Greatest Rock Artists Of All Time (Revision Version)

[ManPerson]

I think He's a Rebel should count for the Crystals since it's always listed as such. If we count it for Love I'm thinking the Crystals could probably move down a little.

[Tim]

Thoughts:

270. Jethro Tull
271. Soundgarden
272. George Harrison
273. D'Angelo
274. Aaliyah
275. Electric Light Orchestra
276. New York Dolls
277. Arcade Fire
278. The (Young) Rascals
279. T.I.
280. Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps
281. The Marvelettes
282. Joe Tex
283. The Prodigy
284. Johnny Ace
285. Lloyd Price
286. Cher
287. R. Kelly
288. The Lovin' Spoonful 
289. The Spinners
290. Rick James
291. Barry White
292. Weezer
293. Gil Scott-Heron
294. The Crystals
295. Linda Ronstadt
296. Foo Fighters
297. The Shadows
298. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
299. Erykah Badu
300. Gary Numan/Tubeway Army
301. Toots & the Maytals
302. Television
303. Todd Rundgren (& related bands)
304. Slayer
305. Shakira
306. Jeff Beck
307. Jimmy Cliff
308. 50 Cent
309. Link Wray (& the Wraymen)
310. Boston
311. Cheap Trick
312. Harry Nilsson
313. Jesse Belvin/Jesse & Marvin
314. Buffalo Springfield
315. Devo
316. Ed Sheeran
317. Bruno Mars
318. Justin Bieber
319. Journey
320. John Mellencamp
321. ZZ Top
322. Big Jay McNeely
323. The Moonglows
324. Duane Eddy
325. Alice in Chains
326. Gorillaz
327. The Offspring
328. Backstreet Boys
329. Heart
330. Cyndi Lauper
331. M.I.A.
332. Desmond Dekker & the Aces
333. Bryan Adams
334. Tina Turner
335. Patti LaBelle/Labelle
336. Nelly
337. Kelly Clarkson
338. Christina Aguilera
339. Steve Miller Band
340. The Dells
341. The Spaniels
342. Faye Adams
343. Judas Priest
344. Cliff Richard
345. Mötley Crüe
346. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
347. Korn
348. PJ Harvey
349. Robyn
350. SZA
351. Kylie Minogue
352. The Stone Roses
353. Big Star
354. P!nk
355. Tyler, the Creator
356. Suede
357. Roberta Flack
358. INXS
359. The Doobie Brothers
360. Moby
361. The Verve
362. My Chemical Romance
363. The Chemical Brothers
364. Jan & Dean
365. Boogie Down Productions
366. The B-52's
367. En Vogue
368. Cypress Hill
369. Joe Cocker
370. Ozzy Osbourne
371. Cat Stevens
372. Randy Newman
373. Ritchie Valens
374. Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
375. Jane's Addiction
376. No Doubt
377. blink-182
378. Scorpions
379. The Black Eyed Peas
380. BTS
381. Meat Loaf
382. Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
383. Anita Baker
384. Mary Wells
385. Charli XCX
386. Portishead
387. Fiona Apple
388. My Bloody Valentine
389. Jeff Buckley
390. Tame Impala
391. Tori Amos
392. Blue Öyster Cult
393. Wire
394. Cardi B
395. Go-Go's
396. Tracy Chapman
397. The Jam
398. Ice-T/Body Count
399. Shirley & Lee
400. The Dave Clark Five
401. Muse
402. The Hollies
403. The Stylistics
404. Janelle Monáe
405. Big Daddy Kane
406. Giorgio Moroder
407. Can
408. Fugazi
409. Linkin Park
410. Donovan
411. Steppenwolf
412. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
413. The Specials
414. Pavement
415. The Jesus and Mary Chain
416. (Small) Faces
417. One Direction
418. Sting
419. Queen Latifah
420. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
421. Suicide
422. Dead Kennedys
423. Professor Longhair
424. Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Upsetters
425. Siouxsie and the Banshees
426. The Killers
427. Suzanne Vega
428. Belle and Sebastian
429. Black Flag
430. Gang of Four
431. Gwen Stefani
432. Franz Ferdinand
433. Katy Perry
434. Gloria Gaynor
435. Love
436. Laura Nyro
437. X
438. Foreigner
439. System of a Down
440. Megadeth
441. Tool
442. Peter Frampton
443. Travis Scott
444. Dua Lipa
445. Carly Simon
446. The Roots
447. Bad Brains
448. Gary U.S. Bonds
449. Busta Rhymes
450. Avril Lavigne
451. Brandy
452. Chappell Roan
453. Boy George/Culture Club
454. LCD Soundsystem
455. Bon Iver
456. Supertramp
457. Gnarls Barkley
458. EPMD
459. The Sonics
460. Nelly Furtado
461. The Pointer Sisters
462. *NSYNC
463. DMX
464. The Black Keys
465. Jack Scott
466. Tommy James & the Shondells
467. Ben E. King
468. Pulp
469. Larry Williams
470. The Chi-Lites
471. The Delfonics
472. Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
473. Traffic
474. Sparks
475. Kurtis Blow
476. Primal Scream
477. The Cadillacs
478. Nick Drake
479. Junior Walker & the All Stars
480. Lee Dorsey
481. Ricky Martin
482. Sonny & Cher
483. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
484. Paul Revere & the Raiders
485. Madness
486. Dinosaur Jr.
487. Wilco
488. Kings of Leon
489. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
490. Darlene Love (& related groups)
491. Free
492. Procol Harum
493. XTC
494. Talk Talk
495. Scott Walker/The Walker Brothers
496. Gang Starr
497. Common
498. Jungle Brothers
499. Blue Cheer
500. Pantera
501. Blood, Sweat & Tears
502. The Zombies
503. Cameo
504. The Fall
505. Beach House

