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Ok, a while back MTV ran a poll for "22 Greatest Bands in the MTV era." Here was the list you could pick from.

 

AC/DC

Aerosmith

Alice in Chains

Backstreet Boys

Beastie Boys

Blink-182

Bush

Bon Jovi

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

The Cars

The Clash

The Cure

Dave Matthews Band

Depeche Mode

Foo Fighters

Fugees

Goo Goo Dolls

Green Day

Guns N Roses

KISS

Korn

Limp Bizkit

Linkin Park

Metallica

Nine Inch Nails

Nirvana

*NSYNC

Oasis

Pearl Jam

Phish

The Police

Radiohead

The Ramones

Red Hot Chili Peppers

R.E.M.

The Replacements

The Rolling Stones

Smashing Pumpkins

The Smiths

Stone Temple Pilots

Soundgarden

U2

Van Halen

ZZ Top

 

And here is what they ended up with.

 

1. Nirvana

2. Metallica

3. Guns N Roses

4. U2

5. Radiohead

6. Linkin Park

7. Red Hot Chili Peppers

8. Green Day

9. Pearl Jam

10. No Doubt

11. Smashing Pumpkins

12. Nine Inch Nails

13. The Cure

14. Oasis

15. Aerosmith

16. Korn

17. Dave Matthews Band

18. Alice In Chains

19. Phish

20. Limp Bizkit

21. Van Halen

22. R.E.M.

 

This crap has been showing on MTV2.

 

Metal-Sludge did a nice little rant about this list if you're interested.

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1. Nirvana - NO!

2. Metallica - Yes, but not this high.

3. Guns N Roses - NO!

4. U2 - HELL NO!

5. Radiohead - FUCK NO!

6. Linkin Park - THIS IS BIZARRE?!

7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - NO!

8. Green Day - NOT EVEN CLOSE.

9. Pearl Jam - OVERRATED.

10. No Doubt - QUITE SIMPLY LAUGHABLE.

11. Smashing Pumpkins - NO!

12. Nine Inch Nails - FUCKING NO CHANCE.

13. The Cure - Not this high.

14. Oasis - SHOOT ME NOW.

15. Aerosmith - PISS ON MY GRAVE.

16. Korn - DANCE ON MY GRAVE.

17. Dave Matthews Band - ARE THEY NUTS?

18. Alice In Chains - Is having a labotomy standard practice to be able to watch MTV?

19. Phish - ?!?!?!?!

20. Limp Bizkit - Is this some sick joke?

21. Van Halen - Really why do they bother?

22. R.E.M. - God no...

 

That list is abysmal.

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Metal-Sludge did a nice little rant about this list if you're interested.

Metal Sludge also seems to think that sales is a much more important factor in determining a band's greatness. In that case, why wasn't Pink Floyd on that list at number one? HOW many copies of Dark Side of the Moon got sold in 30 years?

 

Although I do agree with Sludge that Motley Crue and Def Leppard are better bands than Radiohead or Phish.

 

(ducks thrown projectiles)

 

-Ben

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I agree that Motley Crue and Def Leppard are better than Radiohead and Phish, and also agreed with that rant that Thom Yorke can shit gold, and still be called a genius.

 

though metal sludge sucks, and so does this list

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Guest Random Hero

Who the fuck are Phish??? They always seem to get mentioned here (whether it's for fiddling with 9 year olds or not). Is this the American MTV era??? Because Phish have never had a video or any press whatsoever in England.

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Who the fuck are Phish??? They always seem to get mentioned here (whether it's for fiddling with 9 year olds or not). Is this the American MTV era??? Because Phish have never had a video or any press whatsoever in England.

Phish is a stoner band that plays long drawn-out crappy jams, while people stand in fields doing drugs and calling the music "genius." Think Grateful Dead but worse.

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Guest BAR
Metal-Sludge  did a nice little rant about this list if you're interested.

Metal Sludge also seems to think that sales is a much more important factor in determining a band's greatness. In that case, why wasn't Pink Floyd on that list at number one? HOW many copies of Dark Side of the Moon got sold in 30 years?

 

Although I do agree with Sludge that Motley Crue and Def Leppard are better bands than Radiohead or Phish.

 

(ducks thrown projectiles)

 

-Ben

The Floyd weren't in there because they're not a part of the 'MTV generation' or 'MTV era' whatever the fuck it says. I'm not pissed about this list in the slightest, it's MTV.

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Pink Floyd had three albums in the MTV era. Just saying.

