VH1's The 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock
 

Did anyone else see this on TV last night? It was like 5 episodes @ 1 hour each. Here's the full list.

100.) Quiet Riot
99.) Bad Brains
98.) Mountain
97.) Primus
96.) Meat Loaf
95.) Fugazi
94.) Yes
93.) Lenny Kravitz <--- HOW THE FUCK IS HE ON THE LIST!?!@?
92.) The Black Crowes
91.) Danzig
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.) Hüsker Dü
67.) The Rolling Stones
66.) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
65.) The Cult
64.) Steppenwolf
63.) Boston
62.) Ministry
61.) Jethro Tull
60.) The New York Dolls
59.) Bad Company
58.) Anthrax
57.) Heart
56.) Rob Zombie/White Zombie
55.) Blue Öyster Cult
54.) Sonic Youth
53.) Korn <------WHAT. THE. FUCK!?!?
52.) Faith No More
51.) Thin Lizzy
50.) Slayer
49.) The Smashing Pumpkins
48.) Janis Joplin
47.) The Rollins Band
46.) The Scorpions
45.) Pantera
44.) ZZ Top
43.) Nine Inch Nails
42.) The Kinks
41.) Ted Nugent
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.) 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 <----How the fuck did they get in the top 10, let alone the top 100?
5.) Metallica
4.) AC/DC
3.) Jimi Hendrix
2.) Black Sabbath
1.) Led Zeppelin

Who do you think should and/or should not be on this list?

I think Lenny Kravitz, Korn, and Nirvana should not be on this list at all. Putting their no talent asses on this list is a disgrace to all of the other great bands. I also think Foreigner, Boston, Tool, Blue Öyster Cult, and Lynyrd Skynyrd should definitely be higher in the list.

It's VH1. You expected a good list?

10.) Kiss <------Damn right!!! :lol:

But above:
13.) Queen
28.) Rush &
24.) Iron Maiden????

VH1's lists have never really made any sense to me.

I think it is funny that Spinal Tap made it on to the list. It would have been funnier if they ranked higher that Nirvana.

The Beatles should have at least made honorable mention. Sure they are not hard rock, but IMHO, without them, none other would exist.

You could probably say the same about Mozart. How far back do you want to reach?

The list was a compilation of votes by music writers, critics and artists, so blame them if you don't like the list.

Yea, I saw this a long time ago. I have no clue how anyone could put nirvana at 6 as there are a lot of artists above them that could have been considered more influential or "great." The thing with nirvana is that everyone in the music industry gives them too much respect because of the way they blew up really big and then boom, kurt cobain kills himself and the whole world proclaims him a rock god. Were they a good band, yea, they were, but there was much better music that came out of that same scene (soundgarden, aic, pearl jam, mudhoney). I was happy to see bad brains on the list, they deserve it, but 99? come on, they deserve better than that. Anyway, the moral of the story is, VH1

I like Nirvana... :|

Seriously though Yes were 94 and yes kick the bloody bajesus out of 70% of this list. They should have been MUCH higher on the list. And the fact that Lenny Kravitz is the first one to beat them out REALLY pisses me off. I loved this list though...not particularly fond of the order of things like Nirvana beating out Pink Floyd, Queen, Van Halen, The Doors, Bad Company, Lynard Skynard, Jethro Tull, etc. etc. I'd say 50% of the bands above them are better than them including Pearl Jam in my opinion but I think most of the bands that made it deserve to be there and pretty much all the ones that REALLY deserve to be there are on there.

Asta!!

Well, I was going to re-rank the whole thing, but my HTML skills aren't up to it. So here's my top 20:
1) Black Sabbath
2) Led Zeppelin
3) Jimi Hendrix
4) Iron Maiden
5) Rush
6) AC/DC
7) Cream
8) Megadeth
9) Kiss
10) Soundgarden
11) Guns N' Roses
12) Blue Öyster Cult
13) Primus
14) Tool
15) Deep Purple
16) Living Colour
17) Frank Zappa
18) Queen
19) Faith No More
20) Ozzy Osbourne

For the record, Metallica came in at #24 in my ranking, Nirvana at #47.

I laid the whole list out and asked myself of each band, are they better, more talented, more authentically hard rock (whatever that means. Difference between Pat Benetar and M&ouml;torhead.), and /or more innovative than the band above them. If they were, then I bumped them up.

^ That list ain't so bad.

Asta!!

I think Deep Purple should be higher. But that's just me.

the sex pistols beat out the clash? fuck that. sex pistols were a bunch of angry hacks who didnt even know how to play their instruments when they came together and came out with one fucking album that was even worth a damn. shit everyone sounded like the sex pistols in '77. add intelligence, talent, and love for music and then you have the clash. a band that outpreforms and outclasses the pistols by leaps and bounds. they did so much for music in 5 years its astounding. 5 albums that streched and challenged genres and what do the pistols have? gimme a break.

Why the hell is Fugazi on their? They may be one of the most kick-ass bands of all time, but they definitely were not hard rock. Exact same with the Pixies. Though they may have been rock 'n roll, no way hard rock.

Wow... what do they consider hard rock? I'm a pretty big classic rock fan, and some I can understand if they classify as hard rock but others... uh.. i dunno. Queen is hard rock? meh.

^ Listen to a song like "I'm In Love With My Car" "We Will Rock You" "Born To Be Kings" "Tie Your Mother Down" etc. and tell me Queen didn't rock hard. If yer gonna call on them ya might as well call on Yes too. Costello has a point too...Joey Ramone said it himself "The Sex Pistols are a <b>good</b> band...The Clash are <b>great</b> band"

Asta!!

Then I nominate Pythagorus, since he invented tuning ratios and discovered acoustics. Actually, I'm damned proud that GodofThunder put the Beatles on the list, and a little chapped that he beat me to it.

#42 the KINKS.... well at least they got mentioned I guess.

Led Zeppelin #1 what a fuckin joke.

I think The Smashing Pumpkins shouldv'e been way higher than #49.

Same with Megadeth.

Most lists suck. Sometimes they are good to discover new music (through Rolling Stone's 500 Best Albums I discovered Big Star and Television, 2 great bands) but for the most part I don't even understand the point of them.

We could argue personal taste all day. I mean, you may not like Nirvana, but others think they are the best ever. Personally, I think the Clash and Rush are two of the most overrated piece of shit bands ever, but I'm not going to question whether they belong on this list or not.

You're joking, right? How could they NOT be in the top 10?

Love em or hate em, but Nirvana, like Zeppelin/Sabbath before them, is one of the most influential and groundbreaking bands from the past 20 years.

There have been others, yes, but none quite as great as Nirvana.

influential and groundbreaking are not synonymous with talented

maiden should definately be in the top 10 at least

just be glad linkin park isnt on it... *checks list again* thank god

it´s amazing that VH1 even knows the bad brains exist.

VH1 more than likely didn't know who they or Kings X and a shit load of the other bands are the Musicians, Front Men, Journalists, VJ & DJ's, etc. are the ones who picked the bands...and what order they ranked them. They're the ones who knew about Bad Brains...not VH1.

Asta!!

I'd agree with you if you replaced "influential and groundbreaking" with "famous".

I pertty much have to agree that Nirvana belongs on the list, but not in the top 10. It doesn't matter if you did something first if the thing that you did wasn't worth doing. Props to Cobain for pretty fair songwriting. Massively overrated because he killed himself. (Is this the meaning of number 1 with a bullet?). Major Props to Dave Grohl for being a kickass drummer and carrying the band.