That kind of thing used to be the only way I could wake up; Eddie Van Halen carving out the live version of "Eruption" with a long feedback loop segue into "You Really Got Me" or, by the late 1980's, the intro to "I'm a Believer" from Giant's "Last of the Runaways" CD.
http://www.mp3.com/albums/6704/summary.html
My music tastes, as described before, are a bit on the eclectic side but generally run towards heavy and dark.