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January 7, 1996 | (playlist only) |
January 21, 1996 | Tori Amos |
January 28, 1996 | Live performances |
February 4, 1996 | No Doubt, For Squirrels |
February 11, 1996 | Loud Lucy, Lush |
February 25, 1996 | host Matt Pinfield |
March 3, 1996 | Lou Reed |
March 10, 1996 | Stabbing Westward |
March 17, 1996 | Frank Black |
March 24, 1996 | Radiohead, Folk Implosion |
March 31, 1996 | 10th anniversary: Red Hot Chili Peppers |
April 7, 1996 | Love and Rockets |
April 14, 1996 | Marilyn Manson |
April 21, 1996 | Bad Religion, Primus |
April 28, 1996 | Jewel |
May 5, 1996 | Paul Westerberg, Goldfinger |
May 12, 1996 | The Verve Pipe |
May 19, 1996 | Soundgarden |
May 26, 1996 | Bob Mould |
June 2, 1996 | Afghan Whigs, Donal Logue |
June 9, 1996 | WHFStival |
June 16, 1996 | Cracker, The Refreshments |
June 23, 1996 | Gravity Kills, Hayden |
June 30, 1996 | Magnapop |
July 7, 1996 | Superdrag |
July 14, 1996 | The Cure |
July 21, 1996 | Nada Surf, Electronic |
July 28, 1996 | Butthole Surfers |
August 4, 1996 | Victoria Williams and Vic Chesnutt |
August 11, 1996 | 311, Girls Against Boys |
August 18, 1996 | Stabbing Westward, Sex Pistols |
August 25, 1996 | (playlist only) |
September 1, 1996 | host Matt Pinfield |
September 8, 1996 | No Doubt |
September 15, 1996 | host Matt Pinfield |
September 29, 1996 | Nothing Records special |
October 6, 1996 | Local H, Eels |
October 13, 1996 | Porno for Pyros and Mike Watt |
October 20, 1996 | Sebadoh |
October 27, 1996 | Republica, Fiona Apple |
November 3, 1996 | The Lemonheads, Sublime |
November 10, 1996 | Presidents of the USA |
November 17, 1996 | Scratchie Records, Fountains of Wayne |
November 24, 1996 | Bush |
December 1, 1996 | Better Than Ezra, Orbital |
December 8, 1996 | Cake, Chemical Brothers |
December 15, 1996 | Luscious Jackson, The Descendents |
December 29, 1996 | KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas |
Green Day – Brain Stew / Jaded
Spacehog – In the Meantime
The Sugarcubes – Motorcrash
Sixteen Deluxe – Idea
No Doubt – Just A Girl
For Squirrels – Mighty KC
Soul Asylum – Promises Broken
New Order – Confusion
Afghan Whigs – Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
Therapy? – Loose
Ramones – Spider Man
Loud Lucy – Ticking
Ruby – Parafin
Johnny Q. Public – Body Be
Into Another – Mutate Me
Oasis – Wonderwall
Poe – Trigger Happy Jack
Gren – She Shines
Offspring – Gotta Get Away
The Amps – Tipp City
Ride – From Time To Time
Sources for this playlist: Mike W., Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guest: Tori Amos
Radiohead – High And Dry
Salt – Bluster
Helium – Honeycomb
Tori Amos – Caught a Lite Sneeze
Spacehog – In the Meantime
Tori Amos – Doughnut Song (120 Minutes Live)
Primus – Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
Mike Flowers Pops – Wonderwall
Archers Of Loaf – Underachiever's March
The Presidents Of The USA – Peaches
Ruby – Parafin
Self – Cannon
Elastica – Car Song
Soul Asylum – Promises Broken
CIV – Choices Made
Tori Amos – Father Lucifer (120 Minutes Live) over end credits
Toadies – Possum Kingdom
Hum – Stars
Blind Melon – Galaxie
Bush – Comedown
Babes In Toyland – Sweet '69
The Verve – On Your Own
Goo Goo Dolls – Burnin' Up
Veruca Salt – Seether
Catherine Wheel – Judy Staring at the Sun
Alanis Morissette – Hand in my Pocket
Shudder To Think – X French T-Shirt
Better Than Ezra – In the Blood
Charlatans UK – Just Lookin'
Buffalo Tom – Summer
Sugar Ray – Mean Machine
Tori Amos – Horses
Jill Sobule – I Kissed a Girl
Smoking Popes – I Need You Around
Morphine – Honey White
Luscious Jackson – Here
Sources for this playlist: Mike W., Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guest: No Doubt, For Squirrels
Spacehog – In The Meantime
Tori Amos – Caught A Lite Sneeze
Stabbing Westward – What Do I Have To Do?
