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Waaaay back in 99, the SF Chronicle put together this list of what they (mostly Joel Selvin, I'm sure) considered to be the best bands in Bay Area history. Who should be added since 1999?
The Top 100 Bay Area BandsJoel Selvin, Datebook Staff, SF Chronicle
Sunday, December 19, 19991. SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE - Definitive Song:
I Want to Take You Higher (1969)
2. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Definitive Song:
Born on the Bayou (1969)
3. THE GRATEFUL DEAD - Definitive Song:
Dark Star (1970)
4. FLAMIN' GROOVIES - Definitive Song:
Shake Some Action (1976)
5. METALLICA - Definitive Song:
Master of Puppets (1987)
6. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Definitive Song:
Somebody to Love (1967)
7. SANTANA - Definitive Song:
Incident at Neshubar (1975)
8. TOWER OF POWER - Definitive Song:
What Is Hip (1973)
9. GREEN DAY - Definitive Song:
Longview (1994)
10. MOBY GRAPE - Definitive Song:
Omaha (1967)
11. DEAD KENNEDYS - Definitive Song:
California Uber Alles (1979)
12. SYLVESTER - Definitive Song:
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (1979)
13. THE TUBES - Definitive Song:
White Punks on Dope (1975)
14. PRIMUS - Definitive Song:
John the Fisherman (1989)
15. NEIL YOUNG - Definitive Song:
Rockin' in the Free World (1989)
16. CHRIS ISAAK - Definitive Song:
Wicked Game (1990)
17. TUPAC - Definitive Song:
Dear Mama (1995)
18. RANCID - Definitive Song:
Time Bomb (1995)
19. VAN MORRISON - Definitive Song:
Bright Side of the Road (1979)
20. SONS OF CHAMPLIN - Definitive Song:
Freedom (1969)
21. ROMEO VOID - Definitive Song:
Never Say Never (1981)
22. STEVE MILLER BAND - Definitive Song:
The Joker (1973)
23. BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY - Definitive Song:
Ball and Chain (1968)
24. DOOBIE BROTHERS - Definitive Song:
China Grove (1973)
25. CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - Definitive Song:
Life Is Grand (1988)
26. BOZ SCAGGS - Definitive Song:
Loan Me a Dime (1969)
27. TOM WAITS - Definitive Song:
Innocent When You Dream (1987)
28. TOO - Definitive Song:
The Ghetto (1990)
29. JOURNEY - Definitive Song:
Open Arms (1982)
30. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Definitive Song:
The Humpty Dance (1990)
31. FAITH NO MORE - Definitive Song:
We Care a Lot (1985)
32. EN VOGUE - Definitive Song:
Free Your Mind (1992)
33. QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE - Definitive Song:
Pride of Man (1969)
34. CHARLES BROWN - Definitive Song:
Somebody to Love (with Bonnie Raitt) (1992)
35. JONATHAN RICHMAN - Definitive Song:
Roadrunner (1975)
36. HOT TUNA - Definitive Song:
Candy Man (1971)
37. DJ SHADOW - Definitive Song:
Midnight in a Perfect World (1997)
38. JOHN LEE HOOKER - Definitive Song:
Boom Boom (1963)
39. THE RESIDENTS - Definitive Song:
Satisfaction (1976)
40. HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS - Definitive Song:
Workin' for a Living (1982)
41. BLUE CHEER - Definitive Song:
Summertime Blues (1968)
42. COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH - Definitive Song:
Section 43 (1967)
43. COUNTING CROWS - Definitive Song:
Round Here (1993)
44. FLIPPER - Definitive Song:
Sex Bomb (1982)
45. HAMMER - Definitive Song:
U Can't Touch This (1990)
46. THIRD EYE BLIND - Definitive Song:
Semi-Charmed Life (1997)
47. TONY TONI TONE - Definitive Song:
The Oakland Stroke (1990)
48. AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB - Definitive Song:
Hello Amsterdam (1994)
