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The top 50 bands of all time according to Rolling Stone (link)

https://x.com/hot_pepper76/status/2047108943458275605?s=61
topaz cruise ship
  04/23/26
This list is worse than I could possibly have imagined
autistic 180 pisswyrm stead
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purple den multi-billionaire
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sadistic meetinghouse
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Smoky shrine skinny woman
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ivory point
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Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour
  04/23/26
keep talking shit about the beach boys
queensbridge benzo
  04/24/26
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Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp
  04/24/26
They should change their name to Beatle Magazine then.
fragrant pervert
  04/23/26
wow, beatles at 1 and stones at 2. definitely didn't see tha...
passionate ultramarine tank
  04/23/26
Beatles is accurate but Stones should be #50
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
ty for this moronic take
passionate ultramarine tank
  04/23/26
Are you going to cry about it like you usually do
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
i might yes
passionate ultramarine tank
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alcoholic mustard rehab
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slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
Retarded take
rough-skinned nowag center
  04/23/26
?
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
Kike
racy sound barrier gas station
  04/23/26
This is more embarrassing than TT's Kazaa downloads.
Beady-eyed wild mood
  04/23/26
Okay, I lol'd
purple den multi-billionaire
  04/23/26
lol
submissive brunch
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purple den multi-billionaire
  04/23/26
This is a flame list some bait shop in Mumbai put together, ...
House-broken Bat Shit Crazy Whorehouse
  04/23/26
180
purple den multi-billionaire
  04/23/26
Mumbai bait shop tp
autistic 180 pisswyrm stead
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purple den multi-billionaire
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idiotic vivacious queen of the night school
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Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp
  04/24/26
Cr, didn’t they recently put out some “greatest ...
burne thompson
  04/24/26
Incredible so many retards earnestly posted their retarded h...
cbd
  04/24/26
This list only makes sense if it was written by Jeff Tweedy
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
lol cr
Daft Unc
  04/24/26
how did Franz Ferdinand sneak in at the end? it is Rolli...
medicated glassy institution
  04/23/26
credited take oddly enough Sly Stone isn't even a Top 10 ...
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
Franz Ferdinand bought Rolling Stone.
racy sound barrier gas station
  04/23/26
they had to put some millennial bands on the list and there ...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
They could have put RHCP up a lot higher if they were trying...
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
they have The Strokes and Arcade Fire... i would have accept...
medicated glassy institution
  04/23/26
coldplay sucks. if we're gonna put shitty but popular bands ...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
Strokes and Arcade Fire are legit great though. Coldplay suc...
The Penis
  04/24/26
I'm a massive Franz Ferdinand fan and there's no fucking way...
Irradiated sexy theater stage
  04/23/26
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sadistic meetinghouse
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purple den multi-billionaire
  04/23/26
If they wanted to go that 2000s british indie route, it seem...
Judas Jones
  04/24/26
fairly accurate. Cream should be in top 10. it gets bori...
motley bawdyhouse tattoo
  04/23/26
God fucking damn this has to be trolling.
alcoholic mustard rehab
  04/23/26
what's so bad about this list? everyone is shitting on it wi...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
It conveys a lack of Taste. You either see it or you don't.
autistic 180 pisswyrm stead
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sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
that's just lazy. you could point out bands you think are ov...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
I think people are just going by whether or not these bands ...
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
sure i noticed that too. but if you're going to make a great...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
Ok sure. But Wilco? Jfc lol
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
the fleetwood snub is pretty egregious tbf
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
Agreed
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
I don't really believe in the concept of "per se" ...
The Penis
  04/24/26
my notes: u2 at 3 way too high GNR is a top ten by any est...
Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour
  04/23/26
admit deny admit. radiohead is one of my all time favs...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
I never knew U2 was so great.
racy sound barrier gas station
  04/23/26
