Top 1000 Bands #60-#51

60 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - One of the best new wave bands, Siouxsie has been mostly forgotten, but the band's vocals and lyrics make them among the most notable bands of the late 70's.

59 - Aimee Mann - Among the best singer-songwriters of her generation, Aimee Mann has put out a string of solid albums in the past decades and remains one of the most reliable artists to this day.

58 - Franz Ferdinand - One of the hottest bands in modern rock, Franz Ferdinand crafts clever dance pop tunes with great lyrics and the best hooks of any band going today.

57 - The Pretenders - A legendary band of the early 80's New Wave scene, The Pretenders used elements of punk rock and pop to create one of the most distinct sounds of rock n roll.

56 - The Cure - Mislabeled as a mopey rock band, The Cure have more than two decades of experience making some of the best pop-rock love songs, putting together a solid career as one of New Wave's finest artists.

55 - The Kinks - Lost in the tidal wave of success the Beatles had was that another British Invasion band, The Kinks, were among the greatest bands of all-time. At times I would even say that the Davies' brothers were ahead of the Beatles, though overall they couldn't keep up.

54 - Queen - Easily the most over-the-top band of the classic rock era, Queen were also masters of the sweeping epic and the rock opera single. Freddie Mercury ranks among the best lead singers in rock n roll.

53 - Iggy Pop - The wild man who invented punk and then became a legendary songwriter during his days in Berlin during the 70's with Bowie, Iggy Pop is one of the most important figures in rock history, though true greatness frequently avoided him.

52 - The Sex Pistols - The most well-known though not the best punk band of the 70's, The Sex Pistols lit the British scene on fire in the mid-70's and then disappeared after only one album.

51 - The Doors - One of the most popular classic rock bands, The Doors used sweeping beats and the sensational vocal style of Jim Morrison to craft some of the weirdest and most thought-provoking music of the 60's.