The debate is over: Geeks have won the culture wars, because we have subjugated popular music and bent it to our will. While the Billboard Top 40 may never be dominated by geek-centric songs that bespeak the awkward and lonely lifestyle of the unrequited Trekkie, there are entire virtual radio stations’ worth of geek rock anthems out there for the listen (and pirate download). Don’t believe me? Here’s the top 20 geek rock anthems as ranked by me. Feel free to add, subtract, and flame-war your own geek-favorite tunes in the comments section.
- In The Garage – Weezer
- Code Monkey – Jonathan Coulton
- White & Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic
- It Is Pitch Dark (You Are Likely to be Eaten by a Grue) – MC Frontalot
- One Week – Barenaked Ladies
- Wizard Needs Food Badly – Five Iron Frenzy
- Boss of Me – They Might Be Giants
- Hail to the Geeks – Deaf Pedestrians
- If I Could Be A Geek – Ric Seaberg
- Stack the Memory – Sniper Twins
- Stop Talking About Comic Books or I’ll Kill You – Ookla the Mok
- She Make It So – Warp 11
- Geek Like Me – The Wonderstrucks
- The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny – Lemon Demon
- Rockin’ the Suburbs – Ben Folds
- Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus
- High School Never Ends – Bowling For Soup
- Mr. Spock – Nerf Herder
- Maybe In An Alternate Dimension – Ozma
- We Are the Opening Band – Paul & Storm