mean. I can still see my best music friend holding up the first lp and us just being in awe of the make-up and shit on the cover, let alone the music inside ("Black Diamond" was THE song off of it that got to me).

ok, since you brought up Kiss, I'll have to give props to MY band at that same time that I argued with my gang was a step above them: Blue Oyster Cult! Now I'm not talkin' the band at the later point of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" but back on the first 3 albums. I dug the hell out of them! In fact one of the best buys I've gotten in the past year was the remastered & expanded CD of "Tyranny & Mutation" --- and it STILL rawks!!!

[strat-0]

Hot Rails to Hell, Don! Great list, there. Still trying to think of mine... 25 may be too complex for my pea brain.

Ah, DUI... I had one driving home from a frat party gig in Auburn several years ago. The other guitar player and I were driving home about 3:30 AM through the little shithole that is Childersburg, AL, and the local pulled me over for no real reason. I pulled off the highway to turn around and get gas (station came up from behind the trees too quickly). I'd had maybe three beers while we tore down. He made me do the field sobriety test three or four times, then arrested me. At the station, I blew below the limit, but they charged me and threw me in jail anyway (to cover their asses for false arrest - it's weird but true). I had to go back and fight it in their kangaroo court in a VFW building, but I beat it. The judge said to the DA, "is this all you've got?" pointing to the breath test result (UNDER the limit). He asked me if I'd plead to reckless driving instead. What could I do? I didn't want a DUI and they can do whatever they want - I'd have to drag it out forever and maybe still lose, so I said yes. He kept the fine the same as for DUI, so I got a night in jail and over $600 fine for doing nothing but trying to buy gas in their shithole town. I made about $400 off the gig, I think. Best of luck, Hollow - it'll be done before you know it.

If I can find it, I'll post my next run in with the law on here, too. It's kind of funny.

[strat-0]

*** News Flash! *** Extra! *** Special Edition! ***

STRAT-0 AQUITTED OF RECKLESS
DRIVING CHARGE!
- Judge Issues 'Not Guilty' Verdict in Trumped-up Case

Strat-0 Skillfully Acts as Own Counsel in Dramatic Courtroom Battle,
Prevails Over Inept District Attorney[/center][/size]

"I'm just glad it's finally over and that justice was served" - Strat-0

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AP - Birmingham, AL - After a surprise verdict issued by the judge Wednesday, the defendant triumphantly left the courtroom among congratulations from spectators, attorneys and even the prosecutor. He was still being complimented by well wishers as he walked through the parking lot. "I can't believe it," said the smiling Strat, "I guess even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while."

As the trail got underway, the District Attorney called his star witness, the ticketing officer, to the stand to testify. The officer related the events in the most damning way possible, and the prosecuting attorney painted a picture of a crazed, horsepower-junkie, wantonly peeling his tires in drag racing fashion. Snickers filled the courtroom when the officer added that the defendant had said that he had just purchased some tires and was "checking his traction."

The defendant declined to cross-examine the witness, simply saying, "I have no questions, your Honor." When the defendant took the stand to testify in his own defense, a different story came out. The defendant introduced himself and stated his occupation. Reading from a prepared statement, Mr. Strat-0 made several key points. He explained that due to the type of differential his full-sized, family sedan was equipped with, he had good traction on three wheels, and thus was never out of control of his vehicle. He produced receipts for the four new tires and wheels just installed on the day of the incident, and explained that he was indeed testing to see what sort of traction they would afford. He quoted from the statute for reckless driving, and pointed out that he was not being nearly as "reckless" as other, lesser offences such as running a red light or following too closely, as well as the serious nature of a reckless driving complaint.

When the defendant attempted to introduce photographs of the "crime scene" into evidence, showing the absence of any noticeable black marks that would be present in the case of a "sporting" burnout, the prosecutor vehemently objected, saying that the street sign was not visible, although anyone familiar with the intersection would have recognized it from the photos. The defendant said, "That's OK, I'm not relying on them, anyway. I just took them and brought them in." Nevertheless, the judge looked at the photographs.

During the brutal cross-examination of the defendant, the District Attorney attempted to fluster him, and confuse the issue. "What size engine do you have in this vehicle? How much horsepower does it have? If someone were behind you when you did this, and they weren't paying attention and just saw the light change and proceeded, what would happen?" The defendant saw through this lame attempt, and replied, "It's a 350; I don't know how much horsepower it has, and the vehicle was indeed moving forward. I already stated that I was not stalling it up with the brakes, or 'brake-torqueing' it." (The defendant later related to this reporter that unless you look up numbers from the block, you can't tell the difference between a 305, a 350, or a 400.) The defendant had to explain that just because a drive wheel loses traction doesn't mean that the vehicle is not moving forward. The defendant saw no point in explaining that if a driver did as the DA suggested, they would crash into any car in front of them.

