How College Radio Broke Alternative

The proving ground: R.E.M., Hüsker Dü and the 1980s campus circuit building an audience no commercial format would touch — until alternative existed.

Playlist by @college_radio_indie

17 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. Hüsker Dü and the Birth of Alternative Rock — Trash Theory
  2. How R.E.M. Became The Preeminent College Rock Band (And Then Graduated) — Trash Theory
  3. R.E.M. Chronicles Part One | Their Early Years in Athens | Tour Bars, Stores & Secret Locations REM — SCOTT ON TAPE - Your Pop Culture Tour Guide
  4. Bill Berry R.E.M. Interview ~ 1985 — SkyFlake
  5. R.E.M. Performs "Radio Free Europe" & "So. Central Rain" | Letterman — Letterman
  6. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe — REMVEVO
  7. R.E.M. - Radio Song (Official Music Video) [This Film Is On Video Version] — remhq
  8. R.E.M. 1984-11-10 - Concert Garden, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan (Full show) — R.E.M. Video Archive
  9. What Happened to Music on the Radio? | Renegade Cut — Renegade Cut
  10. The 100 Most Played Albums On '90s Alternative Radio — Feedback and Distortion
  11. Every Major Alternative Rock Movement Explained in 12 Minutes — Smashed Vinyl
  12. Every Top Ten Alternative Rock Hit of the 1980s (Billboard) — Billboard Radio Archive
  13. Before Nevermind: How Grunge Became Grunge — Trash Theory
  14. Hype! | FULL MOVIE | Sub Pop, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden | Seattle Grunge Music Documentary — Shout! Studios
  15. Nirvana – Behind the Music (Full Music Documentary) — Coda Records
  16. The Band That Made Grunge Mainstream — The Beat Goes On
  17. WHAT *ACTUALLY* KILLED GRUNGE? (It wasn’t Courtney Love) — The Punk Rock MBA