Comments on: The Half-Year In Review: Dave Grohl Owns Alt-Rock Airwaves (What Else Is New?)

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:36:11 +0000

@othertim: There are nine Sublime songs in the top 500 most played tracks on alternative radio for the past 6 months. I hear other songs like "Wrong Way" and "Caress Me Down" a lot and I was still pretty shocked by that.

By: othertim

othertim — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:10:37 +0000

And the Sublime tracks are pretty much only “What I Got” and “Santeria,” at least on the station I listen to.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:28:50 +0000

@cheesebubble: Yup, I actually have the Rainbow Butt Monkeys disc, Letters To Chutney.

By: cheesebubble

cheesebubble — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:07:49 +0000

That first list of names is largely nasty but some redemption exists in the second group of bands. Still, overall it makes me sad. There's so much great music that's buried under the corporate wake.

@2ironic4u: Remember when Finger Eleven used to be Rainbow Butt Monkeys in the mid-1990s? Now that was special!

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:16:59 +0000

@How do I say this ... THROWDINI!: It's not just out there, I'm on the East Coast and I hear Sublime constantly.

By: How do I say this ... THROWDINI!

How do I say this ... THROWDINI! — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:19:30 +0000

@DocStrange: Sublime? really? They still play Sublime enough that it gets more plays than a great band like Los Campesinos! or Does it Offend You, Yeah? or Black Kids? really?

You clearly don't live in LA, where its still all-sublime-all-the-time. I understand that they are/were a local band, and their music was fine for the times, but I get it already, you neither practice Santeria nor have a crystal ball...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:10:28 +0000

Heheh…terrestrial radio.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:08:51 +0000

@DocStrange: Black Kids are #303, and Los barely-heard-of-them-are-they-popular-in-England-or-something aren't on the chart at all.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:07:12 +0000

@Halfwit: I think I actually hear "Frequency" now and again still, especially compared to the rest of the Monster, which had 4 other Modern Rock hits that never ever get played anymore. R.E.M. in general gets a lot less played than I expected they would based on this data of the last six months: 57th most played artist, and the only songs in the top 500 are "End Of The World" and the one from the new album.

By: DocStrange

DocStrange — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:55:42 +0000

Sublime? really? They still play Sublime enough that it gets more plays than a great band like Los Campesinos! or Does it Offend You, Yeah? or Black Kids? really?

But hey, those Flobots and Death Cab songs are great (even though "Cath..." is obviously the best song on "Narrow Stairs")

You know what else you never hear on the radio anymore? "Pure" by The Lightning Seeds. Boy, was that a good song.