Artist	Song
X	Los Angeles
from Los Angeles (2007)
Faith No More	We Care a Lot
from This Is It: The Best of Faith No More (2009)
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions	Perfect Skin
from Rattlesnakes (Deluxe Edition) (2004)
Love and Rockets	Kundalini Express
from Express (2001)
The The	This Is the Day
from Soul Mining (2002)
Kirsty MacColl	A New England
from The Stiff Years (2005)
The Cramps	I Was a Teenage Werewolf (With False Start) [Original Mix]
from Songs the Lord Taught Us (2003)
Three O'Clock	Jet Fighter
from Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown (1983)
Minutemen	This Ain't No Picnic
from Double Nickels On the Dime (2006)
Dinosaur Jr.	Freak Scene
from Bug (2005)
The Fall	Victoria
from The Frenz Experiment (1999)
The Circle Jerks	Live Fast Die Young
from Group Sex (1980)
The Alarm	Sixty Eight Guns
from Standards (1990)
Japan	Ghosts
from Tin Drum (2003)
Xymox	Obsession
from Twist of Shadows (1994)
The Dream Syndicate	Tell Me When It's Over
from The Days of Wine and Roses (2005)
Sisters of Mercy	Lucretia My Reflection
from Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - A Slight Case of Overbombing (2010)
Meat Puppets	Lake of Fire
from Ii (2011)
The Dead Milkmen	Bitchin' Camaro
from Big Lizard In My Back Yard (2006)
Lone Justice	Ways to Be Wicked
from Lone Justice (1985)
Beat Happening	Our Secret
from Beat Happening (2007)
The Go-Betweens	Cattle and Cane
from Before Hollywood (2008)
The Blue Nile	Tinseltown in the Rain
from A Walk Across the Rooftops (2003)
The Rain Parade	This Can't Be Today
from Emergency Third Rail Power Trip (2006)
The House of Love	Shine On
from The House of Love: Best of (1998)

Comment:

Our Deep Cuts section is usually reserved for . . . well, deep cuts — choice songs from the bottom of the crate that you simply [i]have[/i] to hear. But when it comes to '80s college rock, there is no bottom of the crate, just more and more crucial, killer songs that really did change our lives. The Alarm rang out with a rock 'n' roll call to arms on the guts-and-glory grandeur of "Sixty Eight Guns," while more introspective ears could get lost in the heady poetic rush of Kate Bush's James Joyce-goes-[i]Top of the Pops[/i] reverie "Running Up That Hill" or wander the spooky, romantic ruins of Japan's electro-cabaret ballad "Ghosts." Then again, if you were in the mood for more of a joy-riding rampage, you could always call "shotgun" and let the Dead Milkmen do the driving, with the snarky tire screech of "Bitchin' Camaro."

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