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The Future of Rock and Roll (is Inhailer Radio)!
2023
MODERN ROCK 500
Start Your Engines...
Inhailer Radio, in partnership with over 30 former DJs from the great late independent radio station 97X WOXY, presents the 2023 Modern Rock 500. This special broadcast pays tribute to the legendary Oxford, Ohio, alternative radio station known across the world by fans (and Rain Man's Ray Babbitt) as BAM! The Future of Rock and Roll.
It’s been 20 years since the station and all its familiar voices left the airwaves, but their influence on the world of alternative rock music lives on. To celebrate what would have been the station’s 40th anniversary, Inhailer Radio has teamed up with your favorite on-air personalities from 97X WOXY to bring back one of its signature programs, the Modern Rock 500—a countdown of the 500 very best modern rock songs, as determined by the impeccable taste of our guest DJs.
You'll hear...
500 SONGS FROM 273 TOTAL ARTISTS
12 artists with ties to Ohio
8 cover songs
4 songs from John Hughes movie soundtracks
A slew of vintage ad spots
Time capsules from Bryan Jay Miller
Highly-realistic musical celebrity impersonations
And 1 lovable Rock 'n Roll Grocer
Featuring...
32 97X WOXY GUEST DJs
Aaron Borns
Ali Castellini
Barb Abney
Bill Douglas
Brian Ewing
Bryan Jay Miller
Damian Dotterweich
Dan “Danny Crash” Reed
Dave Tellmann
Dorsie Fyffe
Forrest Griffen
Julie “Jae Forman” Clay
Jeff Rohrs
Jim Mercer
Joe Long
John Jesser
Julie (Maxwell) Argonis
Keri Valmassei
Luann Gibbs (“Miss Kitty”)
Matt “Shiv” Shiverdecker
Matt Sledge
Matthew Harris
Mike Taylor
Mike Winstead
Nick Pleimling
Phil Kollin
Ric “Rictile” Cengeri
Rob Ervin
Robin Plan
Stase Wendland
Steve Baker
Tina Christina Mueller
VISUALIZER
STATS VISUALIZER
SONGLIST
500 Fishbone — Party at Ground Zero
499 Ride — Vapour Trail
498 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds — Red Right Hand
497 The Black Keys — 10 A.M. Automatic
496 Black Flag — TV Party
495 Wilco — I'm the Man Who Loves You
494 Built to Spill — Goin' Against Your Mind
493 Meryn Cadell — The Sweater
492 Mclusky — To Hell With Good Intentions
491 Lemonheads — Into Your Arms
490 X-Ray Spex — Oh Bondage Up Yours!
489 Social Distortion — Ring of Fire
488 The Rapture — House of Jealous Lovers
487 Guided By Voices — I Am a Scientist
486 The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy — Television, the Drug of the Nation
485 The Velvet Underground — White Light/White Heat
484 Doves — Catch the Sun
483 Faith No More — We Care a Lot
482 The Jam — In the City
481 Ass Ponys — Little Bastard
480 Guided By Voices — My Valuable Hunting Knife (Tigerbomb version)
479 Eels — Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
478 Mission of Burma — That's When I Reach For My Revolver
477 Social Distortion — Bad Luck
476 Suede — Metal Mickey
475 Siouxsie and the Banshees — Kiss Them For Me
474 X — 4th of July
473 Talk Talk — Life's What You Make It
472 The Breeders — Divine Hammer
471 Meat Puppets — Backwater
470 Public Image Ltd. — Public Image
469 Paul Westerberg — Dyslexic Heart
468 Iggy Pop — Candy
467 Barenaked Ladies — Be My Yoko Ono
466 The B-52s — Planet Claire
465 Primus — Tommy the Cat
464 The Replacements — The Ledge
463 Bob Mould — See a Little Light
462 Lo Fidelity Allstars (ft. Pigeonhed) — Battle Flag
461 Soul Coughing — Screenwriter's Blues
460 The Bears — Fear is Never Boring
459 Soul Coughing — Super Bon Bon
458 Liz Phair — Supernova
457 Tori Amos — God
456 The Sisters of Mercy — This Corrosion
455 Gang of Four — I Love a Man in a Uniform
454 Squeeze — Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)
453 The Smithereens — A Girl Like You
452 Urban Dance Squad — Deeper Shade of Soul
451 The Psychedelic Furs — The Ghost in You
450 Dramarama — Anything Anything
449 MC 900 Ft. Jesus — The City Sleeps
448 Violent Femmes — Prove My Love
447 Split Enz — I Got You
446 Lou Reed — Dirty Boulevard
445 The Dead Milkmen — Punk Rock Girl
444 Love and Rockets — Kundalini Express
443 David Bowie — Let's Dance
442 Sinead O'Connor — I Want Your Hands on Me
441 Concrete Blonde — God is a Bullet
440 Joe Jackson — Sunday Papers
439 The Housemartins — Happy Hour
438 Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner (DNA mix)
437 Folk Implosion — Natural One
436 Big Country — In a Big Country
435 Juliana Hatfield — My Sister
434 INXS — Don't Change
433 Jesus Jones — Right Here Right Now
432 Soul Asylum — Somebody to Shove
431 XTC — Mayor of Simpleton
430 Berlin — Sex (I'm a…)
429 10,000 Maniacs — What's the Matter Here?
