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Every year, our Rock announcers put their reputations on the line by submitting their top picks in the Rock 2000 - and 2025 is no different.

Curious what made the cut for Rog, Bryce, Mulls, Mel, Jay, Dunc and Westie Lee? Scroll down and judge for yourself.

Bryce:

  • Blindspott - Mind Dependency

  • Turnstile – Birds

  • Soundgarden – Outshined

  • Tool – Forty Six & 2

  • The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog

  • Alice In Chains – Bleed the Freak

  • Fontaines D.C. – Starburster

  • Pearl Jam – State of Love and Trust

  • YUNGBLUD – Changes

  • Black Sabbath – Iron Man

  • The Strokes – Someday

  • The Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden

  • Cold Chisel – Flame Trees

  • Oasis – Acquiesce

  • Queens of the Stone Age – Song for the Dead

  • Tom Petty – Breakdown

  • Audioslave – What You Are

  • The Smashing Pumpkins – Mayonaise

  • Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • Shihad – You Again

Mulls:

  • Racing – Run Wild

  • Creed – My Sacrifice

  • Pearl Jam – Black (MTV Live version)

  • Pearl Jam – Corduroy

  • Shihad – Deb’s Night Out

  • Jimmy Barnes – Khe Sanh

  • Tool – Stinkfist

  • The Who – Baba O’Riley

  • Blindspott – Nil by Mouth

  • System of a Down – Chop Suey!

  • Foo Fighters – Let It Die

  • Queens of the Stone Age – Little Sister

  • Oasis – Wonderwall

  • Radiohead – Just

  • The D4 – What I Want

  • Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike

  • Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

  • Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade

  • Manchester Orchestra – I’ve Got Friends

  • YUNGBLUD – Changes

Westie Lee:

  • Oasis – Morning Glory

  • Highly Suspect – Lydia

  • Pearl Jam – Come Back

  • Turnstile – Never Enough

  • YUNGBLUD – Changes

  • Powder Chutes – Take It or Leave It

  • Highly Suspect – Serotonia

  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded by the Light

  • Pearl Jam – Black

  • The Paradox – Do Me Like That

  • Tom Petty – Wildflowers

  • Jack White – That’s How I’m Feeling

  • Highly Suspect – Postres

  • Blink-182 – The Anthem, Pt. 2

  • Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger

  • Tool – Hooker with a Penis

  • Pearl Jam – Crazy Mary

  • Incubus – The Warmth

  • Linkin Park – Heavy

  • Blindspott – Nil by Mouth

Rog:

  • The Verve – Sonnet

  • Radiohead – The Bends

  • Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger

  • Oasis – Some Might Say

  • The Fratellis – Whistle for the Choir

  • AC/DC – For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

  • Rage Against the Machine – Know Your Enemy

  • The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done

  • Queen – Radio Ga Ga

  • Black Sabbath – Changes

  • Dire Straits – Telegraph Road

  • Pearl Jam – Wreckage

  • Hunters & Collectors – Holy Grail

  • Aerosmith – What It Takes

  • Mötley Crüe – Without You

  • Shihad – Feel the Fire

  • Cold Chisel – Flame Trees

  • U2 – Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

  • Coverdale/Page – Shake My Tree

  • Stereophonics – Traffic

Mel:

  • Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train

  • Pearl Jam – Wreckage

  • Tool – Pneuma

  • Turnstile – Never Enough

  • Audioslave – Gasoline

  • Alice In Chains – Nutshell (MTV Unplugged)

  • The Exponents – Victoria

  • I Am Giant – Neon Sunrise

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man

  • Rage Against the Machine – Bombtrack

  • Temple of the Dog – Say Hello to Heaven

  • Black Sabbath – Iron Man

  • Metallica – One

  • Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure

  • Korn – Blind

  • Dinosaur Pile-Up – Round the Bend

  • Shihad – Pacifier

  • Kaleo – Backdoor

  • Guns N’ Roses – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

  • Blindspott – Nil by Mouth

Dunc:

  1. Dire Straits – Money for Nothing

  2. Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade

  3. Foo Fighters – Everlong

  4. Metallica – Master of Puppets

  5. Pearl Jam – Black

  6. Foo Fighters – These Days

  7. Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train

  8. Eddie Vedder – Hard Sun

  9. Seether – Remedy

  10. The Killers – Mr. Brightside

  11. YUNGBLUD – Changes (Live from Villa Park)

  12. Metallica – Fuel

  13. Oasis – Live Forever

  14. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

  15. Tool – Fear Inoculum

  16. Gary Clark Jr. – Bright Lights

  17. Prophets of Rage – Living on the 110

  18. Luke Combs – Beer Never Broke My Heart

  19. Slim Dusty – Duncan

  20. INXS – Never Tear Us Apart

Jay:

  1. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Anemone

  2. Black Sabbath – War Pigs

  3. Pearl Jam – Waiting for Stevie

  4. Blindspott – Pretty Violent

  5. Arcade Fire – No Cars Go

  6. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Hammer Song

  7. Gang of Youths – All My Friends (triple j Like A Version)

  8. Lissie – Pursuit of Happiness

  9. Shihad – Spacing

  10. Prisoners of War – Only Way

  11. Tool – Lateralus

  12. Foals – Balloons

  13. Pist Idiots – Leave It at That

  14. Sparta – Breaking the Broken

  15. IDLES – Dancer

  16. Jack White – Archbishop Harold Hollingsworth

  17. Chris Stapleton – Parachute

  18. Soundgarden – The Day I Tried to Live

  19. Radiohead – Burn the Witch

  20. Grinspoon – More Than You Are

You can get your Rock 2000 votes in from 9am Mondee 4th August.

Published by Raynor Perreau

04 Aug 2025