Our Awesome List of Lists!

The 10 Greatest Pop-Metal Albums of the '80s
Chuck Klosterman, author, journalist and superhero to a nation of music nerds demands: BANG YOUR HAIR!

The Top 50 Geniuses of Pop Music
Towering natural ability! Exceptional creative powers! A brain the size of Alaska! Without the 50 on this list, not only would the music we love be worse, it wouldn’t exist at all. So who cares if some of them are utterly nuts?

The Best Bling Ever!
We pick the watershed moments in the history of bling, with some help from Reggie Ossé and Gabriel Tolliver, authors of Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book.

Blender Scorecard: Actors with Music Careers
Blender investigates the new wave — and the precarious legacy — of actors' attempts at pop stardom. Some really don't suck at all. Some really do.
10 Best Old-School Rock Band Logos Ever
We’re not saying that a cool logo makes a rock band, but it sure doesn’t hurt … Well, unless you’re Mr. Mister.
The 16 Best Stuttering Songs of All Time
Had David Bowie stuttered as a kid, he might have been too self-conscious to ever approach a microphone. Instead, he — and plenty of other artists — adopted the verbal tic in the recording studio, with hooky hit-making results. We ask two professionals to guide us through the supercatchy art of the speech impediment.
The 13 Worst Hair Trends in Music
You gave into the crowd. You spent over a hundred dollars a month on hair product just to fit in. You keep your high school pictures hidden at all costs. You received nasty looks at every family gathering from 1984 to 1995. You have clearly fallen victim to the worst hair trends in the history of music.
20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time
From turning down the Beatles to stomping Napster— the most ill-advised, foolhardy and downright idiotic decisions ever made by The Man.
The Hottest Women in Music!
For years, they've been ruling iPods, TV shows and silver screens. And for years we've been following them around, asking creepy questions and posting naughty photos on the Internet. The things we do for you people …

Run for Your Life! It’s the 50 Worst Songs Ever!
Some have crap-tastic melodies. Others are wretchedly performed. And quite a few don’t make any sense whatsoever. Blender removes its earplugs to present the 50 tunes we love to hate.