College rock is rock music that played on student-run university and college campus radio stations located in the United States and Canada in the 1980s...
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Bard College at Simon's Rock (more commonly known as Simon's Rock) is a private liberal arts college in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It is part of...
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magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles...
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Feelings, Tall Dwarfs, the Clean and the Verlaines, and early 1980s college rock radio stations who would frequently play jangle pop bands like the Smiths...
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Rock Goes to College (RGTC) was a BBC series that ran between 1978 and 1981 on British television. A variety of up-coming rock oriented bands were showcased...
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Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range...
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metal Christian punk Christian rock Classic alternative Classic rock Cock rock Coldwave College rock Comedy rock Country rock Cowpunk Crossover thrash Crunkcore...
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Rock Valley College (RVC) is a public community college in Rockford, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System. RVC's district comprises...
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Jangle pop (redirect from Jangle rock)
Jangle pop is a subgenre of pop rock or college rock that emphasizes jangly guitars and 1960s-style pop melodies. The term is usually applied to late 1970s/early...
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Rock Hill College was a boys' boarding school located in Ellicott City, Maryland. The school was divided into two departments: preparatory (for ages nine...
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Little Rock College was a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1908, it closed in 1930. Its campus...
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Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college and commercial rock radio stations. Some radio stations use this...
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Augustana College is a private Lutheran college in Rock Island, Illinois. The college enrolls approximately 2,349 students. Its campus is adjacent to...
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Power pop (redirect from Power rock)
occasionally drawn from later styles such as punk, new wave, glam rock, pub rock, college rock, and neo-psychedelia. Originating in the 1960s, power pop developed...
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Slippery Rock University, formally Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (The Rock or SRU), is a public university in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania....
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Little Rock (UA Little Rock) is a public research university in Little Rock, Arkansas. Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School...
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"Take Off" was Lee's biggest hit. Many bands within the alternative rock and college rock spectrum are known for their incorporation of humorous and satirical...
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Alternative Airplay (redirect from Modern Rock Tracks chart)
a few modern rock and college rock radio stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more mainstream...
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This list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) includes institutions of higher education in the United States that were established...
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of abolishing the United States Electoral College. Rock the Vote: Democracy Class is a program put on by Rock the Vote. It is designed to educate high...
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Geek rock is a musical subgenre derived from pop rock and alternative rock within the nerd music group. It is characterized by the standard instruments...
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"College" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 88th overall episode of the series. It was...
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R.E.M. (category College rock musical groups)
media help. R.E.M.'s music has been described as alternative rock, college rock, folk rock, jangle pop, post-punk, and new wave. In a 1988 interview, Peter...
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Shoegaze (redirect from Shoegazer rock)
sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion...
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1911, Eagle Rock was incorporated as a city, and in 1923 it was annexed by Los Angeles. The neighborhood is the home of Occidental College. As with other...
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Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania York County Community College, Wells, Maine York Technical College, Rock Hill, South Carolina This disambiguation page lists...
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New wave music (redirect from New Wave/Rock)
wave's indie spirit was crucial to the development of college rock and grunge/alternative rock in the latter half of the 1980s and onward. Conversely...
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Dwayne Johnson (redirect from The Rock (wrestler))
Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name the Rock, is an American actor, professional wrestler, and businessman. He is signed...
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Independent music (section Indie rock)
spread by in the 1980s by college radios and thus dubbed college rock (also later termed modern rock and alternative rock). Defining American albums...
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and social service. Meeting at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, the polity decided to open the college in Brooklyn, New York, in October 1893...
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