Top 100 Alternative Rock Songs -

The riff that conquered stadiums worldwide. It is minimalist, subversive, and somehow the most recognizable rock riff of the 21st century.

Alternative rock is not just guitars. This bass-heavy, paranoid hip-hop track was played on rock radio because it was too weird for hip-hop radio. TOP 100 ALTERNATIVE ROCK SONGS

The bridge between post-punk and alternative. Ian McCulloch claimed it was "the best song ever written." He might have been right. 40-21: The God-Tier Anthems 40. "Starlight" – Muse (2006) Muse takes the "alternative" label and stretches it into stadium sci-fi. The piano riff and bass pulse make this a modern classic of bombast. The riff that conquered stadiums worldwide

The 2000s were about anxiety, not anger. The repeating piano loop and the desperate longing for escape define "adult alternative." TOP 100 ALTERNATIVE ROCK SONGS