Another of my faves! I love that riff so much!

Click on the button which looks like a world with a paperclip below it. It will insert a hyperlink. And now you have 15 posts, you can do that.

Shame he died four years before MTV even existed. Then people might not ask "WHO?" every time Marc Bolan comes up in conversational context.

Odd to see Stones, Hendrix and Cream/Clapton missing. What about Van Halen? No one may like the flamboyant sunset striprock that ensued ... But they certainly popped it open.

As for Metallica, I might be biased, but I'm not sure they should be so low.

GnR?

Kuddos to Marc Bolan ref ... 20th Century Boy is an all time riff classic.

Universal Echleons:

1. Roxy Music
2. The Who
3. Pink Floyd

Galaxy Echelons:

3. Radiohead
4. The Rolling Stones
5. The Beatles
6. ELP

Solar System Echelons:

7. David Bowie
8. The Smiths
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Yes
11. The Arctic Monkeys

Earth:

11. Muse
12. Elvis Costello
13. Genesis
14. The Jam

Muse? Easily the best band ever to come out of Teignmouth, and better than any from nearby Exeter, so they can certainly be granted the status of "Devon Echelons", but earth? I think that's a bit like saying Hamilton Academical are one of the world's best football clubs. They bash up in Glasgow, but won't really be in the same sort of league as Barcelona.