428 Urge Overkill — Sister Havana
427 The Call — The Walls Came Down
426 The Alarm — Sixty Eight Guns
425 Dada — Dizz Knee Land
424 Midnight Oil — Blue Sky Mine
423 Love and Rockets — No New Tale to Tell
422 Concrete Blonde — Joey
421 Belly — Feed the Tree
420 The Smithereens — Blood And Roses
419 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers — Dodge Veg-O-Matic
418 Time Zone — World Destruction
417 REM — (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
416 Shriekback — Nemesis
415 The Godfathers — Birth, School, Work, Death
414 The Nails — 88 Lines About 44 Women
413 Tears For Fears — Change
412 Eurythmics — Would I Lie to You?
411 The Specials — A Message to You Rudy
410 Suicidal Tendencies — Institutionalized
409 Grandmaster Flash — The Message
408 Manic Street Preachers — If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next
407 Rilo Kiley — Portions For Foxes
406 David Bowie — Fashion
405 Harvey Danger — Flagpole Sitta
404 The National — Secret Meeting
403 New Order — Regret
402 Butthole Surfers — Pepper
401 Seal — Crazy
400 Hot Chip — Over and Over
399 The Stone Roses — Waterfall
398 Yaz — Don't Go
397 Tool — Schism
396 PJ Harvey — Good Fortune
395 Gin Blossoms — Hey Jealousy
394 Roxy Music — More Than This
393 Hole — Doll Parts
392 Belle and Sebastian — The Boy With the Arab Strap
391 Crash Test Dummies — Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
390 Fine Young Cannibals — She Drives Me Crazy
389 Tegan and Sara — Walking With a Ghost
388 Garbage — Only Happy When it Rains
387 Presidents of the United States of America — Lump
386 Toad the Wet Sprocket — All I Want
385 Bow Wow Wow — I Want Candy
384 Stereo MC's — Connected
383 They Might Be Giants — Birdhouse in Your Soul
382 U2 — Bad - Live
381 Live — I Alone
380 L7 — Pretend We're Dead
379 Primus — Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
378 Public Enemy — Bring the Noise
377 The Walkmen — The Rat
376 The White Stripes — My Doorbell
375 The Shins — So Says I
374 Marcy Playground — Sex and Candy
373 Silversun Pickups — Lazy Eye
372 Modest Mouse — Ocean Breathes Salty
371 Bob Marley & the Wailers — Redemption Song
370 Björk — Jóga
369 Massive Attack — Protection
368 TV On The Radio — Wolf Like Me
367 Interpol — Slow Hands
366 The Verve — Lucky Man
365 REM — Driver 8
364 Pavement — Shady Lane
363 Peter Gabriel — Shock the Monkey
362 The Waterboys — The Whole of the Moon
361 Smashing Pumpkins — Cherub Rock
360 The Jam — Going Underground
359 Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
358 Nine Inch Nails — Down in It
357 Duran Duran — Girls on Film
356 The Police — Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
355 The Postal Service — The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
354 Sinead O'Connor — Nothing Compares 2 U
353 The Cardigans — My Favourite Game
352 Sublime — What I Got
351 Pulp — Disco 2000
350 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes
349 Garbage — I Think I'm Paranoid
348 The National — Mistaken For Strangers
347 Beastie Boys — Sure Shot
346 The Chemical Brothers — Let Forever Be
345 Primal Scream — Movin' On Up
344 Erasure — A Little Respect
343 Tori Amos — Cornflake Girl
342 Dave Matthews Band — Crash Into Me
341 The Offspring — Come Out and Play
