Rank
| | Band
| | Votes
|
|---|
| 1 | | Acid Mothers Temple | | 7 |
| 2 | | Lightning Bolt | | 3 |
| | | Mogwai | | 3 |
| 4 | | AMM | | 2 |
| | | Bardo Pond | | 2 |
| | | Black Dice | | 2 |
| | | Burmese | | 2 |
| | | Fugazi | | 2 |
| | | Godspeed You Black Emperor! | | 2 |
| | | Kinski | | 2 |
| | | Six Organs Of Admittance | | 2 |
| | | Sonic Youth | | 2 |
| | | Wolf Eyes | | 2 |
| 14 | | 27 | | 1 |
| | | Aereogramme | | 1 |
| | | Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire | | 1 |
| | | Asheton/Watt/Mascis | | 1 |
| | | Bridgeling | | 1 |
| | | California E.A.R. Unit | | 1 |
| | | Cave In | | 1 |
| | | Cerberus Shoal | | 1 |
| | | Charalambides | | 1 |
| | | Circle | | 1 |
| | | Clouddead | | 1 |
| | | Clutch | | 1 |
| | | David Allan Coe | | 1 |
| | | Deicide | | 1 |
| | | Double Leopards | | 1 |
| | | Elegy25 | | 1 |
| | | Emergency Rock Band | | 1 |
| | | Explosions in the Sky | | 1 |
| | | Grant Lee Phillips | | 1 |
| | | ICP Orchestra | | 1 |
| | | immortal lee county killers | | 1 |
| | | Keiji Haino and the Ruins | | 1 |
| | | Kid 606 | | 1 |
| | | Landing | | 1 |
| | | League of Gentlemen (not really a band, but sue me | | 1 |
| | | Lockgroove | | 1 |
| | | Low | | 1 |
| | | LSD March | | 1 |
| | | Magic Carpathians | | 1 |
| | | Matthew Shipp Trio | | 1 |
| | | Mink Lungs | | 1 |
| | | Mountain Goats | | 1 |
| | | Mr. Scruff | | 1 |
| | | Naklada | | 1 |
| | | Neurosis | | 1 |
| | | Neutral Milk Hotel | | 1 |
| | | none | | 1 |
| | | none - worst was acid mothers though - emperor's n | | 1 |
| | | Oneida | | 1 |
| | | OOIOO | | 1 |
| | | Oxxxes | | 1 |
| | | Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano Duo | | 1 |
| | | Radiohead | | 1 |
| | | Rovo | | 1 |
| | | Sam Rivers | | 1 |
| | | Sigur Ros | | 1 |
| | | Soft Boys | | 1 |
| | | Soundtrack Of Our Lives | | 1 |
| | | Spectrum | | 1 |
| | | Spectrum at Brownies, NYC Nov.2001 | | 1 |
| | | Spiritualized | | 1 |
| | | Strokes | | 1 |
| | | Sun Ra Arkestra | | 1 |
| | | Taraf De Haidouks | | 1 |
| | | The Boredoms | | 1 |
| | | The Coup | | 1 |
| | | The Flaming Lips | | 1 |
| | | The Greenhornes | | 1 |
| | | The Strokes | | 1 |
| | | U2 | | 1 |
| | | White Stripes | | 1 |
| | | Yo La Tengo | | 1 |