Top 20 Alternative Rock Bands of the 90s

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These are the bands that defined a decade. For this list, we’ll be looking at musical acts that started in the 90s and ruled the charts and our hearts. Our countdown includes The Flaming Lips, Sublime, Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and more! How many of these classic bands made it onto your first mixtape? Let us know in the comments.
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@WatchMojo Жыл бұрын

For more music content, check out our playlist: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r96Fhc2rqrvHon0.html How many of these classic bands made it onto your first mixtape? Let us know in the comments.

@Jeremiah_Rivers76 Жыл бұрын

As a 2000s kid, I’m glad the 90s have lots of great songs, including the Butthole Surfers’ “Pepper.”

@erzaender Жыл бұрын

the smashing pumpkins, the pearl jam and the cranberries

@pabloruiz6224 Жыл бұрын

1990’s artists in my opinion: My favorite 90’s rock band: Nirvana My favorite 90’s hip hop artist: 2Pac

@ChrisD-kl3jb Жыл бұрын

Radiohead - Most overrated band in history.

@johndorling2118 Жыл бұрын

WatchMojo is trolling an entire generation with the order of this list.

@idgens7647 Жыл бұрын

Bold move to put AiC at #11!

@blakvenum7687 Жыл бұрын

Soundgarden over Green Day and Weezer is wild lol

@rbnh9827 Жыл бұрын

@@blakvenum7687If anything they are lower. Soundgarden deserves to Top 5 easily.

@johndorling2118 Жыл бұрын

@@rbnh9827 I'm on the fence whether they're top 5. Great songs, but not the volume and influence that others had.

@rbnh9827 Жыл бұрын

@@johndorling2118 I do agree. And I have a bias because they are my favorite band of all time. But out of all the Seattle bands, they experimented the most, and actually had 4 different songwriters in the band. But Objectively speaking, they don’t have as much popularity or Album Sales as other bands in the Top 5.

@NickCC23 Жыл бұрын

RIP Bradley Nowell, Dolores O'Riordan, Layne Staley, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, Hillel Slovak (d. 1980s), and Kurt Cobain

@JDale56 Жыл бұрын

@worldtree2027 Жыл бұрын

My favorites from that era: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, and U2. Alternative Rock & Hip-Hop spawned some of the greatest songwriters in history.

@VillaDan Жыл бұрын

U2 have been around since the 70s and Radiohead since the 80s, definitely not 90s bands

@worldtree2027 Жыл бұрын

@@VillaDan U2’s first Studio LP came in the 80s and Radiohead, early 90s. But I was talking about my favorite acts to release relevant music in that era. Not necessarily acts that started then.

@VillaDan Жыл бұрын

@@worldtree2027 my bad, having said you're favourites from that era I presumed you meant the era they were on about in the video you commented on which was the 90s lol

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

Great list. I love the 90s, not only were there so many great new acts (Nirvana, Pearl Jam. Pumpkins, etc) but many of the 80s acts were also huge on the alt charts (U2, REM, the Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, INXS, etc). I miss the 90s.

@bootsricco Жыл бұрын

Honorable mentions. The Breeders, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Blind Melon, Cake, Elastica, Garbage, Hole, Live, No Doubt, Jane's Addiction. I won't even get into the 90s CANrock. There were some great alt rock bands that emerged in the great white north that most of the rest of the world never heard.

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

I expected several of those bands on this list, especially Foo Fighters who are still relevant.

@steventhrasher3608 Жыл бұрын

I'm actually quite annoyed that Live was left off. They had 3 albums go platinum in the 90's and didn't make the top 20. I've never even heard of Pavement and they squeaked in.

@twiggy45713 Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for Faith No More and Blind Melon to make an appearance. But after 15 figured they wouldn't be. Ill say than they're easily number 22 and 23. Foo Fighters deserved to be between 1 and 10 however.

@bootsricco Жыл бұрын

@jakeszweduik8237 I hate that Blind Melon always gets mentioned on the one hit wonders list, but not on a list like this. Sure everyone knows their big hit, but they were so much more than that. Definitely more than Pavement.

@twiggy45713 Жыл бұрын

@Boots Ricco yes Blind Melon was a phenomenal band. One that I still listen to quite regularly to this day. I honestly never heard of Pavement until this video and I've listened to alot of 90's music in my life. They've never even come up as a recommendation on Spotify.

@jasonmistretta4295 Жыл бұрын

These bands were the sound track of my life during my college years (started in 1991) through my 20s. So much fun with so many great bands that were not one hit wonders.

@kimackerman2183 Жыл бұрын

All bands are amazing but Green Day, Nirvana Nine Inch Nails and The Smashing Pumpkins are my favorites of the list👏🏻🙌🏻

@LoveHandle4890 Жыл бұрын

Long live the 90’s.🙏

@thaddcorbett2148 Жыл бұрын

I understand people are gonna tell me that Tool played Metal, but they should be on this list. They did a ton of stuff that heavily influenced Rock.

