While VH1 never pressed this 2020 list to CD, you can find the original 2008 4-CD box set on eBay/Discogs. Titled "VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" (2009, Time-Life), it includes 80% of the 2020 list.
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: Listed with Black Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell" and his solo masterpiece "Holy Diver" . While VH1 never pressed this 2020 list to
51. The Donnas - Take It Off 52. Dio - Holy Diver 53. Cinderella - Gypsy Road 54. Living Colour - Cult of Personality 55. Shinedown - Sound of Madness 56. The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 57. Disturbed - Down With the Sickness 58. Heart - Barracuda 59. Stone Sour - Get Inside 60. Guns N' Roses - November Rain 61. The Offspring - Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 62. Slipknot - Before I Forget 63. Rainbow - Since You Been Gone 64. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business 65. Godsmack - I Stand Alone 66. Warrant - Cherry Pie 67. Europe - The Final Countdown 68. The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So 69. Nazareth - Hair of the Dog 70. Seether - Fine Again 71. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb 72. Buckcherry - Lit Up 73. Mountain - Mississippi Queen 74. Trapt - Headstrong 75. Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly The band helped define the genre, were ranked
The list was compiled through votes from over 600,000 viewers and a panel of expert musicians. The top ten tracks represent the "Holy Grail" of hard rock, featuring some of the most recognizable guitar riffs and vocal performances ever recorded: Guns N' Roses "Back in Black" "Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin "Paranoid" Black Sabbath "Enter Sandman" "Won't Get Fooled Again" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "Walk This Way" "Runnin' with the Devil" "Ace of Spades" Motörhead Key Historical Highlights