And so we begin the countdown. You've all nominated and rated and now it' time to reveal the results. Starting as always with the lowest scores first.

 

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

283 - Enter Shikari -- When A Jealous Man Finds A Gun - 12pts - 3

282 - Bring Me The Horizon -- Shadow Moses - 28 - 4

281 - Spineshank -- New Disease - 17 - 4.25

280 - Enter Shikari -- Sorry, You're Not A Winner - 30 - 4.285

279 - Marilyn Manson -- Heart Shaped Glasses - 26 - 4.333

278 - Slayer -- Raining Blood - 27 - 4.5

277 - Hoobastank -- Crawling In The Dark - 19 - 4.75

276 - Deftones -- Back To School (Mini Maggit) - 24 - 4.8

275 - A Perfect Circle - Judith - 29 - 4.833

274 - Puddle Of Mudd -- Psycho - 20 - 5

273 - Skunk Anansie -- Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) - 25 - 5

272 - Daughtry -- It's Not Over - 35 - 5

271 - Puddle Of Mudd -- She Hates Me - 26 - 5.2

 

 

The first batch tells us a couple of things. Enter Shikari may be liked enough by at least one person to get nominations but that love is clearly not shared by the majority. The same is also true for Puddle Of Mudd with both bands having 2 tracks in the bottom pile. Bring Me The Horizon's Shadow Moses was the unlucky recipient of a big old -15 rom Chez Wombat when it might have been expected to perform much better otherwise. As did Slayer's Thrash Metal classic Raining Blood, although it did pick up a top mark as well. Whilst it's probably the only track in the list with any kind of reputation amongst Rock fans it's clearly not popular here.

 

My top picks (just because I can)

 

 

 

 

I didn't vote for it but Raining Blood clearly doesn't deserve to be down there. And I still bloody love Shadow Moses.

Aww I love Sorry You're Not A Winner even though it terrified me when I first heard it haha. The average score is going up very fast though so I suspect big casualties regularly.

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

260 - Mars Volta -- Inertiatic ESP - 28 - 5.6

261 - Breaking Benjamin -- Breath - 28 - 5.6

262 - Limp Bizkit -- Eat You Alive - 28 - 5.6

263 - Deftones -- My Own Summer - 28 - 5.6

264 - Fuel -- Haemorhage In My Hands - 22 - 5.5

265 - P.O.D. -- Youth Of The Nation - 33 - 5.5

266 - Alestorm -- Captain Morgan's Revenge - 22 - 5.5

267 - Slipknot -- Left Behind - 27 - 5.4

268 - Staind -- So Far Away - 27 - 5.4

269 - TV On The Radio -- Dancing Choose - 27 - 5.4

270 - Thirteen Senses -- Thru' the Glass - 21- 5.35

 

Another 10 for you now and nothing really surprising here to my mind with no genuine classics falling away. Equal scores are seperated by highest scores and despite 2 10 point rates Slipknot falter with a zero score from Chez Wombat again. Lots of Nu Metal and Post Grunge in this section and TV On The Radio stand out as a distinctly Indie sounding track.

 

 

My picks

 

 

Poor Alestorm. :( It really is just a lot of fun, as all self-respecting PIRATE METAL should be. *.*

Massive apologies for not getting around to posting my scores! I was about two thirds of the way through and then completely forgot. :drama: Some fab songs dropping out already though! 'Youth Of The Nation' was such an anthem!

My scores not that popular so far then :ph34r: I can't stand Slipknot and that Bring Me The Horizon song lost out because it was playing on Radio 1 when my radio alarm clock went off VERY EARLY. 'Twas not the most pleasant awakening.

Left Behind is brilliant but I have a feeling the next few groups of ten are going to be bunches of songs that we can't believe we rated higher than Raining Blood.

