OK! Sink your teeth into this! We've come totally clean. Listed below are the top 105 songs for 2002 and the top 25 CD's of 2002!!
The top 105 songs of the year are based purely on airplay, we don't sell out to the "hottest new thing," or the social significance of any one singer, set of lyrics or how many times we got blown because we played the song as a request.
The top 25 CD's of the year are based on a very (NOT!) complicated formula combining KNAC.COM airplay and the top CD lists of the year from the KNAC.COM staff and a few selected tastemakers from within the community.
The top 105 songs of 2002 will be played again on Friday January 3rd starting at 10 am pst...we may even do it again, keep checking back! We know that more arguements break out every year over "Best Of" countdowns than its really worth. So just kick back and enjoy the tunes and feel free to ridicule us because your favorite song of the year placed way lower than it should have.
Ready?
Crank em up!!
The Top 105 Songs Of 2002:
1. KORN - I'M HIDING - UNTOUCHABLES
2. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - MILLIONAIRE - SONGS FOR THE DEAF
3. DANZIG - WICKED PUSSYCAT - 777 I LUCIFERI
4. DRAGPIPE - SIMPLE MINDED - SONGS FOR THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE
5. THE UNION UNDERGROUND - ACROSS THE NATION - WWF FORCEABLE ENTRY
6. HANOI ROCKS - PEOPLE LIKE ME - 12 SHOTS ON THE ROCKS
7. DOWN - BEAUTIFULLY DEPRESSED - DOWN II
8. NASHVILLE PUSSY - SAY SOMETHING NASTY - SAY SOMETHING NASTY
9. KORN - HERE TO STAY - UNTOUCHABLES
10. STONE SOUR - GET INSIDE - STONE SOUR
11. HALFORD - CRUCIBLE - CRUCIBLE
12. BRAND NEW SIN - BROKEN SOUL - BRAND NEW SIN
13. IN FLAMES - REROUTE TO REMAIN - REROUTE TO REMAIN
14. COAL CHAMBER - FIEND - DARK DAYS
15. NEUROTICA - ALL MY FRIENDS CRUSH YOU - NEUROTICA
16. LOLLIPOP LUST KILL - EVERYTHING I - MY SO CALLED KNIFE
17. 3RD STRIKE - NO LIGHT - LOST ANGEL
18. GODSMACK - I STAND ALONE - THE SCORPION KING OST
19. PRIMAL FEAR - ARMAGEDDON - BLACK SUN
20. JERRY CANTRELL - ANGER RISING - DEGRADATION TRIP
21. DISTURBED - LIBERATE - BELIEVE
22. SEETHER - GASOLINE - DISCLAIMER
23. DOPE - DIE MF DIE - LIFE
24. MURDERDOLLS - DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD - BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE MURDERDOLLS
25. TAPROOT - POEM - WELCOME
26. SEVENDUST - CRUCIFIED - ANIMOSITY
27. RUSH - ONE LITTLE VICTORY - VAPOR TRAILS
28. DISTURBED - PRAYER - BELIEVE
29. BRAND NEW SIN - MY WORLD - BRAND NEW SIN
30. PULSE ULTRA - ACCEPTANCE (PHASE I) - HEADSPACE
31. ENGINE - I KNOW - SUPERHOLIC
32. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - TOXICITY - TOXICITY
33. SHADOWS FALL - THOUGHTS WITHOUT WORDS - THE ART OF BALANCE
34. HEADSTRONG - SWING HARDER - HEADSTRONG
35. POISON - HOLLYWEIRD - HOLLYWEIRD
36. AUDIOSLAVE - COCHISE - AUDIOSLAVE
37. SKINLAB - PURIFY - reVOLTING ROOM
38. SOULFLY - ONE NATION - SOULFLY 3
39. NICKLEBACK - NEVER AGAIN - SILVER SIDE UP
40. DOWN - GHOSTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI - DOWN II
41. STATIC X - COLD - QUEEN OF THE DAMNED OST
42. ANTHRAX - REFUSE TO BE DENIED - WE'VE COME FOR YOU ALL
43. OTEP - BLOOD PIGS - SERVAS TRAS
44. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - AERIALS - TOXICITY
45. DREAM THEATER - THE GLASS PRISON - SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE
46. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - BLEED FOR ME - 1919 ETERNAL
47. TED NUGENT - CRAVE - CAVEMAN
48. CHEVELLE - WONDER WHAT'S NEXT - WONDER WHAT'S NEXT
49. NOISE THERAPY - GET UP - TENSION
50. SLAYER - BORN TO BE WILD - FOX NASCAR CRANK IT UP
51. ROB ZOMBIE - DEAD GIRL SUPERSTAR - SINISTER URGE
52. TOOL - TICKS AND LEECHES - LATERALUS
