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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
appetizing queen of the night newt
  04/23/26
This list is worse than I could possibly have imagined
Trip Dilemma
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razzle tanning salon milk
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excitant gas station hominid
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lascivious pungent idiot goal in life
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Provocative doobsian senate
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stimulating maize site fat ankles
  04/23/26
keep talking shit about the beach boys
Navy boyish den
  04/24/26
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razzle tanning salon milk
  04/24/26
They should change their name to Beatle Magazine then.
Honey-headed Location
  04/23/26
wow, beatles at 1 and stones at 2. definitely didn't see tha...
Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen
  04/23/26
Beatles is accurate but Stones should be #50
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
ty for this moronic take
Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen
  04/23/26
Are you going to cry about it like you usually do
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
i might yes
Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen
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Canary point
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sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
Retarded take
heady magical headpube
  04/23/26
?
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
Kike
Vibrant slap-happy private investor
  04/23/26
This is more embarrassing than TT's Kazaa downloads.
ruddy crusty bawdyhouse ladyboy
  04/23/26
Okay, I lol'd
razzle tanning salon milk
  04/23/26
lol
Costumed Parlour
  04/23/26
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razzle tanning salon milk
  04/23/26
This is a flame list some bait shop in Mumbai put together, ...
dashing mischievous giraffe
  04/23/26
180
razzle tanning salon milk
  04/23/26
Mumbai bait shop tp
Trip Dilemma
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razzle tanning salon milk
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laughsome buff address
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razzle tanning salon milk
  04/24/26
Cr, didn’t they recently put out some “greatest ...
histrionic lavender gaping box office
  04/24/26
Incredible so many retards earnestly posted their retarded h...
flatulent bearded hairy legs
  04/24/26
This list only makes sense if it was written by Jeff Tweedy
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
lol cr
underhanded heaven associate
  04/24/26
how did Franz Ferdinand sneak in at the end? it is Rolli...
Wild Godawful Church
  04/23/26
credited take oddly enough Sly Stone isn't even a Top 10 ...
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
Franz Ferdinand bought Rolling Stone.
Vibrant slap-happy private investor
  04/23/26
they had to put some millennial bands on the list and there ...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
They could have put RHCP up a lot higher if they were trying...
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
they have The Strokes and Arcade Fire... i would have accept...
Wild Godawful Church
  04/23/26
coldplay sucks. if we're gonna put shitty but popular bands ...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
Strokes and Arcade Fire are legit great though. Coldplay suc...
amethyst know-it-all stain
  04/24/26
I'm a massive Franz Ferdinand fan and there's no fucking way...
fear-inspiring resort
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excitant gas station hominid
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razzle tanning salon milk
  04/23/26
If they wanted to go that 2000s british indie route, it seem...
Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry
  04/24/26
fairly accurate. Cream should be in top 10. it gets bori...
massive native
  04/23/26
God fucking damn this has to be trolling.
Canary point
  04/23/26
what's so bad about this list? everyone is shitting on it wi...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
It conveys a lack of Taste. You either see it or you don't.
Trip Dilemma
  04/23/26
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excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
that's just lazy. you could point out bands you think are ov...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
I think people are just going by whether or not these bands ...
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
sure i noticed that too. but if you're going to make a great...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
Ok sure. But Wilco? Jfc lol
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
the fleetwood snub is pretty egregious tbf
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
Agreed
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
I don't really believe in the concept of "per se" ...
amethyst know-it-all stain
  04/24/26
my notes: u2 at 3 way too high GNR is a top ten by any est...
stimulating maize site fat ankles
  04/23/26
admit deny admit. radiohead is one of my all time favs...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
I never knew U2 was so great.
Vibrant slap-happy private investor
  04/23/26
lol @ 'Public Enemy' in the 80s and 90s, 'Public Enemy' w...
massive native
  04/23/26
Cr I've never listened to them in my life. Should be NWA if ...