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

240 - AC/DC -- Highway To Hell - 54 - 6

241 - Lenny Kravitz -- Fly - 48 - 6

242 - Alterbridge -- Open Your Eyes - 24 - 6

243 - Heart - Crazy on You - 42 - 6

244 - Marilyn Manson -- Tourniquet - 30 - 6

245 - Placebo -- The Bitter End - 42 - 6

246 - Alterbridge -- Broken Wings - 24 - 6

247 - P.O.D -- Alive - 36 - 6

248 - Papa Roach -- Between Angels And Insects - 24 -6

249 - Rammstein -- Speluhr - 24 - 6

250 - 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite - 47 - 5.875

251 - Metallica -- St Anger - 41 - 5.857

252 - Focus -- Hocus Pocus - 29 - 5.8

253 - Seether -- Broken - 29 - 5.8

254 - Deftones -- Change (In The House Of Flies) - 29 - 5.8

255 - The Offspring -- Pay The Man - 29 - 5.8

256 - Slipknot -- (Sic) 23 - 5.75

257 - AC/DC -- TNT- 51 - 5.667

258 - Bon Jovi -- Always - 51 - 5.667

259 - Puddle Of Mudd -- Blurry - 51 - 5.667

 

 

The next batch sees something of a theme developing here as Deftones, Slipknot, Alterbridge and Puddle Of Mudd all feature again or on multiple occasions. As do AC/DC in what could raise an eyebrow or two with their recognised classic and recent biggest hit Highway To Hell. In all of Rock their can't be many more bands as highly regarded and it is probably their definitave song. It's lowly position largely down to Eyes utter dislike of the track with a big -15. Without Eyes vote down it would have been in much higher position. They will feature again however. Among other acs to make a first appearance but which will feature again include Bon Jovi, The Offspring, Rammstein, Papa Roach, Lenny Kravitz and Metallica whose largely derided St Anger album has its title track appear. Lastly. and somewhat surprisingly Seether's Broken comes fairly low despite the presence of Ms Amy Lee on the track. A feature which I wrongly thought would put it much higher given her bands popularity among some members here.

 

 

My pick of the bunch is really only Highway To Hell but have some others too -

 

 

 

 

(sic) is amazing and still probably my favourite Slipknot song, disappointing to see it so low.

Shame to see these so low. :( All amazing classics!

 

240 - AC/DC -- Highway To Hell - 54 - 6

241 - Lenny Kravitz -- Fly - 48 - 6

242 - Alterbridge -- Open Your Eyes - 24 - 6

247 - P.O.D -- Alive - 36 - 6

248 - Papa Roach -- Between Angels And Insects - 24 -6

251 - Metallica -- St Anger - 41 - 5.857

252 - Focus -- Hocus Pocus - 29 - 5.8

258 - Bon Jovi -- Always - 51 - 5.667

259 - Puddle Of Mudd -- Blurry - 51 - 5.667[/b]

 

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

 

220 - Evanescence -- Call Me When You're Sober - 46 - 6.571

221 - Kiss -- Crazy Crazy Nights - 46 - 6.571

222 - Good Charlotte -- Girls And Boys - 46 - 6.571

223 - Sonic Boom Six -- Bigger Than Punk Rock - 39 - 6.5

224 - Pixies -- Planet Of Sound - 26 - 6.5

225 - Nirvana -- Rape Me - 52 - 6.5

226 - Slipknot -- Dead Memories - 26 - 6.5

227 - Buckcherry -- Crazy Bitch - 32 - 6.4

228 - Stone Sour -- Through Glass - 32 - 6.4

229 - Queen -- The Show Must Go On - 51 - 6.375

230 - 30 Seconds To Mars -- Beautiful Lie - 44 - 6.285

231 - At The Drive-In -- One Armed Scissor - 25 - 6.2

232 - Shinedown -- Burning Bright - 25 - 6.2

233 - Pantera -- Walk - 25 - 6.2

234 - Korn -- Thoughtless - 25 - 6.25

235 - Rage Against The Machine -- Killing In The Name - 6.222

236 - Theory Of A Dead Man -- Bad Girlfriend - 31 - 6.2

237 - Rise Against - Injection - 31 - 6.2

238 - Wolfmother -- The Joker And The Thief - 37 - 6.166

239 - The Offspring -- Original Prankster - 43 - 6.142

 

