Rock 1000 2012

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#1 - #100

#101 - #200

#	Song	Artist	Rank in 2011	Rank in 2010	Album	Year
1	One	Metallica	1	2	...and Justice for All	1988
2	Free Bird	Lynard Skynard	29	10	Lynyrd Skynyrd	1973
3	Enter Sandman	Metallica	7	5	Metallica (Black Album)	1991

4	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana	13	15	Nevermind	1991
5	Ace Of Spades	Motorhead	16	12	Ace of Spades	1980
6	Black	Pearl Jam	15	9	Ten	1991
7	Killing In The Name	Rage Against The Machine	4	1	Rage Against the Machine	1992
8	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	14	24	A Night at the Opera	1975
9	The General Electric	Shihad	63	33	The General Electric	1999
10	Master of Puppets	Metallica	3	23	Master Of Puppets	1986
11	November Rain	Guns 'N' Roses	9	8	Use Your Illusion I	1991
12	Hotel California	Eagles, The	27	50	Hotel California	1976
13	Arlandria	Foo Fighters	762	New	Back and Forth	2011
14	Sweet Child 'O Mine	Guns 'N' Roses	19	20	Appetite for Destruction	1987
15	Sober	Tool	5	4	Undertow	1993
16	Brothers in Arms	Dire Straits	37	522	Brothers in Arms	1985
17	Home Again	Shihad	11	6	Shihad (Fish Album)	1996
18	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	6	14	Led Zeppelin IV	1971
19	Back 'n' Black	AC/DC	10	7	Back'n'Black	1980
20	Everlong	Foo Fighters	2	3	The Colour and the Shape	1997
21	Down With The Sickness	Disturbed	38	28	The Sickness	2000
22	Hells Bells	AC/DC	40	18	Back'n'Black	1980
23	Snuff	Slipknot	252	69	All Hope is Gone	2009
24	All My Life	Foo Fighters	12	22	One By One	2002
25	Daughter	Pearl Jam	41	72	vs	1993
26	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	8	27	The Wall	1979
27	Thunderstruck	AC/DC	22	13	The Razor's Edge	1990
28	For Those About To Rock	AC/DC	24	56	For Those About To Rock	1981
29	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	69	42	Wish You Were Here	1975
30	Fade to Black	Metallica	32	35	Ride the Lightning	1984
31	Paradise City	Guns 'N' Roses	50	21	Appetite for Desctruction	1987
32	Nil By Mouth	Blindspott	51	19	Blindspott	2001
33	Learn To Fly	Foo Fighters	129	225	There Is Nothing Left To Lose	1999
34	B.Y.O.B	System of a Down	61	45	Mezmerize	2005
35	Nothing Else Matters	Metallica	18	11	Metallica (Black Album)	1991
36	Lateralus	Tool	368	Re-Entry	Lateralaus	2001
37	Learning To Fly	Pink Floyd	489	388	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	1987
38	Aerials	System of a Down	68	53	Toxicity	2001
39	Lonely Boy	The Black Keys	New		El Camino	2011
40	Under The Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	202	77	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	1991
41	For Whom The Bell Tolls	Metallica	90	121	Ride the Lightning	1984
42	Alive	Pearl Jam	52	26	Ten	1991
43	War Pigs	Black Sabbath	20	48	Paranoid	1970
44	Know Your Enemy	Rage Against The Machine	25	41	Rage Against the Machine	1992
45	Phlex	Blindspott	132	43	Blindspott	2001
46	Lithium	Nirvana	79	105	Nevermind	1991
47	Bullet With Butterfly Wings	Smashing Pumpkins	85	110	Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness	1995
48	Dream On	Aerosmith	101	29	Aerosmith	1973
49	Cochise	Audioslave	81	84	Audioslave	2002
50	Born In The USA	Bruce Springsteen	71	116	Born in the U.S.A.	1984
51	Come Out and Play	Offspring, The	78	130	Smash	1994
52	Welcome to the Jungle	Guns 'N' Roses	48	73	Appetite for Destruction	1987
53	Stinkfist	Tool	36	49	Aenima	1996
54	Betterman	Pearl Jam	26	32	Vitolagy	1994
55	Forty Six and Two	Tool	157	209	Aenima	1996
56	These Days	Foo Fighters	New		Wasting Light	2011
57	Du Hast	Rammstein	30	78	Sehnsucht	1997
58	Khe Sanh	Cold Chisel	99	466	Cold Chisel	1978
59	Rocket Queen	Guns 'N' Roses	161	70	Appetite for Destruction	1987
60	Sad But True	Metallica	98	102	Metallica (Black Album)	1991
61	Like A Stone	Audioslave	91	79	Audioslave	2002
62	Bodies	Drowning Pool	102	155	Sinner	2001
63	Jeremy	Pearl Jam	163	117	Ten	1991
64	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	160	98	Paranoid	1970
65	Pacifier	Shihad	31	38	The General Electric	1999
66	Run To The Hills	Iron Maiden	133	54	Number of the Beast	1982
67	Hungerstrike	Temple of the Dog	97	124	Temple of the Dog	1991
68	We're Not Gonna Take It	Twisted Sister	152	249	Stay Hungry	1984
69	No one Knows	Queens of the Stone Age	186	76	Songs for the Deaf	2002
70	Man In The Box	Alice In Chains	227	295	Facelift	1990
71	Another Way To Die	Disturbed	74	146	Asylum	2010
72	April Sun In Cuba	Dragon	156	60	Running Free	1977
73	Savior	Rise Against	159	51	Appeal To Reason	2008
74	The Unforgiven II	Metallica	45	71	Re-Load	1997
75	In Bloom	Nirvana	207	142	Nevermind	1991
76	Rusty Cage	Soundgarden	209	300	Badmotorfinger	1991
77	The Joker and the Thief	Wolfmother	856	New	Wolfmother	2006
78	Plush	Stone Temple Pilots	105	134	Core	1992
79	Face To The Floor	Chevelle	New		Hats Off To The Bull	2012
80	Baba O' Reily	Who, The	96	129	Who's Next?	1971
81	Glory Glory	Head Like A Hole	507	New	Blood Will Out	2011
82	Lightning Crashes	Live	21	34	Throwing Copper	1994
83	Highway To Hell	AC/DC	47	66	Highway to Hell	1979
84	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	572	199	Californication	1999
85	The Beautiful People	Marilyn Manson	112	143	Antichrist Superstar	1996
86	One Tree Hill	U2	131	93	The Joshua Tree	1987
87	Epic	Faith No More	135	58	The Real Thing	1989
88	Creep	Radiohead	272	157	Pablo Honey	1993
89	Kashmir	Led Zeppelin	34	46	Physical Graffitti	1975
90	Yellow Ledbetter	Pearl Jam	44	55	Jeremy B Side	1992
91	Cowboys From Hell	Pantera	174	Re-Entry	Cowboys From Hell	1990
92	The Unforgiven	Metallica	55	39	Metallica (Black Album)	1991
93	Another Brick In The Wall	Pink Floyd	62	40	The Wall	1979
94	City Limits	I Am Giant	17	16	Single Only	2010
95	Chop Suey	System of a Down	58	30	Toxicity	2001
96	Shine On You Crazy Diamond	Pink Floyd	59	31	Wish You Were Here	1975
97	My Hero	Foo Fighters	28	74	The Colour and the Shape	1997
98	Working Class Man	Jimmy Barnes	111	139	Working Class Man	1985
99	Run	Shihad	46	67	Pacifier	2002
100	Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	53	88	Number of the Beast	1982