340 INXS — Need You Tonight / Mediate
339 Kate Bush — Wuthering Heights
338 Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
337 Cake — Never There
336 U2 — Mysterious Ways
335 Adam Ant — Goody Two Shoes
334 LCD Soundsystem — Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
333 Temple of the Dog — Hunger Strike
332 The Velvet Underground — What Goes On
331 Tricky — Black Steel
330 Tones on Tail — Go! (Club Mix)
329 The Flaming Lips — Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
328 The Police — Don't Stand So Close to Me
327 The Cure — Let's Go to Bed
326 Blur — There's No Other Way
325 Soundgarden — Spoonman
324 Smashing Pumpkins — Bullet With Butterfly Wings
323 The Prodigy — Firestarter
322 Fatboy Slim — The Rockafeller Skank
321 The Buggles — Video Killed the Radio Star
320 The Cranberries — Dreams
319 Vampire Weekend — A-Punk
318 Radiohead — Street Spirit (Fade Out)
317 Placebo — Pure Morning
316 David Bowie — Heroes
315 REM — Man on the Moon
314 Billy Idol — White Wedding
313 Modest Mouse — Dashboard
312 Franz Ferdinand — Do You Want To
311 Arcade Fire — Rebellion (Lies)
310 Band of Horses — The Funeral
309 Iggy Pop — The Passenger
308 M.I.A. — Paper Planes
307 Air — Sexy Boy
306 The Proclaimers — I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
305 Nine Inch Nails — Hurt
304 Bob Marley & the Wailers — Could You Be Loved
303 The Hives — Hate to Say I Told You So
302 Weezer — Hash Pipe
301 The Cardigans — Lovefool
300 Alice in Chains — Would?
299 MGMT — Time to Pretend
298 Tracy Chapman — Fast Car
297 Massive Attack — Angel
296 Bloc Party — Banquet
295 Outkast — Hey Ya
294 Fatboy Slim — Praise You
293 Smashing Pumpkins — Tonight Tonight
292 The Human League — Don't You Want Me
291 Soundgarden — Black Hole Sun
290 The Cure — The Lovecats
289 Catherine Wheel — Black Metallic
288 The The — Uncertain Smile
287 Bob Mould — Sunspots / Wishing Well
286 Cracker — Teen Angst
285 They Might Be Giants — Don't Let's Start
284 The Replacements — Bastards of Young
283 Depeche Mode — Route 66 - Beatmasters Mix
282 XTC — Senses Working Overtime
281 Sinead O'Connor — Mandika
280 REM — Pretty Persuasion
279 Siouxsie and the Banshees — Peek-A-Boo
278 Social Distortion — Ball and Chain
277 Guided By Voices — Teenage FBI
276 The Afghan Whigs — Debonair
275 Veruca Salt — Seether
274 Elliott Smith — Miss Misery
273 Elvis Costello — Watching the Detectives
272 Echo & The Bunnymen — Bring on the Dancing Horses
271 The Pretenders — Brass in Pocket
270 The Smiths — Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
269 Yo La Tengo — Autumn Sweater
268 The Clash — The Magnificent Seven
267 Public Enemy — Fight the Power
266 Björk — Big Time Sensuality
265 The Shins — Caring Is Creepy
264 Arcade Fire — Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
263 Elastica — Connection
262 Violent Femmes — Gone Daddy Gone
261 The Flaming Lips — She Don't Use Jelly
260 Sonic Youth — 100%
259 Blur — Coffee and TV
258 Ramones — Sheena is a Punk Rocker
257 Radiohead — Optimistic
256 Interpol — PDA
255 The Cure — Friday I'm in Love
254 Depeche Mode — Strangelove
253 David Bowie — Rebel Rebel
252 Pogues — Fairytale of New York
251 U2 — Where the Streets Have No Name
250 DJ Shadow — Midnight in a Perfect World
