aight, ill try to contribute my two cents
(bongman - i woulda put MBV in the top 10 w/o a doubt in my mind)

69. Dinosaur Jr. - Before Nirvana, before The Pixies there was dinoJ. some of their new albums are wack but Your Living All Over Me and Fossils are great albums. Their influence shines in almost all "alternative" rock

68. John Frusciante - There will always be a place in my ears for Niandra LaDes & Usualy just a t-shirt. this guys early albums are a perfect example of drug influenced music.

67. Sonic Youth - so versatile and deffinatley withstood the test of time.

66. Heavy Vegetable (and/or) Thingy - Check these guys out they know what the fuck their doing. They make rock music "fun"

65. Commus - Darker than Tool, More fucked up than sabbath and way more disturbing than anything else ive ever heard. Oh yeah, its a folk band. (first utterance is the album)

64. The Breeders - POD need i say more?

63. The Microphones - i cant even begin to explain how important it is to listen to this band. Their stuff is a little slow but when you get into youl love it.

62. Roy Montgomery - one of my favorite guitarists, this guy can do it all from ambient tracks to ear shattering raw guitar.

61. Slint - i cant take anyone seriously who talk about rock music and hasent heard of Slint. Spiderland is one of the best albums ever recorded. So dark and eerie, brooding guitars. oh my god you have to hear it.

60. Bardo Pond - ORGANIZED CHAOS. It takes a while to get used to, but when i listen to them im in a state of ecstasy and nothing can stop it. I would risk my life & persecution to spread the word of bardo pond.

i hope you guys like my addition to the list, theres many many many bands that i wish i could put on the list. but it would be a waste of energy to put a bunch of bands most of you have neva heard of...