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
Public Enemy was 180.
Vibrant slap-happy private investor
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Provocative doobsian senate
  04/24/26
not even gonna click, i know its bad also gonna bet bob d...
Costumed Parlour
  04/23/26
He's not because this only counts BANDS Otherwise it woul...
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
thats like saying zelda isnt an rpg
Costumed Parlour
  04/23/26
why do boomers love nirvana so much?
bright chad
  04/23/26
They don't. But Nirvana single handedly Ruined the boomer er...
excitant gas station hominid
  04/23/26
when i sold stereos the boomer salesman would always grimace...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
they are a symbol. no one actually cares about their music (...
stimulating maize site fat ankles
  04/23/26
Becks discography is better than Beatles and Rolling Stones ...
orchid volcanic crater
  04/23/26
sup Beck, hows the kids bar mitzvah going?
stimulating maize site fat ankles
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Bitch wife took everything in the divorce and 1 of the Gramm...
orchid volcanic crater
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lmao i went to a concert with beck playing with a bunch of z...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
Yeah he’s Jewish
orchid volcanic crater
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I like Beck a lot but this is a retarded statement.
Vibrant slap-happy private investor
  04/23/26
Morning Phase is better than any Beatles album from start to...
orchid volcanic crater
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To be fair, This might actually be the laziest flame I ha...
Stirring saffron skinny woman
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excitant gas station hominid
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razzle tanning salon milk
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orchid volcanic crater
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lazy flame is the best kind IMO/IME
razzle tanning salon milk
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orchid volcanic crater
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Steely Dan and Dire Straits should be 1 and 2
orchid volcanic crater
  04/23/26
needs more Belle & Sebastian
massive native
  04/23/26
*of Montreal
orchid volcanic crater
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cr
massive native
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saw them recently and the show was sick. they're touring aga...
sadistic alpha
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If not flame I’ll go not flame Hissing Fauna is a ...
orchid volcanic crater
  04/23/26
not flame it was 180 af. they put on an amazing show.
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
Do you like All Them Witches they’re from Nashville an...
orchid volcanic crater
  04/23/26
never heard of them but ill check them out!
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
love em'! thanks for the rec, definitely my type of music. b...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
needs more 80s/90s indie: Galaxie 500 needs a 90s 'electron...
massive native
  04/23/26
Smashing Pumpkins should be here for for their albums throug...
Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry
  04/24/26
This was never published in Rolling Stone btw
Green nubile shrine wagecucks
  04/23/26
I hope no one thinks it is. It's such slop it's in two diffe...
Trip Dilemma
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Creedence Cloerwater Revival
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Ivory State
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razzle tanning salon milk
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Trip Dilemma
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just noticed that The White Stripes are not included. som...
massive native
  04/23/26
cr. if you're gonna throw good millennial bands in there the...
sadistic alpha
  04/23/26
what about the album about the black stripper who was raped ...
garnet trailer park
  04/23/26
Wilco at 26 is nuts
amethyst know-it-all stain
  04/24/26
It is, and I am a huge Wilco fan. All these lists are stupi...
heady magical headpube
  04/24/26
Where THE FUCK is Imagine Dragons?
Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry
  04/24/26
RADIOACTIVE
excitant gas station hominid
  04/24/26
Not a horrible list overall but Wilco and Franz Ferdinand do...
amethyst know-it-all stain
  04/24/26
If they made this list 2 years ago, they wouldn't even have ...
Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry
  04/24/26
Similarly if White Stripes did a reunion tour with Meg and J...
excitant gas station hominid
  04/24/26
no, white stripes was never the phenomenon that oasis was im...
Provocative doobsian senate
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I think they belong in there over franz ferdinand for sure. ...
amethyst know-it-all stain
  04/24/26
FF doesnt belong at all. no one listened to or cared about w...
Provocative doobsian senate
  04/24/26
Yeah fair point. I mean I was just doing a cursory glance an...
amethyst know-it-all stain
  04/24/26
I don't think it's a horrible list, and Oasis is a personal ...
Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry
  04/24/26
weezer fags btfo cant even post itt
Dull menage genital piercing
  04/24/26
weezer is on the list? that is supremely gay if so. the vast...
Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen
  04/24/26


