In 2000, VH1 aired a special titled "The Top 40 Hard Rock Songs," featuring a countdown of influential hard rock tracks. This program was part of VH1's "The Greatest" series, which aired from 1998 to 2014 and featured various countdowns of popular songs, artists, and moments in music history.
While the complete list from the "Top 40 Hard Rock Songs" special isn't readily available in the provided search results, such lists typically include iconic tracks from bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and The Doors. For instance, The Doors have been recognized for their significant influence on rock music.
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Commentators[]
Interviews[]
- Ian Astbury (The Cult)
- Samuel Bayer (Director, Smells Like Teen Spirit)
- Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) (archive footage)
- Alice Cooper
- Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
- Jonathan Davis (Korn)
- Nigel Dick (Director, Sweet Child O' Mine)
- Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
- Ronnie James Dio (Dio)
- Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)
- Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction)
- Lonn Friend (KNAC.com)
- Paul Garganl (Metal Edge Magazine)
- Corey Glover (Living Colour)
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
- Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
- Sammy Hagar
- James Hetfield (Metallica)
- Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
- Wayne Islam (Director, Girls Girls Girls)
- Joan Jett (1984) (archive footage)
- Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
- Lenny Kravitz
- Geddy Lee (Rush)
- Joe Levy (Rolling Stone Magazine)
- Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
- Vince Neil (Motley Crue)
- Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
- Mark Pellington (Director)
- Scott Phillips (Creed)
- Riki Rachtman
- Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails (archive footage)
- Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)
- David Lee Roth (archive footage)
- David Silveria (Korn)
- Alicia Silverstone (1994) (archive footage)
- Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue)
- Slash (Guins N' Roses)
- Dee Snider (1996, 1998) (Twisted Sister)
- Scott Stapp (Creed)
- Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
- Liv Tyler (1996) (archive footage)
- Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
- Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
- Mick Wall (Photographer)
- Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
- Michael Wilton (Queensryche)
- Angus Young (AC/DC) (1992) (archive footage)
- Rob Zombie (White Zombie)
Archive Footages/Uncredited[]
- AC/DC (Phil Rudd, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, Simon Wright)
- Aerosmith (Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer)
- Timothy Bottoms
- Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
- Creed
- The Cult
- Kristin Dattilo
- Def Leppard (Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Rick Allen, Rick Savage)
- Faith No More (Mike Patton, Mike Bordin, Jim Martin, Billy Gould, Roddy Bottum)
- Nicholas Guest
- Guns N' Roses (Izzy Stadlin, Duff McKagen, Steven Adler)
- Iron Maiden (Steve Harris, Adrian Smith, Clive Burr, Dave Murray)
- Jane's Addcition
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Ricky Byrd, Gary Ryan, Lee Crystal)
- Judas Priest (Dave Holland, Glenn Tiption, Ian Hill, K.K. Downing)
- Kiss (Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Carr, Vinnie Vincent)
- Korn
- Led Zeppelin (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page)
- Tommy Lee
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Living Colour (Vernon Reid, Will Calhoun, Muzz Skillings)
- Todd McFarlane
- Mark Metcalf
- Mick Mars (Motley Crue)
- Jason Newstead (Metallica)
- Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)
- Neal Peart (Rush)
- Vincent Price
- Queensryche
- Scorpions
- Soundgarden
- Stephanie Seymour
- Stone Temple Pilots (Eric Kretz, Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo)
- Tenacious D (Jack Black)
- Twisted Sister
- Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Mark Anthony)
- Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
- Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
- Lesley Ann Warren
- The Who
- Craig Ross (Lenny Kravitz Band)
- Terry Manning (Lenny Kravitz Band)
- Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz Band)
Top List[]
- 40: Queensryche "Silent Lucidity"
- 39: Dio "Rainbow in the Dark"
- 38: The Cult "Fire Woman"
- 37: Lenny Kravitz "Fly Away"
- 36: Rush "Tom Sawyer"
- 35: Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It"
- 34: Iron Maiden "Run to the Hills"
- 33: Living Colour "Cult of Personality"
- 32: Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love"
- 31: Joan Jett "I Love Rock 'N' Roll"
- 30: Alice Cooper "Welcome to My Nightmare"
- 29: Creed "Higher"
- 28: Scorpions "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
- 27: Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
- 26: Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
- 25: Van Halen "Hot for Teacher"
- 24: Kiss "Lick It Up"
- 23: Alice in Chains "I Stay Away"
- 22: Aerosmith "Crazy"
- 21: AC/DC "Back in Black"
- 20: Tool "Sober"
- 19: Stone Temple Pilots "Interstate Love Song"
- 18: Metallica "One"
- 17: Jane's Addiction "Been Caught Stealing"
- 16: Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine"
- 15: Korn "Freak on a Leash"
- 14: Judas Priest "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
- 13: Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
- 12: Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
- 11: Van Halen "Right Now"
- 10: Ozzy Osbourne "Bark at the Moon"
- 9: Mötley Crüe "Girls, Girls, Girls"
- 8: Faith No More "Epic"
- 7: Pearl Jam "Jeremy"
- 6: Nine Inch Nails "Closer"
- 5: Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
- 4: AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long"
- 3: Aerosmith "Janie's Got a Gun"
- 2: Guns N' Roses "November Rain"
- 1: Metallica "Enter Sandman"