Your top 5 90s grunge/alt rock/metal bands

[SchenkerFan]

1. Rage Against The Machine
2. STP
3. Alice in Chains
4. Nirvana
5. Soundgarden

[Venus Flytrap]

1. Soul Asylum
2. STP
3. Alice in Chains
4. Smashing Pumpkins
5. Foo Fighters

[DemonFilth2001]

Soul Asylum (do they count?)
Pearl Jam
AIC
STP
Soundgarden

[Love_Industry]

1. Pearl Jam
2. Soundgarden
3. Nirvana
4. AIC
5. STP

And yes, Soul Asylum counts - but I didn't include them as I've only heard two of their 12 or so albums.

[dmbrocker]

1. AIC
2. Green Day
3. Weezer
4. Foo Fighters
5. Nirvana

[DemonFilth2001]

1. Pearl Jam
2. Soundgarden
3. Nirvana
4. AIC
5. STP

And yes, Soul Asylum counts - but I didn't include them as I've only heard two of their 12 or so albums.

Only 2 are good. But they're damn good.

[gtshark1]

No order:

Manson
Korn
Live
Collective Soul
White Zombie/Rob Zombie

Honorable mentions- Bush and Nirvana

[SexxAtraxxion]

5. Alice in Chains
4. Pavement
3. Pearl Jam
2. Radiohead
1. Nirvana

[DemonFilth2001]

No order:

Manson
Korn
Live
Collective Soul
White Zombie/Rob Zombie

Honorable mentions- Bush and Nirvana

Collective Soul is the BEST 90's band. Live is a top 5. Don't consider either grunge.

The other 3 are Nu Metal.

[Hellsinkey]

Pavement
Ween
Manic Street Preachers
Nada Surf
STP

[Psychobolia.com]

1 - Alice in Chains
2 - Nirvana
3 - Korn

Everything else is flannel-wearing dog shit...

[Spongie]

What a truly miserable time to be 20-something. With only the possible exception of AIC, these bands are all awful. Think I still have 90s PTSD.

[SterileEyes1]

AIC
STP
Pantera
Nirvana
Soundgarden

Not including Radiohead, Green Day, or Tool because they had too much success in the 00s to be considered 90s bands imo.

This thread is inspiring me to check out more Soul Asylum. Misery is one of my favorite songs ever, I play it all the time, but haven’t really checked out their other stuff besides Runaway Train and Just Like Anyone. If anyone has a few suggestions, TIA!

[kytepunches]

Rob Zombie/White Zombie
Green Day
Weezer
The Offspring
Metric

[str]

Rob Zombie (solo)
Alice In Chains
Mother Love Bone
and since we have to pick 5
Nirvana
Hole

[mightybombjack]

paw
lucy’s fur coat
liquid jesus
ween
hayden

[DemonFilth2001]

AIC
STP
Pantera
Nirvana
Soundgarden

Not including Radiohead, Green Day, or Tool because they had too much success in the 00s to be considered 90s bands imo.

This thread is inspiring me to check out more Soul Asylum. Misery is one of my favorite songs ever, I play it all the time, but haven’t really checked out their other stuff besides Runaway Train and Just Like Anyone. If anyone has a few suggestions, TIA!

Gravedancer's Union. Every song.

[DonJuanDeMarco]

What a truly miserable time to be 20-something. With only the possible exception of AIC, these bands are all awful. Think I still have 90s PTSD.

Let me tell you something, I hated the fucking 90's. 90's fucking sucked.

https://youtu.be/oFg9uxMTq50?si=7ba1hK2PhT5fX2MK&t=69

[Spongie]

^^^Mickey gets it.

[BDG135]

I remember the mid-90s alternative thing happening. Alternative is such a strange category. People define it in many different ways. Some even said Load was an Alternative album. When it reaches mainstream popularity, is it still alternative?

[500DaysofNight]

STP
Green Day
Weezer
Sponge
Nirvana

[bentbrother]

slipknot
type o negative
life of agony
korn
manson/nin tie

[Van Ailin']

1) Alice In Chains
2) Soundgarden
3) Screaming Trees/Lanegan solo
4) Pearl Jam
5) STP

I'd have Mother Love Bone in there, but perhaps they really should be considered '80s. No "Rage" because while I like Tom and enjoy the rhythm section, I cannot abide the singer for an instant.

[Love_Industry]

I remember the mid-90s alternative thing happening. Alternative is such a strange category. People define it in many different ways. Some even said Load was an Alternative album. When it reaches mainstream popularity, is it still alternative?

One thing that defined alternative was the lyrical themes and the bands' image. Alternative bands wrote songs and talked about politics and social issues. That was something new as in the 80s mainstream, socially conscious meant something like U2 or Springsteen. The 80s were not very political, it was still the cold war and you were either with us or with the bad guys.

[DemonFilth2001]

1) Alice In Chains
2) Soundgarden
3) Screaming Trees/Lanegan solo
4) Pearl Jam
5) STP

I'd have Mother Love Bone in there, but perhaps they really should be considered '80s. No "Rage" because while I like Tom and enjoy the rhythm section, I cannot abide the singer for an instant.

MLB. Known for an OD, two members of Pearl Jam, and a successful tribute album. Overall, a blip on the music scene.

[thunderdan]

1. Stp
2. AIC
3. Nirvana
4. Green Day
5. Smashing Pumpkins

[DemonFilth2001]

Shinedown for the win!

[ijwthstd]

Grotus
Faith No More
Mudhoney
The Breeders
Supergrass

[Van Ailin']

I'd have Mother Love Bone in there, but perhaps they really should be considered '80s. No "Rage" because while I like Tom and enjoy the rhythm section, I cannot abide the singer for an instant.

MLB. Known for an OD, two members of Pearl Jam, and a successful tribute album. Overall, a blip on the music scene.

Who cares? That one full album is outstanding.

[Tommy2Tone84]

I remember the mid-90s alternative thing happening. Alternative is such a strange category. People define it in many different ways. Some even said Load was an Alternative album. When it reaches mainstream popularity, is it still alternative?

One thing that defined alternative was the lyrical themes and the bands' image. Alternative bands wrote songs and talked about politics and social issues. That was something new as in the 80s mainstream, socially conscious meant something like U2 or Springsteen. The 80s were not very political, it was still the cold war and you were either with us or with the bad guys.

Really?

You believed all the bullshit they fed you or you were too high or too young to remember. The 80s was very political. You must be too young to remember the PMRC Hearings. Ozzy getting sued, Priest getting sued by shitty assed psycho parents over their lyrics. KISS, who were not that popular at the time, got picketed by religious nuts on their 1983 tour

Then there was Live Aid, Farm Aid, We Are The World. I’ll even throw in the Moscow Music Peace Festival, August 1989. The Berlin Wall fell a couple months later. It had been a slow burn but I have no doubt that festival helped. I couldn’t imagine something like that happening now.