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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:25 PM
Author: appetizing queen of the night newt

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837359)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:27 PM
Author: Trip Dilemma

This list is worse than I could possibly have imagined

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837369)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:29 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837377)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: lascivious pungent idiot goal in life



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837539)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:49 PM
Author: Provocative doobsian senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837865)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: stimulating maize site fat ankles



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838169)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 2:08 AM
Author: Navy boyish den

keep talking shit about the beach boys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839057)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:13 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839895)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: Honey-headed Location

They should change their name to Beatle Magazine then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837373)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:34 PM
Author: Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837406)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

Beatles is accurate but Stones should be #50

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837521)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen

ty for this moronic take

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837751)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:17 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

Are you going to cry about it like you usually do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837770)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:49 PM
Author: Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen

i might yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837863)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: Canary point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837918)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: sadistic alpha



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838007)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: heady magical headpube

Retarded take

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837874)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:01 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837897)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:29 PM
Author: Vibrant slap-happy private investor

Kike

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838003)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:35 PM
Author: ruddy crusty bawdyhouse ladyboy

This is more embarrassing than TT's Kazaa downloads.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837410)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk

Okay, I lol'd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837423)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:56 PM
Author: Costumed Parlour

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838127)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838303)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: dashing mischievous giraffe

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*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837481)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:04 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837498)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: Trip Dilemma

Mumbai bait shop tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837887)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838304)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 10:08 PM
Author: laughsome buff address



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838814)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:13 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839896)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 8:22 AM
Author: histrionic lavender gaping box office

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?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839269)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:23 AM
Author: flatulent bearded hairy legs

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839541)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837519)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 8:21 AM
Author: underhanded heaven associate

lol cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839268)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:55 PM
Author: Wild Godawful Church

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=2E#49837881)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

credited take

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837922)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: Vibrant slap-happy private investor

Franz Ferdinand bought Rolling Stone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838005)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838104)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838114)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: Wild Godawful Church

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838157)



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

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838242)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: amethyst know-it-all stain

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839813)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: fear-inspiring resort

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838220)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:20 AM
Author: Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49839673)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: massive native

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837886)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:05 PM
Author: Canary point

God fucking damn this has to be trolling.

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49837986)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Trip Dilemma

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838009)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838013)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838066)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838084)



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

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49838158)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

Ok sure. But Wilco? Jfc lol

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

the fleetwood snub is pretty egregious tbf

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

Agreed

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:14 AM
Author: amethyst know-it-all stain

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=2E#49839663)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: stimulating maize site fat ankles

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=2E#49838191)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:16 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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=2E#49838235)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:29 PM
Author: Vibrant slap-happy private investor

I never knew U2 was so great.

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: massive native

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=2E#49838012)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

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=2E#49838108)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 6:00 AM
Author: Vibrant slap-happy private investor

Public Enemy was 180.

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:24 AM
Author: Provocative doobsian senate



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:54 PM
Author: Costumed Parlour

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=2E#49838120)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

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=2E#49838137)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:58 PM
Author: Costumed Parlour

thats like saying zelda isnt an rpg

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:59 PM
Author: bright chad

why do boomers love nirvana so much?

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

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=2E#49838160)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:19 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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=2E#49838260)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: stimulating maize site fat ankles

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=2E#49838168)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

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=2E#49838171)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: stimulating maize site fat ankles

sup Beck, hows the kids bar mitzvah going?

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

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

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:21 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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=2E#49838270)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:31 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

Yeah he’s Jewish

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:22 PM
Author: Vibrant slap-happy private investor

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

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:25 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

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

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:13 AM
Author: Stirring saffron skinny woman

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=2E#49839518)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:57 AM
Author: excitant gas station hominid



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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater



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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk

lazy flame is the best kind IMO/IME

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

Steely Dan and Dire Straits should be 1 and 2

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: massive native

needs more Belle & Sebastian

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

*of Montreal

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: massive native

cr

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:22 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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=2E#49838276)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

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=2E#49838301)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:28 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:30 PM
Author: orchid volcanic crater

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=2E#49838315)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:38 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

never heard of them but ill check them out!

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:53 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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=2E#49838481)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: massive native

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=2E#49838230)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:17 AM
Author: Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry

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=2E#49839668)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 6:42 PM
Author: Green nubile shrine wagecucks

This was never published in Rolling Stone btw

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Trip Dilemma

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=2E#49838487)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: Claret telephone hall

Creedence Cloerwater Revival

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 2:32 PM
Author: Ivory State



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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: razzle tanning salon milk



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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Trip Dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2E#49840317)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: massive native

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=2E#49838486)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: sadistic alpha

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=2E#49838519)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 10:06 PM
Author: garnet trailer park

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=2E#49838802)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 10:58 AM
Author: amethyst know-it-all stain

Wilco at 26 is nuts

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:05 AM
Author: heady magical headpube

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=2E#49839652)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:01 AM
Author: Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry

Where THE FUCK is Imagine Dragons?

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:02 AM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

RADIOACTIVE

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:01 AM
Author: amethyst know-it-all stain

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=2E#49839641)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:02 AM
Author: Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry

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=2E#49839643)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:06 AM
Author: excitant gas station hominid

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=2E#49839653)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:26 AM
Author: Provocative doobsian senate

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

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: amethyst know-it-all stain

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=2E#49839949)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: Provocative doobsian senate

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=2E#49839953)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:07 AM
Author: amethyst know-it-all stain

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=2E#49839654)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:14 AM
Author: Talking Iridescent Meetinghouse Faggotry

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=2E#49839664)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: Dull menage genital piercing

weezer fags btfo cant even post itt

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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Anal passionate school cafeteria liquid oxygen

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=2E#49840162)