It was ugly music for ugly times.”Liz Kershaw, Radio DJ: “It’s a toss up between Sandy Shaw winning the Eurovision title for the UK in 1967 and Robbie Williams leaving Take That. It was bad and it was violent and nothing like that had come before it.”Phil Alexander, Editor-in-chief, ‘Mojo’: “When Black Sabbath released their album in 1970, they created modern heavy metal as we know it. Hearing his voice was as startling as having a naked woman run into the room.”Andy Gill, Music critic: “When Bob Dylan went electric, the sound he was making had never been made – it was loud and overbearing and people thought it revolting.”Nick Mason, Drummer for Pink Floyd: “Bill Haley’s Rock Around The Clock marked a seminal moment. Frank Sinatra: Records “Someone To Watch Over Me”, 30 July 1945.19. Blondie: “Heart Of Glass” number one in Britain, 27 January 1979.20: The Kinks: “Waterloo Sunset” puts London at centre of swinging Sixties: 27 May 1967.THE EXPERTS SAYJohn Peel, DJ on BBC Radio 1: “The moment when Elvis’s Heartbreak Hotel was requested on the radio in 1956 was when nothing would be the same again.

Radiohead: Guitarist Jonny Greenwood sabotages Thom Yorke’s “Creep”, spring 1992.17. The Velvet Underground: Fired from Caf?izarre after performing “The Black Angel’s Death Song” twice, December 1965.18. Bob Marley: Seeks out Lee “Scratch” Perry to produce the Wailers, spring 1970.16. Marvin Gaye: Threatened to quit Motown unless What’s Going On was released, summer 1970.14. Brian Wilson/The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds released, 7 May 1966.15.

Sex Pistols: Foul-mouthed appearance on ITV, 1 December 1976.12 Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon, March 1973.13. The Beatles: First appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, 9 February 1964.5. The Rolling Stones: “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, a “comeback” single after the psychedelic Their Satanic Majesties Request, 12 March 1968.6 Jimi Hendrix: The Monterey Pop Festival, 28 June 1967.7 Neil Young: Release of Time Fades Away, September 1973.8 John Lennon: “Imagine”, 11 October 1971.9 Nirvana: Six-day UK tour, 21-27 November 1990.10 Led Zeppelin: First LP, March 1969.11. Elvis Presley: The Sun Records session on 5 July 1954 that yielded “That’s All Right”, Elvis’s first single.2. Bob Dylan: Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 25 July 1965.3 The Clash: Release of “White Riot”, March 1977.4. Later moments are represented by the White Stripes, in 92nd place for their secret gig in north London in August 2001. REM’s release of “Everybody Hurts” in 1993 is in 54th place and Radiohead’s entry into the US charts in 1992 is in 16th position.MOJO’S TOP TWENTY1.