49. BOBBY FREEMAN - Definitive Song:
Do You Wanna Dance? (1958)
50. THE AVENGERS - Definitive Song:
We Are the One (1978)
51. KINGSTON TRIO - Definitive Song:
A Worried Man (1959)
52. BEAU BRUMMELS - Definitive Song:
Just a Little (1965)
53. HOODOO RHYTHM DEVILS - Definitive Song:
Safecracker (1976)
54. SPEARHEAD - Definitive Song:
There's a Hole in the Pocket (1994)
55. JELLYFISH - Definitive Song:
That Is Why (1990)
56. NEGATIVLAND - Definitive Song:
U2 (1991)
57. ROBERT CRAY - Definitive Song:
Smoking Gun (1987)
58. GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION - Definitive Song:
Can You Handle It? (1974)
59. JOE SATRIANI - Definitive Song:
Surfing With the Alien (1987)
60. PARIS - Definitive Song:
Bush Killa (1990)
61. JIM CARROLL BAND - Definitive Song:
People Who Died (1980)
62. JOAN BAEZ - Definitive Song:
We Shall Overcome (1963)
63. THE YOUNGBLOODS - Definitive Song:
Get Together (1967)
64. ELECTRIC FLAG - Definitive Song:
Groovin' Is Easy (1968)
65. ELVIN BISHOP - Definitive Song:
Rock Bottom (1972)
66. SAMMY HAGAR - Definitive Song:
Only One Way to Rock (1981)
67. SHEILA E. - Definitive Song:
Glamorous Life (1984)
68. COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN - Definitive Song:
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1971)
69. GREG KIHN - Definitive Song:
Jeopardy (1983)
70. THE MERMEN - Definitive Song:
The Drowning Man Knows His God (1995)
71. THE RUBINOOS - Definitive Song:
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (1979)
72. DAN HICKS AND THE HOT LICKS - Definitive Song:
Where's the Money? (1971)
73. INVISIBL SKRATCH PIKLZ - Definitive Song:
Invasion of the Octopus People (1996)
74. COUNT FIVE - Definitive Song:
Psychotic Reaction (1966)
75. THE DUROCS - Definitive Song:
Savin' It All Up for Larry (1979)
76. CLUB NOUVEAU - Definitive Song:
Lean on Me (1987)
77. TRANSLATOR - Definitive Song:
Everywhere That I'm Not (1982)
78. RED HOUSE PAINTERS - Definitive Song:
Cabezon (1995)
79. POINTER SISTERS - Definitive Song:
Yes We Can Can (1973)
80. SMASH MOUTH - Definitive Song:
Walkin' on the Sun (1998)
81. IMPERIAL TEEN - Definitive Song:
You're One (1996)
82. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY - Definitive Song:
White Bird (1969)
83. DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY - Definitive Song:
Television: The Drug of the Nation (1992)
84. COLD BLOOD - Definitive Song:
You Got Me Hummin' (1969)
85. EDDIE MONEY - Definitive Song:
Two Tickets to Paradise (1978)
86. CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND - Definitive Song:
Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In) (1967)
87. MONTROSE - Definitive Song:
Rock Candy (1974)
88. 4 NON BLONDES - Definitive Song:
What's Up (1993)
89. E-40- Definitive Song:
1-Luv (1995)
90. THE CALL - Definitive Song:
The Walls Came Down (1983)
91. PABLO CRUISE - Definitive Song:
Love Will Find a Way (1977)
92. THE UPTONES - Definitive Song:
Rude Boy (1995)
93. EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS - Definitive Song:
Oh Happy Day (1969)
94. MOTHER EARTH - Definitive Song:
Down So Low (1968)
95. CONSOLIDATED - Definitive Song:
Friendly Fascism (1989)
96. THE CHARLATANS - Definitive Song:
Alabamy Bound (1966)
97. NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE - Definitive Song:
Panama Red (1973)
98. CHROME - Definitive Song:
Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)
99. JEFFERSON STARSHIP - Definitive Song:
We Built This City (1985)
100. MR. BIG - Definitive Song:
To Be With You (1991)
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