The Mike Flowers Pops – Wonderwall
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
No Doubt – Just A Girl
Radiohead – High and Dry
Ruby – Tiny Meat
Ben Folds Five – Underground
Salt – Bluster
Afghan Whigs – Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
For Squirrels – Mighty KC
Goo Goo Dolls – Naked
Eric Matthews – Fanfare
The Goops – Vulgar Appetites
Morphine – Mile High
Possum Dixon – Radio Comets
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
Cibo Matto – Know Your Chicken
Noise Addict – 16
Bjork – Human Behaviour
Jars of Clay – Flood
Loud Lucy – Ticking
Ruby – Tiny Meat
Lush – For Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
Stabbing Westward – What Do I Have To Do?
Lush – Lady Killers
Schtum – Skydiver
Foo Fighters – Big Me
Ben Folds Five – Underground
Oasis – Don't Look Back In Anger (Live UWV)
The Chemical Brothers – Life Is Sweet
Spain – Untitled # 1
Starfish – Runaround
Jars of Clay – Flood
Bad Religion – A Walk
Liz Phair – Never Said
The Rentals – Waiting
Radiohead – High and Dry
Stabbing Westward – What Do I Have to Do?
Frank Black – Men in Black
Cracker – Teen Angst
Garbage – Only Happy When it Rains
Guttermouth – End on 9
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
Eric Matthews – Fanfare
The Breeders – Cannonball
Ministry – Lay Lady Lay
Foo Fighters – Big Me
Blur – Charmless Man
The Bogmen – Suddenly
Archers of Loaf – Underachiever's March
Silverchair – Israel's Son
Skunk Anansie – I Can Dream
Ben Folds Five – Underground
Lush – Ladykillers
Pulp – Common People
Bad Religion – A Walk
The Presidents of the USA – Kitty (from the MTV special – "Ladies & Gentlemen: The Presidents of the USA… Carved in Rock")
Mojave 3 – Love Songs on the Radio
Spot – Moon June Spoon
Lou Reed – Hookywooky
Noise Addict – 16
Cowboy Junkies – A Common Disaster
Babylon Zoo – Spaceman
Cibo Matto – Know Your Chicken
Afghan Whigs – Honky's Ladder
Mr. T Experience – Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba
Tori Amos – Caught a Lite Sneeze
Hum – The Pod
The Rentals – Waiting
Gravity Kills – Guilty
Bjork – Hyperballad
Afghan Whigs – Honky's Ladder
Ash – Kung Fu
Stabbing Westward – What Do I Have to Do
Radiohead – High and Dry
Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul
Bogmen – Suddenly
Polara – Source of Light
L7 – Pretend We're Dead
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Where the Wild Roses Grow
Jars of Clay – Flood
Frank Black – Men in Black
Whipping Boy – Twinkle
Possum Dixon – Radio Comets
Josh Clayton-Felt – Window
Sources for this playlist: Mike W., Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guest: Frank Black
Stabbing Westward – What Do I Have To Do?
Black Grape – Kelly's Heroes
Marilyn Manson – Sweet Dreams
Babylon Zoo – Spaceman
Frank Black – Los Angeles
Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
Frank Black – The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb (Live 120 Minutes)
Frank Black – Men In Black
Afghan Whigs – Honkey's Ladder
Pulp – Common People
Cowboy Junkies – A Common Disaster
Ministry – Lay Lady Lay
Bad Religion – A Walk
Gravity Kills – Guilty
Orbit – Come Inside
Ammonia – Drugs
Deftones – 7 Words
Sources for this playlist: Mike W., Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Radiohead, Folk Implosion
Lush – Ladykillers
The Verve Pipe – Photograph
Radiohead – Just
Jars Of Clay – Flood
Pansy Division – I Really Wanted You
The Bogmen – Suddenly
Girls Against Boys – Superfire
Radiohead – High and Dry (120 Minutes Live)
Love And Rockets – Sweet Love Hangover
Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
Cibo Matto – Know Your Chicken
Blind Melon – 3 Is a Magic Number
Bush – Machinehead
The Grifters – Last Man Alive
Folk Implosion – Natural One (120 Minutes Live)
Goldfinger – Here In Your Bedroom
Cast – Alright
120 Minutes 10th anniversary show
Source for this playlist: Craig H.