249 Chemical Brothers — Block Rockin' Beats
248 Wilco — Heavy Metal Drummer
247 The Jam — That's Entertainment
246 The The — This is the Day
245 Dinosaur Jr — Feel the Pain
244 Blondie — One Way or Another
243 Pearl Jam — Daughter
242 Massive Attack — Safe From Harm
241 Daft Punk — Da Funk
240 Smashing Pumpkins — 1979
239 Neutral Milk Hotel — In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
238 Talking Heads — And She Was
237 Soul Asylum — Runaway Train
236 Radiohead — High and Dry
235 Green Day — Welcome to Paradise
234 Depeche Mode — Just Can't Get Enough
233 Peter Gabriel — Sledgehammer
232 The Cure — In Between Days
231 Cake — The Distance
230 The Sundays — Here's Where the Story Ends
229 Echo & The Bunnymen — The Killing Moon
228 The White Stripes — The Hardest Button to Button
227 Blondie — Call Me
226 Peter Bjorn and John — Young Folks
225 Blur — Girls and Boys
224 Weezer — Say It Ain't So
223 Buzzcocks — Ever Fallen in Love
222 REM — Stand
221 Beastie Boys — Intergalactic
220 Arcade Fire — Wake Up
219 Pixies — Debaser
218 Muse — Time Is Running Out
217 The Cranberries — Zombie
216 The Afghan Whigs — Gentlemen
215 New Order — Love Vigilantes
214 Happy Mondays — Step On
213 Thomas Dolby — She Blinded Me With Science
212 Talking Heads — Crosseyed and Painless
211 Talk Talk — It's My Life
210 Screaming Trees — Nearly Lost You
209 Beastie Boys — So Whatcha Want
208 The Velvet Underground — Sweet Jane
207 PJ Harvey — Down By The Water
206 The Police — Can't Stand Losing You
205 The Smiths — Panic
204 Sonic Youth — Kool Thing
203 Blind Melon — No Rain
202 Dexy's Midnight Runners — Come On Eileen
201 Hüsker Dü — Makes No Sense At All
200 Interpol — Obstacle 1
199 The Jim Carroll Band — People Who Died
198 Ramones — Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
197 Love and Rockets — So Alive
196 Peter Murphy — Cuts You Up
195 Yaz — Situation
194 Killing Joke — Eighties
193 The Jesus and Mary Chain — Head On
192 The B-52s — Private Idaho
191 XTC — Making Plans for Nigel
190 REM — The One I Love
189 The La's — There She Goes
188 Bob Marley — Get Up Stand Up
187 The Stone Roses — Fools Gold
186 The Smiths — Girlfriend in a Coma
185 The Clash — Lost in the Supermarket
184 Depeche Mode — Never Let Me Down Again
183 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Higher Ground
182 Cracker — Low
181 The Vapors — Turning Japanese
180 The English Beat — Mirror in the Bathroom
179 Tori Amos — Silent All These Years
178 Violent Femmes — Kiss Off
177 Living Colour — Cult of Personality
176 Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
175 Dead Kennedys — Holiday in Cambodia
174 Depeche Mode — Policy of Truth
173 Counting Crows — Mr. Jones
172 Nirvana — About a Girl
171 Pixies — Gigantic
170 Pulp — Common People
169 Weezer — Buddy Holly
168 The Jesus and Mary Chain — Just Like Honey
167 Tears For Fears — Shout
166 Mazzy Star — Fade Into You
165 Royal Crescent Mob — Get on the Bus
164 The Velvet Underground — Rock and Roll
163 Patti Smith Group — Dancing Barefoot
162 The Charlatans UK — The Only One I Know
161 Echo and The Bunnymen — Lips Like Sugar
160 The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored
159 Depeche Mode — People are People
158 The Cure — Pictures of You
