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The Rumble and Rock Drive's Rock 2000 votes


Published by Raynor Perreau
04 Aug 2025
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:
Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Pearl Jam – Black
Foo Fighters – These Days
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
Eddie Vedder – Hard Sun
Seether – Remedy
The Killers – Mr. Brightside
YUNGBLUD – Changes (Live from Villa Park)
Metallica – Fuel
Oasis – Live Forever
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Tool – Fear Inoculum
Gary Clark Jr. – Bright Lights
Prophets of Rage – Living on the 110
Luke Combs – Beer Never Broke My Heart
Slim Dusty – Duncan
INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
Jay:
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Anemone
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Pearl Jam – Waiting for Stevie
Blindspott – Pretty Violent
Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Hammer Song
Gang of Youths – All My Friends (triple j Like A Version)
Lissie – Pursuit of Happiness
Shihad – Spacing
Prisoners of War – Only Way
Tool – Lateralus
Foals – Balloons
Pist Idiots – Leave It at That
Sparta – Breaking the Broken
IDLES – Dancer
Jack White – Archbishop Harold Hollingsworth
Chris Stapleton – Parachute
Soundgarden – The Day I Tried to Live
Radiohead – Burn the Witch
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