Artist	Song
R.E.M.	It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Edit] [Remastered]
from It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Edit] [Remastered - Single (2009)
Pixies	Wave of Mutilation
from Doolittle (1998)
Bad Brains	Banned in D.C.
from Bad Brains (1996)
Queen	Tie Your Mother Down
from Classic Queen (1994)
Led Zeppelin	Immigrant Song
from Mothership (Remastered) (2007)
Hüsker Dü	Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
from Candy Apple Grey (2008)
The Clash	Clash City Rockers
from The Singles (2007)
Sonic Youth	Dirty Boots
from Goo (1990)
Minor Threat	In My Eyes
from First 2 7"s (1984)
Cheap Trick	Surrender
from Heaven Tonight (Remastered) (1998)
Big Star	September Gurls
from #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
The Germs	Lexicon Devil
from GI (2008)
Sunny Day Real Estate	Seven
from Diary (Remastered) [Bonus Track Version] (2009)
Scream	Gods Look Down
from Fumble & Banging the Drum (1993)

Comment:

Like any generation-defining band, Foo Fighters are a Frankenstein's monster of artistically defining roots and influences. And when you're talking about those roots and influences, you simply can't get around Nirvana, particularly "Marigold," which found Dave Grohl emerging as a songwriter in his own right. On the new Foos album, Wasting Light, he cranks up the volume on that songwriting, inviting Krist Novaselic and Nevermind producer Butch Vig back into the fold. Frequent Foo Fighter/Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear drops a steroid-laden, speed-laced fuzz-bomb in the Germs' punk pièce de résistance "Lexicon Devil." Grohl's first major band, Scream, emerged as a titan on the D.C. punk scene, alongside Bad Brains and Minor Threat, though they weren't the least bit shy about tackling an arena-sized anthem like "Gods Look Down." And with the power-chord-over-snare-bash blast of "Surrender," arena heroes Cheap Trick deliver a high-octane hybrid of classic rock, heavy metal, and power pop. From R.E.M. to The Clash to Led Zeppelin, every corner of the rock world gave the Foos their cues.

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