A few modern rock radio stations existed during the 1980s, such as KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, 91X (XETRA-FM) in San Diego, WHTG FM 106.3 (now, WKMK) on the Jersey Shore, WLIR on Long Island and WFNX in Boston.
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They are best known for the On The Road With Ellison series of releases by Harlan Ellison and for re-issuing rare 1980's modern rock, New Wave, comedy, and spoken word albums which were previously unavailable on CD.
Didiayer Snyder is married to actor/singer song-writer Christopher Snyder, who is lead singer of the modern rock band KRIMZEN.
The song was released in late 2002, and remains the Vines' highest charting single (#7 Billboard Modern Rock, #24 UK Singles Chart).
The station's format consisted mainly of a mix between classic and modern rock, with heavily rotated artists including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, and Tool.
The format shifted to modern rock in early 2003 adding hard rock acts like System of a Down but also keeping bands like Coldplay from its old format and also playing 90s alternative bands like Green Day and Bush as well as modern bands like The White Stripes and later Modest Mouse and The Killers which were not heard on other local stations.
He is also the former bass player & producer for Dramarama, and produced and supervised the music for the film Mayor of the Sunset Strip, a rock documentary about influential LA DJ Rodney Bingenheimer of Modern Rock KROQ-FM, which in 2003 was nominated for Best Documentary by the Independent Spirit Awards.
It plays Modern rock, Urban, and local music and is under the jurisdiction of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Los Angeles modern rock radio station KROQ-FM named "Shake the Disease" as the number one song of 1985.
Quoted from the school's website: "The School of Rock teaches young musicians how to be in a band. Rockers-in-training learn important life skills - like how to work together, improvise, prepare new material, and perform in front of an audience - all while learning classic and modern rock that will make them better musicians. It's a great way to meet other young people interested in rock music, and to learn how to jam in a structured environment."
In the late 2000s, soul music artists such as Adele, Duffy, and KT Tunstall began to be added to the playlist; however, by 2010, the station has become closer to a true modern rock format, although the station still plays some modern AC and AAA artists which are not found on most modern rock stations.
Formerly, American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest was aired on Sunday mornings, but was dropped with the station's shift in direction towards a modern rock-based playlist in 2005 (WKKF would later pick it up).
WKBE, a Modern Rock radio station in Warrensburg, New York
They started to break through into the mainstream in 1998 after signing with Capricorn and releasing SuperMercado!, which found airplay on modern-rock radio stations.
"All That Money Wants" is a U.S. Modern Rock number-one hit from The Psychedelic Furs's album All of This and Nothing, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music).
1986: Modern Rock Five at Five with Steve Masters from KITS Live 105.
1987: Power Thursday with Renel from KMEL.
The single "Sometimes" found moderate success with MTV and many modern rock radio stations.
The album produced two hits on the Billboard modern rock charts: "King of New Orleans" and "Desperately Wanting." "Desperately Wanting" also narrowly missed the Billboard Top 40, peaking at #48.
The album yielded two singles, "History of a Boring Town" and "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads", with "History of a Boring Town" reaching #39 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart.
Hidari (ヒダリ) is a rock band from Kobe, Japan, known for its combination of modern rock and retro electronic sounds.
Wilson Phillips three times: a modern rock take on their album, California (2004) and an a cappella single version the same year, and a straightforward take paying tribute to the original on album Dedicated (2012)
The 1998, he released The Bones of All Men, a collaboration with Richard Thompson and members of Fairport Convention, in which he played early music tunes with a modern rock rhythm section and electric guitar.
In 1994 she launched Sepetys Entertainment Group, Inc., an entertainment management firm representing Grammy®-award winning guitarist Steve Vai, Orange County modern rock band Lit, and Emmy nominated film composer Niels Bye Nielsen.
The song has been described as "an amped-up Motown bounce recalling Britpop progenitors The Jam's classic "A Town Called Malice", but with speaker-bursting modern-rock dynamics".
"Swing Life Away" peaked at number 12 on the US Modern Rock chart, and was their highest charting single at the time until being beaten in the charts by Prayer of the Refugee in 2006.
The Bolts are an independent modern rock band from Irvine, California.
The concert featured local acts G Love and the Fun Lovin' Criminals, and was created to celebrate the life of WDRE as a local institution for modern rock.
In 1996, Big Dog 95 began stunting with Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” A few days later, the station was relaunched as “Modern Rock 95-7, The Rocket,” featuring an Alternative rock format with the newly syndicated, and locally popular, Bob & Tom Show anchoring mornings.