Greatest Rock Artists Of All Time (Revision Version)

[ManPerson]

I think Travis Scott, Foreign and Dua Lipa all take acclaim and popularity over New Edition.

Not sure Slick Rick needs to ahead of EPMD or DMX, since his most influential work was definitely with Doug E. Fresh. I could see him right behind The Black Keys.

I think Busta Rhymes, Brandy and Avril Lavigne are all more influential and popular than Simple Minds. I'd have them next to Culture Club.

The Killers take acclaim and rather easily take popularity over The Meters.

[ManPerson]

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

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

I'm thinking we could include Roger Troutman with Zapp, though they're probably not top 500 worthy anyway.

[Tim]

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

[Dubrow555]

Free being on this list before Bad Company is a bit surprising.

[Fido]

The Killers take acclaim and rather easily take popularity over The Meters.

They only take acclaim if you disregard musical impact

[pauldrach]

Free being on this list before Bad Company is a bit surprising.

Bad Company do take popularity, at least when looking at albums. Singles popularity would even go to Free, except in the US and Canada.

Free probably take acclaim and influence even though Bad Company's win in popularity probably is more substantial than either of Free's wins. Generally, I think they're rather close by the criteria.

I think it woldn't even be completely absurd to combine them under one entry. I don't think they're much further apart musically than Small Faces and Faces for instance. But if we don't combine them, they're off the top 500 now anyway, so who cares?

[Tim]

The Killers take acclaim and rather easily take popularity over The Meters.

They only take acclaim if you disregard musical impact

Yeah this reminds me, leaving Johnny "Guitar" Watson out of top 500 seems a bit harsh too, he certainly has lots of influence and acclaim among musicians if not popularity. I could see him alongside EPMD and The Sonics.

[Tim]

Not opposed to us creating Paul Rodgers-themed Free/Bad Company joint entry either.

[Tim]

Also Slick Rick could be combined with Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew entry while we at it freeing an additional spot.

[ManPerson]

Free being on this list before Bad Company is a bit surprising.

I'd give them acclaim and influence.

Anyway as others have suggested, I'm fine with combining them.

[ManPerson]

The Killers take acclaim and rather easily take popularity over The Meters.

They only take acclaim if you disregard musical impact

I guess that's fair, actually.

[Tim]

Re-cap:

1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. James Brown
4. Bob Dylan
5. Michael Jackson
6. Chuck Berry
7. Madonna
8. The Rolling Stones
9. Stevie Wonder
10. Ray Charles
11. Aretha Franklin
12. The Beach Boys
13. Led Zeppelin
14. Jimi Hendrix
15. Fats Domino
16. Prince
17. Little Richard
18. Marvin Gaye
19. Kanye West
20. Jay-Z
21. The Who
22. Sam Cooke
23. Pink Floyd
24. David Bowie
25. U2
26. Bruce Springsteen (& the E Street Band)
27. Run-D.M.C.
28. Nirvana
29. Diana Ross/The Supremes
30. Eminem
31. 2Pac
32. Beyoncé
33. Queen
34. Bob Marley & the Wailers
35. Buddy Holly/The Crickets
36. The Temptations
37. Neil Young (& Crazy Horse)
38. Kendrick Lamar
39. R.E.M.
40. Taylor Swift
41. Elton John
42. Mariah Carey
43. Whitney Houston
44. The Everly Brothers
45. Black Sabbath
46. Public Enemy
47. Drake
48. Otis Redding
49. Sly & the Family Stone
50. The Byrds
51. Metallica
52. Janet Jackson
53. Bill Haley & His Comets
54. Smokey Robinson/The Miracles
55. Bee Gees
56. The Kinks
57. Donna Summer
58. ABBA
59. Bo Diddley
60. Beastie Boys
61. Roy Orbison
62. The Clash
63. The Doors
64. Curtis Mayfield/The Impressions
65. AC/DC
66. George Clinton/Parliament-Funkadelic
67. Fleetwood Mac
68. The Velvet Underground
69. Joni Mitchell
70. Eagles
71. OutKast
72. Simon & Garfunkel
73. Rihanna
74. Britney Spears
75. The Notorious B.I.G.
76. Kraftwerk
77. Creedence Clearwater Revival
78. Radiohead
79. The Grateful Dead
80. N.W.A
81. Dr. Dre
82. Ramones
83. Eric B. & Rakim
84. LL Cool J
85. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
86. Aerosmith
87. The Police
88. Guns N' Roses
89. Van Halen
90. The Drifters
91. Al Green
92. Pearl Jam
93. Jerry Lee Lewis
94. Rod Stewart
95. Paul McCartney/Wings
96. Lady Gaga
97. Coldplay
98. Green Day
99. Adele
100. Depeche Mode
101. The Jackson 5/The Jacksons
102. The Platters
103. Jackie Wilson
104. Missy Elliott
105. Earth, Wind & Fire
106. Mary J. Blige
107. Wynonie Harris
108. Roy Brown
109. Van Morrison/Them
110. Cream
111. The Isley Brothers
112. The Shirelles
113. The Dominoes
114. The Clovers
115. Ruth Brown
116. Joy Division/New Order
117. Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons
118. Red Hot Chili Peppers
119. Fugees/Lauryn Hill
120. The Weeknd
121. George Michael/Wham!
122. Eric Clapton
123. John Lennon
124. Deep Purple
125. Big Joe Turner
126. Santana
127. Johnny Otis
128. Amos Milburn
129. The Band
130. The Orioles
131. Ike & Tina Turner
132. Four Tops
133. Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
134. Etta James
135. Wilson Pickett
136. Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company
137. Justin Timberlake
138. Blondie
139. Billy Joel
140. Martha & the Vandellas
141. Iron Maiden
142. Chic
143. Talking Heads
144. The Smiths
145. The Cure
146. Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young)
147. Elvis Costello (& the Attractions)
148. Yes
149. Iggy Pop/The Stooges
150. The Allman Brothers Band
151. The Ravens
152. Rick Nelson
153. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
154. Sex Pistols
155. Sam & Dave
156. Oasis
157. The "5" Royales
158. Daft Punk
159. The Yardbirds
160. De La Soul
161. TLC
162. Gladys Knight & the Pips
163. Kate Bush
164. Roxy Music
165. Genesis
166. Lil Wayne
167. Nas
168. Wu-Tang Clan (incl. solo projects)
169. Tom Petty (& the Heartbreakers)
170. Dire Straits
171. Jefferson Airplane/Starship
172. Dion (& the Belmonts)
173. Booker T. & the M.G.'s
174. Carole King
175. Paul Simon
176. The Coasters
177. Lynyrd Skynyrd
178. King Crimson
179. The O’Jays
180. Brian Eno
181. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
182. The Ronettes
183. Eddie Cochran
184. Carl Perkins
185. Patti Smith
186. LaVern Baker
187. A Tribe Called Quest
188. Pixies
189. Snoop Dogg
190. Lana Del Rey
191. Alice Cooper
192. Isaac Hayes
193. James Taylor
194. Steely Dan
195. Bob Seger (& the Silver Bullet Band)
196. The Mamas & the Papas
197. Solomon Burke
198. The Flamingos
199. The White Stripes
200. Smashing Pumpkins
201. Duran Duran
202. The Human League
203. Neil Diamond
204. The Monkees
205. Dusty Springfield
206. Alicia Keys
207. Rush
208. Destiny's Child
209. The Moody Blues
210. Sonic Youth
211. Chicago
212. Ice Cube
213. KISS
214. The Staple Singers
215. Blur
216. Usher
217. Björk
218. Arctic Monkeys
219. Chuck Willis
220. Little Willie John
221. Del Shannon
222. Nine Inch Nails
223. Rage Against the Machine
224. Motörhead
225. Def Leppard
226. Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
227. Bon Jovi
228. The Cars
229. Bad Bunny
230. Kool & the Gang
231. Chubby Checker
232. The Strokes
233. T. Rex
234. Lionel Richie/Commodores
235. The Ventures
236. The Animals
237. Amy Winehouse
238. Ivory Joe Hunter
239. Tom Waits
240. Pretenders
241. Leonard Cohen
242. Frank Ocean
243. Beck
244. Massive Attack
245. Lou Reed
246. MC5
247. Hüsker Dü
248. Jackson Browne
249. Pet Shop Boys
250. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
