Top 1000 Bands #720-#711

720 - Toto - An 80's band that seemed pretty cheesy, but there's a lot more going on in their songs than a casual listen would indicate.

719 - Uncle Tupelo - A legendary roots rock band that never lived up to the hype in my opinion, but they do still have quite a few good songs.

718 - Mando Diao - An indie rock band with an excellent debut album.

717 - Foghat - One of the biggest bands of the 60's, Foghat is a stereotypical classic rock band. A few good hits, but a lot of cheese.

716 - Jeff Healey - A blues rocker who made a big splash in the wake of the Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Healey had a couple of decent-sized hits and a big one with "Angel Eyes".

715 - The Cardinal Sin - A hard rock band from Minneapolis that I caught in Pierre a couple of times. They do a great cover of "Bastards Of Young" and are generally a lot of fun.

714 - Neil Diamond - He's often referred to as the Jewish Elvis, but in my mind he's more like a male Barbara Streisand. It's not that his songs are bad, many are quite good, but the cheese level is enough to knock him down significantly.

713 - Urge Overkill - Coincidentally enough, Urge Overkill's biggest hit was a cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

712 - David Gray - The adult contemporary singer responsible for "Babylon" and 50 other songs that try and fail to measure up to "Babylon".

711 - Uriah Heap - A late 60's classic rock band with a major hippie following, they had a big hit with "Easy Livin'".