Thread by @bryanbehar

To me, it can’t be Memorial Day Weekend without a Music Countdown. So I’ve created my own-the Top 200 KROQ-style Alternative Rock Songs since 1994. I figured ‘94 is half my lifetime & arguably when the current alt sound was born. So spark up the bbq, make your playlists & enjoy🎸

200. Franz Ferdinand- Do You Want To
199. Third Eye Blind- Never Let You Down
198. Sublime- The Wrong Way
197. Garbage- Stupid Girl
196. Rancid- Ruby Soho
195. Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Impression that I Get
194. Sugar Ray- Fly
193. Fratellis- Chelsea Dagger
192. Live- I Alone

191- Portugal the Man- Feel it still
190. Beck- Where it’s At
189. Mumford & Sons- Little Lion Man
188. Fun- We are Young
187. Neon Animals- Everybody Talks
186. Bravery- An Honest Mistake
185. Black Keys- Lonely Boy
184. Killers- Human
183. Of Monsters & Men- Little Talks

182. RHCP-Otherside
181. Stone Temple Pilots- Vaseline
180. AFI- Miss Murder
179. 30 Seconds to Mars- The Kill
178. Rage against the Machine- Bulls on Parade
177. Dirty Heads- Lay Me Down
176. Silversun Pickups- Panic Switch
175. Capitol Cites- Safe & Sound
174. Lisa Loeb- Stay

And the countdown continues...
173. Cage the Elephant- Shake Me Down
172. Green Day- Good Riddance
171. Alanis Morissette- Hand in Pocket
170. Hole- Malibu
169. MGMT- Electric Feel
168. Phoenix- 1901
167. Offspring- Why Don’t You Get a Job
166. Gotye- Somebody that I used to know

165. Weezer- Hash Pipe
164. President of United States- Lump
163. Blur- Song 2
162. Pavement- Cut Your Hair
161. 311- Down
160. Counting Crows- A Long December
159. System of a Down- Toxicity
158. Staind- It’s Been Awhile
157. Papa Roach- Last Resort
156. Mazzy Star- Fade Into u

Almost a quarter of the way through. Is it starting to feel like holiday weekends of yore? Keep listening....

155. Foster the Kids- Pumped Up Kicks
154. Muse- Knights of Cydonia
153. Raconteurs- Steady As She Goes
152. Gorillaz- Feel Good Inc.
151. R.E.M.- What’s the Frequency Kenneth
150. All American Rejects- Dirty Little Secret
149. Blink 182- First Date
148. 21 Pilots- Ride

147. Linkin Park- What I’ve Done
146. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Maps
145. Green Day- Wake Me Up When September Ends
144. Killers- Smile Like You Mean It
143. Lumineers-Ho Hey
142. Soundgarden- Spoonman
141. Mumford & Sons- I Will Wait
140. MGMT- Kids
139. Third Eye Blind- Jumper

138. Imagine Dragons- It’s Time
137. My Chemical Romance- Helena
136. Strokes- 12:51
135. Fountains of Wayne- Stacy’s Mom
134. RHCP- By the Way
133. Hives- Hate to Say I Told You
132. Beastie Boys- Intergalactic
131. Linkin Park- Numb
130. Sublime- Bad Fish
129. Hole- Miss World

128. Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal
127. White Stripes- Icky Thump
126. Audioslave- Like a Stone
125. Coldplay- Speed of Sound
124. U2-Beautiful Day
123. Radiohead-Karma Police
122. Offspring- Come Out & Play
121. Green Day-21 Guns
120. Eve 6- Inside Out
119. Oasis-Live Forever

118. Foo Fighters- Rope
117. Nirvana- Man Who Sold the World
116. Weezer- Island in the Sun
115. Pulp- Common People
114. 21 Pilots- Heathens
113. Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight Tonight
112. Offspring-Kids Aren’t alright
111. Imagine Dragons-Radioactive
110. System of Down-Chop Suey

Going to talk a momentary break for the last 20 minutes of Champions League play. Be back soon with more alternative rock!

We’re back!
109. Foo Fighters- Time Like These
108. Hole- Celebrity Skin
107. Green Day- American Idiot
106. Weezer- Perfect Situation
105. Pearl Jam- Just Breathe
104. Coldplay- The Scientist
103. Panic at the Disco- I Write Sins
102. Arcade Fire- Wake Up
101. Rancid- Time Bomb

We are halfway through! Which means we are halfway not through.

