250 - The Stereophonics - Another of the lost indie bands of the 90's, The Stereophonics had a fantastic pop sensibility and great songwriting working for them as they created great album after great album.
249 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - One of the most popular bands of the 60's, CSN and sometimes Y were at the top of the folk rock game during the Woodstock days. I've always appreciated their music though there always seemed to be something missing in their music that kept them back from greatness.
248 - The Guess Who - One of the most under-rated bands of the classic rock era, The Guess Who cranked out great song after great song with an edge to their sound that put them ahead of the majority of their contemporaries.
247 - The Soviettes - An indie rock punk band that I saw in Pierre but was actually a small-time national artist. Their sound was reminiscient of the Ramones. Very DIY, very energetic.
246 - No Doubt - One of the biggest bands of the late 90's, No Doubt takes a lot of flack because of the success lead singer had at turning the band into a pop group in the late phases of their career. That being said, I appreciate the talent and output produced by the band during their first few albums at the top before it all fell apart.
245 - Lucinda Williams - The woman who basically invented the genre of Alt Country, Lucinda Williams is a brilliant songwriter who crafts songs on the border between two genres and makes them palatable for both audiences.
244 - My Chemical Romance - Their first few albums were only slightly above average, but in the genre of music mis-labeled as emo there has been no finer accomplishment than MCR's "The Black Parade" album, a glam-rock concept album that ranks among the best concept albums ever crafted.
243 - Ryan Adams - One of the biggest names in alt country, Ryan Adams left his band Whiskeytown to go solo at the turn of the century and by complete coincidence managed to record his best song "New York, New York" for an album that would be released shortly before the attacks on 9/11, making him a national name and putting him in a place that he's held onto by sheer willpower ever since.
242 - N.W.A. - The greatest band of all-time in the genre of gangsta rap (I consider Public Enemy to be political in nature), N.W.A. created some of the most influential music of any genre during the 80's and virtually created the now pre-dominant genre around. The band created some of the greatest albums of all-time and launched the careers of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy E. In a few years, they'll be one of the first rap groups inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame.
241 - Weird Al Yankovic - The master of rock n roll parody, Weird Al Yankovic has a surprising amount of talent even if his wit does usually range towards the childish.
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