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490. Nick Drake
491. Jr. Walker & the All Stars
492. Lee Dorsey
493. Ricky Martin
494. ABC
495. Sonny & Cher
496. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
497. Gene Chandler
498. Paul Revere & the Raiders
499. Madness
500. Dinosaur Jr.

Coolio
Don Covay
Tyrone Davis
Death Cab for Cutie
The Del-Vikings
Dyke & the Blazers
Fatboy Slim
Garbage
Rosco Gordon
Lesley Gore

1. Lesley Gore
2. Coolio
3. Fatboy Slim
4. Garbage
5. The Del-Vikings
6. Death Cab for Cutie
7. Rosco Gordon
8. Tyrone Davis
9. Don Covay
10. Dyke & the Blazers

I'll take it.

495. Lesley Gore
496. Sonny & Cher
497. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
498. Coolio
499. Gene Chandler
500. Fatboy Slim

Tim wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 6:32 pm Coolio
Don Covay
Tyrone Davis
Death Cab for Cutie
The Del-Vikings
Dyke & the Blazers
Fatboy Slim
Garbage
Rosco Gordon
Lesley Gore

Oh, the "I'll take it" was for the overall list not the list for this group.

1. The Del-Vikings
2. Lesley Gore
3. Fatboy Slim
4. Coolio
5. Garbage
6. Death Cab for Cutie
7. Rosco Gordon
8. Don Covay
9. Tyrone Davis
10. Dyke & the Blazers

I'd have the Del-Vikings right behind Kurtis Blow and I don't think Coolio is quite worthy. Dinosaur Jr would be more acclaimed and influential, for example.

Otherwise, I like it.

I'm thinking we underrated Vampire Weekend a bit. More acclaimed and popular than the Sparks, not far behind The Black Keys in popularity and clearly more acclaimed. More acclaimed and popular than The Sonics as well, though in that case the win in influence is pretty huge. I'd have them close to Bon Iver and LCD Soundsystem.

I'd add Florence + the Machine to the list of contenders.

ManPerson wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 7:26 pm Oh, the "I'll take it" was for the overall list not the list for this group.

My bad.

460. Brandy
461. Chappell Roan
462. Simple Minds
463. Boy George/Culture Club
464. LCD Soundsystem
465. Bon Iver
466. Vampire Weekend
467. Supertramp
468. Gnarls Barkley
469. Johnny "Guitar" Watson
470. EPMD
471. The Sonics
472. Nelly Furtado
473. The Pointer Sisters
474. *NSYNC
475. DMX
476. Free/Bad Company
477. The Black Keys
478. Jack Scott
479. Tommy James & the Shondells
480. Ben E. King
481. Pulp
482. Larry Williams
483. The Chi-Lites
484. The Delfonics
485. Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
486. Traffic
487. Sparks
488. Kurtis Blow
489. The Del-Vikings
490. Primal Scream
491. The Cadillacs
492. Nick Drake
493. Jr. Walker & the All Stars
494. Lee Dorsey
495. Ricky Martin
496. ABC
497. Lesley Gore
498. Sonny & Cher
499. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
500. Fatboy Slim

Looks good.

Guy
Donny Hathaway
Smiley Lewis
Ludacris
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Lucky Millinder
Mobb Deep
Modest Mouse
Mos Def
Mott the Hoople

1. Donny Hathaway
2. Modest Mouse
3. Ludacris
4. Lucky Millinder
5. John Mayall (& the Bluesbreakers)
6. Mobb Deep
7. Smiley Lewis
8. Mos Def/Black Star
9. Guy (should we combine them with BLACKstreet?)
10. Mott the Hoople

Tim wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 7:38 am Not opposed to us creating Paul Rodgers-themed Free/Bad Company joint entry either.

Simon Kirke too. That's half the band.

Tim wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 4:10 pm 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

I posted this upcoming bunch not knowing that you were aiming for a top 500. I think there will hardly be anybody else coming up I myself would consider worthy of a top 500 rank. So, don't go through all of those cause you want to do me a favor but if you think there's still a few diamonds among them, go ahead.

Tim wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 8:03 pm Guy
Donny Hathaway
Smiley Lewis
Ludacris
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Lucky Millinder
Mobb Deep
Modest Mouse
Mos Def
Mott the Hoople

Lucky Millinder should have been in brackets for being a very fringe rock artist. I wouldn't have him on the main list at all.