360 - Jimmy Buffett - If you're drunk, you probably love Jimmy Buffett's music. As a singer-songwriter, he's never been the most skilled but he has created a long string of classic bar songs and the all-time classic drunk regret song "Margaritaville".
359 - Love And Rockets - Rising from the ashes of Bauhaus, Love And Rockets never enjoyed the acclaim of that legendary band, but they did put together a string of medium-sized hits, including "Ball Of Confusion" and "So Alive".
358 - Dr. Dre - One of the founding fathers of West Coast or Gangsta rap, Dr. Dre branched out after the break-up of NWA to become rap's most prolific producers, giving the world Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and many others, but he's also released a couple albums as an artist himself, including one of the genre's all-time high water marks "The Chronic", with it's legendary single "Nuthin' But A G Thang".
357 - Tears For Fears - One of the earliest and most successful bands in the synth-pop wing of 80's New Wave, Tears For Fears created a long line of hits with their gloomy emo-inspiring lyrics and smooth beats.
356 - Joe Walsh - Though he's probably best known from his days with the Eagles and the James Gang, Joe Walsh carved out a nice chunk of classic rock history for himself with solo hits such as "Life's Been Good" and "Rocky Mountain Way".
355 - The Animals - One of the first great rock bands, The Animals were a part of the original British Invasion and set the stage for classic rock with their bluesy cover of "House Of The Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
354 - Welcome To The Cinema - The best band I've seen come out of South Dakota, Welcome To The Cinema has a style that sometimes seems like the Strokes or Franz Ferdinand or Modest Mouse but always manages to adapt those elements into something brand new and exciting. The band is planning to move to Minneapolis in the near future, so someday the rest of the world might even hear about this excellent band from Brookings, South Dakota.
353 - The Verve - A late-90's alternative rock band that had a lot of great songs, but really only one major hit, "The Freshmen".
352 - Sarah McLachlan - The 90's singer-songwriter who was the major headliner of the Lillith Fair movement that was apparantly really popular around 1997, Sarah McLachlan had a series of brilliant and heart-breaking ballads that soared to the upper reaches of the charts before her career suddenly stopped in the early 21st century.
351 - Tupac Shakur - One of the most acclaimed rappers of all-time, Tupac Shakur reached the top of his genre before being gunned down by an unknown assailant in what is believed to be related to the West Coast / East Coast rapper feud of the 90's.
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