157 New Order — True Faith
156 Oasis — Supersonic
155 Green Day — Longview
154 Portishead — Sour Times
153 The Strokes — Last Nite
152 The Smiths — There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
151 The Cult — She Sells Sanctuary
150 Weezer — Undone - The Sweater Song
149 Jeff Buckley — Last Goodbye
148 The B-52s — Love Shack
147 David Bowie — Suffragette City
146 The Smiths — Bigmouth Strikes Again
145 Faith No More — Epic
144 Joy Division — She's Lost Control
143 The Flaming Lips — Do You Realize??
142 The Dandy Warhols — Bohemian Like You
141 Lenny Kravitz — Are You Gonna Go My Way
140 Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop
139 Oasis — Live Forever
138 Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Maps
137 Soft Cell — Tainted Love
136 Arctic Monkeys — I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
135 Nirvana — Lithium
134 Coldplay — Yellow
133 Ministry — Everyday is Halloween
132 Pavement — Cut Your Hair
131 Afghan Whigs — Rebirth of the Cool
130 My Bloody Valentine — Only Shallow
129 David Bowie — Ziggy Stardust
128 Nine Inch Nails — Closer
127 The White Stripes — Fell in Love With a Girl
126 Radiohead — Just
125 The Shins — New Slang
124 The Postal Service — Such Great Heights
123 Nirvana — In Bloom
122 Gorillaz — Clint Eastwood
121 The Police — Every Breath You Take
120 Matthew Sweet — Girlfriend
119 Devo — (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
118 Oingo Boingo — Dead Man's Party
117 Television — Marquee Moon
116 The Cure — Lovesong
115 Romeo Void — Never Say Never
114 Wall of Voodoo — Mexican Radio
113 The English Beat — Save it for Later
112 Talking Heads — Life During Wartime
111 Sugarcubes — Birthday
110 Peter Gabriel — In Your Eyes
109 Talking Heads — Take Me to the River
108 Roxy Music — Love is the Drug
107 The Church — Under the Milky Way
106 U2 — I Will Follow
105 REM — Orange Crush
104 Beck — Where It's At
103 The Stooges — I Wanna Be Your Dog
102 Björk — Human Behaviour
101 David Bowie — Changes
100 Smashing Pumpkins — Disarm
99 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants to Rule The World
98 Modest Mouse — Float On
97 The Replacements — Alex Chilton
96 Joe Jackson — Is She Really Going Out With Him?
95 Patti Smith — Gloria
94 The Jam — Town Called Malice
93 Public Image Ltd. — Rise
92 Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Relax
91 Beastie Boys — (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right
90 Simple Minds — Don't You (Forget About Me)
89 The Cure — Close to Me
88 Talking Heads — Once in a Lifetime
87 Iggy Pop — Lust for Life
86 David Bowie — Space Oddity
85 Blondie — Heart of Glass
84 The Replacements — I Will Dare
83 The Boomtown Rats — I Don't Like Mondays
82 Midnight Oil — Beds Are Burning
81 EMF — Unbelievable
80 Elvis Costello — Radio Radio
79 The Velvet Underground — Pale Blue Eyes
78 The Psychedelic Furs — Pretty in Pink
77 Fugazi — Waiting Room
76 Radiohead — Fake Plastic Trees
75 James — Laid
74 Gary Numan — Cars
73 U2 — One
72 Pixies — Here Comes Your Man
71 Beastie Boys — Sabotage
70 Pearl Jam — Even Flow
69 Camper Van Beethoven — Take the Skinheads Bowling
68 Nirvana — All Apologies
67 Radiohead — Karma Police
66 Jane's Addiction — Jane Says
65 The Verve — Bittersweet Symphony