lol @ 'Public Enemy' in the 80s and 90s, 'Public Enemy' w...
motley bawdyhouse tattoo
  04/23/26
Cr I've never listened to them in my life. Should be NWA if ...
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
Public Enemy was 180.
Candy Ride
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richard clock
  04/24/26
not even gonna click, i know its bad also gonna bet bob d...
submissive brunch
  04/23/26
He's not because this only counts BANDS Otherwise it woul...
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
thats like saying zelda isnt an rpg
submissive brunch
  04/23/26
why do boomers love nirvana so much?
Lascivious private investor
  04/23/26
They don't. But Nirvana single handedly Ruined the boomer er...
sadistic meetinghouse
  04/23/26
when i sold stereos the boomer salesman would always grimace...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
they are a symbol. no one actually cares about their music (...
Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour
  04/23/26
Becks discography is better than Beatles and Rolling Stones ...
laughsome parlor
  04/23/26
sup Beck, hows the kids bar mitzvah going?
Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour
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Bitch wife took everything in the divorce and 1 of the Gramm...
laughsome parlor
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lmao i went to a concert with beck playing with a bunch of z...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
Yeah he’s Jewish
laughsome parlor
  04/23/26
I like Beck a lot but this is a retarded statement.
racy sound barrier gas station
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Morning Phase is better than any Beatles album from start to...
laughsome parlor
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To be fair, This might actually be the laziest flame I ha...
To be fair
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Edmonton Oilers
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Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp
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J Dilla
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lazy flame is the best kind IMO/IME
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J Dilla
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Steely Dan and Dire Straits should be 1 and 2
laughsome parlor
  04/23/26
needs more Belle & Sebastian
motley bawdyhouse tattoo
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*of Montreal
laughsome parlor
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motley bawdyhouse tattoo
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saw them recently and the show was sick. they're touring aga...
slate bonkers milk
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If not flame I’ll go not flame Hissing Fauna is a ...
laughsome parlor
  04/23/26
not flame it was 180 af. they put on an amazing show.
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
Do you like All Them Witches they’re from Nashville an...
laughsome parlor
  04/23/26
never heard of them but ill check them out!
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
love em'! thanks for the rec, definitely my type of music. b...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
needs more 80s/90s indie: Galaxie 500 needs a 90s 'electron...
motley bawdyhouse tattoo
  04/23/26
Smashing Pumpkins should be here for for their albums throug...
Judas Jones
  04/24/26
This was never published in Rolling Stone btw
chrome floppy station coldplay fan
  04/23/26
I hope no one thinks it is. It's such slop it's in two diffe...
autistic 180 pisswyrm stead
  04/23/26
Creedence Cloerwater Revival
Ass Sunstein
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So we looked at the data
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Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp
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oomox
  04/24/26
just noticed that The White Stripes are not included. som...
motley bawdyhouse tattoo
  04/23/26
cr. if you're gonna throw good millennial bands in there the...
slate bonkers milk
  04/23/26
what about the album about the black stripper who was raped ...
Internet-worthy diverse kitchen corn cake
  04/23/26
Wilco at 26 is nuts
The Penis
  04/24/26
It is, and I am a huge Wilco fan. All these lists are stupi...
Guy Debord
  04/24/26
Where THE FUCK is Imagine Dragons?
Judas Jones
  04/24/26
RADIOACTIVE
Edmonton Oilers
  04/24/26
Not a horrible list overall but Wilco and Franz Ferdinand do...
The Penis
  04/24/26
If they made this list 2 years ago, they wouldn't even have ...
Judas Jones
  04/24/26
Similarly if White Stripes did a reunion tour with Meg and J...
Edmonton Oilers
  04/24/26
no, white stripes was never the phenomenon that oasis was im...
richard clock
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I think they belong in there over franz ferdinand for sure. ...
The Penis
  04/24/26
FF doesnt belong at all. no one listened to or cared about w...
richard clock
  04/24/26
Yeah fair point. I mean I was just doing a cursory glance an...
The Penis
  04/24/26
I don't think it's a horrible list, and Oasis is a personal ...
Judas Jones
  04/24/26
weezer fags btfo cant even post itt
Buses
  04/24/26
weezer is on the list? that is supremely gay if so. the vast...
your future wife spitting cum into a wastebasket
  04/24/26


