MY Top 50 ROCK GODS
 

These are not gonna be in any specific order. That is too hard to do

Jimi Hendrix
Chuck Berry
John Lennon
Keith Richards
Ozzy Osborne
Tony Iommi
Lemmy Kilmister
Iggy Pop
John Fogerty
Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Thurston Moore
Lee Ranaldo
Neil Young
J Mascis
Michael Stipe
Gibby Haynes
David Byrne
Joey Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Joe Strummer
Glenn Danzig
JImmy Page
Eddie Van Halen
David Lee Roth
Gene Simmons
Paul Stanley
Peter Criss
Ace Frehley
Neil Peart
Ian McKaye
Morrissey
Robert Smith
Steve Albini


etc etc etc etc etc

Minus Keith Richards, you got it.

You have all of KISS up there, surely Mike Patton could replace one of them to make that list.

Not ONE woman is mentioned. Sad..

50 women would be difficult, no? I can think of:

Kim G
Kim D
Courtney L (controversial, but she merits her place)
Joan Jett
Patti Smith
Bjork
Madonna (pushing it a bit)
Siouxie Sioux
Ari Up
Kathleen Henna
Nico
Dolly Parton (pushing it a bit, but she belongs in every list of good things)
Skin from Skunk Anansie (who doesn't belong apart from being a woman)
Justine Frischmann
Sainkho Namchylek (Doesn't belong, but I love her)
Diamonda Galas (stretching it)
Brix Smith
Chicks on Speed (I don't know any of their singular names)
Peaches

... and I'm out of ideas.

I hereby challenge other people to complete a list of 50 women.

i could do without morrisey, roth, van halen, and kiss. other than that very nice

Don't forget the gals from Sleater-Kinney, Satomi from Deerhoof, Janis Joplin, Kristin Hersh, Grace Slick, and uhhhh the donnas? just kidding they are beyond rock godesses, hahaha

agreed, but im sure he grew up with these bands, so thats why he has the "MY" in there

val halen what?

heres the factual list,

1: mark e smith,

2 - onwards: everyone else is music in no particular order

3. popular music artists including elton john, will young, westlife, wham,

3: artists in shite bands including, oasis, green day, hard fi, the kooks, twisted sister, metalica, fall out boy, panic at the disco, him, slipknot, blink 182, pearl jam, embrace etc,

4: people involved in the endless growing amount of post-libs indie bands with members aged 15 to 25 that all love pete doherty,

EDIT i have difficulty counting whisting making simple short lists

You listed a lot of mediocre artists.

More women

Julia Neagle (The Fall)
Danielle Dax
Lydia Lunch
Someone from Veruca Salt? (don't know names, but their first LP was ace - heard nothing since!)
The woman in the Subways (very cool, don't know her name)
Laila from The Duke Spirit (very very cool)
Leslie Keffer
Jemima (?) from Be Your Own Pet

nice list, Rob

i see Jimmy Page, but i don't see Robert Plant.

i see Glenn Danzig and Ian MacKaye, but i don't see Henry Rollins.

Gods can't wear spandex.

Indeed.

Plus you forgot Yoshimi of the boredoms and Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine in the female list.

I like my list better:
Elvis
Buddy Holly
Chuck Berry
Richie Valens
John Lennon
Lou Reed
David Bowie
Brian Jones
Syd Barrett
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Iggy Pop
John Bonham
Keith Moon
Pete Townshend
Robert Pollard
Kurt Cobain
Darby Crash
Sid Vicious
Kim Gordon
Frank Black
PJ Harvey
Richard Hell
Marc Bolan
Ian Curtis
Ozzy Osbourne
Gene Simmons
Rob Halford
Freddie Mercury
Jim Morrison
Johnny Rotten
Joe Strummer
Joey Ramone
Glenn Danzig
Mark Mothersbaugh
Guy Picciotto
Henry Rollins
Andy Gill
Anthony Keetis
Jim Reid
John Entwistle
Roger Daltry
Eddie Van Halen
David Lee Roth
John Paul Jones
Robert Plant
Kevin Shields
Jonathan Richman
Daniel Ash

it's all well and good being PC and listing 50 women, but how many of those women belong on a list of all time rock greats? respect to kathleen hannah and everything, but she's hardly a patch on lemmy.

Kathleen is just a patch of hair on some feminist's leg.

janis joplin should probably be in the top 50 and DEFFINETLY be in the top female rock stars

and gracie slick for females

i´d add Mark E. Smith to your list

These list are for ROCK GODS, people that have influenced others far far beyond just their regular fan base.
that is why I did not put too mnay of the l;ast 10 or so years, I still do not know what their influence will be.
as far as women in rock.

my only rock goddess is KIM GORDON. PJ Harvey is clodse to it but she has yet to leave a legacy. maybe she never will. everyone I mentioned has left a legacy.

rollins is OK, not a rock god. greg ginn should be a rock god before rollins.

now, a list of underground rock gods, would be a LOT different.

because blondie is "meh?"

The most talented woman in my opinion.

By the way what's van halen doing in there?

eddie van halen and david lee roth are ROCK GODS, shasring the pantheon.

this was not a "hip" rock gods list, or an indie list or an underground rock gods list.

She was in Jefferson Starship. That pretty much denies rock godliness right there.

What's "meh"?

blondie is cool, but I would not consider them rock gods.
rock demigods for sure.

i wouldn't call them rock anything

And what about Jarboe and Isobel Sollenberger?

Iggy Pop is my Top 50.

meh is the text equivalent of shrugging one's shoulders. possibly a bit more negative.

Even worse...she was in Starship without the Jefferson. Oh Gracie...did you need the money that bad??
"We built this city on sell-ing out"


What about Juliana Hatfield? Tori Amos? They rocked my world.

HOW COME NONE OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED TOM VERLAINE OR THE OTHER GUITARISTS IN TELEVISION ? They're playing is almost beyond words.

Apparently no one likes the name "Stevie". I haven't seen Ray Vaughn or Nicks.

stevie ray vaugh is a BLUESMAN. I reserved my top 50 to ROCK people. hence, no johnny cash, no james brown, etc.