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  The title is self-explanatory, so let’s just jump in:

MUSIC ARTIST: Red Hot Chili Peppers

SOLO MUSIC ARTIST: Michael Jackson

ACOUSTIC ALBUM: Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York

ACOUSTIC STUDIO ALBUM: Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies

PSYCHEDELIC/BLUES ARTIST: Jimi Hendrix

PSYCHEDELIC/BLUES ALBUM: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (US Version)

PSYCHEDELIC/BLUES SONG: Jimi Hendrix - “Little Wing”

PROG ARTIST: Pink Floyd

PROG ALBUM: Pink Floyd - The Wall

PROG SONG: Pink Floyd - “Wish You Were Here”

RAP/HIP-HOP ARTIST: Outkast

RAP/HIP-HOP ALBUM: Outkast - Aquemini

RAP/HIP-HOP SONG: Outkast - “Rosa Parks”

RAPPER: Andre 3000

GARAGE ARTIST: The White Stripes

GARAGE ALBUM: The White Stripes - Elephant

GARAGE SONG: The White Stripes - “Fell in Love with a Girl”

SHOEGAZE ARTIST: My Bloody Valentine

SHOEGAZE ALBUM: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

SHOEGAZE SONG: My Bloody Valentine - “Loomer”

THRASH ARTIST: Metallica

THRASH ALBUM: Metallica - Ride the Lightning

THRASH SONG: Metallica - “Ride the Lightning”

POP/R&B/SOUL ARTIST: Michael Jackson

POP/R&B/SOUL ALBUM: Michael Jackson - Thriller

POP/R&B/SOUL SONG: Michael Jackson - “Thriller”

NU-METAL ARTIST: Linkin Park

NU-METAL ALBUM: Linkin Park - Meteora

NU-METAL SONG: Slipknot - “The Heretic Anthem”

BRITPOP ARTIST: Oasis

BRITPOP ALBUM: Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

BRITPOP SONG: Oasis - “Champagne Supernova”

NY ARTIST: Kiss

NY ALBUM: Kiss - Hotter than Hell

NY SONG: Kiss - “I Stole Your Love”

BOSTON ARTIST: Aerosmith

BOSTON ALBUM: Aerosmith - Rocks

BOSTON SONG: Aerosmith - “Rats in the Cellar”

CHICAGO ARTIST: The Smashing Pumpkins

CHICAGO ALBUM: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

CHICAGO SONG: The Smashing Pumpkins - “Mayonaise”

STONER ARTIST: Tool

STONER ALBUM: Tool - Undertow

STONER SONG: Tool - “The Pot”

DESERT ARTIST: Queens of the Stone Age

DESERT ALBUM: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

DESERT SONG: Queens of the Stone Age - “You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar (But I Feel Like a Millionaire)”

NEW WAVE/SYNTHPOP ARTIST: Depeche Mode

NEW WAVE/SYNTHPOP ALBUM: Depeche Mode - Violator

NEW WAVE/SYNTHPOP SONG: Dead or Alive - “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”

BRITISH INVASION/POP ROCK ARTIST: The Beatles

BRITISH INVASION/POP ROCK ALBUM: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (US Version)

BRITISH INVASION/POP ROCK SONG: The Rolling Stones - “Gimme Shelter”

GROOVE METAL ARTIST: Pantera

GROOVE METAL ALBUM: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

GROOVE METAL SONG: Pantera - “Cemetery Gates”

NOISE ROCK/SHOCK ROCK ARTIST: White Zombie

NOISE ROCK/SHOCK ROCK ALBUM: White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000

NOISE ROCK/ SHOCK ROCK SONG: White Zombie - “More Human than Human”

INDUSTRIAL ARTIST: Nine Inch Nails

INDUSTRIAL ALBUM: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

INDUSTRIAL SONG: Nine Inch Nails - “Head Like a Hole”

BLACK METAL ARTIST: Mayhem

BLACK METAL ALBUM: Mayhem - Live in Leipzig

BLACK METAL SONG: Mayhem - “Carnage”

UK ARTIST: Led Zeppelin

UK ALBUM: Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

UK SONG: The Rolling Stones - “Gimme Shelter”

CANADA ARTIST: Rush

CANADA ALBUM: Rush - Moving Pictures

CANADA SONG: Rush - “Limelight”

COEN BROTHERS FILM: No Country for Old Men

MARTIN SCORSESE FILM: The Departed

TV CHANNEL: Food Network

FOOD: Peanut butter

FRUIT: Banana

DRINK: Tea

TEA BRAND: Twinings

ANIMATED FILM: Toy Story 2

2D ANIMATED FILM: Batman - Mask of the Phantasm

VIDEOGAME: Tetris

NARRATIVE VIDEOGAME: The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker

COMBAT VIDEOGAME: Super Smash Bros. Melee

CARD GAME: Solitaire

FILMMAKER: Christopher Nolan

WRITER: Philip K. Dick

POEM: “So You Want to Be a Writer?” by Charles Bukowski

STORE: Barnes & Noble

GROCERY STORE: Trader Joe’s

STAND-UP COMEDIAN: Norm McDonald

PLAY: Hamilton

ALL-TIME ALBUM COVER: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

60’s ALBUM COVER: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (US Version)

