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'''College rock''' was a term used in the United States to describe 1980s [[alternative rock]] before the term "alternative" came into common usage. So named because it was primarily played on [[campus radio]] stations, these bands combined the experimentation of [[post-punk]] and [[New Wave music|New Wave]] with a more melodic pop style and an [[underground music|underground]] sensibility. It is not necessarily a genre term, but there do exist some common aesthetics among college rock bands. Artists such as [[R.E.M.]], [[10,000 Maniacs]], [[U2]], and [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] became some of the better-known examples in the mid 1980s. By the 1990s, however, the genre had been supplanted by [[grunge]] and [[indie rock]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:11971 Allmusic: College Rock]</ref><ref>[http://80music.about.com/od/genresmovements/p/collegerock.htm About.com: Profile of College Rock, the Original '80s Alternative]</ref> |
'''College rock''' was a term used in the United States to describe 1980s [[alternative rock]] before the term "alternative" came into common usage. So named because it was primarily played on [[campus radio]] stations, these bands combined the experimentation of [[post-punk]] and [[New Wave music|New Wave]] with a more melodic pop style and an [[underground music|underground]] sensibility. It is not necessarily a genre term, but there do exist some common aesthetics among college rock bands. Artists such as [[R.E.M.]], [[10,000 Maniacs]], [[U2]], and [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] became some of the better-known examples in the mid 1980s. By the 1990s, however, the genre had been supplanted by [[grunge]] and [[indie rock]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:11971 Allmusic: College Rock]</ref><ref>[http://80music.about.com/od/genresmovements/p/collegerock.htm About.com: Profile of College Rock, the Original '80s Alternative]</ref> |
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==List of college rock artists== |
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*[[10,000 Maniacs]] |
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*[[The Alarm]] |
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*[[Aztec Camera]] |
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*[[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] |
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*[[Big Audio Dynamite]] |
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*[[The Blasters]] |
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*[[Billy Bragg]] |
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*[[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]] |
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*[[Kate Bush]] |
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*[[Butthole Surfers]] |
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*[[Camper Van Beethoven]] |
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*[[The Church (band)|The Church]] |
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*[[Cocteau Twins]] |
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*[[The Cowboy Junkies]] |
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*[[The Cure]] |
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*[[The dB's]] |
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*[[Dead Milkmen]] |
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*[[Dinosaur Jr.]] |
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*[[Dream Syndicate]] |
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*[[Echo & the Bunnymen]] |
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*[[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] |
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*[[The Feelies]] |
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*[[Guadalcanal Diary (band)|Guadalcanal Diary]] |
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*[[Happy Mondays]] |
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*[[Robyn Hitchcock]] |
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*[[Hoodoo Gurus]] |
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*[[The House of Love]] |
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*[[The Housemartins]] |
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*[[Hüsker Dü]] |
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*[[Indigo Girls]] |
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*[[The Jam]] |
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*[[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] |
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*[[The La's]] |
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*[[Let's Active]] |
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*[[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] |
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*[[The Lucy Show (band)|The Lucy Show]] |
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*[[Meat Puppets]] |
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*[[The Mekons]] |
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*[[Midnight Oil]] |
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*[[The Mighty Lemon Drops]] |
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*[[Miracle Legion]] |
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*[[Morrissey]] |
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*[[Bob Mould]] |
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*[[Peter Murphy]] |
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*[[Mojo Nixon]] and [[Skid Roper]] |
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*[[New Order]] |
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*[[Orange Juice]] |
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*[[Pixies]] |
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*[[The Pogues]] |
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*[[Public Image Ltd.]] |
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*[[The Pursuit of Happiness (band)|The Pursuit of Happiness]] |
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*[[REM (band)|REM]] |
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*[[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] |
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*[[Jane Siberry]] |
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*[[The Sisters of Mercy]] |
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*[[Simple Minds]] |
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*[[Siouxsie & the Banshees]] |
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*[[Sonic Youth]] |
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*[[Soul Asylum]] |
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*[[The Smiths]] |
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*[[The Smithereens]] |
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*[[Spacemen 3]] |
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*[[The Stone Roses]] |
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*[[The Sugarcubes]] |
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*[[The The]] |
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*[[They Might Be Giants]] |
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*[[Throwing Muses]] |
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*[[U2]] |
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*[[Violent Femmes]] |
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*[[Wire (band)|Wire]] |
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*[[The Wedding Present]] |
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*[[The Wonder Stuff]] |
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*[[World Party]] |
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*[[XTC]] |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 17:28, 29 January 2010
College rock was a term used in the United States to describe 1980s alternative rock before the term "alternative" came into common usage. So named because it was primarily played on campus radio stations, these bands combined the experimentation of post-punk and New Wave with a more melodic pop style and an underground sensibility. It is not necessarily a genre term, but there do exist some common aesthetics among college rock bands. Artists such as R.E.M., 10,000 Maniacs, U2, and The Replacements became some of the better-known examples in the mid 1980s. By the 1990s, however, the genre had been supplanted by grunge and indie rock.[1][2]
List of college rock artists
References
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