Top 100 Bands

100. The Allman Brothers

99. Genesis

98. Grateful Dead

97. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

96. The Misfits

95. LCD Soundsystem

94. ACDC

93. The Heavy

92. New York Dolls

91. King Crimson

90. Cream

89. Van Halen

88. Black Sabbath

87. The Hives

86. Metallica

85. Flogging Molly

84. Guns ‘n Roses

83. The Cure

82. Queens of the Stone Age

81. The Raconteurs

80. Roy Orbison

79. Soundgarden

78. Beastie Boys

77. Beck

76. Franz Ferdinand

75. The Smiths

74. Dinosaur Jr.

73. Gang of Four

72. The Shins

71. Dead Weather

70. The Doors

69. The Decemberists

68. The Byrds

67. The Yardbirds

66. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

65. Parliament-Funkadelic

64. Dire Straits

63. Death Cab For Cutie

62. Black Keys

61. The Ramones

60. Bad Brains

59. Santana

58. James Brown (and the J.B.’s)

57. Fleet Foxes

56. The Strokes

55. MC5

54. The Pixies

53. The Kinks

52. Little Richard

51. Janis Joplin

50. Black Flag

49. Iggy Pop and The Stooges

48. Flaming Lips

47. Coldplay

46. Simon and Garfunkel

45. Pearl Jam

44. Talking Heads

43. Smashing Pumpkins

42. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

41. The Kills

40. Cage the Elephant

39. David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars

38. Sex Pistols

37. Bob Marley and The Wailers

36. R.E.M.

35. Johnny Cash

34. Patti Smith Group

33. Muse

32. Tom Waits and the Nocturnal Emissions

31. Foo Fighters

30. Queen

29. *Chuck Berry and “Everyone”

28. Prince and The Revolution

27. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention

26. The Animals

25. Velvet Underground

24. Red Hot Chili Peppers

23. Nine Inch Nails

22. The Arctic Monkeys

21. Elvis Costello and The Attractions

20. The Beach Boys

19. The Police

18. U2

17. Led Zeppelin

16. Pink Floyd

15. Neil Young and Crazyhorse

14. Rage Against the Machine

13. The White Stripes

12. Green Day

11. Arcade Fire

10. *Bob Dylan and (Paul Butterfield Blues Band/The Band)

9. Elvis Presley and The Blue Moon Boys

8. The Who

7. Jimi Hendrix Experience

6. The Rolling Stones

5. Nirvana

4. The Clash

3. Radiohead

2. Bruce Sprinsgteen and the E Street Band

1. The Beatles