Top 1000 Bands #620-#611

#620 - Eddie Money - One of the great stars of 70's AOR, Eddie Money had a string of hits, but never created a truly great song.

#619 - Gomez - One of the most prominent bands in the second wave of Brit Pop, Gomez haven't had any big hits yet, but they've created several great albums.

#618 - The Pet Shop Boys - The least masculine of all New Wave bands, The Pet Shop Boys have a couple of big hits to their credit, but they didn't last very long.

#617 - Hank Williams - The grandfather of country music, Hank Williams laid the groundwork for every straight-up country singer who came after, leaving a trail of brilliant music nearly on par with Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash.

#616 - The Elected - An obscure indie rock band with a fantastic debut album and solid follow-up singles to date.

#615 - Linkin Park - For the most part, Linkin Park's music irritates me (especially the screaming idiot), but they've really improved over the years and they occasionally create a song that I really like.

#614 - The Verve Pipe - A late 90's band that had a huge hit with "Freshmen" and a series of smaller hits strewn across a few solid albums.

#613 - The Chemical Brothers - I don't generally like house music or techno, but the Chemical Brothers are pretty damn good at turning those genres into workable songs.

#612 - Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Johnny Thunders was an original member of the New York Dolls, one of the most important bands of all time if not quite one of the best. This is his project on his own, an important and outstanding '77 era punk band that created some of the most well-known songs of the genre.

#611 - Xibit - He doesn't really make albums anymore, but in the late 90's and early 21st century, Xibit was one of the best of the West Coast rappers.