251. Phil Collins
252. Spice Girls
253. Sade
254. Ariana Grande
255. Nicki Minaj
256. Hall & Oates
257. Boyz II Men
258. Alanis Morissette
259. Olivia Rodrigo
260. Luther Vandross
261. Future
262. Billie Eilish
263. Lorde
264. War
265. Chaka Khan/Rufus
266. Eurythmics
267. Salt-N-Pepa
268. Peter Gabriel
269. The Righteous Brothers
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. 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. Bill Withers
324. Big Jay McNeely
325. The Moonglows
326. Duane Eddy
327. Alice in Chains
328. Gorillaz
329. The Offspring
330. Backstreet Boys
331. Heart
332. Cyndi Lauper
333. M.I.A.
334. Desmond Dekker & the Aces
335. Bryan Adams
336. Tina Turner
337. Patti LaBelle/Labelle
338. Nelly
339. Kelly Clarkson
340. Christina Aguilera
341. Steve Miller Band
342. The Dells
343. The Spaniels
344. Faye Adams
345. Thin Lizzy
346. Judas Priest
347. Cliff Richard
348. Mötley Crüe
349. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
350. Tears for Fears
351. Korn
352. PJ Harvey
353. Robyn
354. SZA
355. Kylie Minogue
356. The Stone Roses
357. Big Star
358. P!nk
359. Tyler, the Creator
360. Suede
361. Jane's Addiction
362. Roberta Flack
363. INXS
364. The Doobie Brothers
365. Moby
366. The Verve
367. My Chemical Romance
368. The Chemical Brothers
369. Jan & Dean
370. Boogie Down Productions
371. The B-52's
372. En Vogue
373. Cypress Hill
374. Joe Cocker
375. Ozzy Osbourne
376. Cat Stevens
377. Randy Newman
378. Ritchie Valens
379. Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
380. No Doubt
381. blink-182
382. Scorpions
383. The Black Eyed Peas
384. BTS
385. Meat Loaf
386. Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
387. Anita Baker
388. Mary Wells
389. Charli XCX
390. Portishead
391. Fiona Apple
392. My Bloody Valentine
393. Jeff Buckley
394. Tame Impala
395. Tori Amos
396. Blue Öyster Cult
397. Wire
398. Cardi B
399. Go-Go's
400. Tracy Chapman
401. The Jam
402. Ice-T/Body Count
403. Shirley & Lee
404. The Dave Clark Five
405. Muse
406. The Hollies
407. The Stylistics
408. Janelle Monáe
409. Big Daddy Kane
410. Giorgio Moroder
411. Can
412. Fugazi
413. Linkin Park
414. Donovan
415. The Crystals
416. Steppenwolf
417. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew/Slick Rick
418. The Specials
419. Pavement
420. The Jesus and Mary Chain
421. (Small) Faces
422. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
423. One Direction
424. Sting
425. Queen Latifah
426. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
427. Suicide
428. Dead Kennedys
429. Professor Longhair
430. The Meters
431. Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Upsetters
432. Siouxsie and the Banshees
433. The Killers
434. Suzanne Vega
435. Belle and Sebastian
436. Black Flag
437. Gang of Four
438. Geto Boys/Scarface
439. Gwen Stefani
440. Franz Ferdinand
441. Katy Perry
442. Gloria Gaynor
443. Love
444. Laura Nyro
445. X
446. Foreigner
447. System of a Down
448. Megadeth
449. Tool
450. Peter Frampton
451. Travis Scott
452. Dua Lipa
453. New Edition
454. Carly Simon
455. The Roots
456. Bad Brains
457. Gary U.S. Bonds
458. Busta Rhymes
459. Avril Lavigne
460. Brandy
461. Chappell Roan
462. Simple Minds
463. Boy George/Culture Club
464. LCD Soundsystem
465. Bon Iver
466. Supertramp
467. Gnarls Barkley
468. Johnny "Guitar" Watson
469. EPMD
470. The Sonics
471. Nelly Furtado
472. The Pointer Sisters
473. *NSYNC
474. DMX
475. Free/Bad Company
476. The Black Keys
477. Jack Scott
478. Tommy James & the Shondells
479. Ben E. King
480. Pulp
481. Larry Williams
482. The Chi-Lites
483. The Delfonics
484. Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns
485. Traffic
486. Sparks
487. Kurtis Blow
488. Primal Scream
489. The Cadillacs
490. Nick Drake
491. Jr. Walker & the All Stars
492. Lee Dorsey
493. Ricky Martin
494. Sonny & Cher
495. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
496. Paul Revere & the Raiders
497. Madness
498. Dinosaur Jr.
499. Wilco
500. Kings of Leon

[Tim]

ABC
a-ha
ANOHNI/Antony and the Johnsons
Anthrax
Babyface
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Bobby Brown
Canned Heat
James Carr
Gene Chandler

[Tim]

1. a-ha
2. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
3. Bobby Brown
4. ABC
5. Anthrax
6. Babyface
7. ANOHNI/Antony and the Johnsons
8. Gene Chandler
9. Canned Heat
10. James Carr

[ManPerson]

ABC
a-ha
ANOHNI/Antony and the Johnsons
Anthrax
Babyface
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Bobby Brown
Canned Heat
James Carr
Gene Chandler

1. ABC
2. Gene Chandler
3. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
4. Bobby Brown
5. Anthrax
6. A-ha
7. Babyface
8. Canned Heat
9. James Carr
10. ANOHNI/Antony and the Johnsons

The draft I came up with looks pretty different

[Tim]

Guess I highballed a-ha as well as lowballing ABC and Gene Chandler. Other than that, I don't think we are that far apart. I don't see too many artists from this group challenging the top 500 either way.