100. Harvey Danger-Flagpole Sitta
99. RHCP- Dani California
98. Muse- Supermassive Black Hole
97. Walk the Moon- Shut up and Dance
96. Live- Lightning Crashes
95. Bastille- Pompeii
94. Sublime- Date Rape

93. Alanis Morissette- Ironic
92. Hole- Violet
91. MGMT- Time to Pretend
90. Blink 182-What’s my age again
89. Green Day- Longview
88. Beck- Loser
87. Third Eye Blind-Graduate
86. Incubus- Wish You Were Here
85. Black Keys- Tighten Up
84. Strokes- Someday
83. Linkin Park-Crawling

82. Fall Out Boy- Sugar We’re Going Down
81. 21 Pilots- Stressed Out
80. Shins- New Slang
79. Jet- Are You Gonna Be
78. White Stripes- Fell in Love w a Girl
77. Foo Fighters- The Pretender
76. Nirvana- About a Girl (unplugged)
75. No Doubt- Just a Girl
74. Coldplay- Clocks

73. Arctic Monkeys- I Bet You Look Good
72. Postal Service-Such Great Heights
71. Weezer-Pork & Beans
70. Oasis- Don’t Look Back in Anger
69. Radiohead-High & Dry
68. Muse-Time is Running Out
67. Green Day-Jesus of Suburbia
66. Sublime-What I Got
65. Foo Fighters- Monkey Wrench

64. RHCP- Scar Tissue
63. Green Day- Holiday
62. Weezer- Beverly Hills
61. Killers- When You Were Young
60. Black Keys-Little Black Submarines
59. Phoenix- Lisztomania
58. My Chemical Romance- I’m not okay
57. Kings of Leon- Sex on Fire
56. Coldplay- Fix You

55. Foo Fighters- Monkey Wrench
54. Soundgarden- Black Hole Sun
53. Killers- Somebody Told Me
52. Weezer- Undone
51. Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know
50. Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet w Butterfly Wings
49. Green Day- Brain Stew
48. Third Eye Blind- Semi Charmed Life

47. Green Day- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
46. Blink 182- Rock Show
45. Lit- My Own Worst Enemy
44. Pearl Jam- Better Man
43. Muse- Uprising
42. Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees
41. Rage Against the Machine- Guerrilla Radio

40. Foo Fighters- Learn to Fly

39. My Chemical Romance- Welcome to the Black Parade

38. Paramore- Misery Business

37. Black Keys- Gold on the Ceiling

36. Foo Fighters- All My Life

35. Marcy Playground- Sex and Candy

34. Blink 182- All the Small Things

33. Coldplay- Yellow

32. Foo Fighters- Best of You

31. Queens of the Stone Age- No One Knows

30. Franz Ferdinand- Take Me Out

29. Muse- Resistance

28. The Killers- All These Things That I’ve Done

27. Foo Fighters- Walk

26. Pearl Jam- Corduroy

25. Linkin Park- In the End

24. Green Day- When I Come Around

23. Kings of Leon- Use Somebody

22. Alanis Morissette- You Oughta Know

21. White Stripes- Seven Nation Army

20. Weezer- Say It Ain’t So

19. Stone Temple Pilots- Interstate Love Song

18. Evanescence- Bring Me to Life

17. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication

16. Oasis- Wonderwall

15. Sublime- Santeria

14. The Strokes- Last Nite

13. Smashing Pumpkins- 1979

12. Modest Mouse- Float On

11. No Doubt- Spiderwebs

10. Jimmy Eat World- The Middle

9. The Offspring- Self-Esteem

8. Nirvana- All Apologies (unplugged)

7. Pearl Jam- Yellow Ledbetter

6. Muse- Starlight

5. Blink 182- Dammit

Number 4:

Weezer- Buddy Holly

Number 3:

Green Day- Basket Case

Number two:

The Killers- Mr. Brightside

And the number one song in our Memorial Day, 94 to the present, Alternative Rock Countdown is....

Foo Fighters- Everlong

I spaced on Savior by Rise Against which may have been top 40 Should have also included some Bush.

Thanks to all who joined in. I’ll try to do these more often. I have a few other topics already in the works.

Keep your feet on the ground & keep reaching for the stars