Host: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Day – Longview
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Knock Me Down
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smashing Pumpkins – Siva
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
Hole – Doll Parts
Love and Rockets – So Alive
Live – Operation Spirit
New Order – True Faith
R.E.M. – The One I Love
Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
P.J. Harvey – Down by the Water
Beastie Boys – So What'cha Want
The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
The Offspring – Self Esteem
Black Grape – Kelly's Heroes
Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
Tracy Bonham – Mother Mother
Girls Against Boys – Super Fire
Cracker – I Hate My Generation
Love and Rockets – All In My Mind
Rocket From The Crypt – Young Livers
Love and Rockets – Sweet Lover Hangover
Sparklehorse – Someday I Will Treat You Good
Throneberry – On The Strobe Flume
Silkworm – Wet Firecracker
The Goops – Vulgar Appetites
Boss Hog – I Dig You
The Verve Pipe – Photograph
Marilyn Manson – Sweet Dreams
Velocity Girl – Nothing
Bjork – Hyperballad
Ammonia – Drugs
Possum Dixon – Emergency About To End
Sparklehorse – Someday I Will Treat You Good
Tori Amos – Talula
Paul Westerberg – Love Untold
Rocket From the Crypt – Young Livers
Universal Honey – Upfront With You
Howlin' Maggie – Alcohol
Cast – Alright
Marilyn Manson – Sweet Dreams
Tracy Bonham – Mother, Mother
Guided By Voices – The Official Ironmen Rally Song
XTC – Dear God
Mr. T Experience – Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba
The Cranberries – Salvation
The Amps – Pacer
Nancy Boy – Deep Sleep Motel
Gravity Kills – Guilty
Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
Golden Smog – V
Girls Against Boys – Super-Fire
Cracker – I Hate My Generation
Blind Melon – Three is a Magic Number
Scheer – Wish You Were Dead
Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
Sammy – Neptune Ave. (Ortho Hi Rise)
Killing Joke – Democracy
Velocity Girl – Nothing
Bad Religion – A Walk
Paul Westerberg – Love Untold
Southern Culture on the Skids – Camel Walk
Primus – Southbound Pachyderm
Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade
Primus – Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
The Cure – The 13th
Black Grape – Kelly's Heroes
Cast – Alright
Pavement – Painted Soldiers
Sonic Youth – Little Trouble Girl
Spain – Untitled #1
The Refreshments – Banditos
Jewel – Absence of Fear (Live)
Everclear – Heartspark Dollarsign
Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul
Lush – Ladykillers
Howlin' Maggie – Alcohol
Lifter – The Rich Dark Sultry Red of Hate
The Verve Pipe – Photograph
Guided By Voices – The Official Ironmen Marching Song
Thermadore – Amerasian
Rocket From The Crypt – Young Livers
Sparklehorse – Someday I Will Treat You Good
Semisonic – Down in Flames
Jewel – Pieces of You (Live) over credits
Source for this playlist: Craig 65
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Paul Westerberg, Goldfinger
Blur – The Universal
Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade
Patti Rothberg – Inside
Primus – Southbound Pachyderm
Lifter – The Rich Dark Sultry Red of Hate
Paul Westerberg – Love Untold
Southern Culture on the Skids – Camel Walk
The Replacements – Bastards of Young
Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
The Cardigans – Carnival
Goldfinger – Here in Your Bedroom
Sonic Youth – Little Trouble Girl
The Spinanes – Lines and Lines
Love in Reverse – I'm a Contradiction
Sammy – Neptune Ave. (Ortho Hi Rise)
Scheer – Wish You Were Dead
Green Day – Walking Contradiction
Guided By Voices – The Official Ironmen Rally Song
The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma
Stereolab – The Noise of Carpet
Everclear – Heartspark Dollarsign
Down by Law – Independence Day
The Verve Pipe – Photograph
Semisonic – Down in Flames
Ben Folds Five – Uncle Walter
The Cure – The 13th
The Verve Pipe – Villains (Live)
They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng
Goo Goo Dolls – Long Way Down
The Refreshments – Banditos
Killing Joke – Democracy
Luna – Season of the Witch
Blind Melon – Three is a Magic Number
Patti Rothberg – Inside
Super Deluxe – She Came On
Ben Folds Five – Uncle Walter
Bob Mould – Egoverride
Soundgarden – Fell on Black Days
Sonic Youth – Little Trouble Girl
The Cardigans – Carnival
Solution a.d. – Fearless
Kostars – Red Umbrella
Soundgarden – Pretty Noose
Garbage – Stupid Girl
Gas Huffer – 63 Hours
Varnaline – No Decision, No Disciple
Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade
Lustre – Kalifornia
Iggy Pop – To Belong
Southern Culture on the Skids – Camel Walk
Archers of Loaf – What Did You Expect?