The defendant also declined to make a closing argument, stating, "I have no further argument to make, your Honor." At this, the DA also rested his case.

The judge retired to chambers, to deliberate and consult statutes. The defendant was very nervous during this lengthy time, and a defense lawyer on another case addressed him, telling him that he did a great job. The defendant said, "Well, I hope she liked it!" The attorney said, "Well, she's back there checking it out, so you did pretty good!" The prosecution had prevailed in all of the preceding cases, whether represented by counsel or not, so the defendant's pessimism was well-warranted.

The Judge returned to the courtroom and called it to order. She stated that the requirements for reckless driving were not met, and that the defendant was found Not Guilty. He was released free and clear, by the Order of the Court.

When Mr. Strat-0 was asked what he would do now that this six-month-long ordeal was finally over, and decided in his favor, he said, "I'm going to Disney World! And getting my car painted!" He then did a major burnout, which was most impressive.

[pattentank24]

#21 Nirvana

If you grew up in the 90's they matter end of discussion they were the bridge between the punks/metalheads/and those mtv watching pop music fans even,they didn't have as huge an effect on me due
to I heard "Bleach" before all the buzz and thought they were just alright

I never got the chance to see their live show and regret not sneaking out of the house to see them at the old Cotton Club at 14 yrs old(The bootleg I have is legendary as one of the best gigs before the Cotton Club Closed last fall)

I'll never forget Spring Break of 1994 I was driving back with my cousin Wes who we both played in a garage band together and we noticed flipping the dial every rock station was playing Nirvana songs and finally we heard he had died not sure how Wes became enraged
at how another great artist was dead too soon

When It was discovered it's "suicide"
I became disgusted,I knew kids who done that and contemplated destroying my nirvana cassettes and cd's
But I didn't and instead listened to In Utero for a week straight

I hadn't felt any attachment to the myth till I got the Boxset my last birthday watching that DVD I remarked
"How could They have known what was going to Happen?"
I'll always remember Nirvana as the band who taught me that rock-star unwitten rule

"No one's moratailty outweights the legacy you leave"


Favorite Song/Album/Times Seen Live
"Pennyroyal Tea"/In Utero/0

[pattentank24]

#20 The Strokes

Anyone who knows me,can tell you I'm an elitist with music,clothes and most important the opinon of myself.

The Strokes' music to me is what hair metal was to others in decade's past.

It's that good time, end of the night,close the door music

The sound is disorganized frantic movements sloppy drunken friends across the floor.
The sound of the bar declaring last call as you decide to pick up the pace.

I use to bartend so I associate all these images with the New Ramones,they can keep making the same album and I'll keep listening and the only reason I can guess is I just like the songs and their rythem and structures and... Ok you get what I mean

Every Night around close I use to play Is This It? to the delight and disgust of all the regulars and workstaff.

When "12:51" was released before Room On Fire my then girlfriend every Sat. Night began a tradition that still stands today playing "12:15" after midnight at the bar she worked at in Buckhead in my honor.
The song still gets play, I don't

I met the Strokes by accident,and had a couple of beers with them during the Room On Fire Tour
I saw Julian,Nik,Albert get out of Chevy Cavlier right next to the restaurant we were eating at.

They turned out to be huge baseball fans(Cinn Reds) and were watching The ATL-NYG with great interest the whole time.
I thought "Man Where's that NME article about Albert complaing "The Giants need to dump Ron Dayne"

And I realized afterward the elitist in me
is just like them
Just another facade before closing time

Favorite Album/Song/# Times Seen Live
Is This It/"The End Has No End"/3

[skvorisdeadsorta]

Top 25 Bands of My life
no particular order here
1. The Clash
2. Skinny Puppy
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Modest Mouse
5. The Dead Kennedys
6. Mr. Bungle
7. Nirvana
8. Throbbing Gristle
9. Nick Cave
10. Mogwai
11. Big Black
12. The Smiths
13. Brian Eno
14. John Zorn
15. Sonic Youth
17. The Rolling Stones
18. John Frusciante
19. Public Enemy
20. James Brown
21. Wilson Pickett
22. Sun Ra
23. Johnny Cash
24. The Beatles
25. Fugazi