Top 50 Musical Artists
1. Elvis Costello (and the Attractions/Impostors)
2. Bob Dylan
3. Tom Waits
4. The Kinks
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
6. Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
7. Leonard Cohen
8. Neil Young
9. Talking Heads
10. Brian Eno
11. The Allman Brothers Band
12. Nick Drake
13. The Rolling Stones
14. The Beach Boys
15. Joni Mitchell
16. Nirvana
17. Radiohead
18. Steely Dan
19. PJ Harvey
20. Bruce Springsteen
21. Richard (and Linda) Thompson
22. The Velvet Underground
23. The Smiths
24. Stevie Wonder
25. David Bowie
26. The Pixies
27. Randy Newman
28. Bob Marley & the Wailers
29. The Beatles
30. The Byrds
31. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
32. U2
33. Creedence Clearwater Revival
34. The Band
35. Patti Smith
36. Lou Reed
37. The Zombies
38. John Coltrane
39. The Stooges
40. George Harrison
41. The Flaming Lips
42. Gene Clark
43. Johnny Cash
44. Buddy Holly
45. Beck
46. Van Morrison
47. John Prine
48. Tori Amos
49. Jimi Hendrix
50. Cream