311 – Down
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
Hayden – Bad as They Seem
Lifter – The Rich,Dark,Sultry Red of Hate
Super Deluxe – She Came On
Bob Mould – Egoverdrive
Stereolab – The Noise of Carpet
Porno For Pyros – Tahitian Moon
Sammy – Neptune Ave (Ortho Hi Rise)
Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
Self – So Low
Blur – The Universal
God Lives Underwater – Don't Know How to Be
Garbage – Vow
Fred Schneider – Bulldozer
The Prodigy – Firestarter
Source for this playlist: Craig 65
Guest Hosts: Afghan Whigs and Donal Logue
Performances: Tracy Bonham, Afghan Whigs
Superdrag – Sucked Out
Afghan Whigs – Going To Town
Veruca Salt – Seether
Self – So Low
Porno For Pyros – Tahitian Moon
Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
Tracy Bonham – The One (Live)
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
Afghan Whigs – Blame, Etc. (Live)
Hayden – Bad as They Seem
Bob Mould – Egoverride
Solution a.d. – Fearless
Girls Against Boys – Super-Fire
Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
Stereolab – The Noise of Carpet
Super 8 – King of the World
Imperial Drag – Boy or a Girl
Kostars – Red Umbrella
Source for this playlist: Eric E.
Location: WHFStival
Watch an interview with Lush on YouTube
Garbage – Stupid Girl
Cracker – Nothing to Believe In
Everclear – Heartspark Dollarsign
Nada Surf – Popular
Jawbox – Savory
Lush – Ladykillers
Girls Against Boys – Super-fire
Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
Cranberries – Free to Decide
Beck – Where It's At
Guided By Voices – Official Ironman Rally Song
Foo Fighters – Big Me
Stabbing Westward – Shame
Afghan Whigs – Going to Town
Presidents of the USA – Dune Buggy
Howlin' Magee – Alcohol
Goldfinger – Here In Your Bedroom
Source for this playlist: Craig 65
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Cracker, The Refreshments
Hayden – Bad as They Seem
Porno for Pyros – Tahitian Moon
Cracker – Nothing to Believe In
Ryan Downe – Scratch
Stabbing Westward – Shame
Cracker – Big Dipper (Live)
Nada Surf – Popular
Magnapop – Open the Door
Superdrag – Sucked Out
China Drum – Can't Stop These Things
The Refreshments – Banditos
311 – Down
3 Lb. Thrill – Something Will Come
Dick Dale – The Wedge Paradiso
Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
7 Year Bitch – 24,900 Miles Per Hour
Magnapop – Open the Door
Electronic – Forbidden City
Gary Young – Plant Man
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Fat Randy
The Cure – Mint Car
Porno for Pyros – Tahitian Moon
Gravity Kills – Guilty
3 Lb. Thrill – Something Will Come
Beck – Where It's At
Spacehog – Cruel to be Kind
Stubborn All-Stars – Tin Spam
Hayden – Bad as They Seem
Self – So Low
Down by Law – Independence Day
Extra Fancy – Sinnerman
Ash – Kung Fu
Nada Surf – Popular
The Customers – Bastard Before Me
Stabbing Westward – Shame
Grant Lee Buffalo – Homespun
Joan Osborne – St. Teresa
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
Cast – Sandstorm
Magnapop – Open the Door
Dick Dale – The Wedge Paradiso
Nada Surf – Popular
Ryan Downe – Scratch
Jale – All Ready
Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic
Spookey Ruben – Running Away
Beck – Where It's At
Super 8 – King of the World
Orbital – The Box
Veruca Salt – Seether
Solution a.d. – Fearless
Prong – Rude Awakening
Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Jawbox – Mirrorful
Superdrag – Sucked Out
Hayden – Bad as They Seem
Hole – Gold Dust Woman
Reacharound – Big Chair
Rancid – Time Bomb
Sponge – Wax Ecstatic
Superdrag – Rocket (Live)
China Drum – Can't Stop These Things
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Fat Randy
