Top 1000 Bands #380-#371

380 - Woody Guthrie - One of the legends who gave birth to rock n roll, Woody Guthrie perfected the art of folk music, turning his songs into weapons against those who would seek to gain from the human misery of the depression.

379 - The Wallflowers - Jakob Dylan had a hell of a burden when he debuted with his band in the mid-90's: living down his father's legacy. He never really did, but his band did manage to create a series of fantastic rock songs in the Springsteen-Petty tradition before disappearing about five years in.

378 - The Temptations - The Motown legends who light the world on fire with a series of fantastic hits, though the beginning of the rock revolution did a lot to damage their long term prospects.

377 - Kasabian - An indie dance rock band that's achieved a fantastic amount of success in their native England, but not much stateside.

376 - Pink - One of the few pop singers who actually has some credibility to her music, Pink continues to surprise me with her savvy moves and smart lyrics.

375 - The English Beat - One of the best New Wave bands, The English Beat had a handful of hits on the alternative charts, though their unheard music adds a lot to their legacy.

374 - Moby - At one point in the late 90's and early 20th century, Moby was the hottest thing going in music as he used a series of great samples to temporarily make techno relevant as a musical genre. A few years later he was obscure again.

373 - The Ronettes - The best of the girl groups from the 1960's, The Ronettes had a string of amazing hits making them the biggest stars of R&B outside of Motown at the time.

372 - Joe Jackson - A New Wave underdog if there ever was one, Joe Jackson is largely unknown by the masses, but he has the most impressive track records for a New Wave solo artist outside of Elvis Costello.

371 - Sugar - The common knowledge about Husker Du is that they didn't make hooky pop rock music and that's why they didn't have any success. Well... Sugar features fantastic hooks through and through and they still weren't successful in a commercial way, which brings me to my theory on why Husker Du didn't sell a lot of records: People are idiots.