The Rock 1000

Selleys

The greatest rock n roll ever created has hit your radio. We've kicked things off already and we should hitting the #1 song by late Friday arvo (24 August).

Scroll through the full countdown list above to see where your favourites placed. You can even listen and watch every song in the playlist this year- just hover and click your mouse over the song you want to hear.

What will be number one? Wait and find out....

The Rock 1000, cheers to Selleys.

Some Rock Jock favourites.....in their words

ROGER FARRELLY

What It Takes - Aerosmith
Always been a fave,takes me back to the yr when i ruled life ..1990 7th form at katikati college,so many hit s off this album(pump) this one is my favourite ..I wish I could sing like this.

Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
This album (What's The Story, Morning Glory?) was like an epiphany for me. It's like all the stars aligned. I'd just met my now wife and we used to get home from the pub and stick this CD on. This song is probably the main reason I am now with her. I wish I could sing like this.

How Can We Be Lovers If We Can't Be Friends - Michael Bolton
Sure your saying "how gay" but I challenge anyone to listen to this and not be inspired to grow your hair like a deformed poodle. I would guarantee if you were in your car and this song came on you would start singing....or switch stations.

BRYCE CASEY

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
Just a smooth son of a bitch of a song, rock n roll. Also I love Leah Panapa's backing vocals, she nails that shit.

Rocket Queen - Guns N' Roses
So many reasons this is a great song. The multiple changes in it, the fact the girls moaning near the end are actually girls that the band recorded themselves having sex with - just so it would add authenticity. That is cool. Also the first tape I owned and the first band I saw live as a 12 year old. And I pumped my 3kg dumbbells to it with my shirt off as a kid.

The Voice - John Farnham
This song needs no explanation, just vote for it.

LEAH PANAPA

Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
A relatively new song, but off an awesome CD (El Camino) and I defy anyone that hears that beat not to want to dance! Check out the video and see the cool cat dancing through the whole song.

Back In Black - AC/DC
When we talk the Rock 1000, AC/DC has to be in there! It was hard picking one, but this song has a place in my heart because it was the first song my hubby played for me! (romantic..ha!) He still plays it regularly and now I find myself 'air guitaring' along to it whenever I hear it.

Forever Now - Cold Chisel
Speaks for itself! There are songs that will never age and will go down in the annals of great song writing...and this my friend is one of them! Jimmy Barnes at his best!

PAIGE WRIGHT

Paige Wright Any song by Soundgarden. Um, because Chris Cornell is a dreamboat!!

Red Hot Chili Peppers. Californication came out when i was I was in love with Anthony Keidis once. Until I read Scar Tissue and about all the drugs he took and sex he had....then I no longer liked him.

Pearl Jam - reminds me of when my older cousin bought their album when I was a kid. The whole family judged her. Grandpa was very upset and we all thought she was destined to be a dropkick as only bogans liked rock music. Oh how the tables have turned.

Nirvana - because Kurt Cobain was hot.

Foo Fighters - Cos Dave Grohl looks like he'd be a nice guy.

(Paige didn't totally grasp the concept that we were picking our favourite songs, not artists....but we'll forgive her.)

RICCARDO BALL

Rocket Queen - Guns N' Roses
What a way to end the greatest Rock debut ever - I could pick any song off of Appetite but I'll go with the epic finish.

Master of Puppets - Metallica
Was about 15 at a mates place and he'd just got this - he put it on and I couldn't believe my ears - changed music for me.

Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
Another WTF is this moment for my impressionable ears - I was all about Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, etc then I heard these guys - it was heavy, it had attitude and it had groove - the next step in the evolution of metal.

DUNCAN HEYDE

Duncan Heyde In no particular order:

Led Zep - Stairway to Heaven
Rise Against - Saviour
Tool - Sober

(Duncan Heyde. Man of few words.)

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