 

Here's 22 top bands:

1: Pink Floyd

2: The Beatles

3: Led Zeppelin

4: The Who

5: The Rolling Stones

6: The Clash

7: Jethro Tull

8: The Police

9: Metallica

10: Van Halen

11: Aerosmith

12: Pearl Jam

13: Chicago

14: The Jimi Hendrix Experience

15: Nirvana

16: Electric Light Orchestra

17: The Kinks

18: Wings

19: Dave Matthews Band

20: Cheap Trick

21: Guns n Roses

22: Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

 

Are those my opinions? Not completely. Is that the order they should be in? Doubtably. But is it a better list of 22 bands than MTV's? Clearly.

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Guest Harry Hood

hilarious,

 

def leopard and motley crue better than phish and radiohead?

 

you guys are crazy

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hilarious,

 

def leopard and motley crue better than phish and radiohead?

 

you guys are crazy

its just not only that, but radiohead is really over-rated and like nirvana, they get massive head from almost every one for being "creative". Radiohead is far more creative than the four mentioned, but that isn't saying much.

 

Phish are better than the Grateful Dead, but that isn't sayin much.

 

Def Leppard is fun pop and can't go wrong.

 

Motley Crue in the 80's had great songs. Nikki sucked at bass, but if you listen to Tommy Lee he was different from most other drummers of the era, and so is Mick Mars, who had a unique sound from the other guitarists as well.

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Guest Plushy Al Logan

MY 22:

 

HSAS

Poison

Van Halen

Pink Floyd

Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas

Pearl Jam

The Doors

Journey

DLR Band

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Guns N' Roses

Megadeth

AC/DC

Led Zeppelin

Iron Maiden

Whitesnake

Motely Crue

The Who

Def Leppard

Extreme

Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

 

Ok, I only have 21 picks.

Edited by Cthulhu

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Guest Agent of Oblivion

Oh please, Radiohead is far and away better than any cheesepop band from the 80's. Their music is more involved, and follows formulas that range outside of lead-in/verse/chorus/verse/solo/chorus. Neat layering, and they aren't in a hurry to do things. Hair metal is rushed, overproduced garbage. Def Leppard was the worst band on earth until Saliva claimed their crown, making nothing but the same song over and over again. Shitting shit and having it called genius. At least Radiohead can shit gold. I'd also say Phish is better than Def Leppard. Anastasio is definitely a better guitarist, and their meaningless stuff is better than Def Leppard's meaningless stuff, and I can't STAND Phish.

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Guest mike mayhem
Ok, a while back MTV ran a poll for "22 Greatest Bands in the MTV era." Here was the list you could pick from.

 

AC/DC

Aerosmith

Alice in Chains

Backstreet Boys

Beastie Boys

Blink-182

Bush

Bon Jovi

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

The Cars

The Clash

The Cure

Dave Matthews Band

Depeche Mode

Foo Fighters

Fugees

Goo Goo Dolls

Green Day

Guns N Roses

KISS

Korn

Limp Bizkit

Linkin Park

Metallica

Nine Inch Nails

Nirvana

*NSYNC

Oasis

Pearl Jam

Phish

The Police

Radiohead

The Ramones

Red Hot Chili Peppers

R.E.M.

The Replacements

The Rolling Stones

Smashing Pumpkins

The Smiths

Stone Temple Pilots

Soundgarden

U2

Van Halen

ZZ Top

 

And here is what they ended up with.

 

1. Nirvana

2. Metallica

3. Guns N Roses

4. U2

5. Radiohead

6. Linkin Park

7. Red Hot Chili Peppers

8. Green Day

9. Pearl Jam

10. No Doubt

11. Smashing Pumpkins

12. Nine Inch Nails

13. The Cure

14. Oasis

15. Aerosmith

16. Korn

17. Dave Matthews Band

18. Alice In Chains

19. Phish

20. Limp Bizkit

21. Van Halen

22. R.E.M.

 

This crap has been showing on MTV2.

 

Metal-Sludge did a nice little rant about this list if you're interested.

WTF Soundgarden didnt make the top 22...what a f'n joke :angry:

 

And why have they not even got Rage Against the Machine in the list you could pick from :angry:

 

MTV Top 22 bands list= f'n joke :angry:

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Every MTV list is taken with a grain of salt especially when its voted by its viewers, just see how high Linkin Park is. The only thing that I can't figure out is how is it that Rage Against the Machine wasn't even on the list to vote from? Shit they put NSYNC and the Backtreet Boys on a list of BANDS!

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Guest El Satanico

Well, the list wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be.

 

Of course I don't like some of those bands, but I have no problems with most of them making the list. Limp bizkit and linkin park are the only ones that I have a problem with being on that list.

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