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Top artists countdown · WLIR / WDRE · September 2002

WLIR Top 92 Artists of All-Time (September 2002)

The all-time artists countdown (September 2002) is WLIR / WDRE’s ranking of its listeners’ favorite artists in Long Island, NY, with Depeche Mode voted the number one artist.

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# Artist Entries
1 Depeche Mode 1,040
2 U2 2,283
3 The Cure 1,236
4 Duran Duran 338
5 The Smiths 646
6 Blondie 352
7 New Order 574
8 The Ramones 443
9 The Clash 986
10 Nirvana 951
11 Erasure 194
12 The B-52's 484
13 R.E.M. 1,579
14 Pet Shop Boys 164
15 Elvis Costello & the Attractions 416
16 Talking Heads 737
17 Dave Matthews Band 367
18 The Replacements 478
19 Radiohead 744
20 The Police 727
21 Pearl Jam 1,349
22 No Doubt 263
23 Garbage 324
24 Incubus 306
25 INXS 649
26 David Bowie 1,136
27 The Psychedelic Furs listed as “Psychedelic Furs” 323
28 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1,126
29 Stone Temple Pilots 529
30 Morrissey listed as “Morissey” 319
31 Weezer 546
32 Tears for Fears 334
33 blink-182 407
34 Third Eye Blind 146
35 Beastie Boys 619
36 Squeeze 366
37 Nine Days 6
38 XTC 395
39 The Wallflowers 109
40 The Smashing Pumpkins 819
41 Siouxsie and the Banshees 333
42 The Sex Pistols 232
43 Alanis Morissette 172
44 The Jam 231
45 Billy Idol 291
46 Green Day 885
47 Foo Fighters 868
48 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 341
49 The Cult 271
50 Roxy Music 176
51 The Pretenders 470
52 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 138
53 Oasis 520
54 Linkin Park 381
55 Joy Division 222
56 Eurythmics 248
57 Counting Crows 270
58 Alphaville 43
59 Ultravox 60
60 The Strokes 287
61 Prince 264
62 The Pixies 433
63 New Found Glory 43
64 Sarah McLachlan 156
65 Ministry 130
66 Everclear 259
67 The Cranberries 274
68 Collective Soul 114
69 Yaz 102
70 Alice In Chains listed as “Alice in Chains” 376
71 Bush 376
72 Berlin 74
73 Adam & the Ants 78
74 APB 7
75 10,000 Maniacs 250
76 Coldplay 486
77 Beck 518
78 They Might Be Giants 335
79 311 355
80 Peter Gabriel 535
81 Devo 292
82 Sublime 293
83 Culture Club 48
84 Puddle of Mudd 106
85 Simple Minds 233
86 The Cars 170
87 Jimmy Eat World 213
88 Iggy Pop 244
89 Sugar Ray 73
90 Moby 151
91 Matchbox 20 50
92 The Stray Cats listed as “Stray Cats” 71

About this countdown

WLIR Top 92 Artists of All-Time (September 2002) was broadcast by WLIR / WDRE (Long Island, NY) in September 2002. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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