Sonic Youth is another one of those bands I always thought was more interesting than they were any good. Day Dream Nation has some good tracks, Experimental Jet Set has some good tracks...but they have a lot of garbage out there too.

Pavement have two wonderful albums...Slanted and Enchanted and Brighten the Corners.

No one has mentioned how amazing Television and Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers were. Also...no mentioned of Lou Reed or Iggy Pop...or even Bowie!