College rock
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In the USA, college rock was a term used 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.
List of artists commonly considered to be College Rock:
- Aztec Camera
- Billy Bragg
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
- Kate Bush
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Dream Syndicate
- Guadalcanal Diary
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Hoodoo Gurus
- The Housemartins
- Indigo Girls
- Let's Active
- Midnight Oil
- The Mighty Lemon Drops
- Morrissey
- Bob Mould
- Hüsker Dü
- Pixies
- The Replacements
- R.E.M.
- Spin Doctors
- The Smiths
- The Smithereens
- 10,000 Maniacs
- They Might Be Giants
- Throwing Muses
- Violent Femmes
- XTC
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