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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 1,209
2 U2 3,464
3 The Cure 1,447
4 Duran Duran 386
5 The Smiths 725
6 Blondie 444
7 New Order 657
8 The Ramones 607
9 The Clash 1,325
10 Nirvana 1,670
11 Erasure 218
12 The B-52's 559
13 R.E.M. 2,090
14 Pet Shop Boys 188
15 Elvis Costello & the Attractions 539
16 Talking Heads 1,072
17 Dave Matthews Band 611
18 The Replacements 567
19 Radiohead 1,086
20 The Police 1,294
21 Pearl Jam 2,372
22 No Doubt 342
23 Garbage 425
24 Incubus 561
25 INXS 743
26 David Bowie 1,793
27 The Psychedelic Furs listed as “Psychedelic Furs” 360
28 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1,797
29 Stone Temple Pilots 1,066
30 Morrissey listed as “Morissey” 373
31 Weezer 972
32 Tears for Fears 409
33 blink-182 682
34 Third Eye Blind 248
35 Beastie Boys 894
36 Squeeze 410
37 Nine Days 8
38 XTC 439
39 The Wallflowers 179
40 The Smashing Pumpkins 1,191
41 Siouxsie and the Banshees 360
42 The Sex Pistols 261
43 Alanis Morissette 227
44 The Jam 255
45 Billy Idol 563
46 Green Day 1,537
47 Foo Fighters 1,636
48 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 377
49 The Cult 356
50 Roxy Music 221
51 The Pretenders 671
52 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 161
53 Oasis 657
54 Linkin Park 821
55 Joy Division 251
56 Eurythmics 271
57 Counting Crows 416
58 Alphaville 54
59 Ultravox 71
60 The Strokes 431
61 Prince 411
62 The Pixies 533
63 New Found Glory 72
64 Sarah McLachlan 208
65 Ministry 138
66 Everclear 379
67 The Cranberries 359
68 Collective Soul 276
69 Yaz 110
70 Alice In Chains listed as “Alice in Chains” 895
71 Bush 675
72 Berlin 80
73 Adam & the Ants 89
74 APB 7
75 10,000 Maniacs 309
76 Coldplay 889
77 Beck 884
78 They Might Be Giants 392
79 311 575
80 Peter Gabriel 785
81 Devo 332
82 Sublime 486
83 Culture Club 56
84 Puddle of Mudd 204
85 Simple Minds 292
86 The Cars 698
87 Jimmy Eat World 357
88 Iggy Pop 316
89 Sugar Ray 102
90 Moby 236
91 Matchbox 20 85
92 The Stray Cats listed as “Stray Cats” 86

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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