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(#1) R.E.M.
- Jangle pop, Alternative rock, College rock
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(#2) The Replacements
- Jangle pop, Pop punk, Heartland rock, Rock music, Alternative rock, Indie folk, Punk rock, College rock, Hardcore punk, Post-punk
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(#3) Pixies
- Experimental rock, Grunge, Noise, Alternative rock, Noise pop, Punk rock, Indie rock, College rock, Surf music, Post-punk
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(#4) The Smiths
- Jangle pop, Indie pop, Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#5) The Cure
- New Wave, Gothic rock, Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#6) Hüsker Dü
- Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-hardcore, Hardcore punk
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(#7) Sonic Youth
- Noise rock, Rock music, No wave, Grunge, Post-hardcore, Art punk, Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Art rock, Avant-garde, Indie rock, College rock, Post-punk, Underground music
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(#8) Violent Femmes
- Alternative rock, Punk rock, Folk punk, College rock, Post-punk
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(#9) Dinosaur Jr
- Noise rock, Grunge, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Hard rock
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(#10) Echo & the Bunnymen
- New Wave, Neo-psychedelia, Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#11) The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Indie pop, Shoegazing, Alternative rock, Noise pop, Punk rock, Indie rock, Post-punk
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(#12) Superchunk
- Pop punk, Emo, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock
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(#13) XTC
- Indie pop, New Wave, Psychedelic pop, Neo-psychedelia, Alternative rock, Baroque pop, Psychedelic rock
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(#14) The Connells
- Jangle pop, Rock music, Power pop, Alternative rock, Indie rock, College rock, Southern rock
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(#15) The Smithereens
- Jangle pop, Rock music, Pop rock, Power pop, Classic Punk, Alternative rock, College rock, Hard rock
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(#16) PJ Harvey
- Punk blues, Grunge, Electronica, Blues, Hard rock, Gothic rock, Folk music, Experimental rock, Folk rock, Power pop, Soft rock, Alternative rock, Art rock, Indie rock
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(#17) Sebadoh
- Indie rock, Lo-fi music
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(#18) Buffalo Tom
- Rock music, Alternative rock
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(#19) The Lemonheads
- Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, College rock
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(#20) U2
- Rock, Punk
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(#21) 10,000 Maniacs
- Jangle pop, Rock music, Folk rock, Soft rock, Alternative rock, College rock, Post-punk
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(#22) Blake Babies
- Rock music, Grunge, Alternative rock, Indie rock
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(#23) Camper Van Beethoven
- Pop music, Ska, World music, Acid rock, Alternative rock, Alternative country, Punk rock, Country
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(#24) They Might Be Giants
- Experimental rock, Children's music, Alternative rock, Indie rock, College rock, Geek rock, Comedy rock
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(#25) Midnight Oil
- Rock music, Alternative rock, Progressive rock
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(#26) Hoodoo Gurus
- New Wave, Rock music, College rock
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(#27) Siouxsie & the Banshees
- New Wave, Gothic rock, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#28) Guided by Voices
- Indie pop, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Lo-fi music
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(#29) Mazzy Star
- Indie, Psychedelic folk, Shoegazing, Pop music, Folk music, Acoustic music, Dream pop, Alternative rock, Indie folk, Psychedelic rock, Ambient music, Paisley Underground
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(#30) Butthole Surfers
- Noise rock, Rock music, Neo-psychedelia, Psychedelic rock, Art punk, Experimental rock, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Avant-garde, Avant-garde music, Post-punk, Hardcore punk
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(#31) Minutemen
- Dance-punk, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Funk rock, Hardcore punk, Post-punk
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(#32) The Pogues
- Celtic punk, Celtic fusion, Folk rock, Punk rock, Folk punk, College rock
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(#33) Love and Rockets
- Gothic rock, Alternative rock, College rock, Post-punk
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(#34) Throwing Muses
- Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#35) Yo La Tengo
- Noise rock, Shoegazing, Experimental rock, Dream pop, Alternative rock, Alternative country, Noise pop, Indie rock
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(#36) Concrete Blonde
- Alternative rock
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(#37) Dead Milkmen
- Pop punk, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Folk punk, Cowpunk, Comedy rock
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(#38) Descendents
- Pop punk, Melodic hardcore, Skate punk, Punk rock, Hardcore punk
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(#39) Ween
- Rock music, Experimental rock, Neo-psychedelia, Stoner rock, Alternative rock, Alternative country, Avant-garde, Psychedelic rock, Lo-fi music, Post-punk
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(#40) Tom Waits
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Folk music, Experimental rock, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Jazz, Blues
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(#41) Cake
- Country rock, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Country, College rock, Funk rock, Geek rock
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(#42) Guadalcanal Diary
- Jangle pop, Pop music
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(#43) The Mighty Lemon Drops
- Jangle pop, Indie, Alternative rock, Indie rock, College rock
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(#44) Fine Young Cannibals
- New Wave, Rock music, Pop rock, Soul music, College rock
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(#45) The Housemartins
- Jangle pop, Pop music, Alternative rock, Indie rock, College rock
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(#46) The Sisters of Mercy
- Gothic rock, Rock music, Alternative rock, Dark wave, Hard rock, Post-punk
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(#47) Old 97's
- Country rock, Alternative country, Country, Southern rock, Roots rock
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(#48) The Feelies
- New Wave, Rock music, College rock, Post-punk
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(#49) The Fall
- Alternative rock, Punk rock, Avant-garde, Post-punk
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(#50) Rilo Kiley
- Indie pop, Alternative rock, Indie rock
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College rock was alternative rock music played on the college and university campus radio stations run by students in the United States and Canada in the 1980s. Some college rock artists or bands had begun to gain mainstream recognition with their excellent music works, several college rock artists were highly successful in the mainstream music industry.
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