220 - Lou Reed - After the Velvet Underground broke up, Lou Reed started a solo career that for a brief period in the 70's rivaled David Bowie as the king of alternative classic rock. He only had one big hit "Walk On The Wild Side", but created a series of brilliant albums.
219 - The MC5 - One of the founding fathers of punk, The MC5 pre-dated Rage Against The Machine by nearly twenty years with their politically-themed agit-punk. They didn't have the hits that Rage had, but they were clearly one of their major inspirations.
218 - Morrissey - The former lead singer of The Smiths, Morrissey enjoyed one of the most successful careers in modern rock history, releasing hit after hit. For my money, he produced a large quantity of great songs, but after awhile they started to sound like the same song over and over again.
217 - The Moody Blues - One of the best bands not to be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, The Moody Blues have never been a flashy band or a particularly influential band, but they have made a career out of creating interesting songs of high quality spanning from the early 60's through the 80's.
216 - Maximo Park - Another one of those unknown indie rock bands who would be huge if the music industry wasn't terrified of music that exists outside of their comfort zone. Maximo Park has released two brilliant CDs that have unfortunately been buried under a landslide of pop and rap metal.
215 - The Beta Band - A great indie rock band from the late 90's. They released a series of rock solid EPs before breaking up, but they never broke through.
214 - Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - I'm starting to notice a theme here, as Ted Leo is yet another great indie band that most people have never heard of. They've also been around for awhile, so you just gotta wonder what's up with the industry that they don't want good music to be heard.
213 - Traffic - One of the best and most overlooked bands of the early classic rock era, Steve Winwood and his band Traffic crafted great album after great album back in the 60's.
212 - The Violent Femmes - One of the biggest names in college rock and alternative music in the 80's, The Violent Femmes created a shitload of brilliant underground hits at a time long before their music would be appreciated fully.
211 - XTC - One of the best and most controversial New Wave bands of the 80's, XTC at the very least produced two of the best attacks on religion and the way it affects people with "Dear God" and "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead", among their many political hits during the Reagan years.
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