The REAL rankings, imo:
1. New York City, US (The Velvet Underground, Suicide, Television, The Ramones, Blondie, Swans, Sonic Youth, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, The Strokes)
2. Manchester, UK (Buzzcocks, Magazine, Joy Division/New Order, The Fall, The Durutti Column, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The Verve, Autechre)
3. Berlin, DE (Cluster, Ash Ra Tempel, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Thomas Köner, Basic Channel, Monolake)
4. London, UK (Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Wire, Public Image Limited, Talk Talk, The Orb, Suede, M.I.A.)
5. Glasgow, UK (Orange Juice, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pastels, Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura)
6. Athens, US (R.E.M., The B-52s, Neutral Milk Hotel)
7. Seattle, US (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains)
8. Minneapolis, US (The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Prince)
9. Cleveland, US (Devo, Pere Ubu, Nine Inch Nails)
10. Düsseldorf, DE (Kraftwerk, Neu!)
11. Boston, US (The Modern Lovers, Mission of Burma, Pixies, Galaxie 500)
12. Birmingham, UK (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Swell Maps, The Beat, Felt, Godflesh, Broadcast)
13. Los Angeles, US (The Byrds, Love, Minutemen, Black Flag, NWA)
14. Kingston, JM (Bob Marley and the Wailers, Toots and the Maytals)
15. Bristol, UK (Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky)
16. Brisbane, AU (The Go-Betweens, The Saints)
17. Dunedin, NZ (The Chills, The Clean)
18. Liverpool, UK (The Beatles, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Echo and the Bunnymen, The La's)
19. Montreal, CA (Leonard Cohen, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Arcade Fire, Grimes)
20. Detroit, US (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Robert Hood)
21. Dublin, IE (My Bloody Valentine, U2)