The Prodigy – Firestarter
311 – Down
Sprung Monkey – Good Times
Stubborn All-Stars – Tin Spam
Mono Puff – The Devil Went Down to Newport
Portishead – Sour Times
Porno for Pyros – Tahitian Moon
The Auteurs – Light Aircraft on Fire
Smashing Pumpkins – Rhinoceros
Tori Amos – Hey Jupiter
Cure – Mint Car
Jale – All Ready
Afghan Whigs – Going To Town
Hole – Gold Dust Woman
Cast – Sandstorm
The Church – Reptile
Cure – Strange Attraction (Live)
Jawbox – Mirrorful
Cure – Fascination Street (Live)
Sonic Youth – 100%
Dog Eat Dog – ISMS
Magnapop – Open The Door
Reacharound – Big Chair
Tracy Bonham – The One (Live)
Electronic – Forbidden City
Johnny Bravo – Used To Be Cool
Sources for this playlist: Craig 65, Eric E.
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Nada Surf, Electronic
Filter – Jurassitol
Republica – Ready to Go
Nada Surf – Popular
Poe – Angry Johnny
Screaming Trees – All I Know
Gravity Kills – Blame
Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Nada Surf – Sleep (Live)
Alice in Chains – Over Now (MTV Unplugged)
Electronic – Forbidden City
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Spookey Ruben – Running Away
Beck – Where It's At
Van Gogh's Daughter – Through the Eyes of Julie
Orbital – The Box
Geggy Tah – Whoever You Are
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Butthole Surfers
(Date clue: Chain Reaction "opens Friday in theaters", released 8/2/96)
Screaming Trees – All I Know
eels – novocaine for the soul
Happy Mondays – Step On
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
Reacharound – Big Chair
Sister Machine Gun – Hole in the Ground
Screaming Trees – All I Know
Porno for Pyros – Tahitian Moon
No Doubt – Spiderwebs
The Cranberries – Free to Decide
Beck – Where It's At
Stone Temple Pilots – Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
Garbage – Stupid Girl
Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
Dog Eat Dog – ISMS
Butthole Surfers – Jingle of a Dog's Collar (Live 120 Minutes)
Better Than Ezra – King of New Orleans
Republica – Ready to Go
Lifter – Headshot
Local H – Bound for the Floor
Hole – Gold Dust Woman
Filter – Jurassitol
Patti Smith – Summer Cannibals
Imperial Teen – You're One
Fiona Apple – Shadowboxer
Source for this playlist: Craig 65
Host: Matt Pinfield
Sweet Relief II (The Songs of Vic Chesnutt) Concert/Album Show (with other videos)
Guests: Victoria Williams and Vic Chesnutt
Interviews: Garbage, David Lowery, Michael Stipe, Bob Mould, Mark Linkous, Soul Asylum, Kristin Hersh, Adam Duritz
Gravity Kills – Blame
Ash – Goldfinger
Garbage – Kick My Ass (Live)
Lutefisk – Scorchin' and Clean
Better Than Ezra – King of New Orleans
Lush – 500
Geggy Tah – Whoever You Are
Poe – Angry Johnny
Live – Supernatural (Live – "MTV Unplugged")
Soul Coughing – Soundtrack to Mary
The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
Soul Asylum (with Victoria Williams and the Sweet Relief Ensemble) – Summer of Drugs
Tuscadero – Hollywood Handsome
The Bluetones – Slight Return
Coyote Shivers – If
Vic Chesnutt, Victoria Williams and Friends – Gravity of the Situation (Live
Tracy Bonham – The One
Semisonic – If I Run
Deftones – 7 Words
Local H – Bound for the Floor
Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Tim Booth and Angelo Badalamenti – I Believe
311 – Down
Everclear – You Make Me Feel Like a Whore
James Hall – Illingness
Eels – Novocaine for the Soul
Girls Against Boys – Superfire
Screaming Trees – All I Know
Placebo – 36 Degrees
Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mine
Rocket From The Crypt – On A Rope
The Apples In Stereo – Tidal Wave
Poe performs "Fly Away". Girls Against Boys perform "Disco 666".