80’s ALBUM COVER: Metallica - Master of Puppets

90’s ALBUM COVER: Faith No More - Angel Dust

00’s ALBUM COVER: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way

10’s ALBUM COVER: Jack White - Blunderbuss

20’s ALBUM COVER: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love

LIVING VOCALIST: Mike Patton

DEAD VOCALIST: Chris Cornell (Honorable Mention: Layne Staley)

LIVING GUITARIST: John Frusciante (Honorable Mention: Buckethead)

DEAD GUITARIST: Jimi Hendrix

LIVING BASSIST: Flea

DEAD BASSIST: Cliff Burton

LIVING DRUMMER: Dave Grohl

DEAD DRUMMER: John Bonham (Honorable Mention: Taylor Hawkins)

LIVE-ACTION SHOW: Beat Bobby Flay

FEMALE VOCALIST: Adele

Peace!

Related: List Repository

My Top 10 Films Per Year: 1996-2023

  So last year I listed my Top 5 Films Per Year from 1977-2022, and figured that now it made sense to try to expand each list from a Top 5 to a Top 10 (yes, I know I am crazy). This time around I was only able to make it as far back as 1996 because, believe it or not, even I haven’t seen every movie ever…

As I like to say, here we go again:

2023

6.The Super Mario Bros. Movie

7.The Bikeriders

8.A Haunting in Venice

9.Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

10.Wonka

2022

6.Batman: The Long Halloween - Deluxe Edition

7.Everything Everywhere All at Once

8.Nope

9.Somewhere in Queens

10.Jurassic World Dominion (guilty pleasure)

2021

6.Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

7.Black Widow

8.No Time to Die

9.Cruella

10.The Green Knight

2020

6.Bill & Ted Face the Music

7.Tenet

8.Sonic the Hedgehog

9.Birds of Prey

10.My Salinger Year

2019

6.Top End Wedding

7.Shazam!

8.Captain Marvel

9.Avengers: Endgame

10.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (guilty pleasure)

2018

6.Deadpool 2

7.Black Panther

8.Blackkklansman

9.Mary Poppins Returns

10.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (guilty pleasure)

2017

6.Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

7.Murder on the Orient Express

8.The Lego Batman Movie

9.Star Wars: The Last Jedi

10.The Disaster Artist

2016

6.Sing Street

7.Captain America: Civil War

8.Doctor Strange

9.Moonlight

10.Jason Bourne (guilty pleasure)

2015

6.Man Up

7.Star Wars: The Force Awakens

8.Steve Jobs

9.Spotlight

10.Jurassic World (guilty pleasure)

2014

6.The Imitation Game

7.The Lego Movie

8.Edge of Tomorrow

9.Pawn Sacrifice

10.Ex Machina

2013

6.In a World…

7.The Heat

8.This Is the End

9.White House Down

10.Star Trek Into Darkness (guilty pleasure)

2012

6.Zero Dark Thirty

7.Looper

8.Argo

9.Prometheus

10.Wreck-It Ralph

2011

6.Horrible Bosses

7.A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

8.Paul

9.Delhi Belly

10.X-Men: First Class

2010

6.Everything Must Go

7.The Company Men

8.Iron Man 2

9.Wild Target

10.Knight and Day

2009

6.The Hangover

7.2012

8.Sherlock Holmes

9.Public Enemies

10.The Princess and the Frog

2008

6.Sunshine Cleaning

7.Kung Fu Panda

8.Pineapple Express

9.Gran Torino

10.Bottle Shock (guilty pleasure)

2007

6.Superbad

7.The Simpsons Movie

8.Bee Movie (for the memes)

9.Balls of Fury (guilty pleasure)

10.Wild Hogs (guilty pleasure)

2006

6.Mission: Impossible III

7.The Prestige

8.The Devil Wears Prada

9.Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

10.Nacho Libre

2005

6.Sky High

7.Corpse Bride

8.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

9.Kicking & Screaming

10.Are We There Yet? (bad ending, though)

2004

6.Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

7.National Treasure

8.The Day After Tomorrow

9.Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

10.Napoleon Dynamite

2003

6.The Italian Job

7.Once Upon a Time in Mexico

8.Holes

9.Elf

10.Love Actually (guilty pleasure)

2002

6.Ice Age

6.Punch-Drunk Love

8.Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

9.Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (guilty pleasure)

10.Clockstoppers (guilty pleasure)

2001

6.Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase

7.Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

8.Spy Kids

9.The Fast and the Furious

10.Serendipity (guilty pleasure)

2000

6.Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

7.Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

8.Me, Myself & Irene

9.O Brother, Where Art Thou?

10.High Fidelity

1999

6.Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

7.Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

8.Dick

9.The Sixth Sense

10.Stuart Little

1998

6.Les Miserables

7.Jerry Seinfeld: For the Last Time

8.Sliding Doors

9.Safe Men (guilty pleasure)

10.Hard Rain (guilty pleasure)

1997

6.Air Force One

7.Men in Black

8.Tomorrow Never Dies

9.Alien: Resurrection (guilty pleasure)

10.Vegas Vacation (guilty pleasure)

1996

6.Mission: Impossible

7.Happy Gilmore

8.Twister

9.Romeo + Juliet

10.Jingle All the Way

…Peace!

Related: List Repository

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