KS's Definitive Top 75 Rock Bands/Artists of All Time

60. Eric Clapton




As I stated, if this was some sort of "super serious" countdown that was aimed at the masses, Eric Clapton and his influence/importance on the rock and roll genre would probably land him in the Top 20, if not the Top 10. Dude was in like every band there ever was in the 60's, 70's and even the 80's.
As it is, he still rocks and Cocaine is a heck of a song. As well as a helluva drug.





59. Steve Miller Band




Steve Miller Band was one of my very early favorites. It's a little light for me nowadays but still gets the job done. Just always had an upbeat, funky, positive type sound. Bonus points for Steve Miller being born, RIGHT HERE, in Milwaukee, WI. (Cheap Pop)
The Joker is probably my favorite tune and the joker, smoker, midnight toker line became a mantra of sorts. Still.





58. Megadeth




I always heard that there was kind of a Metallica vs. Megadeth thing going on back in the day and I'm not sure if that's true or not but if it is, Metallica is 100X better in my humble opinion. However that doesn't mean that Megadeth isn't capable of blowing out your speakers, eardrums, or eating your face off. Though it's their most popular, Symphony Of Destruction is my favorite from them by a mile.





57. REO Speedwagon




I missed a lot of their harder, earlier stuff as when I became aware of them it was right smack dab in the middle of their sellout years with Keep On Loving You, Time For Me To Fly and all that. The chicks absolutely dug them. Big time. Between them and Air Supply, I'm not sure who the chicks dug more.
Anywho, I dig a lot of their earlier stuff but my absolute favorite REO song is Don't Let Him Go.





56. Billy Squier




Pretty big in the early 80's but seemed to fall off rather quickly. One of his later songs, She Goes Down, was one of my favs from him. (Motley Crue has a similarly titled song) Even though The Stroke was always a bit creepy to me, I absolutely loved Lonely Is the Night, My Kinda Lover and In the Dark.

None of his list make sense, but it hasn't stopped him yet.

That billy squire dance from the stroke video is the gayest thing in the history of gay things.  Actually its a different song.

Where will O.A.R be on your list? Dispatch? State Radio? Jack Johnson? Blues Traveler?

If they're Top 25 I totally understand.

Oh ya Sublime top 3 or list sucks.

I'm glad to see that most everybody is in full agreement with the choices. I only ask that you have patience as you eagerly await the next 5 in the countdown.

55. Paul McCartney & Wings




A million times better than the Beatles. Or at least 8 spots in this case. (Maybe I ranked the Beatles a bit too high). Everything about the Wings was what the Beatles weren't. Absolutely loved Band On The Run, Maybe I'm Amazed, With A Little Luck, Live & Let Die, Let 'Em In, and on and on and on.
Just didn't seem to have that fruity stench of the Beatles. If you had a choice to party with the Wings or the Beatles, you were definitely partying with the Wings. Either that or you were at the wrong place to be!!





54. Roxette




Maybe not your prototypical rock band but dammitt were they good. Ol' girl was so damn hot in her tomboyish, punk rocker kind of way.
Not too mention the Pretty Woman, It Must Have Been Love connection. Pretty Woman is one of my Top 5 movies of all time and it's mostly in conjunction with how many times it got me laid.
The Look & Dangerous were mega, mega hits to me. The white t-shirt ol girl was wearing in Dangerous is one of the biggest turn-ons ever.

Listen To Your Heart is another "feels" classic.





53. Boston




Even to someone that totally loved Boston, all their songs generally sounded the same to me. But that wasn't a bad thing as it all just sounded like one big long awesome song. I saw them at the Monsters of Rock tour in Alpine Valley and they sounded EXACTLY like their studio albums. Which wasn't a bad thing but their stage presence was a bit lacking.
If I had to narrow it down I'd say that Smokin' is my favorite tune from them. Not surprisingly.





52. Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)




Another one of my very early influences. I haven't really checked their discography but I'm willing to bet that a lot of their heavier, awesome stuff was probably just a bit before my time like in '74, '75ish. Now that I mention it, I'm gonna go look it up....................waiting................searching.............TOLD YA!!! '76 & '77 were huge years for them. Livin' Thing, Turn to Stone, Sweet Talkin' Woman were all produced then. Don't Bring Me Down was a couple years later and then the boys decided to kick it with Olivia Newton-John!! (Xanadu)!!





51. Rod Stewart




He sold out like everybody does but his early rock stuff was off the charts in it's own rights. (Even his "sell out" stuff was better than most)
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? was probably my favorite song for a good 2 to 3 year run. That song came out in 1978 when I was 11 1/2 and made me the man that I am today.
Maggie May, Hot Legs, Tonight's The Night, You're In My Heart, and then he went into that whole Young Turks, People Get Ready, Forever Young era. Which also didn't suck.
Very, Very, Very underrated performer.

Yeah they suck, but are still better than your fantasy team!

Those 5 bands are fucking terrible. What is wrong with your ears man?

It looks like those 5 bands are all comprised of white people. Greatest list ever Kays.

If I see Lenny Kravitz or Living Colour or Carlos Santana on the list we are going to have words.

It is terrible that the only song I know by him is that shitty one with matchbox 20's singer.

I may even have a special list later tonight in addition to the awesome countdown. There's a few bands/artists that I may have forgotten about that need some love. I realize how exciting this news is but please have some patience......as things this damn good take a little time to produce.

Every morning I look at this list, and every morning it gets worse. Amazing!!!

What you have never heard of Loverboy or .38 Special, you kids today!!

Hell Billy Squier, Everybody Wants You!!