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VH1 is counting down the 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock, and we have the list.

So, what made the cut and who ended up at the top of the list? Is it Britney Spears shaving her head? John Lennon or Michael Jackson’s death? Chris Brown’s assault on Rihanna?

Monday, December 28 at 9:00pm EST, VH1 will present five hours of the most shocking music moments of all time. If you’d like to know what made the list, check it out below:

21. Disco Demolition

22. Altamont

23. Akon throws fan

24. T.I. gun bust

25. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash

26. Rick James busted

27. Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at 2009 VMAs

28. Elvis Presley death

29. John Lennon says Beatles are bigger than Jesus

30. Michael Jackson trial

31. Nas album controversy

32. Fergie pees her pants

33. Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes death

34. Gary Glitter child porn bust

35. Bjork airport attack

36. James Brown on PCP

37. 50 Cent shot 9 times

38. The Who drummer Keith Moon replaced by fan

39. Travis Barker / DJ AM plane crash

40. Axl Rose beats up fan

41. Scott Stapp drunk on Spike TV

42. Chuck Berry’s toilet tapes

43. Van Halen’s 1979 tour

44. WASP onstage torture chamber

45. Cam’ron won’t snitch

46. Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes burns down house

47. Jim Morrison death

48. Johnny Cash attacked by ostrich

49. Diana Ross DUI

50. KISS Kasket

51. George Michael bust

52. Motley Crue release The Dirt

53. Eazy E dies of AIDS

54. DMX at JFK

55. Keith Richards snorts

56. Ted Nugent adopts girlfriend

57. Sid & Nancy

58. Grace Slick taunts Germans

59. Michael Jackson dangles baby

60. Courtney Love in NYC

61. Ozzy Osbourne / Nikki Sixx gross out contest

62. Rush’s Alex Lifeson fight with cops

63. Dave Matthews poop scandal

64. Oasis attacked by fan

65. Cop Killer

66. Mick Jagger / Keith Richards drug bust, orgy rumor

67. Jam Master Jay murder

68. George Jones tractor DUI

69. Gram Parsons’ corpse kidnapped

70. Metallica on stage accident

71. Boy George hooker scandal

72. Courtney Love at Pam Anderson Roast

73. Ant flips out

74. Danzig KO’d Adam

75. Aaliyah plane crash

76. Faith Hill chews out fan for grabbing hubby’s cr*tch

77. Sebastian Bach hit with bottle, attacks fan

78. Pete Doherty bloody interview

79. ODB cashes welfare check

80. Cyndi Lauper eats bird poop during concert

81. Whitney Houston and Serge Gainsbourg

82. Three 6 Mafia win Oscar

83. Sonny Bono skiing accident

84. Blues Traveler John Popper gun bust

85. Green Day wakes fan from coma

86. Mayhem sheep head injury

87. Randy Rhoads plane crash

88. Elvis meets Nixon

89. Billy Bob Thornton awkward interview

90. Steven Tyler casts underage daughter as stripper in video

91. Bobby Brown fight at Disneyland

92. Vince Neil TV facelift

93. Selena shot by fan

94. Leif Garrett car accident and BTM reunion

95. Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries teen

96. KISS drummer impersonated by homeless man

97. Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron’s penis explodes

98. Foxy Brown assaults manicurists

99. Poison feud at VMAs

100. Beyonce falls

Video from VH1’s 2007 Most Shocking Moments special:



VH1 100 Most Shocking Moments: John Lennon Murdered



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So what made the Top 20 in 2009? Check out the list at PopEater.