Source for this playlist: Craig 65
Guest Hosts: Stabbing Westward
Performances: The Sex Pistols (taped earlier in the week)
D Generation – She Stands There
Down by Law – Radio Ragga
Bjork – It's Oh So Quiet
Stabbing Westward – Shame
Gravity Kills – Blame
The Verve Pipe – Cup of Tea
Stabbing Westward – What Do I Have To Do (Live)
The Refreshments – Down Together
Soul Coughing – Soundtrack to Mary
Ash – Goldfinger
The Sex Pistols – Problems (Live)
The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant (Live)
Meat Beat Manifesto – Asbestos Lead Asbestos
Republica – Ready to Go
Imperial Teen – You're One
Soundgarden – My Wave
R.E.M. – E-Bow the Letter
Brutal Juice – Ugly on the Inside
Stabbing Westward – I Don't Believe (Live) over credits
Local H – Bound for the Floor
Sublime – What I Got
Orbital – The Box
Sebadoh – Ocean
Lush – 500
Black Grape – Reverend Black Grape
No Doubt – Excuse Me, Mister (Live)
Poe – Angry Johnny
Booth and the Bad Angel – I Believe
Goldfinger – Mable
Lifter – Headshot
Semisonic – If I Run
The Prodigy – Firestarter
Soul Coughing – Soundtrack to Mary
Tracy Bonham – The One
The Refreshments – Down Together
Brainiac – Vincent Come On Down
Elastica – Car Song
Better Than Ezra – King of New Orleans
Scarce – All Sideways
Ash – Goldfinger
Schleprock – Suburbia
The Lemonheads – Luka
Filter – Jurassitol
Rocket From the Crypt – On a Rope
Placebo – 36 Degrees
Ocean Colour Scene – You've Got It Bad
Oasis – Morning Glory
D Generation – She Stands There
Sublime – What I Got
PJ Harvey – Is That All There Is
Down by Law – Radio Ragga
My Head – Humbucker
Meat Beat Manifesto – Asbestos Lead Asbestos
Rage Against the Machine – People of the Sun
Stabbing Westward – Shame
The Verve Pipe – Cup Of Tea
Soul Coughing – Soundtrack To Mary
The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
Lutefisk – Scorchin & Clean
Everclear – You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
The Verve Pipe – Cup of Tea
Throwing Muses – Ruthie's Knocking
Eels – Novocaine For the Soul
Black Grape – Reverend Black Grape
Filter – Jurassitol
Tori Amos – Hey Jupiter
Goldfinger – Mabel
No Doubt – Spiderwebs (MTV – "Alternative Nation" performance)
Lifter – Headshot
Sebadoh – Ocean
Social Distortion – I Was Wrong
Catherine – Four Leaf Clover
The Bluetones – Slight Return
Charm Farm – Superstar
Sublime – What I Got
Schleprock – Suburbia
Local H – Bound for the Floor
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Howlin' Maggie – I'm a Slut
Super Deluxe – Famous
Schleprock – Suburbia
Nirvana – Aneurysm
Orbit – Come Inside
Lush – 500
Social Distortion – I Was Wrong
Bjork – Big Time Sensuality
Wild Colonials – Charm
Semisonic – If I Run
Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
Brainiac – Vincent Come On Down
Cake – The Distance
Manic Street Preachers – A Design For Life
James – Laid
Muzzle – What A Bore
Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket
Ocean Colour Scene – You've Got It Bad
Dishwalla – Charlie Brown's Parents
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
D Generation – She Stands There
White Zombie – I'm Your Boogieman
Source for this playlist: Kevin B.
Host: Matt Pinfield
120 Minutes of Nothing (featuring Nothing Records artists)
(Nine Inch Nails interview)
Nine Inch Nails – Hurt
Weezer – El Scorcho
(Nine Inch Nails interview)
Tim Booth and Angelo Badalamenti – I Believe
(Nine Inch Nails interview)
Cake – The Distance
Reel Big Fish – Everything Sucks
The Lemonheads – If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
(Marilyn Manson interview)
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Fun Lovin' Criminals – Scooby Snacks
(Marilyn Manson interview)
(Meat Beat Manifesto interview)
Meat Beat Manifesto – Asbestos Lead Asbestos
PJ Harvey – Is That All There Is?
