a few days ago, one of my friends asked a lot of her friends who like hard rock what their top 20 hard rock bands are.

These are the results, I am kinda shocked at how low Metallica is, but the two biggest metal fans I know hate them. She took 10 different polls from people and tabulated results (#1 on a list would get 20 pts... #2 would get 19, #20 would get 1) and then published the results. I am the only person who ranked Metallica she told me.

1 Motley Crue
2 Skid Row
3 Kiss
4 AC/DC
5 Ozzy Osbourne
6 Poison
7 Aerosmith
8 Guns N Roses
9 Van Halen
10 Warrant
11 Def Leppard
12 Led Zeppelin
13 Slaughter
14 Judas Priest
15 Nickelback
16 Ratt
17 Heart
18 Bon Jovi
19 Winger
20 Dokken
21 Queensryche
22 Cinderella
23 Firehouse
24 Queen
25 LA Guns
26 Tesla
27 Black Sabbath
28 Vixen
29 Alice In Chains
30 Pearl Jam
31 Bulletboys
32 Lita Ford
33 Journey
34 Whitesnake
35 The Who
36 Jackyl
37 Megadeth
38 Europe
39 Rolling Stones
40 Pat Benatar
41 Deep Purple
42 Quiet Riot
43 Pretty Boy Floyd
44 The Darkness
45 Buck Cherry
46 Billy Idol
47 Great White
48 Alice Cooper
49 Linkin Park
50 Pretenders
51 The Cult
52 Wasp
53 Electric Boys
54 ZZ Top
55 White Lion
56 Metallica
57 Joan Jett
58 Dam Yankees
59 Velvet Revolver
60 Jet
61 Rainbow
62 Danger Danger
63 Twisted Sister
64 Meatloaf
65 Blue Oyster Cult
66 Cheap Trick
67 Pink Floyd
68 Foreigner
69 Pantera

nice to see a lot of it is 70's/80's rock! :guitar:

That is the best kind, after all...

Guess I will have to go with Van Halen or Metallica. Van Halen first!:D

I'm glad to see Journey made the list! YES! :clap: :nod: :yippee: peacesign: :rockon:

Warrent?

Great, now I'll never get "Cherry Pie" out of my head.

;)

yay, good bands.

Originally posted by TJL
Warrent?

Great, now I'll never get "Cherry Pie" out of my head.

;)

my friend Christine (one of the reasons Warrant ranked so high) dated Jani Lane back in the late 1980's, he even wrote the song "Let It Rain" for her

Led Zeppelin at 12!? Now that is just plane wrong. :mad:

Originally posted by dukey
Led Zeppelin at 12!? Now that is just plane wrong. :mad:

Definitely. Led Zeppelin is probably the most influential hard rock band in history. They practically wrote the book on hard rock. Just about every band over the past 30 years have taken from Zeppelin. Every singer wants to be like Robert Plant. Every guitarist wants to be Jimmy Page. Every drummer wants to be like Bonzo. They should be no. 1 (Van Halen at no. 2, in my opinion).

KISS and Guns N Roses all the way :guitar:

Best bands out there even tho their old. Led Zeppelins wicked.

[Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty] ---:drummer:

Pantera =)

Originally posted by dukey
Led Zeppelin at 12!? Now that is just plane wrong. :mad:

well, everyone who voted were people who grew up mostly with 80's metal. Zeppelin might be the best, but it's groups like Crue, Poison and GNR that our memories reside with better.