Artist	Song
Flamin' Groovies	Shake Some Action
from Rock Masters: Flamin' Groovies (2005)
Del the Funky Homosapien	Mistadobalina
from The Best of del Tha Funkee Homosapien - The Elektra Years: B-Boy Handbook (2004)
Sammy Hagar	I Can't Drive 55
from The Essential Red Collection (2004)
Rogue Wave	Lake Michigan
from Asleep At Heaven's Gate (2007)
Moby Grape	Omaha
from Listen My Friends! The Best of Moby Grape (2007)
Deftones	Change (In the House of Flies)
from White Pony (2008)
Honeycut	Exodus Honey
from The Day I Turned to Glass (2006)
Montrose	Rock Candy
from The Very Best of Montrose (2005)
Club Nouveau	Lean On Me
from Life, Love & Pain (2005)
NOFX	We Called It America
from Coaster (2009)
The Donnas	Take It Off
from Spend the Night (2009)
Hieroglyphics	You Never Knew
from 3rd Eye Vision (1998)
Operation Ivy	Take Warning
from Operation Ivy (2007)
Red House Painters	Grace Cathedral Park
from Retrospective (1999)
Deerhoof	Believe E.S.P.
from Friend Opportunity (2007)
Vetiver	You May Be Blue
from To Find Me Gone (2006)
The Coup	Pork and Beef
from Party Music (2008)
Flipper	Way of the World
from Blow'n Chunks (2001)
Joanna Newsom	Sprout and the Bean
from The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
Jawbreaker	Shield Your Eyes
from Bivouac (1991)
Beulah	Popular Mechanics for Lovers
from The Coast Is Never Clear (2001)
Mr. Bungle	The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
from California (2010)
Blackalicious	Alphabet Aerobics (The Cut Chemist 2 1/2 Minute Workout)
from A2G EP (1999)
Gravy Train!!!!	Hella Nervous
from Hello Doctor (2003)

Comment:

With its rep as a bohemian haven, the Bay Area has always been known as a place where the underdog rises to the top. The Flamin’ Groovies may have seemed out of step when they started out in the psychedelic ’60s, but when they unleashed “Shake Some Action” in ’76, they fulfilled their destiny as pioneers of power pop and punk. Speaking of punk, even amid the madness of the ’80s S.F. hardcore scene, Flipper stood out with the bludgeoning, bottom-heavy blast of tracks like “Way of the World.” And on the other end of the spectrum, sadcore kings Red House Painters stirred up the softly swelling sonic breezes blowing long and lonesome through “Grace Cathedral Park,” immortalizing that San Francisco spot in the process.

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