Screaming Trees – Sworn and Broken
The Urge – Brainless
(Clint Mansell of Pop Will Eat Itself interview)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Ich Bin Ein Auslander
Social Distortion – I Was Wrong
Ocean Colour Scene – You've Got It Bad
(Clint Mansell of Pop Will Eat Itself interview)
(Kevin McMahon of Prick interview)
Duncan Sheik – Barely Breathing
Catherine – Four Leaf Clover
(Kevin McMahon of Prick interview)
Prick – Animal
Source for this playlist: Eric E.
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Local H, Eels
10-minute interview clip: Local H 120 Minutes 1996
The Lemonheads – If I Could Talk, I'd Tell You
Wesley Willis – Alanis Morissette
Cake – The Distance
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
D Generation – No Way Out
Local H – Bound For the Floor
The Cardigans – Lovefool
Weezer – El Scorcho
Counting Crows – Angels of the Silences
Superdrag – Destination Ursa Major
Eels – Novocaine For the Soul
Screaming Trees – Sworn & Broken
Spoon – Not Turning Off
Fun Lovin' Criminals – Scooby Snacks
Sublime – What I Got
The Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl
Hayden – Trees Lounge
Sources for this playlist: Rokin Robin, Tom A., Eric E.
Guest: Porno for Pyros with Mike Watt
Weezer – El Scorcho
The Prodigy – Firestarter
Interview: Porno for Pyros on 120 Minutes
Porno For Pyros – Tahitian Moon
Top 10 Alternative Radio Chart countdown
Flashback clip: Concrete Blonde from 10-10-93
Sublime – Date Rape
Leah Andreone – It's Alright, It's OK
The Cardigans – Lovefool
Porno For Pyros – Good God's Urge (Live 120 Minutes)
Beck – Devil's Haircut
Fiona Apple – Shadowboxer
Porno For Pyros – Kimberly Austin (Live 120 Minutes)
Gravity Kills – Enough
The Urge – Brainless
Chalk Farm – Lie On Lie
Porno For Pyros – Cursed Female
Placebo – 36 Degrees
Wild Colonials – Charm
Crash Test Dummies – He Liked to Feel It
The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun
Porno for Pyros – 100 Ways
Sebadoh – Ocean
Beck – Devil's Haircut
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – 2 Kindsa Love
311 – All Mixed Up
Pure – Anna
Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun (Live)
Superdrag – Destination Ursa Major
Leah Andreone – It's Alright, It's OK
Face to Face – I Won't Lie Down
Screaming Trees – Sworn and Broken
The Connells – Maybe
The Lemonheads – If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
Howlin' Maggie – I'm a Slut
Metal Molly – Orange
Ash – Girl From Mars
Rollerskate Skinny – Speed to My Side
Sources for this playlist: Amy Macnamara, Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guest: Republica, Fiona Apple
Gravity Kills – "Enough"
Sebadoh – "Willing To Wait"
Republica – "Drop Dead Gorgeous"
The Cardigans – "Love Fool"
The Toasters – "2 Tone Army"
The Heads – "Damage I’ve Done"
The Urge – "Brainless"
Republica – "Ready To Go"
Descendents – "I'm The One"
Fiona Apple – "Shadowboxer"
Semisonic – "F.N.T."
