Rembering the 80s: College Rock


For those too young...a brief history...before indie and alternative rock...there was college rock...an 80s genre that was simply named after what college radio stations were playing at the time...as a former college DJ...I have a soft spot for the genre...it was a fun time...and a simpler time... with a laid back vibe and a diversity of artists ranging from the Smiths, Bad brains, to Love tractor...U2,.Rem, and the cure all got their start during thus era...and were the few bands that broke out and penetrated the mainstream...a few like Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips flirted with the big time...but most like Lets Active, Dumptruck, and Christmas had minor careers which is not a knock...just facts...MTV also played a role with their show 120 mins...the genre included seminal artists like Husker Du, Replacements, the Church, the Fall, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jesus and Mary Chain, Wedding Present, Meat Puppets,etc...anybody have any faves or college radio stories to share?
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Love Tractor is good too,I was lucky to pick up a whole bunch of their recordings at a garage sale some time back.
Some of mine:

Sugar Cubes
Flaming Lips
Cocteau Twins
Xtc
Love and Rockets
dB's
Uncle Tupelo

If any of you went to college in the Midwest back then you might remember House of Large Sizes? Still one of my all time favorite bands.
Frank Allison and the Odd Sox and the Junk Monkeys were very popular local college(Detroit/AA area) bands during the mid-late 80's. FWIW I was much more interested in Mozart, Marsalis and Metallica at that time.
House of large sizes played Fargo frequently...one of my favorite Midwest regional bands of this era was Mile One...their Direction Lp is an 80s classic...great live band as well...word us they cut some demoes for A&M back in the day...nothing came of it unfortunately....others include the Phones, the Wallets, Run Westy Run, Trip Shakespeare