Alt Radio WMRQ Top 20 Streams

 

Similar with iTunes rankings for alt and rock rankings for songs, it's usually dominated by nostalgia bands and very little up and coming tracks or new bands. This top 20 list actually with the most counts are band I have not heard of most where more than half the songs that were placed once were all one hit wonders. Blind Melon, Mr Brightside, Red Hot Chili Peppers. 

The opposite is with iTunes with all the top songs are the classics and very few new bands. Below are snippets of songs but if you're looking for new music look to Spotify playlists like Alt Now or Marrow or others. Some of them are just strictly TikTok bands but some are playable. 

The songs below I liked were Landmine, So Much For Stardust, and The Death of Peace of Mind. Below are clips of the top 10 played songs on WMRQ. 

Bands with the most songs or more than 4 songs were, Beastie Boys (4), DMB (4), Fall Out Boy (5), Foo Fighters (8), Green Day (10), Imagine Dragons (4), Linking Park (8), Nirvana (10),  No Doubt (4), Offspring (4), Pearl Jam (6), Red Hot Chili Peppers (10), Sublime (6), Twenty One Pilots (4), Weezer (7). 

And I believe all if not most of those bands are on tour this summer for arenas and amphitheaters. JK not the Beastie Boys, Imagine Dragons, Linking Park, Nirvana (They have enough merchandise sales and collars to never tour again probably, so main stream its crazy), and No Doubt (Isn't touring but headlining Coachella, and should tour!!). They all if they want should do a festival date and one offs because of their current popularity though....

Artist	Song	Count	Ranks
PEARL JAM	Dark Matter	18	*
SUM 41	Landmines	11	***
GREEN DAY	Dilemma	11	*
THE BLACK KEYS	Beautiful People (Stay High)	10	*
FOO FIGHTERS	The Glass	9	*
CAGE THE ELEPHANT	Neon Pill	8	**
BLINK-182	One More Time	8	**
LOVELYTHEBAND	nice to know you	7	**
LINKIN PARK	Friendly Fire	7	**
THE STRUTS	Pretty Vicious	7	*
IMAGINE DRAGONS	Eyes Closed	7	*
BLEACHERS	Tiny Moves	7	*
FALL OUT BOY	So Much (For) Stardust	6	***
THE DRIVER ERA	Get Off My Phone	6	**
ROYEL OTIS	Murder On The Dancefloor	6	**
MICHAEL MARCAGI	Scared To Start	6	**
SMITH	Pathetic	6	*
BLAME MY YOUTH	The Break	6	*
BAD OMENS	The Death Of Peace Of Mind	5	***
PAPA ROACH	Leave A Light On	5	**