53. THE CULT - THE SAINT - BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
54. BOY SETS FIRE - RELEASE THE DOGS - LIVE FOR TODAY
55. GEOFF TATE - OFF THE TV - GEOFF TATE
56. MUDVAYNE - NOT FALLING - THE END OF ALL THINGS TO COME
57. P.O.D. - BOOM - SATELLITE
58. PROJECT 86 - S.M.C. - AN INTRODUCTION TO TRUTHLESS HEROES
59. DRY CELL - BODY CRUMBLES - QUEEN OF THE DAMNED OST
60. AMONG THIEVES - CONSEQUENCE - DEMO
61. MOTORHEAD - SHUT YOUR MOUTH - HAMMERED
62. SIXTY WATT SHAMAN - NOMAD - REASON TO LIVE
63. JACKYL - KILL THE SUNSHINE - RELENTLESS
64. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - SELF REVOLUTION - ALIVE OR JUST BREATHING
65. THE BLANK THEORY - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - BEYOND THE CALM OF THE CORRIDOR
66. SUPERJOINT RITUAL - FUCK YOUR ENEMY - USE ONCE AND DESTROY
67. BRUCE DICKINSON - SILVER WINGS - BEST OF BRUCE
68. EARSHOT - HEADSTRONG - LETTING GO
69. SALIVA - CLICK CLICK BOOM - EVERY SIX SECONDS
70. INJECTED - BULLET - BULLET
71. SOILWORK - AS WE SPEAK - NATURAL BORN CHAOS
72. DIO - PUSH - KILLING THE DRAGON
73. HATEBREED - I WILL BE HEARD - PERSERVERENCE
74. SEVENDUST - PRAISE - ANIMOSITY
75. SW1TCHED - INSIDE - SUBJECT TO CHANGE
76. CREED - BULLETS - WEATHERED
77. DISTURBED - FEAR - THE SICKNESS
78. CLOCKWISE - LAY HER DOWN - HEALTHY MANIPULATION
79. THE CROWN - UNDER THE WHIP - CROWNED IN TERROR
80. MESHUGGAH - RATIONAL GAZE - NOTHING
81. VEX RED - ITCH - START WITH A STRONG AND PERSISTANT DESIRE
82. W.A.S.P. - SHADOW MAN - DYING FOR THE WORLD
83. MEDICATION - INSIDE - MEDICATION
84. BREAKING POINT - ONE OF A KIND - WWF FORCEABLE ENTRY
85. DIO - BETTER IN THE DARK - KILL THE DRAGONS
86. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - GENOCIDE JUNKIES - 1919 ETERNAL
87. CRAVING THEO - STOMP - CRAVING THEO
88. SALIVA - AFTER ME - EVERY SIX SECONDS
89. RA - DO YOU CALL MY NAME - FROM ONE
90. HEADSTRONG - ADRIANA - HEADSTRONG
91. MANOWAR - CALL TO ARMS - WARRIORS OF THE WORLD
92. SKID ROW - THICK IS THE SKIN - DEMO
93. MISSION66 - JADED - DEMO
94. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - INNERVISION - STEAL THIS ALBUM
95. REDRUM - LINES - DEMO
96. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - LIFE,BIRTH,BLOOD,DOOM - 1919 ETERNAL
97. TRIBE OF JUDAH - LEFT FOR DEAD - EXIT ELVIS
98. THE APEX THEORY - SHHH... - TOPSY TURVY
99. VANILLA FUDGE - GOOD GOOD LIVIN - THE RETURN
100. ABDULLAH - BLACK HELICOPTERS - GRAVEYARD POETRY
101. 36 CRAZYFISTS - TURNS TO ASHES - BITTERNESS THE STAR
102. FIVE POINTE O - DOUBLE X MINUS - UNTITLED
103. PUSHMONKEY - NUMBER ONE - EL BITCHE
104. DEMON HUNTER - I HAVE SEEN WHERE IT GROWS - DEMON HUNTER
105. MUSHROOMHEAD - SOLITAIRE UNRAVELING - XX
The Top 25 CD's For 2002:
1. KORN - UNTOUCHABLES
2. DOWN - DOWN II
3. DISTURBED - BELIEVE
4. BRAND NEW SIN - BRAND NEW SIN
5. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - SONGS FOR THE DEAF
6. VARIOUS ARTISTS - QUEEN OF THE DAMNED SOUNDTRACK
7. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - 1919 ETERNAL
8. AUDIOSLAVE - AUDIOSLAVE
9. SHADOWS FALL - THE ART OF BALANCE
10. STONE SOUR - STONE SOUR
11. JERRY CANTRELL - DEGRADATION TRIP
12. HALFORD - CRUCIBLE
13. VARIOUS ARTISTS - WWF FORCEABLE ENTRY
14. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - TOXICITY
15. SEVENDUST - ANIMOSITY
16. IN FLAMES - REROUTE TO REMAIN
17. HANOI ROCKS - 12 SHOTS ON THE ROCKS
18. DANZIG - 777 I LUCIFERI
19. COAL CHAMBER - DARK DAYS
20. DRAGPIPE - SONGS FOR THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE
21. NASHVILLE PUSSY - SAY SOMETHING NASTY
22. LOLLIPOP LUST KILL - MY SO CALLED KNIFE
23. HEADSTRONG - HEADSTRONG
24. NEUROTICA - NEUROTICA
25. TAPROOT - WELCOME
