♫Greatest Alternative Rock Artists

1. R.E.M.
2. Nirvana
3. Talking Heads
4. The Smiths
5. Radiohead
6. Sonic Youth
7. Joy Division
8. U2
9. Pixies
10. Elvis Costello & the Attractions
11. The Cure
12. Pearl Jam
13. Hüsker Dü
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers
15. Fugazi
16. Nine Inch Nails
17. New Order
18. The Replacements
19. The Smashing Pumpkins
20. Beck
21. Soundgarden
22. Pavement
23. My Bloody Valentine
24. Depeche Mode
25. The Jam
26. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
27. The Fall
28. Flaming Lips
29. The Jesus & Mary Chain
30. Wire
31. Green Day
32. Dinosaur Jr.
33. The Stone Roses
34. Cocteau Twins
35. Oasis
36. Blur
37. Bjork
38. Siouxsie and the Banshees
39. Public Image Ltd.
40. Manic Street Preachers
41. Bauhaus
42. Mudhoney
43. Jane's Addiction
44. Alice in Chains
45. XTC
46. Echo & The Bunnymen
47. Weezer
48. Pulp
49. Foo Fighters
50. They Might Be Giants
51. Suede
52. The White Stripes
53. Violent Femmes
54. Gang of Four
55. The Strokes
56. Yo La Tengo
57. Morrissey
58. Belle and Sebastian
59. Guided by Voices
60. Talk Talk
61. Meat Puppets
62. Jeff Buckley
63. Minutemen
64. Squeeze
65. Primal Scream
66. Stereolab
67. The Go-Betweens
68. Wilco
69. Elliott Smith
70. Coldplay
71. No Doubt
72. PJ Harvey
73. Massive Attack
74. Sleater-Kinney
75. Killing Joke
76. Midnight Oil
77. Beat Happening
78. Slowdive
79. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
80. Love and Rockets
81. The Verve
82. Modest Mouse
83. The Dismemberment Plan
84. Stone Temple Pilots
85. Swans
86. Mission of Burma
87. Camper Van Beethoven
88. Phish
89. Portishead
90. The The
91. Mogwai
92. Throwing Muses
93. The Specials
94. The Feelies
95. The Soft Boys
96. Tortoise
97. Madness
98. The Cranberries
99. Sebadoh
100. Galaxie 500
101. Arcade Fire
102. The Jesus Lizard
103. This Mortal Coil
104. Built to Spill
105. Neutral Milk Hotel
106. Muse
107. The Birthday Party
108. Red House Painters
109. Morphine
110. The Church
111. The Psychedelic Furs
112. Placebo
113. Sigur Ros
114. Low
115. Superchunk
116. The Pogues
117. Happy Mondays
118. The Mekons
119. Mother Love Bone
120. Ride
121. TV on the Radio
122. The Housemartins
123. Butthole Surfers
124. The Chameleons
125. Spoon
126. Magazine
127. Robyn Hitchcock
128. The Killers
129. The Sugarcubes
130. Super Furry Animals
131. Liz Phair
132. Franz Ferdinand
133. Phoenix
134. Death Cab for Cutie
135. Big Black
136. Screaming Trees
137. Eels
138. Bonny 'Prince' Billy/Will Oldham
139. Lush
140. Half Man Half Biscuit
141. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
142. James Chance & The Contortions
143. Young Marble Giants
144. Spiritualized
145. of Montreal
146. Slint
147. Interpol
148. Arctic Monkeys
149. Broken Social Scene
150. Prefab Sprout
151. Dream Syndicate
152. Swervedriver
153. The Magnetic Fields
154. Television Personalities
155. The Charlatans
156. Sunny Day Real Estate
157. Catherine Wheel
158. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
159. Royal Trux
160. The Wedding Present
161. The Pop Group
162. Bright Eyes
163. Afghan Whigs
164. Sisters of Mercy
165. Orange Juice
166. Pylon
167. The Decemberists
168. Peter Bjorn and John
169. Mercury Rev
170. The Blue Nile
171. The New Pornographers
172. Gene Loves Jezebel
173. The Microphones/Mount Eerie
174. World Party
175. Olivia Tremor Control
176. The Libertines
177. The Breeders
178. Redd Kross
179. The dB's
180. Daniel Johnston
181. Green River
182. Jimmy Eat World
183. The Shins
184. Explosions in the Sky
185. Liquid Liquid
186. Let's Active
187. Don Caballero
188. Jawbox
189. Bloc Party
190. The National
191. Kings of Leon
192. Doves
193. Ween
194. Redd Kross
195. Bark Psychosis
196. Cat Power
197. Comsat Angels
198. Catatonia
199. Unwound
200. The Sundays