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Rolling Stone compiled a list of what they think is the 100 Greatest Rock ICons of all time.

And, in all their infinite doogin, they left out Queen, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Rush, Deep Purple (one of the inventors of heavy metal, mind you), YES, Geneisis, and R.E.M.

OMFG WTF.

Other glaring issues

Cream, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath and AC/DC below AEROSMITH and THE SEX PISTOLS?!?

How did U2 get to number 23, or even the top 50?! They beat out THE WHO!!! NIRVANA, the MOST OVERRATED BAND EVAR, beat out THE WHO and CREAM and SO MANY OTHER artists that are WAAAAY better?!?!

THE WHO are waaaayyyy too LOW and so is DAVID BOWIE and it's NOT FUNNY at all?!?

And omfg, another piece drooling over The Clash. The Clash are good, but they're (again) grossly overrated. Sickeningly. Much like The Doors. I really enjoy the Doors, they're pretty kick-ass, but in this list they're overrated.

And most glaringly, QUEEN didn't even make the fucking list.

WOOP DIDDY DIDDY, WOOP DIDDY DO

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+Rolling Stone compiled a list of what they think is the 100 Greatest Rock ICons of all time.
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+And, in all their infinite doogin, they left out Queen, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Rush, Deep Purple (one of the inventors of heavy metal, mind you), YES, Geneisis, and R.E.M.
-'''General''' is a [[military rank]], in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of [[Field Marshal]]. The title is used by land and sometimes [[air force]]s. In the [[navy|navies]] of the world, the equivalent rank is [[Admiral]].  Its equivalent rank in the [[Royal Air Force]] and air forces of many [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] Countries is [[Air Chief Marshal]].  A "general officer" refers to any rank of general.
+OMFG WTF.
-The term began appearing around the time of the organization of professional armies in the [[17th century]]. At first, it was added as an adjective to existing names of ranks, yielding "Captain-General", "Lieutenant-General" and the like, used to distinguish the ruler's most important officers and usually made up as needed for individuals, often involving a certain amount of negotiation over [[precedence]]. Later, as part of further [[professionalization]] efforts, some of the terms, such as "Major-General" (originally "Sergeant-Major-General"), were assigned to specific ranks.
+Other glaring issues
-[[Image:General_insignia.png|thumb|right|200px|American four-star general insignia]]
+Cream, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath and AC/DC below AEROSMITH and THE SEX PISTOLS?!?
-In the [[United States Armed Forces]], "General" may mean either any rank of general officer, or the highest regular rank, which is usually referred to as '''full general''', or '''four-star general''', if it is necessary to identify it specifically. The different ranks of general are identified by the number of stars worn; a [[General of the Army]] wears five stars, a General four stars, a [[Lieutenant General]] three stars, a [[Major General]] two stars, and a [[Brigadier General]] one star.
+How did U2 get to number 23, or even the top 50?! They beat out THE WHO!!! NIRVANA, the MOST OVERRATED BAND EVAR, beat out THE WHO and CREAM and SO MANY OTHER artists that are WAAAAY better?!?!
-In the [[British Army]], a General's insignia is a crossed sword and baton. This appeared on its own for the now obsolete rank of Brigadier General. A Major General has a [[British military rank insignia|star]] (sometimes called a "pip") over this emblem; a Lieutenant General a crown instead of a pip; and a full General both a pip and a crown.  The insignia for the highest rank of [[Field Marshal]], equivalent to an American five-star general, consists of crossed batons within a wreath and surmounted by a crown. [[Brigadier]]s, although equivalent to Brigadier Generals in other armies, are not considered to be general officers in the British Army.
+THE WHO are waaaayyyy too LOW and so is DAVID BOWIE and it's NOT FUNNY at all?!?
-German Army formerly had pips somewhat like the British, but with five sides on heavy gold braid shoulderboards to indicate generals. The lowest-ranking general had no pip on his shoulderboard.
+And omfg, another piece drooling over The Clash. The Clash are good, but they're (again) grossly overrated. Sickeningly. Much like The Doors. I really enjoy the Doors, they're pretty kick-ass, but in this list they're overrated.
-Some nations maintain a rank known as [[Colonel-General]] which outranks a full general but is subordinate to a Field Marshal.  The rank of Colonel General is most often used in militaries which do not have an equivalent to Brigadier General.
+And most glaringly, QUEEN didn't even make the fucking list.
-During the [[American Civil War]], all generals in the [[Confederate]] military irrespective of grade wore an insignia of three stars in a row with the middle one being slightly larger and placed in an open wreath.  One exception to this was General [[Robert E. Lee]] who chose to wear the insignia rank of a [[colonel]] (three stars) even after he became overall commander of the Confederate armies in [[1865]].
+'''WOOP DIDDY DIDDY, WOOP DIDDY DO'''
-The correspondent rank for '''General''' in the [[Israeli Defence Forces]] is '''[[Rav Aluf]]'''. There can only be one active "Rav Aluf" at a time. The "Rav Aluf" rank is given only to the [[RAMATKAL]] (Chief of the General Staff), which is the highest position within the IDF.
-Similarly, in [[Switzerland]], '''General''' is a title held by the chief of the Army in time of war only. Senior officers used to held the rank of [[Colonel]] (there were "Brigade Colonels", for instance). Nowadays, these ranks are designated without the "Colonel" extension. Generals were appointed during the [[Franco-Prussian War]], [[World War I|First World War]] and [[Second World War]], although Switzerland did not take part in any of these conflicts. An exception to the rule is the rank of the senior Swiss officer detached to the line of demarcation in [[Panmunjeom]], [[South Korea]], who is designated "General" for equality purposes.
-In [[France]], generals are named after the type of unit they command. In ascending order these are ''Général de Brigade'', ''Général de Division'', ''Général de Corps d'Armée'' and ''Général d'Armée''. The insignia for these ranks is two to five stars (one more than for the equivalent rank in the United States). The six star insignia is reserved for the local commander of the [[Paris]] defense sector regardless of his actual rank. The appointment of ''Maréchal de France'', wearing seven stars, is purely honorific.
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-==See also==
-*[[Generalissimo]]
-*[[Shogun]]
-*[[wiktionary:General|General]]
-*[[Comparative military ranks]]
-*[[U.S. Army officer rank insignia]]
-*[[British Army officer rank insignia]]
-{{UK officer ranks}}
-== External links ==
-*[http://www.generals.dk/ Generals of World War II]
-*[http://schema-root.org/region/americas/north_america/usa/government/executive/departments/defense/personnel/generals/ Schema-root.org: US Generals] News feeds for US Generals in the news
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