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unusual facts about mainstream rock



Nobody Hears

It was released as the first single from the band's 1992 album The Art of Rebellion, and became their biggest U.S. hit at the time, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

The Fixx

The band's U.S. hits include "One Thing Leads to Another", "Saved by Zero", "Are We Ourselves?", and "Secret Separation", all of which made the U.S. Top 20, as well as early MTV Video hits "Red Skies" and "Stand Or Fall" and Mainstream Rock chart hits "Driven Out" and "Deeper and Deeper," the latter of which was featured on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Streets of Fire.

WKGB-FM

WKGB-FM (92.5 FM) – branded 92.5 KGB – is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to Conklin, New York, serving Greater Binghamton.

WQBK-FM

Mediabase & Arbitron now report WQBK-FM/WQBJ as an active rock station, replacing WZMR; while Nielsen BDS reports the station on the mainstream rock panel as of 2012, meaning active rock was pretty much replaced by mainstream rock on this station.


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Kevn Kinney

Kinney and his bandmates remained a part of the Atlanta underground rock scene until the album Fly Me Courageous, and its hit single title track, brought them to a national audience on mainstream rock radio.

No Alibis

The song, written by longtime collaborator Jerry Lynn Williams, is an excellent combination of Eric Clapton's rough, seasoned vocals and guest vocalist Daryl Hall's light vocals, and the tune went to number 4 on the US mainstream rock charts.

Shallow Life

"I Won't Tell You": The single was released on October 5, 2009 on American mainstream rock radio stations.

The Black Crowes discography

Four singles from the album ("Thorn in My Pride", "Sting Me", "Remedy", and "Hotel Illness") topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, bringing the band's overall total to six.

The Kings

As it were, the group was on the verge of a major revival as the single "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" became a huge radio hit in Chicago getting major play on all of the main rock stations: Classic rock WCKG, Alternative rock WXRT, and Mainstream Rock WLUP, as well as Top 40 powerhouse WLS-AM.

The Lords of the New Church

Charting singles included "New Church" (#34 UK Indie), "Open Your Eyes" (#7 UK Indie; #27 Mainstream Rock) and a cover of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (#22 UK Indie), but the success of "Dance With Me" - a song that according to Dave Thompson's Alternative Rock came "close to a hit" - was hampered when the video directed by Derek Jarman was pulled from MTV's rotation for concerns about child pornography.

WRTT-FM

WRTT-FM focuses on active rock releases since 1990, supporting various subgenres such as mainstream rock, grunge rock, and the like.

Y108

CJXY-FM, a Mainstream Rock radio station in Burlington, Ontario, Canada