The Presidents of the USA – "Mach 5"
The Queers – "Punk Rock Girls"
Chalk Farm – "Lie On Lie"
Muzzle – "What A Bore"
Source for this playlist: Rokin Robin
Hosts: Matt Pinfield, Evan Dando of The Lemonheads, Sublime
Red 5 – Space
Underworld – Born Slippy .Nuxx
Evan Dando – The Outdoor Type (120 Minutes Live)
Failure – Stuck On You
Better Than Ezra – Desperately Wanting
Sublime – What I Got
Nada Surf – Treehouse
Bush – Swallowed
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – 2 Kindsa Love (probably, based on recent before and after 120 Minutes shows – forgot to write down which video)
Soundgarden – Blow Up The Outside World
Pure – Anna
Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment
The Heads – Damage I've Done
Underworld – Born Skippy Nuxx
(partial playlist only)
Sources for this playlist: Phillip I., Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Scratchie Records (James and Darcy of Smashing Pumpkins), Fountains of Wayne
Failure – Stuck on You
Smashing Pumpkins – Thirty-Three
Catherine – Four Leaf Clover
Tracy Bonham – Sharks Can't Sleep
Descendents – I'm The One
Fountains of Wayne – Radiation Vibe
Semisonic – FNT
Therapy? – (something live)
Ivy – I Hate December
Better Than Ezra – Desperately Wanting
Ful Flej – Work In This Universe
Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket
Republica – Drop Dead Gorgeous
Garbage – Milk
Placebo – 36 Degrees
Tool – Stinkfist (labeled – "Track #1")
Johnny Cash – Rusty Cage
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – 2 Kindsa Love
Blind Melon – Soul One
(Interview with Robin Goodridge and Gavin Rossdale)
Bush – Swallowed
Butter 08 – Butter of 69
(Interview with Robin Goodridge and Gavin Rossdale)
Bjork – Possibly Maybe
KMFDM – Son of a Gun
(Interview with Bush)
Sebadoh – Willing to Wait
(Interview with Bush)
Bush – Machinehead
Superdrag – Destination Ursa Major
(Interview with Bush)
Ani DiFranco – Joyful Girl (Remix)
(Interview with Bush)
Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
Smashing Pumpkins – Thirty – Three
(Interview with Bush)
(Interview with Tim Wheeler & Rick McMurray of Ash)
Ash – Girl from Mars
Matchbox 20 – Long Day
Kula Shaker – Tattva
Source for this playlist: Rokin Robin
Hosts: Matt Pinfield, Better Than Ezra, Orbital
New Bomb Turks – Hammerless Nail
Mazzy Star – Flowers In December
Kula Shaker – Tattva
Underworld – Born Slippy .Nuxx
Better Than Ezra – Desperately Wanting
Failure – Stuck On You
Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
Descendents – I'm The One
Orbital – The Box
Marcheeba – Trigger Hippie
The Presidents of the USA – Mach 5
Unsane – Scrape
Pulp – Disco 2000
Lush – Ladykillers
Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment
Fountains of Wayne – Radiation Vibe
Source for this playlist: Neil I.
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Cake, Chemical Brothers
Bloodhound Gang – Fire Water Burn
Fountains of Wayne – Radiation Vibe
Fun Lovin' Criminals – Fun Lovin' Criminals
(Cake interview)
Cake – Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle
Cardigans – Lovefool
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – 2 Kindsa Love
(Cake interview)
Cake – The Distance
Fulflej – Work In This Universe
(Cake interview)
Cake performs "I Will Survive"
Mazzy Star – Flowers In December
(Chemical Brothers interview)
Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun
(Chemical Brothers interview)
Butter 08 – Butter of '69
Smashing Pumpkins – Thirty-Three
Ani DiFranco – Joyful Girl (Remix)
(Chemical Brothers interview)
Future Sound of London – My Kingdom
Kula Shaker – Tattva
Red 5 – Space
Cake performs "Frank Sinatra" (partial)
Sources for this playlist: Phillip I., Neil I., Mike L., Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Guests: Luscious Jackson, The Descendents
Tricky – Christiansands
Poe – Hello
Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
Sebadoh – Willing To Wait
Fountains of Wayne – Radiation Vibe
Butter 08 – Butter of 69
Luscious Jackson – City Song
Bloodhound Gang – Fire Water Burn
Unsane – Scrape
Railroad Jerk – Clean Shirt
The Descendents – I'm The One
Fun Lovin' Criminals – Fun Lovin' Criminals
Kula Shaker – Tattva
Underworld – Born Slippy .Nuxx
Low – Over The Ocean
Sources for this playlist: Phillip I., Neil I., Rokin Robin
Host: Matt Pinfield
Location: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 1996
Sublime – Santeria
311 – All Mixed Up
Sarah McLachlan – Into The Fire
Cardigans – Lovefool
Hole – Violet
Weezer – The Good Life
Garbage – Milk
Social Distortion – I Was Wrong
Poe – Hello
Bush – Swallowed
Tricky – Christiansands
Tracy Bonham – Sharks Can't Sleep
Cake – The Distance
Tori Amos – Silent All These Years
Wallflowers – One Headlight
Fiona Apple – Shadowboxer
Eels – Novocaine For The Soul
Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon
Jewel – You Were Meant For Me
Fun Lovin' Criminals – Fun Lovin' Criminals
Nerf Herder – Van Halen
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Love Rollercoaster
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