Artist	Song
Yngwie Malmsteen	Black Star
from Rising Force (2007)
Dokken	In My Dreams
from Under Lock and Key (2008)
Pretenders	Brass In Pocket
from Pretenders (Remastered) (2006)
The Cult	She Sells Sanctuary
from Love (2000)
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Cutter
from Songs to Learn and Sing (2004)
Dinosaur Jr.	Freak Scene
from Bug (2005)
The Jesus and Mary Chain	Head On
from Automatic (2006)
Jane's Addiction	Mountain Song
from Nothing's Shocking (2010)
Dead Kennedys	California Uber Alles
from Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (2004)
Pixies	Debaser
from Doolittle (1998)
The Replacements	Alex Chilton
from Pleased to Meet Me (Expanded Edition) (2008)
Joy Division	Dead Souls
from Still (2008)
X	Los Angeles
from Los Angeles (2007)
Black Flag	Rise Above
from Damaged (2006)
Minor Threat	Straight Edge
from First 2 7"s (1984)
The Misfits	Die, Die My Darling
from Earth A.D. / Die, Die My Darling (1992)
Minutemen	This Ain't No Picnic
from Double Nickels On the Dime (2006)
Mission of Burma	That’s When I Reach for My Revolver
from Signals, Calls and Marches (Remastered) (2008)
Bad Brains	Banned in D.C.
from Bad Brains (1996)
Fugazi	Waiting Room
from 13 Songs (1989)
Melvins	Green Honey
from Ozma (1989)
Killing Joke	Eighties
from Night Time (2008)
Love and Rockets	Kundalini Express
from Express (2001)

Comment:

When Nirvana was still on Sub Pop — churning out wicked and wiry pop tunes like "Negative Creep" — the idea of "alternative rock" had nothing to do with what the cool kids were listening to. Instead, critics coined the term "college rock" to describe the indie-influencing work of artists such as Sonic Youth (the seven sprawling, ground-swallowing minutes of "Teen Age Riot"), the Replacements (the deceptively simple hooks of "Alex Chilton," an early Goo Goo Dolls inspiration), Joy Division (the steely guitars and suffocating gloom of "Dead Souls"), Bad Brains (the unhinged hardcore of "Banned in D.C."), and Bauhaus (the gothic thrash of "Third Uncle," a.k.a. a rather spectacular Brian Eno cover).

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