Eh, I don't think it matters all that much.

1.Lilys
2.Spacemen 3
3.Jesus and Mary Chain
4.Sonic Youth
5.Sly & The Family Stone
6.The Velvet Underground
7.Psychic Ills
8.Count Basie Orchestra
9.Melvins
10.Seabear
11.Sparrows Swarm, and Sing
12.The Kinks
13.June of 44
14.The Jesus Lizard
15.The Icarus Line
16.Future Pigeon
17.Grand Archives
18.Dinosaur Jr.
19.Black Flag
20.Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
21.Black Mountain
22.Aspera Ad Astra
23.Animal Collective
24.Beach House
25.Quasi

It also says top 25 bands not artists in general. :p:

1. The Ramones
2. The Clash
3. MxPx
4. Underoath
5. The Who
6. At The Drive In
7. Lagwagon
8. Millencolin
9. Descendents
10. The Wallflowers
11. Pennywise
12. Rancid
13. Sound Of A Revolution
14. Story Of The Year
15. Alexisonfire
16. Slick Shoes
17. Face To Face
18. Dropkick Murphys
19. Billy Talent
20. AFI
21. Slipknot
22. Sunny Day Real Estate
23. The Vandals
24. The Tragically Hip
25. Rush

Not exact, I probably like one band more than another, but whatever.

1. Sonic Youth
2. The Fall
3. Unwound
4. Boredoms
5. Can
6. My Bloody Valentine
7. Black Flag
8. Six Organs of Admittance
9. Spacemen 3
10. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
11. Wire
12. Tom Waits
13. Slowdive
14. Husker Du
15. Stereolab
16. Mogwai
17. Tortoise
18. Boris
19. Gastr Del Sol
20. Autechre
21. Sun City Girls
22. Big Black
23. Moss Icon
24. King Crimson
25. Slint

something like that...

1. U2
2. Iron Maiden
3. Rush / Black Sabbath (tie)
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Bruce Springsteen / Aerosmith (tie)
6. Van Halen (pre-Hagar)
7. The Cure / Audioslave (tie)
8. Rolling Stones
9. AC/DC
10. Pink Floyd
11. Queensryche
12. Judas Priest
13. Slayer
14. The Beatles
15. Eric Clapton
16. Stevie Ray Vaughn
17. Porcupine Tree
18. Alice In Chains
19. Tangerine Dream
20. Metallica
21. The Black Crowes
22. Blues Traveler
23. Interpol
24. Megadeth
25. Big Head Todd & the Monsters

That's 28.

so it is, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god!

Closed. Not exactly enlightening.