Be it a renaissance of Garage Rock or another wave early 00’s Alterative, Australia’s The Vines, had a very good run where they were one of the bands coined as a “Savoir of Rock and Roll”. It remains to be seen as to whether this will be an accurate statement in terms of Rock and Roll history, but nevertheless, the Vines did have a decent run, that many bands would envy.

The Streets are basically the project of Mike Skinner, who wanted to (and succeeded in) taking the U.K. Garage and Alternative Hip Hop genres to a more socially aware place. Skinner, who does most of the vocals, arranging, producing and mixing is unarguably multi-talented but again the lack of an American impact does him no favors for this argument.

Like so many other bands, the Strokes knocked it out of the park with a powerful debut album, though they were unable to maintain that momentum. It is a common story, but it is not like they faded into obscurity like others, as they are generated a devoted group of fans, sold over five million albums and also for many revitalized Rock and Roll in the early 00’s. We can see the Strokes enter our list at a decent rank, but the Hall may be a little out of their reach at this time.

Darlings of the Indie Pop/Rock scene for years, The Shins were essentially a side project that evolved into Songwriter, James Mercer’s main outlet. The Shins echo back to a simpler era, yet at the same time managed to pump a Folk feel that took them to levels of introspection without being pretentious. Considering that in the well received 2004 Film Garden State, the lead character referenced a song by the Shins will change your life. For many fans of the Shins, they actually did change lives!