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The 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock was a special program aired by VH1 in 2000. It was hosted by Carmen Electra and featured a panel of experts including musicians, critics, producers, managers and others from the music industry considered to be the one hundred best hard rock acts. The list of bands included spans hard rock styles such as heavy metal, punk rock, classic rock, and alternative rock.

Criticism

Criticism of the list mainly stemmed from the perception that the list was heavily favored towards a mainstream MTV/VH1/radio definition of "hard rock" in the sense that heavy metal and their classic rock influences were picked over alternative and punk groups, noting that the top five act fall in those categories. Musicians chosen for commentary reflected this bias also, as the majority were in the heavy metal musical spectrum. Many also argued that while the list said "greatest artists of hard rock" many bands on the list wouldn't qualify as such.

Others noted that mainstream and more popular acts were chosen over more deserving albeit less popular bands. Examples of this would be AC/DC and KISS, both of whom where ranked very highly in the list, while other acts such as Korn, Ratt and Boston were dubious picks at best. Yet another criticism was the fact that some of the choices were actually two very different bands lumped together because of a common lead singer, including Minor Threat and Fugazi, and Rollins Band and Black Flag. The perception there was that the bands were not important enough to be placed seperately on the the list.

The reaction and reasoning to these criticisms is that the list was compiled by "industry people", therefore it would naturally reflect a bias towards better known and mainstream acts and that the list was compiled for VH1 with a slightly older (and perhaps even nostalgic) heavy metal and classic rock audience in mind and that the list didn't really comprise a definitive list by any measure. Regarding the "Is it 'hard rock' or not?" question, the accepted response is that by "hard rock" VH1 meant "loud rock bands". A cynical analysis would also point out that this was merely a hastily put together spin-off of the many "100 Greatest" programs VH1 had produced during that period and who was where on the list did not matter as much as having one on the air and having an attractive host to display the results.

Also the lack of The Beatles in the list puzzles a few. Their songs like Helter Skelter and their later years are considered by some to be hard rock.

The List

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rage Against the Machine

Alice in Chains

Jane's Addiction

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Stone Temple Pilots

Nine Inch Nails

Rollins Band/Black Flag

The Smashing Pumpkins

Blue Öyster Cult

The New York Dolls

The Rolling Stones

Danzig/The Misfits

The Black Crowes

Fugazi/Minor Threat

Trivia

The following musicians played in more than one of the above bands.

Jimmy Page played guitar in The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin

Eric Clapton played guitar in The Yardbirds and Cream

David Coverdale sang in Deep Purple and Whitesnake

Dave Grohl played drums in Nirvana as well as singing and playing guitar in Foo Fighters

Ozzy Osbourne sang in Black Sabbath and as a solo artist

Dave Mustaine played guitar in Metallica and Megadeth, in which he did lead vocals

Robin Finck played guitar in Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses

Matt Sorum played drums in The Cult and Guns N' Roses

Brian Robertson played guitar in Thin Lizzy and Motörhead

Tracii Guns played guitar in Guns N' Roses and Quiet Riot

Brian Mantia played drums in Primus and Guns N' Roses

Geezer Butler played bass for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne

Bob Daisley played bass in Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and for Ozzy Osbourne

Neil Murray played bass in Black Sabbath and Whitesnake

Glenn Hughes sang in Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. He also played bass in Deep Purple

Eric Singer played drums in Black Sabbath and KISS. He has also played with Alice Cooper and Lita Ford

Ronnie James Dio sang in Black Sabbath and Rainbow

Ritchie Blackmore played guitar in Deep Purple and Rainbow

Roger Glover played bass in Deep Purple and Rainbow

Ian Gillan sang in Deep Purple and Black Sabbath

Cozy Powell played drums in Rainbow, Whitesnake, and Black Sabbath

Robert Trujillo played bass in Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne

Dave Navarro played guitar in Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers

John Corabi played guitar for Ratt then replaced Vince Neil as the singer for Motley Crue

Josh Freese played drums for Guns N' Roses and Nine Inch Nails

Jeordie White played bass and guitar for Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails

Michael Schenker played guitar for UFO and the Scorpions

Melissa Auf der Maur played bass for Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins

Bill Bruford played drums in Yes and King Crimson

Randy Rhoads played guitar in Quiet Riot and with Ozzy Osbourne

Members of Rage Against the Machine and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden later formed Audioslave

Members of Guns 'N' Roses and Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots later fromed Velvet Revolver

External links

VH1's official list

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