Ranking   
NME    April 2002
Top 50 music icons from the last 50 years
    1. The Smiths
    2. The Beatles
    3. Stone Roses
    4. David Bowie
    5. The Sex Pistols
    6. Oasis
    7. Radiohead
    8. The Jam
    9. U2
  10. Public Enemy
  11. Happy Mondays
  12. The Clash
  13. Nirvana
  14. Elvis Presley
  15. Joy Division
  16. Blur
  17. The Strokes
  18. The Rolling Stones
  19. The Verve
  20. Bob Marley
  21. The Fall
  22. Prodigy
  23. The Velvet Underground
  24. REM
  25. Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  26. Dexy's Midnight Runners
  27. Beastie Boys
  28. T Rex, Jesus and Mary Chain
  30. The Specials
  31. Manic Street Preachers
  32. Roxy Music
  33. The Pixies
  34. Iggy Pop
  35. The Pogues
  36. Primal Scream
  36. Frank Sinatra
  38. Bob Dylan
  39. Blondie
  40. Eminem
  41. Culture Club
  42. Madonna
  43. Marvin Gaye
  44. Pulp
  45. Michael Jackson
  46. The Charlatans
  47. Echo and the Bunnymen
  48. The KLF
  49. Neil Young
  50. PJ Harvey