BONUS: Live 105's Top 105 Bands We're Thankful For (from Thanksgiving 2005)

It's not at all surprising that Live 105 would run a countdown on the Thanksgiving holiday. What is surprising is the selections. In this period, Live 105 would have specialty weekends where they'd play  a bunch of artists that weren't alternative but were still wildly influential and weaved them in with their usual offerings.

I remember this being fun to listen to. Each selection was preceded by prerecorded statements from the DJs talking about how important all the artists were. If you ever wanted to hear The Beatles, Marvin Gaye or Led Zeppelin on Live 105...you'll probably want to look at this list because it will likely never happen again. (Found via the Wayback Machine.)

1	The Beatles
2	U2
3	Radiohead
4	The Smiths
5	Led Zeppelin
6	The Ramones
7	Nirvana
8	Pixies
9	New Order/Joy Division
10	The Beach Boys
11	Green Day
12	Bob Marley
13	The Clash
14	Jimi Hendrix
15	Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
16	Beastie Boys
17	Pink Floyd
18	Blur
19	Depeche Mode
20	Elliott Smith
21	The Strokes
22	Johnny Cash
23	Nine Inch Nails
24	The White Stripes
25	Bob Dylan
26	Rage Against The Machine
27	The Stone Roses
28	The Streets
29	Weezer
30	The Cure
31	DJ Shadow
32	Oasis
33	The Velvet Underground
34	The Smashing Pumpkins
35	Sonic Youth
36	Death Cab For Cutie
37	Bjork
38	Run DMC
39	R.E.M.
40	Foo Fighters
41	Miles Davis
42	Motley Crue
43	Muse
44	Simon & Garfunkel
45	Bad Religion
46	Coldplay
47	Guns N Roses
48	Sigur Ros
49	N.W.A.
50	David Bowie
51	Sleater-Kinney
52	Air
53	The Rolling Stones
54	The Faint
55	Metallica
56	The Chemical Brothers
57	Van Halen
58	Dr. Dre
59	Massive Attack
60	Beck
61	Jeff Buckley
62	Elvis Costello
63	Pearl Jam
64	The Sex Pistols
65	Public Enemy
66	Red Hot Chili Peppers
67	Pavement
68	Neil Young
69	Stevie Wonder
70	The Arcade Fire
71	The Verve
72	The Killers
73	Nick Drake
74	Queens Of The Stone Age
75	Elvis Presley
76	Bloc Party
77	Bauhaus
78	The Shins
79	Prince
80	The Jesus And Mary Chain
81	Grandmaster Flash
82	The Hives
83	KISS
84	Tool
85	Iggy Pop
86	M.I.A.
87	Kraftwerk
88	Yeah Yeah Yeahs
89	Jay-Z
90	Fugazi
91	Bruce Springsteen
92	System Of A Down
93	The Who
94	Gorillaz
95	Stone Temple Pilots
96	DEVO
97	Pinback
98	Duran Duran
99	My Bloody Valentine
100	Kanye West
101	The Prodigy
102	Gang Of Four
103	Marvin Gaye
104	The Postal Service
105	Soundgarden