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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:25 PM
Author: topaz cruise ship

https://x.com/hot_pepper76/status/2047108943458275605?s=61

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:27 PM
Author: autistic 180 pisswyrm stead

This list is worse than I could possibly have imagined

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:29 PM
Author: purple den multi-billionaire



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:07 PM
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:13 PM
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:49 PM
Author: ivory point



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour



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Date: April 24th, 2026 2:08 AM
Author: queensbridge benzo

keep talking shit about the beach boys

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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:13 PM
Author: Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: fragrant pervert

They should change their name to Beatle Magazine then.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:34 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine tank

wow, beatles at 1 and stones at 2. definitely didn't see that coming!

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

Beatles is accurate but Stones should be #50

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine tank

ty for this moronic take

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:17 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

Are you going to cry about it like you usually do

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:49 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine tank

i might yes

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: alcoholic mustard rehab



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: rough-skinned nowag center

Retarded take

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:01 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

?

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:29 PM
Author: racy sound barrier gas station

Kike

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:35 PM
Author: Beady-eyed wild mood

This is more embarrassing than TT's Kazaa downloads.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: purple den multi-billionaire

Okay, I lol'd

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:56 PM
Author: submissive brunch

lol

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: purple den multi-billionaire



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: House-broken Bat Shit Crazy Whorehouse

This is a flame list some bait shop in Mumbai put together, congratulations to everyone ITT on being retarded boomers

You really think Rolling Stone would put out a list like this with almost 100% cis white males on it?

*slaps you on the head like old Italian grandma*

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:04 PM
Author: purple den multi-billionaire

180

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: autistic 180 pisswyrm stead

Mumbai bait shop tp

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: purple den multi-billionaire



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 10:08 PM
Author: idiotic vivacious queen of the night school



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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:13 PM
Author: Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp



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Date: April 24th, 2026 8:22 AM
Author: burne thompson

Cr, didn’t they recently put out some “greatest guitarists ever” list that had Taylor Swift at #8 and some random negress no one ever heard of at #5 or something?

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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:23 AM
Author: cbd

Incredible so many retards earnestly posted their retarded hot takes AFTER this was called out

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

This list only makes sense if it was written by Jeff Tweedy

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Date: April 24th, 2026 8:21 AM
Author: Daft Unc

lol cr

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:55 PM
Author: medicated glassy institution

how did Franz Ferdinand sneak in at the end?

it is Rolling Stone so of course it has to be a lot of boomer slop, and include Sly Stone for diversity... but there is no argument for FF.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49837881)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

credited take

oddly enough Sly Stone isn't even a Top 10 African American band from their era

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: racy sound barrier gas station

Franz Ferdinand bought Rolling Stone.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

they had to put some millennial bands on the list and there aren't that many millennials bands even arguably in contention for top 50 GOATs

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

They could have put RHCP up a lot higher if they were trying to win credibility. Didn't necessarily have to be an active band in the 2000s but one Millennials listened to.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: medicated glassy institution

they have The Strokes and Arcade Fire... i would have accepted something like Coldplay as a gesture toward them... but FF?

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

coldplay sucks. if we're gonna put shitty but popular bands in there lets put nickleback in the top 5.

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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: The Penis

Strokes and Arcade Fire are legit great though. Coldplay sucks. FF is better than coldplay but shouldnt be on the list.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: Irradiated sexy theater stage

I'm a massive Franz Ferdinand fan and there's no fucking way they're anywhere close to best 50 bands of all time

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: purple den multi-billionaire



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:20 AM
Author: Judas Jones

If they wanted to go that 2000s british indie route, it seems like Arctic Monkeys would have made more sense. Pretty sure they've had way more sustained success.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: motley bawdyhouse tattoo

fairly accurate. Cream should be in top 10.

it gets boring talking about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones et al. but that doesn't detract from the reality that they are inarguably the best bands.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:05 PM
Author: alcoholic mustard rehab

God fucking damn this has to be trolling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49837917)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

what's so bad about this list? everyone is shitting on it without giving any rationale. i think u2 is dogshit but they have an enormous following.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: autistic 180 pisswyrm stead

It conveys a lack of Taste. You either see it or you don't.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

that's just lazy. you could point out bands you think are over or underrated, but then that opens you up for criticism.

everyone is going to think this list is "bad" because bands they like are rated too low and vice versa.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

I think people are just going by whether or not these bands are the greatest per se. For instance I don't like the Stones but that's not why I think it's a bad list. It's a bad list because it includes many bizarre one time wonders from random eras like they were trying to pay homage to some subculture for their approval. For instance Wilco and Franz Ferdinand aren't considered great by most rock fans even if you like that band. But to me the author or committee was basically saying we need to throw in a certain number from every era for it to be credible. So it's like they just picked something at random that could have been anything rather than a consensus pick. And then of course it's heavily weighted towards stuff boomers like which again feeds into why the Millennial bands are seemingly random.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

sure i noticed that too. but if you're going to make a greatest of ALL TIME it's BS to exclude bands from certain eras. if they only included bands from rocks heyday people would scream BS too.

i just don't think it's EGREGIOUSLY bad. which is why i was probing for specifics. it's a decent list for the purpose it was made for, which would never satisfy everyone.

