The top 20 glorious geek rock anthems

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.

1. In The Garage - Weezer
2. Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton
3. White & Nerdy - Weird Al Yankovic
4. It Is Pitch Dark (You Are Likely to be Eaten by a Grue) - MC Frontalot
5. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
6. Wizard Needs Food Badly - Five Iron Frenzy
7. Boss of Me - They Might Be Giants
8. Hail to the Geeks - Deaf Pedestrians
9. If I Could Be A Geek - Ric Seaberg
10. Stack the Memory - Sniper Twins
11. Stop Talking About Comic Books or I’ll Kill You - Ookla the Mok
12. She Make It So - Warp 11
13. Geek Like Me - The Wonderstrucks
14. The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny - Lemon Demon
15. Rockin’ the Suburbs - Ben Folds
16. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
17. High School Never Ends - Bowling For Soup
18. Mr. Spock - Nerf Herder
19. Maybe In An Alternate Dimension - Ozma
20. We Are the Opening Band - Paul & Storm