The Top 100 Reading Bands Of The 2000s: The Story So Far!
After two long months we’ve finally arrived: The Top Ten is ready to be revealed, but don’t worry, we know it’s been hard to keep up, this has been a long running saga and not everyone was here from the start. So here’s a helpful catch up…
But first some fun stats!
In the first 50 we’ve had Nineteen Main Stage Headliners (Franz Ferdinand, Kings Of Leon, The Killers, The Darkness, Eminem, Blink-182, Red Hot Chili Peppers, My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Pulp, The Prodigy, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, Iron Maiden, Pearl Jam, Blur, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins).
We’ve had Sixteen Sub-headliners (Kings Of Leon, The Killers, Beck, Morrissey, Blink-182, Marilyn Manson, The Libertines, Nine Inch Nails, Pulp, The Prodigy, Arctic Monkeys, System Of A Down, Bloc Party, Green Day, Offspring, Elbow), and Fifteen And A Half NME Headliners (Maximo Park, The Cribs, The Klaxons(x2), Kasabian, The Raconteurs, Primal Scream, Pendulum, 2manyDJs, Crystal Castles, Bloc Party, The Streets, LCD Soundsystem, Lostprophets, Faith No More, Manic Street Preachers, Ash).
Five Lock Up Headliners (Less Than Jake, Bad Religion, Gallows, Billy Talent and Jimmy Eat World) and three Festival Republic Headliner (The Horrors, The Kills, Ash).
What about the genre breakdown?
Indie: 30% (27) Rock: 27% (24) Punk: 19% (17) Rap: 7% (6) Metal 12% (11) Dance: 5% (5)
The List So Far:
100. Run-DMC
99. Mastodon
98. Iggy & The Stooges
97. The Hives
96. Dillinger Escape Plan
95. Franz Ferdinand
94. The Raconteurs
93. Rolo Tomassi
92. Killswitch Engage
91. Foals
90. The Killers
89. Municipal Waste
88. Maximo Park
87. Jurassic 5
86. Jamie T
85. Babyshambles
84. Klaxons
83. Seasick Steve
82. Morrissey
81. Fear Factory
80. Kasabian
79. The Bronx
78. Primal Scream
77. Flogging Molly
76. My Chemical Romance
75. Limp Bizkit
74. Red Hot Chili Peppers
73. The Kills
72. Vampire Weekend
71. The Darkness
70. Crystal Castles
69. Pendulum
68. Alexisonfire
67. Eminem
66. Less Than Jake
65. Enter Shikari
64. Beck
63. Cypress Hill
62. Eagles Of Death Metal
61. Marilyn Manson
60. Kings Of Leon
59. 2manyDJs
58. The Cribs
57. Sonic Boom Six
56. The Horrors
55. Blink-182
54. Them Crooked Vultures
53. Dinosaur Jr
52. Capdown
51. Bad Religion
50. Gaslight Anthem
49. Billy Talent
48. Interpol
47. Jimmy Eat World
46. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
45. Bullet For My Valentine
44. Lostprophets
43. Dizzee Rascal
42. Elbow
41. Feeder
40. LCD Soundsystem
39. Tenacious D
38. Smashing Pumpkins
37. SLAYER
36. Deftones
35. The Streets
34. Gogol Bordello
33. Slipknot
32. NOFX
31. The Offspring
30. Green Day
29. Placebo
28. Ash
27. The Subways
26. Blur
25. Pearl Jam
24. Iron Maiden
23. Gallows
22. Bloc Party
21. Manic Street Preachers
20. Faith No More
19. System Of A Down
18. Arctic Monkeys
17. The Prodigy
16. Frank Turner
15. Pulp
14. The White Stripes
13. Nine Inch Nails
12. The Strokes
11. The Libertines














