Top 1000 Artists #530-#521

530 - Idlewild - An indie rock band with some political leanings, Idlewild has been creating great rock for a decade now.

529 - The View - An indie dance rock band who just made a major breakthrough with their last album, though they haven't quite made it to the mainstream yet.

528 - Guster - An indie band that's been churning out solid rock music for awhile now, the band had a decent amount of success with their last album.

527 - The Used - A screamo band that had a great debut album, a solid debut single from their second album and.... not a whole lot since. Still, the promise is there if they can stop whining so damn much.

526 - JJ72 - An Irish grunge band that didn't enjoy a lot of success but they still made a lot of great music before calling it quits.

525 - James Taylor - A legend of the singer-songwriter genre, James Taylor was one of the most successful artists of the 1970s. I like a handful of his songs, but for the most part his music is just too timid for my tastes.

524 - Motley Crue - The best of the hair bands of the 80's, Motley Crue is still somewhat around, though they are nowhere near as relevant as they were during their "Shout At The Devil" days. It's not very hip of me to rank them so high on this list, but I don't care. Not all of their music is pure crap.

523 - Fort Minor - Linkin Park has never been one of my favorites, but every once in awhile they do put together a song that I like. Usually when they do it's because they focus on the rapper in the group rather than the screamer. Well, this band is the rapper's side project and some of it is among the best rap produced in the 21st century. Too bad he doesn't focus on this band instead.

522 - Great White - Not so much a hair metal band as a Zeppelin disciple, Great White had a couple of great classic rock songs, especially their cover of "Once Bitten".

521 - The Presidents Of The U.S.A. - In the mid-90's, the Presidents achieved a great deal of notoriety for their quirky indie rock songs, especially "Lump" and "Peaches". They also created the theme song for the Drew Carey Show.