COLLEGE ROCK

'College rock' was a term used in the USA 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, 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]

Contents

List of artists commonly considered to be College Rock

References

List of artists commonly considered to be College Rock

★ Aztec Camera

★ Billy Bragg

★ The Bongos

★ Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

★ Kate Bush

★ Camper Van Beethoven

★ The Church

★ Lloyd Cole

★ The Cure

★ The dB's

★ Descendents

★ Dinosaur Jr

★ Dream Syndicate

★ Guadalcanal Diary

★ Robyn Hitchcock

★ Hoodoo Gurus

★ The Housemartins

★ Hüsker Dü

★ Indigo Girls

★ The Jesus and Mary Chain

★ The La's

★ Let's Active

★ Love and Rockets

★ Midnight Oil

★ The Mighty Lemon Drops

★ Morrissey

★ Bob Mould

★ New Order

★ Pixies

★ The Pursuit of Happiness

★ The Replacements

★ R.E.M.

★ Sonic Youth

★ Soul Asylum

★ The Smiths

★ The Smithereens

★ 10,000 Maniacs

★ They Might Be Giants

★ Throwing Muses

★ U2

★ Violent Femmes

★ The Waterboys

★ Ween

★ XTC

References

1. Allmusic: College Rock
2. About.com: Profile of College Rock, the Original '80s Alternative