120 - Kanye West - One of the most promising artists in rap and R&B, Kanye West has released great albums one after another for the last five years, racking up an impressive set of awards and classic songs along the way.
119 - Belle And Sebastian - Although they're still somewhat obscure, B&S is one of the best indie rock bands of the 90's and were one of the most important influences on the emo music that heavily dominates indie rock today.
118 - Audioslave - They broke up after three albums, but they were easily the best of the supergroups to emerge in the early 21st century. With the lead singer of Soundgarden and the other members of Rage Against The Machine comprising an unbelievable line-up, Audioslave wasn't quite as great as they should have been, but with a string of top-shelf hits, they certainly weren't Asia either.
117 - Snow Patrol - The best band in Coldplay's genre that isn't Coldplay themselves, Snow Patrol will never get the credit they deserve, but they're among the modern era's best artists at combining brilliant lyrics with sweeping music.
116 - The Arctic Monkeys - A fun pop band that combines elements of Brit-pop with early punk and 21st century indie dance rock. They are one of the few British buzz-bands that lived up to the hype and didn't fizzle immediately in the spotlight.
115 - Patti Smith - One of the most important singers of the 1970's, Patti Smith combined the passion of Janis Joplin with the attitude and style of Joe Strummer to create an intense punk sound that always sounded right on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
114 - Incubus - Modern rock artists don't get much bigger these days than Incubus, who have released album after album of top-shelf mainstream rock with great guitar work.
113 - John Mellencamp - Mellencamp was essentially the rural answer to the more urban Bruce Springsteen. Unfortunately, his music was always stuck in Bruce's shadow and at no point did he ever equal or eclipse him. Nonetheless he's enjoyed a long career crafting solid albums from start to finish.
112 - The B-52s - The "other" Athens, GA band from the 80's, The B-52s are a weird combination of New Wave, disco and dance music that created some of the most distinct and unusual songs of the decade.
111 - Big Timber - The best band I've seen perform in Pierre, Big Timber has a classic rock sound that mixes elements of that genre with modern rock to create a sound that surprisingly hasn't caught on outside of the underground circuit.
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