VH-1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Bands Ever

[TheFreak]

Okay, I want to hear everyone's thoughts on this!

VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" were selected by a panel of rock
artists that included Pat Benatar, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Ozzy Osbourne,
Scott Ian and John Bush of Anthrax, Korn's Dave Silveria, Black Sabbath's Tony
Iommi and Geezer Butler, Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple, Dave Grohl of
Nirvana/Foo Fighters, Mike Bordin of Faith No More, Skid Row's Sebastian Bach,
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Yngvie Malmsteen, Lita Ford, and Geddy Lee of
Rush.

1. Led Zeppelin

2. Black Sabbath

3. Jimi Hendrix

4. AC/DC

5. Metallica

6. Nirvana

7. Van Halen

8. The Who

9. Guns N' Roses

10. KISS

11. Aerosmith

12. The Sex Pistols

13. Queen

14. Soundgarden

15. Pink Floyd

16. Cream

17. The Ramones

18. Ozzy Osbourne

19. The Clash

20. Alice Cooper

21. Pearl Jam

22. Deep Purple

23. Judas Priest

24. Iron Maiden

25. Cheap Trick

26. Motorhead

27. Iggy Pop/ The Stooges

28. Rush

29. Motley Crue

30. Red Hot Chili Peppers

31. Def Leppard

32. The Doors

33. Rage Against The Machine

34. Alice in Chains

35. Jane's Addiction

36. Frank Zappa

37. Yardbirds

38. MC5

39. Neil Young & Crazy Horse

40. Stone Temple Pilots

41. Ted Nugent

42. The Kinks

43. Nine Inch Nails

44. ZZ Top

45. Pantera

46. Scorpions

47. The Rollins Band/ Black Flag

48. Janis Joplin

49. Smashing Pumpkins

50. Slayer

51. Thin Lizzy

52. Faith No More

53. Korn

54. Sonic Youth

55. Blue Oyster Cult

56. White Zombie

57. Heart

58. Anthrax

59. Bad Company

60. The New York Dolls

61. Jethro Tull

62. Ministry

63. Boston

64. Steppenwolf

65. The Cult

66. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

67. Rolling Stones

68. Husker Du

69. Megadeth

70. Living Colour

71. Lynyrd Skynyrd

72. Foo Fighters

73. Twisted Sister

74. Pat Benatar

75. Spinal Tap

76. Bon Jovi

77. Hole

78. Marilyn Manson

79. Ratt

80. Green Day

81. Pixies

82. Queensryche

83. King's X

84. UFO

85. Whitesnake

86. Foreigner

87. King Crimson

88. Tool

89. Lita Ford

90. Rainbow

91. Danzig

92. The Black Crowes

93. Lenny Kravitz

94. Yes

95. Fugazi

96. Meat Loaf

97. Primus

98. Mountain

99. Bad Brains

100. Quiet Riot


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[Francis3]

Where is Limp Bizkit? They are for sure #1

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[Jeff]

The Doors? Janice Joplin? Huh?

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[SmeggySmeg]

what about Poison or Europe, and since when do bands that have a flute in them (jethro Tull) count torwards hard rock.

Where's Midnight Oil???

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[Rocketman95]

Sonic Youth should be way higher.

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[Mango]

Queen is hard rock?
Neil Young is hard rock?

At least 1/2 of the bands in that list aren't even close to being hard rockers.


Mango

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[BobFinn*]

Limp who?

Where the heck is Accept? Krokus? Micheal Schenker? Dio? Tesla?

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[Mango]

Originally posted by BobFinn*: Limp who? Where the heck is Accept? Krokus? Micheal Schenker? Dio? Tesla?

What about Alvin Lee and Ten Years After?
Montrose?
Traffic?
Trapeze?
Foghat?
Animals?

If they can include the Stones, then Humble Pie belongs as a hard rock band.


Mango

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Originally posted by Mango: What about Alvin Lee and Ten Years After? Montrose? Traffic? Trapeze? Foghat? Animals? If they can include the Stones, then Humble Pie belongs as a hard rock band. Mango

And don't forget Robin Trower



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Originally posted by BobFinn*: And don't forget Robin Trower

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The Grateful Dead belong before Heart does.

Is Carlos on the list?


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[DEANBCURTIS]

Being that Rage is one of the greatest political bands of all time they should be higher.

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[Special Patrol Group]

If Nirvana, Guns N' Roses, and Kiss belong in the top ten, given the other bands on that list, hard rock or not, then I must have wandered into the freaking twilight zone. Nirvana at #6, and Deep Purple can't crack the top twenty.

Is that Henry Rollins I see in front of Janis Joplin?

What are Slayer and Anthrax doing in the fifties while Metallica comes in at #5? Megadeth at #69? Have I missed a good Metallica album since '88? Twisted Sister nine ahead of Queensryche? I remember the eighties, but that's not how I remember 'em.

Yeah, Motley Crue belongs well ahead of the Yardbirds. That's a quality list. They even threw Spinal Tap in there. Does anyone own a Spinal Tap album? Do you listen to it?

And there are eleven bands behind Lita Ford that just don't belong there. Tell me they drew these names out of a hat. Why bother with Beck, Santana, and Vaughn when you've got Lita Ford?

[Pole]

As long as Zep is number 1, that's all I care about.

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[RocketMan Tex]

Bums & Posers at #9 is a joke. What a weird list.

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[HOOP-T]

Guns and Roses (way too high), Twisted Sister (this has to be a joke), Faith No More, Quiet Riot, Meatloaf, and Pat Benatar should not even be on this list. Rush at number 28 is just plain WRONG!!!! They should be top 10 easy!

I cannot acknowledge this list due to a lack of credibility!

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[HOOP-T]

May as well add Duran Duran and STYX. What about Journey? They all sucked, add them!

This is a terrible list. Good Lord! Lita Ford??????????



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[Lynus302]

Lita Ford rocked in her day. She (and a few others like Joan Jett) made it cool for chicks to get into hard rock. But Heart??!!!??!? Please.

I think some people are forgetting that "Hard Rock" does not necessarily mean "Heavy Metal." While metal is certainly hard rock, the opposite does not apply.

I have some issues with the order of the bands, but for the most part, the list is more of less complete. Personally, I HATE Pearl Jam. I think they suck suck suck, but as much as I hate them, I recognize their impact.

And hell yes Quiet Riot belongs there.

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[HOOP-T]

I am full aware that metal is not the same as hard rock. I am as big a music buff as anyone.

But my opinion of Quiet Riot is simply this...they were a joke of a band, as was Twisted Sister. If you can count the number of quality songs on two fingers, then they do not deserve to be on a list of best all time rock bands. Just my opinion!

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[Lynus302]

::grumble::
While Quiet Riot may not have had a bazillion songs that everyone knows, everyone does know a couple:
Metal Health (Bang Your Head) is a freakin' rock and roll anthem if there ever was one.
Cum On Feel The Noize is another one. Find me someone with any amount of rock and roll knowledge who hasn't heard these two songs. In QRs case, these two songs alone are enough to warrant them being ont the list, IMO. In the early '80s they were up there with Twisted Sister and We're Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock. TS was one of the bands that really kicked off the Glam Rock/Hair Band movement.

You think Journey sucked? Wow. Oh well, to each, his own.

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