[pauldrach]

A bit of unusual situation but I'd count it for Love (and discount it for Crystals) Think it changes her placement within this group?

Well, "He's a Rebel" is her greatest song so, yes, I think it would matter quite a bit. My vote would also go to counting the two singles for Love and not The Crystals. FWIW, Sampson seems to have at least used that logicfor his rock hall candidate pages, where he never rated The Crystals as worthy candidates.

[pauldrach]

Also, I'd credit the Darlene Love entry in a similar way to Rundgren's as "Darlene Love (& related groups)".

[Tim]

A bit of unusual situation but I'd count it for Love (and discount it for Crystals) Think it changes her placement within this group?

Well, "He's a Rebel" is her greatest song so, yes, I think it would matter quite a bit. My vote would also go to counting the two singles for Love and not The Crystals. FWIW, Sampson seems to have at least used that logicfor his rock hall candidate pages, where he never rated The Crystals as worthy candidates.

On the other hand, Crystals are ranked rather respectable #67 on Samp's own 1960s list.

[Tim]

I see paul objects to having Free in the top 500 as per Man's suggestion.

[ManPerson]

Geto Boys
Go-Go's
Jane's Addiction
Jungle Brothers
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Kool Moe Dee/The Treacherous Three
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Love
Darlene Love/The Blossoms/Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
Percy Mayfield

This is what I came up with for the last group
1. Jane's Addiction
2. The Go-Go's
3. Geto Boys/Scarface
4. Love
5. Darlene Love et al.
6. The Jungle Brothers
7. Kool Moe Dee/The Treacherous Three
8. Little Anthony & the Imperials
9. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
10. Percy Mayfield

[ManPerson]

I could see Jane's Addiction higher, more acclaimed and influential than INXS and Doobie Brothers for instance. I could see them next to Suede.

[pauldrach]

I see paul objects to having Free in the top 500 as per Man's suggestion.

As I said, tell me whenever I miss something. I usually notice those changes when you bold them.

