170 - Janis Joplin - The legendary blues rock singer from the 60's, Joplin unfortunately died very early in her career, meaning that she didn't establish the track record she needed to chart higher on this list, though she did have an amazing run while it lasted.
169 - Supertramp - One of the biggest artists of the 70's, Supertramp gets a bad rap for it's goofy name, but the songwriting was actually very clever and the hooks are amazing.
168 - The Counting Crows - They aren't much these days, but their first two albums were sensational, in particular their second album, Recovering The Satellites.
167 - The Beastie Boys - One of the biggest rap artists of all-time, The Beastie Boys started out as more of a frat rock sort of band before branching out in more artistic directions, reaching a pinnacle with the song "Sabotage", which is one of the best rap-rock fusions ever.
166 - Rob Zombie - As a solo artist, Zombie didn't quite reach the artistic heights he did with White Zombie, but commercially and on the rock charts he achieved new levels of greatness with his radio-friendly glam metal.
165 - Garbage - Although they are insanely popular on XM radio, Garbage fell just short of absolute greatness in my opinion. They did have a reasonably long string of indie rock hits, but not very many of them rank as true classics.
164 - Sleater-Kinney - One of the greatest alt-rock acts of the 21st Century, Sleater-Kinney were part-grunge and part-punk with their heavy riffs and outstanding lyrics.
163 - Marilyn Manson - Carrying on the tradition of Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne, Manson used shock rock as a genre to drive ignorant music non-fans insane with his parent-baiting gender-bending and religion-baiting. The funny thing is, for a few albums at least, he was actually really good at it. Antichrist Superstar is one of the best metal albums of the 90's, while Mechanical Animals is perhaps the best glam rock album since Ziggy Stardust.
162 - Frank Sinatra - Not so much of a rock star as a pre-cursor to the genre, Sinatra was a brilliant crooner who sang great songs with an attitude that would inspire generations of punks and rebels.
161 - Ted Nugent - The Motor City Madman hasn't done much in the last 30 years, but in the 60's and 70's he was one of the greatest guitar players and wildest singers in all of classic rock.
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