 

And on to the next batch. A return again for The Offspring and it won't be the last we see of them bu it will be for Slipknot who appear here with the most mellow of all their entries. Perhaps that says something about them and the site. Also Corey Taylor's other band Stone Sour feature too so I can only assume that the man's work just isn't that popular here despite a few lovers. Notable others include Rage Against The Machine who certainly won't be getting a surprise number one on this chart. Buckcherry and Korn also make first appearances but will both feature again as will 30 Seconds To Mars, Evanescence and Nirvana. All of whom have a fair number of songs in the countdown to come. Queen too, limp in with what for me is a surprising choice from their extensive catalogue of perennial favourites. Aside from the obvious track there are plenty I would've expected to out perform The Show Must Go On but somehow never got nominated.

 

My picks

 

 

 

Bigger Than Punk Rock :wub:

 

Deserved better, although it's very far from a conventional rock song so I didn't think it'd do too well.

 

Beautiful Lie is also quite brilliant.

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

 

201 - Wolfmother -- Woman - 41 - 6.833

202 - Jeff Buckley -- So Real - 41 - 6.833

203 - Within Temptation -- What Have You Done? - 34 - 6.8

204 - Nightwish -- Sleepwalker - 34 - 6.8

205 - Buckcherry -- Next 2 You - 34 - 6.8

206 - System Of A Down -- Aerials - 34 - 6.8

207 - Soundgarden -- Black Hole Sun - 61 - 6.777

208 - Evanescence -- Lithium - 54 - 6.75

209 - White Stripes -- Blue Orchid - 54 - 6.75

210 - Shinedown -- I Dare You - 27 - 6.75

211 - Nine Inch Nails -- March Of The Pigs - 27 - 6.75

212 - Buckcherry -- Everything - 27 - 6.75

213 - Placebo -- Pure Morning - 47 - 6.714

214 - Within Temptation -- Shot In The Dark - 40 - 6.666

215 - Linkin Park -- Pts Of Athrty - 40 - 6.666

216 - Iron Maiden -- The Number Of The Beast - 53 - 6.625

217 - Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Otherside - 53 - 6.625

218 - L7 -- Pretend We're Dead - 33 - 6.6

219 - Jet -- Look What You've Done - 33 - 6.6

 

 

The next group seems to up the ante somewhat in terms of big names - Most notably one of the defining names in Rock, Iron Maiden, make their debut and only appearance in the countdown with a recognised classic. Site favourites Nightwish and Within Temptation also appear and big names like Red Hot Chili Peppers, System Of A Down, Linkin Park, White Stripes and Nine Inch Nails make their entrance too. All will feature later. Wolfmother, Buckcherry and Placebo end their participation in the list. Soundgarden and L7 fly the flag for 90s Grunge with two minor classics.

After this we enter the top 200 and we can expect more and more big names to feature.

 

My picks from a quality group :-

 

Perhaps Evanescence's popularity on Buzzjack was overestimated?

 

Some brilliant tracks in that section but on second glance I suppose none are glaring omissions from the top 200. 'Otherside' was my introduction to RHCP so it's a personal fave ^_^

Perhaps Evanescence's popularity on Buzzjack was overestimated?

Yeah perhaps. There's always been 2 tracks that seem very popular and I just figured the rest would be too. I don't disagree with the placings at all but I was a little surprised.

