# VH 1 Top 100 Artists of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689 "2012-08-26T05:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/21 "2012-08-28T07:33:00Z")
:smack: The Eagles How about if we always make the Beatles a given to free up another slot? ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/22 "2012-08-28T16:15:21Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Just sayin… Whoops, i’ll try again… The Beatles The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin The Beach Boys The Who The Doors Pink Floyd The Bee Gees Depeche Mode Nirvana HM - Cream Cheap Trick Guns N Roses ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/23 "2012-08-29T14:22:59Z")
How could I forget Counting Crows? :smack: I personal list is a fraud without them. Toss out… Man, this is tough. Ok, toss out The Goo Goo Dolls, and move a-Ha! down to HM. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/24 "2012-08-29T14:27:57Z")
The Beatles Queen Led Zeppelin The Doors Creedence Clearwater Revival The Beach Boys REM The Temptations Rolling Stones The Who HM Pink Floyd Nirvana Pearl Jam U2 Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/25 "2012-08-30T19:44:02Z")
The Beatles Husker Du The Replacements R.E.M. The Rolling Stones The Clash Talking Heads The Kinks The Who Queen HM Ramones The Velvet Underground Parliament/Funkadelic Yo La Tengo Wire ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/26 "2012-08-30T19:54:00Z")
The Clash Everybody Else ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/27 "2012-08-30T20:16:35Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Pfft. No Michelangelo? Yeah no kidding. “Of all time”? I’m not seeing Bach or Beethoven or Mozart in that list. Somebody call [Richard Thompson](http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=117)! ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689/28 "2012-08-30T20:54:44Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Yeah no kidding. “Of all time”? I’m not seeing Bach or Beethoven or Mozart in that list. Somebody call [Richard Thompson](http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=117)! I get it! Best version of “There Is Beauty…” that I know of, by the way. Now as for the topic at hand, I’ve seen this special a couple of times and I’m suddenly reminded of my hatred of VH1 and their perpetuation of the dad-rock mythmaking that makes people think they need to buy Pink Floyd and AC/DC reissues for the ninth time… that said, here’s my (entirely personal) list: 1. Au Revoir Simone 2. Sonic Youth 3. Life Without Buildings 4. Beat Happening 5. Pavement 6. Stars of the Lid 7. My Bloody Valentine 8. blink-182 9. Blur 10. The Spinanes HM: …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Television Hum The National Orbital [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vh-1-top-100-artists-of-all-time/632689.md?page=1)