[Tim]

290. Rick James
291. Barry White
292. Weezer
293. Gil Scott-Heron
294. Linda Ronstadt
295. Foo Fighters
296. The Shadows
297. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
298. Erykah Badu
299. Gary Numan/Tubeway Army
300. Toots & the Maytals
301. Television
302. Todd Rundgren (& related bands)
303. Slayer
304. Shakira
305. Jeff Beck
306. Jimmy Cliff
307. 50 Cent
308. Link Wray (& the Wraymen)
309. Boston
310. Cheap Trick
311. Harry Nilsson
312. Jesse Belvin/Jesse & Marvin
313. Buffalo Springfield
314. Devo
315. Ed Sheeran
316. Bruno Mars
317. Justin Bieber
318. Journey
319. John Mellencamp
320. ZZ Top
321. Big Jay McNeely
322. The Moonglows
323. Duane Eddy
324. Alice in Chains
325. Gorillaz
326. The Offspring
327. Backstreet Boys
328. Heart
329. Cyndi Lauper
330. M.I.A.
331. Desmond Dekker & the Aces
332. Bryan Adams
333. Tina Turner
334. Patti LaBelle/Labelle
335. Nelly
336. Kelly Clarkson
337. Christina Aguilera
338. Steve Miller Band
339. The Dells
340. The Spaniels
341. Faye Adams
342. Judas Priest
343. Cliff Richard
344. Mötley Crüe
345. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
346. Korn
347. PJ Harvey
348. Robyn
349. SZA
350. Kylie Minogue
351. The Stone Roses
352. Big Star
353. P!nk
354. Tyler, the Creator
355. Suede
356. Jane's Addiction
357. Roberta Flack
358. INXS
359. The Doobie Brothers
360. Moby
361. The Verve
362. My Chemical Romance
363. The Chemical Brothers
364. Jan & Dean
365. Boogie Down Productions
366. The B-52's
367. En Vogue
368. Cypress Hill
369. Joe Cocker
370. Ozzy Osbourne
371. Cat Stevens
372. Randy Newman
373. Ritchie Valens
374. Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
375. No Doubt
376. blink-182
377. Scorpions
378. The Black Eyed Peas
379. BTS
380. Meat Loaf
381. Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
382. Anita Baker
383. Mary Wells
384. Charli XCX
385. Portishead
386. Fiona Apple
387. My Bloody Valentine
388. Jeff Buckley
389. Tame Impala
390. Tori Amos
391. Blue Öyster Cult
392. Wire
393. Cardi B
394. Go-Go's
395. Tracy Chapman
396. The Jam
397. Ice-T/Body Count
398. Shirley & Lee
399. The Dave Clark Five
400. Muse
401. The Hollies
402. The Stylistics
403. Janelle Monáe
404. Big Daddy Kane
405. Giorgio Moroder
406. Can
407. Fugazi
408. Linkin Park
409. Donovan
410. The Crystals
411. Steppenwolf
412. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
413. The Specials
414. Pavement
415. The Jesus and Mary Chain
416. (Small) Faces
417. One Direction
418. Sting
419. Queen Latifah
420. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
421. Suicide
422. Dead Kennedys
423. Professor Longhair
424. Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Upsetters
425. Siouxsie and the Banshees
426. The Killers
427. Suzanne Vega
428. Belle and Sebastian
429. Black Flag
430. Gang of Four
431. Geto Boys/Scarface
432. Gwen Stefani
433. Franz Ferdinand
434. Katy Perry
435. Gloria Gaynor
436. Love
437. Laura Nyro
438. X
439. Foreigner
440. System of a Down
441. Megadeth
442. Tool
443. Peter Frampton
444. Travis Scott
445. Dua Lipa
446. Carly Simon
447. The Roots
448. Bad Brains
449. Gary U.S. Bonds
450. Busta Rhymes
451. Avril Lavigne
452. Brandy
453. Chappell Roan
454. Boy George/Culture Club
455. LCD Soundsystem
456. Bon Iver
457. Supertramp
458. Gnarls Barkley
459. EPMD
460. The Sonics
461. Nelly Furtado
462. The Pointer Sisters
463. *NSYNC
464. DMX
465. The Black Keys
466. Jack Scott
467. Tommy James & the Shondells
468. Ben E. King
469. Pulp
470. Larry Williams
471. The Chi-Lites
472. The Delfonics
473. Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
474. Traffic
475. Sparks
476. Kurtis Blow
477. Primal Scream
478. The Cadillacs
479. Nick Drake
480. Junior Walker & the All Stars
481. Lee Dorsey
482. Ricky Martin
483. Sonny & Cher
484. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
485. Paul Revere & the Raiders
486. Madness
487. Dinosaur Jr.
488. Wilco
489. Kings of Leon
490. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
491. Darlene Love (& related groups)
492. Procol Harum
493. Free
494. XTC
495. Talk Talk
496. Scott Walker/The Walker Brothers
497. Gang Starr
498. Common
499. Jungle Brothers
500. Blue Cheer
501. Pantera
502. Blood, Sweat & Tears
503. The Zombies
504. Cameo
505. The Fall
506. Beach House