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

181 - Metallica -- Nothing Else Matters - 64 - 7.111

182 - Blink 182 -- I Miss You - 63 - 7

183 - 30 Seconds To Mars -- Closer To The Edge - 49 - 7

184 - Chris Cornell -- You Know My Name - 42 - 7

185 - MC5 -- Kick Out The Jams - 28 - 7

186 - Paramore -- All We Know - 42 - 7

187 - Japandroids -- The House That Heaven Built -28 - 7

188 - AC/DC -- Thunderstruck - 63 - 7

189 - Jet -- Cold Hard Bitch - 35 -7

190 - Nightwish -- Nemo - 35 - 7

191 - Rammstein -- Sonne - 35 - 7

192 - Dream Theater -- Pull Me Under - 42 - 7

193 - Hole -- Doll Parts - 35 - 7

194 - Heart -- Barracuda - 62 - 6.888

195 - Smashing Pumpkins -- Bullet With Butterfly Wings - 55 - 6.875

196 - Marilyn Manson -- The Beautiful People - 48 - 6.871

197 - Led Zeppelin -- Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You - 48 - 6.871

198 - Pearl Jam -- Go - 48 - 6.871

199 - Dead Kennedys -- Holiday In Cambodia - 41 - 6.833

200 - Yellow Card -- Ocean Avenue - 41 - 6.833

 

Next group and the BIG names begin to become more frequent. Led Zeppelin being the most obvious. Not their most famous track (more later) but a highlight of their classic debut. AC/DC return with a popular later track and Parmore, Marilyn Manson and Metallica pop up (the latter with my wedding song). Other notable bands to show up are Pearl Jam, Hole, Heart (before they went hair metal), Rammstein, 30 Seconds To Mars and Nightwish. Punk legends Dead Kennedys sneak in just, and a surprisingly high position for 60s Garage and Proto-Punk legends the MC5 who you may recognise from a KLF sampled snippet.

 

A choice few -

 

 

 

 

Classics galore in that set!

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

161 - Sum 41 -- In Too Deep - 59 - 7.375

162 - Linkin Park -- One Step Closer - 59 - 7.375

163 - Pat Benatar -- Hit Me With Your Best Shot - 59 - 7.375

164 - Kasabian -- Underdog - 59 - 7.375

165 - Foo Fighters -- Long Road To Ruin - 66 - 7.333

166 - Siouxsie And The Banshees -- Hong Kong Garden - 44 - 7.333

167 - Twin Atlantic -- Free - 44 - 7.333

168 - Korn -- Got The Life - 44 - 7.333

169 - Def Leppard -- Animal - 51 - 7.285

170 - Sum 41 -- Fat Lip - 58 - 7.25

171 - Foo Fighters -- Arlandria - 58 - 7.25

172 - The Offspring -- The Kids Aren't Alright - 58 - 7.25

173 - Deep Purple -- Smoke On The Water - 65 - 7.222

174 - Amaranthe -- Amaranthine - 36 - 7.2

175 - Velvet Revolver -- Fall To Pieces - 36 - 7.2

176 - Bullet For My Valentine -- Tears Don't Fall - 36 - 7.2

177 - Hole -- Malibu - 36 - 7.2

178 - Bruce Springsteen -- Thunder Road - 50 - 7.142

179 - Evanescence -- Everybody's Fool - 50 -7.142

180 - Twisted Sister -- We're Not Gonna Take It -56 - 7.111

 

 

 

Te next batch for you now includes some big names and 2 genuine classics in Deep Purple's iconic Smoke On The Water and Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road. Both surprisingly low down. Sum 41 have both their nominated songs score similarly and Foo Fighters who also have 2 make their debut. Evanescence return once more proving that they are consistent if nothing else. BFMV, Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, Twin Atlantic, Deep Purple, Pat Benatar, Velvet Revolver, Amaranthe and Kasabian all begin and end their involvement here.

 

 

A few for you -

 

 

 

 

Pos - Artist-Title-Points-Average Score

- Most notably one of the defining names in Rock, Iron Maiden, make their debut and only appearance in the countdown with a recognised classic.

 

Oops! Possibly my anti-Iron Maiden comments here and there over the last year. Or maybe younger music fans hold the same view as me ("Heard one Iron maiden record, heard them all")

 

Bruce is a hero though...piloting swordfencing man of many talents...