64 The Dead Milkmen — Bitchin Camaro
63 Elvis Costello — (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
62 U2 — With or Without You
61 Nirvana — Heart-Shaped Box
60 Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out
59 Bob Marley & the Wailers — Jamming
58 Blondie — Rapture
57 The Psychedelic Furs — Love My Way
56 Squeeze — Tempted
55 Pixies — Where Is My Mind?
54 The Police — Message In A Bottle
53 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Give It Away
52 Elvis Costello — Pump It Up
51 Radiohead — Paranoid Android
50 Nine Inch Nails — Head Like a Hole
49 White Stripes — Seven Nation Army
48 The Clash — Train in Vain (Stand By Me)
47 Siouxsie and the Banshees — Cities in Dust
46 Modern English — I Melt With You
45 U2 — Pride (In the Name of Love)
44 The Breeders — Cannonball
43 Smashing Pumpkins — Today
42 XTC — Dear God
41 Blur — Song 2
40 REM — Radio Free Europe
39 Devo — Whip It
38 Bauhaus — Bela Lugosi's Dead
37 Elvis Costello — Alison
36 Depeche Mode — Personal Jesus
35 Jane's Addiction — Been Caught Stealing
34 U2 — New Year's Day
33 Talking Heads — Burning Down the House
32 Pearl Jam — Jeremy
31 Sex Pistols — God Save the Queen
30 New Order — Bizarre Love Triangle
29 REM — It's the End of the World As We Know It
28 The B-52s — Rock Lobster
27 The Clash — Rock the Casbah
26 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams
25 Pixies — Monkey Gone to Heaven
24 Pearl Jam — Alive
23 Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence
22 Lou Reed — Walk on the Wild Side
21 Beck — Loser
20 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge
19 Nirvana — Come As You Are
18 Oasis — Wonderwall
17 The Clash — London Calling
16 The Cure — Boys Don't Cry
15 Kate Bush — Running Up That Hill
14 New Order — Blue Monday
13 Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the UK
12 Ramones — I Wanna Be Sedated
11 U2 — Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 Talking Heads — Psycho Killer
09 The Clash — Should I Stay or Should I Go
08 Violent Femmes — Blister in the Sun
07 The Police — Roxanne
06 REM — Losing My Religion
05 The Smiths — How Soon is Now?
04 Joy Division — Love Will Tear Us Apart
03 The Cure — Just Like Heaven
02 Radiohead — Creep
01 Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
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STATS BREAKDOWN
TOP ARTISTS
#1 REM (10)
#2 DAVID BOWIE (9)
#2 THE CURE (9)
#2 U2 (9)
#3 DEPECHE MODE (8)
#3 RADIOHEAD (8)
TOP YEARS
#1 1994 (32)
#2 1987 (30)
#3 1993 (27)
#4 1991 (25)
#5 1989 (24)
TOP ALBUMS
#1 NIRVANA — NEVERMIND (4)
#1 RADIOHEAD — THE BENDS (4)
#1 VIOLENT FEMMES (4)
#2 ARCADE FIRE — FUNERAL (3)
#2 THE CLASH — LONDON CALLING (3)
#2 PEARL JAM — TEN (3)
#2 PIXIES — DOOLITTLE (3)
#2 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS — MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS (3)
#2 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS — SIAMESE DREAM (3)
#2 THE STONE ROSES (3)
#2 WEEZER (BLUE ALBUM) (3)
BEST LAP AVG.
22 SEX PISTOLS
BEST ONE-HIT WONDER
#38 BAUHAUS — BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD
BEST POST-FM TRACK
#136 ARCTIC MONKEYS — I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR
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