Taking Man's feedback in, moved up Jane's Addiction, added Scarface slightly above Love. Also moved Crystals down more, now they are placed between Donovan and Steppenwolf to reflect their placement on the 1960s list closer. Also switched Procol Harum and Free as I'd give the former slight wins in acclaim and influence and if anything "A Whiter Shade Pale" is clearly more popular than "All Right Now".

[Tim]

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
The Meters
New Edition
Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Bros
Teddy Pendergrass
Little Esther Phillips
The Replacements
Simple Minds
Slick Rick
Johnnie Taylor

[Tim]

1. Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Bros
2. The Replacements
3. Slick Rick
4. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
5. Simple Minds
6. The Meters
7. New Edition
8. Little Esther Phillips
9. Johnnie Taylor
10. Teddy Pendergrass

[ManPerson]

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
The Meters
New Edition
Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Bros
Teddy Pendergrass
Little Esther Phillips
The Replacements
Simple Minds
Slick Rick
Johnnie Taylor

1. Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Bros
2. The Replacements
3. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
4. The Meters
5. New Edition
6. Simple Minds
7. Slick Rick
8. Little Esther Phillips
9. Johnnie Taylor
10. Teddy Pendergrass

Generational lineup of r&b artists who are underrated by music critics.

[Tim]

Thoughts:

290. Rick James
291. Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Bros
292. Barry White
293. Weezer
294. Gil Scott-Heron
295. Linda Ronstadt
296. Foo Fighters
297. The Shadows
298. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
299. Erykah Badu
300. Gary Numan/Tubeway Army
301. Toots & the Maytals
302. Television
303. Todd Rundgren (& related bands)
304. Slayer
305. Shakira
306. Jeff Beck
307. Jimmy Cliff
308. 50 Cent
309. Link Wray (& the Wraymen)
310. The Replacements
311. Boston
312. Cheap Trick
313. Harry Nilsson
314. Jesse Belvin/Jesse & Marvin
315. Buffalo Springfield
316. Devo
317. Ed Sheeran
318. Bruno Mars
319. Justin Bieber
320. Journey
321. John Mellencamp
322. ZZ Top
323. Big Jay McNeely
324. The Moonglows
325. Duane Eddy
326. Alice in Chains
327. Gorillaz
328. The Offspring
329. Backstreet Boys
330. Heart
331. Cyndi Lauper
332. M.I.A.
333. Desmond Dekker & the Aces
334. Bryan Adams
335. Tina Turner
336. Patti LaBelle/Labelle
337. Nelly
338. Kelly Clarkson
339. Christina Aguilera
340. Steve Miller Band
341. The Dells
342. The Spaniels
343. Faye Adams
344. Judas Priest
345. Cliff Richard
346. Mötley Crüe
347. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
348. Korn
349. PJ Harvey
350. Robyn
351. SZA
352. Kylie Minogue
353. The Stone Roses
354. Big Star
355. P!nk
356. Tyler, the Creator
357. Suede
358. Jane's Addiction
359. Roberta Flack
360. INXS
361. The Doobie Brothers
362. Moby
363. The Verve
364. My Chemical Romance
365. The Chemical Brothers
366. Jan & Dean
367. Boogie Down Productions
368. The B-52's
369. En Vogue
370. Cypress Hill
371. Joe Cocker
372. Ozzy Osbourne
373. Cat Stevens
374. Randy Newman
375. Ritchie Valens
376. Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
377. No Doubt
378. blink-182
379. Scorpions
380. The Black Eyed Peas
381. BTS
382. Meat Loaf
383. Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
384. Anita Baker
385. Mary Wells
386. Charli XCX
387. Portishead
388. Fiona Apple
389. My Bloody Valentine
390. Jeff Buckley
391. Tame Impala
392. Tori Amos
393. Blue Öyster Cult
394. Wire
395. Cardi B
396. Go-Go's
397. Tracy Chapman
398. The Jam
399. Ice-T/Body Count
400. Shirley & Lee
401. The Dave Clark Five
402. Muse
403. The Hollies
404. The Stylistics
405. Janelle Monáe
406. Big Daddy Kane
407. Giorgio Moroder
408. Can
409. Fugazi
410. Linkin Park
411. Donovan
412. The Crystals
413. Steppenwolf
414. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
415. The Specials
416. Pavement
417. The Jesus and Mary Chain
418. (Small) Faces
419. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
420. One Direction
421. Sting
422. Queen Latifah
423. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
424. Suicide
425. Dead Kennedys
426. Professor Longhair
427. The Meters
428. Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Upsetters
429. Siouxsie and the Banshees
430. The Killers
431. Suzanne Vega
432. New Edition
433. Belle and Sebastian
434. Black Flag
435. Gang of Four
436. Geto Boys/Scarface
437. Gwen Stefani
438. Franz Ferdinand
439. Katy Perry
440. Gloria Gaynor
441. Love
442. Laura Nyro
443. X
444. Foreigner
445. System of a Down
446. Megadeth
447. Tool
448. Peter Frampton
449. Travis Scott
450. Dua Lipa
451. Simple Minds
452. Carly Simon
453. The Roots
454. Slick Rick
455. Bad Brains
456. Gary U.S. Bonds
457. Busta Rhymes
458. Avril Lavigne
459. Brandy
460. Chappell Roan
461. Boy George/Culture Club
462. LCD Soundsystem
463. Bon Iver
464. Supertramp
465. Gnarls Barkley
466. EPMD
467. The Sonics
468. Nelly Furtado
469. The Pointer Sisters
470. *NSYNC
471. DMX
472. The Black Keys
473. Jack Scott
474. Tommy James & the Shondells
475. Ben E. King
476. Pulp
477. Larry Williams
478. The Chi-Lites
479. The Delfonics
480. Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
481. Traffic
482. Sparks
483. Kurtis Blow
484. Primal Scream
485. The Cadillacs
486. Nick Drake
487. Junior Walker & the All Stars
488. Lee Dorsey
489. Ricky Martin
490. Sonny & Cher
491. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
492. Paul Revere & the Raiders
493. Madness
494. Dinosaur Jr.
495. Wilco
496. Kings of Leon
497. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
498. Darlene Love (& related groups)
499. Procol Harum
500. Free
501. XTC
502. Talk Talk
503. Scott Walker/The Walker Brothers
504. Gang Starr
505. Common
506. Jungle Brothers
507. Blue Cheer

[Tim]

Tears for Fears
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
The Treniers
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Bill Withers
Zapp

[Tim]

1. Bill Withers
2. Tears for Fears
3. Thin Lizzy
4. Johnny "Guitar" Watson
5. The Treniers
6. Three Dog Night
7. Zapp