Top 100 Kosmik Artists of 2006

Based on frequency of play & total airtime on the program

Rest In Peace 2006:  Syd (#1), Arthur (#15) & James (#17) . . .

 

  1    Pink Floyd / Syd Barrett  UK  (N - David Gilmour solo album)
  2    Frank Zappa / The Mothers (of Invention)  USA
  3    Parliament / Funkadelic  USA
  4    Jefferson Airplane  USA
  5    Jimi Hendrix  USA
  6    The Beatles (including John, Paul, George & Ringo solo)  UK  (N - remix album)
  7    Sly & the Family Stone  USA
  8    The Velvet Underground and/or Nico (including Lou Reed solo)  USA / Germany
  9    Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band  USA
10    Can  Germany

 

11    Amon Duul II (and Amon Duul I)  Germany
12    Melvins  USA  (N)
13    Earthling Society  UK  (N)
14    Scott Walker  USA/UK  (N)
15    Love / Arthur Lee  USA
16    Neil Young (including Buffalo Springfield & CSNY)  Canada/USA  (N)
17    James Brown  USA
18    The Guess Who  Canada
19    Sonic Youth  USA  (N)
20    Miles Davis  USA

 

21    Magma  France
22    Brian Eno (including Roxy Music, 801 and collaborations)  UK
23    Van der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill  UK
24    The Grateful Dead  USA
25    Iron Butterfly  USA
26    Deep Purple  UK
27    The Who  UK  (N)
28    Black Sabbath  UK
29    Liars  USA  (N)
30    The Byrds  USA

 

31    Emerson Lake & Palmer  UK
32    Caravan  UK
33    King Crimson  UK
34    Spirit / Randy California  USA
35    Mission of Burma  USA  (N)
36    The Monkees  USA
37    Led Zeppelin  UK
38    Metallica  USA
39    Yes  UK  (N - Steve Howe solo album)
40    Faust  Germany

 

41    Quicksilver Messenger Service  USA
42    Grand Funk Railroad  USA
43    Kraftwerk (including Organisation)  Germany
44    NoMeansNo  Canada  (N)
45    Uriah Heep  UK
46    The Pink Fairies / Twink  UK
47    Creedence Clearwater Revival  USA
48    Television (including Verlaine & Lloyd solo)  USA  (N - Tom Verlaine solo albums)
49    The Amboy Dukes / Ted Nugent  USA
50    Pere Ubu  USA  (N)
   
51    Stereolab  UK  (N)
52    The Flaming Lips  USA  (N)
53    Slayer  USA  (N)
54    Curtis Mayfield  USA
55    Santana  USA
56    The Jimmy Castor Bunch  USA
57    Jethro Tull  UK
58    The Doors  USA
59    Killdozer  USA  (N - tribute album with previously unreleased tracks)
60    MC5  USA

 

61    Bob Dylan  USA  (N)
62    Cluster (including Harmonia and collaborations)  Germany
63    The Mars Volta  USA  (N)
64    Guru Guru  Germany
65    DMBQ  Japan
66    Flower Travellin' Band  Japan
67    Klaatu  Canada
68    Genesis  UK
69    Judas Priest  UK
70    The Soft Machine  UK  (N - previously unreleased live recordings)

 

71    Meat Puppets  USA
72    The Seeds  USA
73    Husker Du  USA
74    Yoko Ono  Japan
75    The Deviants / Mick Farren  UK
76    KISS  USA
77    Hawkwind (including Robert Calvert solo)  UK
78    Dr. John, The Night Tripper  USA
79    Blue Oyster Cult  USA
80    The Rogers Sisters  USA  (N)

 

81    Traffic  UK
82    The Fiery Furnaces  USA  (N)
83    The Stooges  USA
84    Speed Glue & Shinki / Shinki Chen  Japan
85    Rufus Thomas  USA
86    Oneida  USA  (N)
87    The Rolling Stones  UK
88    The United States of America / Joe Byrd & the Field Hippies  USA
89    Black Oak Arkansas  USA
90    Flo & Eddie / The Turtles  USA

   

91    Sir Lord Baltimore  USA
92    Pavement / Stephen Malkmus  USA
93    Fifty Foot Hose  USA
94    Tom Jones  UK
95    Cream  UK
96    Big Brother & the Holding Company / Janis Joplin  USA
97    Moby Grape  USA
98    Rush  Canada
99    Archie Shepp  USA
100  Isaac Hayes  USA

    

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