Its not THAT bad. What do you expect...its going to be middle of the road heavy rock and metal, not some obscure death / black metal. Its quite a nice reminder of stuff pre-nineties, late eighties actually.
That list sucks, it's a lot of the same bands with just different songs. VH1 clearly doesn't have a good grasp of what good metal is. Plus "iron man" is #1, sorry but my friend plays that song all the time, fucking annoying.
Ones that ought to be in there (and aren't) include:
Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Type O Negative - Love You To Death/Black No1
Sepultura - Inner self
Machine Head - The Blood the Sweat the Tears/Old
Deftones - Minerva/Digital Bath/Be Quiet and Drive
Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning
Celtic Frost - Circle Of Tyrants
S.O.D. - Sargeant D and the SOD
Testament - Burnt Offerings
Overkill - Hello From The Gutter
Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't Bring Me Down/How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
WASP - Wild Child
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera/Remember Tomorrow
Life Of Agony - Method of Groove