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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

Ok sure. But Wilco? Jfc lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838162)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

the fleetwood snub is pretty egregious tbf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838205)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

Agreed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838241)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:14 AM
Author: The Penis

I don't really believe in the concept of "per se" greatness though in band rankings. Any “greatest” list is already mixing quality, popularity, influence, historical importance, critical reputation, and scene representation. I agree that some picks can feel tokenistic or arbitrary, but I don’t think “most rock fans don’t consider them great” settles it. Also I think when Rolling Stone does something like this, they are basically trying to make a "canon-shaping" list. It isn't just meant to report the list, but also to construct or revise perceptions post-hoc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839663)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour

my notes:

u2 at 3 way too high

GNR is a top ten by any estimate.

radiohead at 7 is silly

way too many gay bands ranked way too high (police, rem, smiths)

metalica at 25? thats just dumb.

public enemy? come on man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838191)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:16 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

admit

deny

admit. radiohead is one of my all time favs but too niche to be this high.

deny. smiths are amazing. police are gay but super popular. rem is great but prob not in the top 50.

admit.

admit. if this list is to include hip hop then half the list should be hip hop. putting one token band in there is SPS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838235)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:29 PM
Author: racy sound barrier gas station

I never knew U2 was so great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838000)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: motley bawdyhouse tattoo

lol @ 'Public Enemy'

in the 80s and 90s, 'Public Enemy' was the token 'rap group' that white music writers would always reference to round out these lists (having never even listened to them).

they were hardly relevant then, let alone now. no one under 50 has even heard of Public Enemy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838012)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

Cr I've never listened to them in my life. Should be NWA if you're going to stan for gangsta rap. Further proof the authors never listened to any of these bands.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838108)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 6:00 AM
Author: Candy Ride

Public Enemy was 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839131)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:24 AM
Author: richard clock



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839687)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:54 PM
Author: submissive brunch

not even gonna click, i know its bad

also gonna bet bob dylan is on it and he is garbage

i remember SAD tp loved dylan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838120)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

He's not because this only counts BANDS

Otherwise it would be HENDRIX JEFF BECK BOWIE PRINCE all day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838137)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:58 PM
Author: submissive brunch

thats like saying zelda isnt an rpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838146)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:59 PM
Author: Lascivious private investor

why do boomers love nirvana so much?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838150)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: sadistic meetinghouse

They don't. But Nirvana single handedly Ruined the boomer era of classic rock. No boomer ever once listened to Nirvana but they recognize it spelled the End. They spent the rest of the 90s listening to Slash's Snake Pit wondering why the crowds were getting smaller.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838160)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:19 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

when i sold stereos the boomer salesman would always grimace at grunge and altnerative. i remember vividly one guy turning off the weezer i was playing and boldly declaring "no, *THIS* is rock music" and started spinning Hey 19.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838260)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour

they are a symbol. no one actually cares about their music (beside the one hit). because kurt blew his head off they got placed into the James Dean role.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838168)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

Becks discography is better than Beatles and Rolling Stones combined

Fuck Mastodon has 2 better albums than anything Stones made

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838171)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: Brilliant bipolar travel guidebook parlour

sup Beck, hows the kids bar mitzvah going?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838196)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

Bitch wife took everything in the divorce and 1 of the Grammys!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838201)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:21 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

lmao i went to a concert with beck playing with a bunch of zoomers and he was doing this super gay rap shit and gyrating on stage. it was so cringe, i was embarassed to have brought them there.

i love beck but he's made A LOT of garbage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838270)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:31 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

Yeah he’s Jewish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838318)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:22 PM
Author: racy sound barrier gas station

I like Beck a lot but this is a retarded statement.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838280)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:25 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

Morning Phase is better than any Beatles album from start to finish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838296)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:13 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

This might actually be the laziest flame I have ever seen on XO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839518)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:57 AM
Author: Edmonton Oilers (Is it not the case)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839631)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49840225)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: J Dilla



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49840278)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp

lazy flame is the best kind IMO/IME

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49840224)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: J Dilla



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49840279)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

Steely Dan and Dire Straits should be 1 and 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838175)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: motley bawdyhouse tattoo

needs more Belle & Sebastian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838199)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

