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The week's most popular alternative/modern ... more rock songs, ranked by airplay detections as measured by Nielsen BDS.

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Scar Tissue

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication

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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers LIVE @ Lollapalooza 2012
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What s My Age Again?

Blink-182
The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back)

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Smash Mouth
Universal Music Family Sampler

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Mark McGrath Cancels Cruise, Citing 'Poop' Ship

Mark McGrath Cancels Cruise, Citing 'Poop' Ship

Sugar Ray singer/television personality Mark McGrath's 90s nostalgia cruise has been cancelled, according to its official website, and McGrath offered an awfully "stinky" excuse via Twitter.

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Nookie

Limp Bizkit

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Limp Bizkit
Q&A With Limp Bizkit

Q&A With Limp Bizkit

In this special extended Independence Weekend Daily Noise, brought to you by Fuse and Billboard.com, Tye Comer sits down with Limp Bizkit, who will soon be releasing "Gold Cobra," their first album in seven years.

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My Own Worst Enemy

Lit
Place in the Sun [Japan]

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Former RCA Records Exec Meredith Israel Thomas Passes Away

Former RCA Records Exec Meredith Israel Thomas Passes Away


[ Updated 12:57 p.m. ET 12/24/2012] Former RCA Records publicist Meredith Israel Thomas, who shared the experience of her battle with breast cancer via a deeply moving CaringBridge page, died late Friday night. She was 39.

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Last Kiss

Pearl Jam
Live at the Gorge 05/06

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RNDM Q&A: Pearl Jam's J. Ament w/ J. Arthur & R. Stuverud
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American Woman

Lenny Kravitz
The Best of Now That's What I Call Music! 10th Anniversary

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Watch Cee Lo Talk Musical Gifts: Exclusive

Watch Cee Lo Talk Musical Gifts: Exclusive

With December here and the holidays truly underway, Cee Lo Green is the latest artist to lend his voice to the Give The Gift of Music campaign, which seeks to remind all that music makes not only a great present, but strong memories.

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Battle Flag

Lo Fidelity Allstars Featuring Pigeonhed
Battleflag

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Someday

Sugar Ray
Rhino Hi-Five: Sugar Ray

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Meat Loaf Calls New Album 'The Most Honest Record I've Ever Done'

Meat Loaf Calls New Album 'The Most Honest Record I've Ever Done'

Meat Loaf says his upcoming new album, "Hell in a Handbasket," is "the most honest record I've ever done." It's also one of the quickest, coming less than two years after "Hang Cool Teddy Bear" in the U.S.

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The Kids Aren t Alright

The Offspring
Americana

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