Tag Archives: The Replacements

8.20.2023 History Of Alternative

8.20.2023 History Of Alternative

Weezer, The Cure, Blur and Alice In Chains in this set, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Rancid, Jane’s Addiction and Jack’s Mannequin, plus Nine Inch Nails, They Might Be Giants, Letters To Cleo and cool covers from Soup Dragons and Siouxsie And The Banshees.

7.30.2023 History of Alternative

7.30.2023 History of Alternative

Weezer, The Cure, Garbage and Sinead O’Connor in this set, album anniversaries for The Strokes, Sublime, Sponge, Sheryl Crow and Silversun Pickups, plus music from the first day of MTV (8/1/81) Split Enz, The Vapors, The Pretenders and The Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star” (watch the video here)

7.9.2023 History Of Alternative

7.9.2023 History Of Alternative

Beck, STP, Garbage and New Order in this set, album anniversaries for 311, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beastie Boys, cool covers from Mike Ness, The Lemonheads and Dynamite Hack, plus Oasis, Depeche Mode, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Wolfmother.

4.16.2023 History Of Alternative

4.16.2023 History Of Alternative

Beck, Social D, Sonic Youth and The Replacements in this set, album anniversaries for The Pixies, Rage Against The Machine, Live, The Cure and Depeche Mode, plus Pearl Jam, Garbage, Material Issue and we did it all for…Limp Bizkit! (revisit the Nookie video here)

2.19.2023 History Of Alternative

2.19.2023 History Of Alternative

Beck, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails and Veruca Salt in this set along with The Cure, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Replacements and Letters to Cleo, plus Alanis, Alice In Chains, alt-J, The Stone Roses, Keane and “Scooby Snacks” from Fun Lovin’ Criminals.

12.25.2022 History Of Alternative

12.25.2022 History Of Alternative

Beck, Beastie Boys, Social D and The Smiths in this set, holiday tunes from Blink 182, Billy Idol, My Chemical Romance, The Ramones, U2, No Doubt and Jimmy Eat World, plus Cake, Nada Surf and “Ghost Town” from The Specials.

12.11.2022 History Of Alternative

12.11.2022 History Of Alternative

Weezer, Social D, Nine Inch Nails and Veruca Salt in this set along with Oasis, The Replacements, The Smiths and Soul Coughing, songs for No Doubt’s “Rock Steady” album anniversary along with The Cure, Alkaline Trio and songs from the Empire Records soundtrack. (WATCH a scene from the film here.)

11.20.2022 History Of Alternative

11.20.2022 History Of Alternative

Weezer, The Replacements, Alice In Chains and alt-J in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Bad Religion, U2 and Sum 41, plus Nine Inch Nails, Veruca Salt, The Strokes, Soul Coughing and The Stone Roses.

10.2.2022 History Of Alternative

10.2.2022 History Of Alternative

Weezer, Depeche Mode, Blondie and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Oasis, The Killers, Cake, The Replacements, Radiohead, Beck, U2 and Death Cab For Cutie, plus cool covers from No Doubt and Social D and “Steal My Sunshine” from Len.

9.4.2022 History Of Alternative

9.4.2022 History Of Alternative

Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for R.E.M., Bad Religion, Hole, System Of A Down, Sugar and Everlast, plus Jimmy Eat World, Tori Amos and Wall Of Voodoo’s catchy 80’s earworm “Mexican Radio”.

7.31.2022 History Of Alternative

7.31.2022 History Of Alternative

The Smiths, Beastie Boys, U2 and The Replacements in this set, album anniversaries for Sublime, The Strokes, Sponge and Sheryl Crow, plus a nod to MTV’s 41st birthday with music from The Buggles, The Vapors, Split Enz and The Pretenders.

5.29.2022 History Of Alternative

5.29.2022 History Of Alternative

Depeche Mode songs for the late Andy Fletcher along with Beck, Bowie, Social D and Oasis, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins and Phoenix, plus The Replacements, The Prodigy and Echo And The Bunnymen’s cover of “People Are Strange”.

4.10.2022 History Of Alternative

4.10.2022 History Of Alternative

Oasis, Depeche Mode, 311 and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with album anniversaries for No Doubt, Hum, The Hives, Hole, Violent Femmes and The Cult, plus music from the Empire Records soundtrack (Sponge, The Buggles, Edwyn Collins, The The and the Gin Blossoms) for Rex Manning Day!

2.27.2022 History Of Alternative

2.27.2022 History Of Alternative

The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Blink 182 and 311 in this set along with Beck, The Breeders, Blondie and Brand New, album anniversaries for U2, PJ Harvey, Tears For Fears and Kaiser Chiefs, plus The Smiths, The Replacements and a proper nod to the late Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees.

1.23.2022 History Of Alternative

1.23.2022 History Of Alternative

Radiohead, The Ramones, U2 and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with Weezer, Depeche Mode, Jane’s Addiction and Sneaker Pimps, album anniversaries for Alice In Chains, Our Lady Peace, Arctic Monkeys and the Meat Puppets, plus Primus, The Smiths and the Violent Femmes’ “American Music”.

1.2.2022 History Of Alternative

1.2.2022 History Of Alternative

STP, Green Day, U2 and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with Alice In Chains, Weezer, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Face To Face, cool covers from Cowboy Junkies and Dynamite Hack plus The Smiths, Sublime, Beastie Boys and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

10.17.2021 History Of Alternative

10.17.2021 History Of Alternative

Blink 182, Beastie Boys, 311 and The Cure in this set along with album anniversaries for Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, Jimmy Eat World and Fatboy Slim, plus New Order, Veruca Salt, The Replacements and “Popular” from Nada Surf.

8.15.2021 History Of Alternative

8.15.2021 History Of Alternative

Beck, Blondie, The Smiths and Social D on the show along with Cake, The Pixies, The Cure and Kings Of Leon, album anniversaries for Garbage, The Eels and The Jesus And Mary Chain and the ska punk goodness of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones!

7.11.2021 History Of Alternative

7.11.2021 History Of Alternative

The Smiths, New Order, Beck and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with The Replacements, Social D, Blondie and They Might Be Giants, plus U2, 311 and “6 Underground” from Sneaker Pimps.