Ordered from original incarnation.

The Damned - Life goes On > Killing Joke - Eighties > Nirvana - Come As You Are
Got more famous each time. Same Notes (guitar), changes slightly.

Dinosaur Jr - Little Fury Things > Amusement Parks On Fire - Venus In Cancer
Similair chord progression, chorus of little fury things.

Pavement - Grave Architecture > Ryan Adams - City Rain, City Streets
Not really that similair, but the simple note verse just really reminds me of the other.

Nirvana - ? > Guided By Voices - I Am A Tree
I swear the last part of the chorus is very similair to part of a nirvana song (quite possibly a few of their choruses). It's just very Nirvana.

the five note bell scale repetition in egowar by gang gang dance still reminds me of the one eyed willy theme in goonies. some of it is in this:
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