*of Montreal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838206)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: motley bawdyhouse tattoo

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838240)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:22 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

saw them recently and the show was sick. they're touring again, considering seeing them again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838276)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

If not flame I’ll go not flame

Hissing Fauna is a millennial classic I got so much golden age fuckapp pussy to that album

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838301)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:28 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

not flame it was 180 af. they put on an amazing show.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838310)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:30 PM
Author: laughsome parlor

Do you like All Them Witches they’re from Nashville and doddokoff and I think they’re the most 180 current real band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838315)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:38 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

never heard of them but ill check them out!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838339)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:53 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

love em'! thanks for the rec, definitely my type of music. but nothing like Of Montreal?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838481)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: motley bawdyhouse tattoo

needs more 80s/90s indie: Galaxie 500

needs a 90s 'electronica' entry: Portishead

needs a shoegaze band: Ride

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838230)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:17 AM
Author: Judas Jones

Smashing Pumpkins should be here for for their albums through Mellon Collie, and their cultural importance from 94-96.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839668)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:42 PM
Author: chrome floppy station coldplay fan

This was never published in Rolling Stone btw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838349)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: autistic 180 pisswyrm stead

I hope no one thinks it is. It's such slop it's in two different fonts. Mumbai bait shop tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838487)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: Ass Sunstein

Creedence Cloerwater Revival

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839665)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 2:32 PM
Author: So we looked at the data



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49840001)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49840226)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: oomox



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: motley bawdyhouse tattoo

just noticed that The White Stripes are not included.

somewhat surprising omission. 50% of their notoriety was entirely music press/critical hype.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838486)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: slate bonkers milk

cr. if you're gonna throw good millennial bands in there they should be included. def over franz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838519)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 10:06 PM
Author: Internet-worthy diverse kitchen corn cake

what about the album about the black stripper who was raped atop broken glass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49838802)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:58 AM
Author: The Penis

Wilco at 26 is nuts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839634)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:05 AM
Author: Guy Debord

It is, and I am a huge Wilco fan.

All these lists are stupid to be honest. But with the state of rock and roll at the moment, it invokes feel-good nostalgia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839652)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:01 AM
Author: Judas Jones

Where THE FUCK is Imagine Dragons?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839638)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:02 AM
Author: Edmonton Oilers (Is it not the case)

RADIOACTIVE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839642)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:01 AM
Author: The Penis

Not a horrible list overall but Wilco and Franz Ferdinand don't belong there and some of the ordering is kind of weird.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839641)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:02 AM
Author: Judas Jones

If they made this list 2 years ago, they wouldn't even have included Oasis. But because the reunion tour was a massive success they have them as the 13th greatest band of all time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839643)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:06 AM
Author: Edmonton Oilers (Is it not the case)

Similarly if White Stripes did a reunion tour with Meg and Jack they similarly would jump into the top 20

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839653)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:26 AM
Author: richard clock

no, white stripes was never the phenomenon that oasis was imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839692)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: The Penis

I think they belong in there over franz ferdinand for sure. FF was a one-hit wonder. They belong in there over Wilco too. Only reason anyone ever listened to them is because Pitchfork gave YHFT a 10.0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839949)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: richard clock

FF doesnt belong at all. no one listened to or cared about wilco but i kind of understand including them because all the music critics fawned over them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839953)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:07 AM
Author: The Penis

Yeah fair point. I mean I was just doing a cursory glance and looking for the real out of place stuff. The overall shape of the list isn't horrible. Many to most of the bands on there probably belong there. Some of the ordering is weird. I think on second thought I agree Oasis probably doesn't belong there. I like them but only a few songs. There are a bunch on here I don't really like at all too but they probably belong due to influence/popularity. It's impossible to make a perfect list. If you aren't just doing your personal list you have to pretend that it's Balanced and culturally appropriate. I don't want to put Metallica on a list of best bands, but they influenced an entire genre of music and had tremendous far-reaching influence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839654)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:14 AM
Author: Judas Jones

I don't think it's a horrible list, and Oasis is a personal all-time favorite band. But Rolling Stone never really gave them any respect, and having them here just seems like a bandwagon reaction to how much people loved the reunion shows last year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839664)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: Buses

weezer fags btfo cant even post itt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49839667)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: your future wife spitting cum into a wastebasket ((zurich is stained))

weezer is on the list? that is supremely gay if so. the vast majority of their output is sps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2).#49840162)