@myweeweeburns Жыл бұрын

completely agreed, not to mention they're alternative metal which is a mix of both genres

@richardmaynard173 Жыл бұрын

Same, Tool is no more metal or less alternative than Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains, or even NIN.

@whenfatkillsfat803 Жыл бұрын

@@richardmaynard173 Smashing Pumpkins on some songs like XYU and An Ode to No One.

@seoulglo1999 Ай бұрын

Tool is a progressive rock band, more inline with Dream Theater and Rush. Would not put them in the alt rock or metal genre.

@williamsummerson1204 Жыл бұрын

My favorites are Soundgarden, Rage against the machine, Sublime, Raidiohead, Pearl Jam, The Cranberries and Alice in Chains.

@theshakeups Жыл бұрын

Missing Pixies, The Cure, and most definitely R.E.M. But it's nice to see Sonic Youth and Flaming Lips in there.

@barzes345 Жыл бұрын

the cures best stuff was before the 90s, R.E.M def deserved to be on here

@Oliviux78 10 ай бұрын

@@barzes345 R.E.M. was in the 80’s

@barzes345 10 ай бұрын

@@Oliviux78 they were also 90s at least more so than the Cure, def understandable to put them in the 80s instead of 90s tho

@gloria88246 4 ай бұрын

on their other video

@uberbabeINC Жыл бұрын

The phrase: "...covering everything from Despair to Loss" has me doubled over.

@hugobznr1 Жыл бұрын

Nirvana had to be number 1, not only did they lead a musical revolution, but even today, 30 years later, they are an influence for a whole new generation. They have stood the test of time like few bands have.

@lisakaz35 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I gotta question Radiohead being 1. Is that for length of recording career? IDK. Can't see it when so many younger ppl can ID Nirvana, more so than Radiohead.

@noobicalnoob8073 Жыл бұрын

@@lisakaz35Radiohead is really good it should definitely be in the top 5, but Nirvana I think had the bigger impact as a whole.

@danabnormal5988 Жыл бұрын

I won't deny Nirvana's significance, but I could never get into them.

@K1L06 Жыл бұрын

It's obviously subjective, and I love both bands, but for me Radiohead is definitely #1, in fact Alice in Chains is above Nirvana for me...again subjective but even objectively I think Radiohead is #1 skip the pablo honey album and listen to the rest of their albums in orderall the way to "In Rainbows", it's such a great run, and although it may not change your mind due to having a sentimental love for Nirvana, I think you'll recognize why they're #1 on this list specifically. Either way, both bands and most of the ones on this list are top tier for sure, plenty to argue on the list, we can at least agree on that :)

@Davidscomix Жыл бұрын

@@danabnormal5988 same

@owenmcfetridge1844 Жыл бұрын

Overall, good list. But I think R.E.M. deserves to be on this list. The Automatic For The People album is a classic, and Monster is very underrated. Oh, and let's not forget a little song called Losing My Religion.

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but they were big in the 80s actually. If you include them then one must include bands like U2, Duran Duran, the Cure, Depeche Mode, etc. Great bands are still around even today (except REM) with huge 90s alt success but are really considered 80s bands. Ironically I just bought Out Of Time and Automatic For The People on vinyl, haven't listened yet but always loved those albums on CD looking forward to their sound on vinyl. Also, Monster is a great album.

@TonyPunkRock Жыл бұрын

Swap QOTSA for REM

@estev08 Жыл бұрын

Yea, I was expecting to see them on here too

@gabrielmt3500 Жыл бұрын

The list said bands that "began in the 90s" ...but, Sonic Youth should be off the list, as they had like five albums before the 90s. Nirvana had Bleach in 89. Soundgarden had Louder Than Love in '89.

@TonyPunkRock Жыл бұрын

@@gabrielmt3500 “Top 20 Alternative Rock Bands of the 90s”

@jeenius9664 Жыл бұрын

The 90's were by far the best time, in all human history, to be a teen.

@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897 Жыл бұрын

I was a kid then, but if I was a teen, I would LOVE being a teen of that era

@richdaley9982 Жыл бұрын

It was also a great time to be in my 20s so it was easy to see a lot of them live. We had to listen to so much crap as teens in the 80s so the 90s was our salvation. I will never forget the first time I heard Nirvana. We are used to the sound now but it was so incredibly different than anything I had heard before.

@williamsummerson1204 Жыл бұрын

Fax

@pabloruiz6224 Жыл бұрын

When I can think of 90’s music, I think of grunge and hip hop, like Nirvana and 2Pac.

@leaveittowinonasbigbrownbeaver Жыл бұрын

Yes it was!

@angelasieg5099 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking me back. The Offspring Nirvana Pearl Jam and one you left out Soul Asylum were on my cassette deck

@mistertrick Жыл бұрын

happy to see Sonic Youth so high on this list, while perhaps their best albums were in the 80s, all their 90s albums are just stellar and just kept evolving and transforming

@richdaley9982 Жыл бұрын

Good list as long as I don’t take the order too seriously. I think I would have had Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains 1-2-3. Other bands I loved in the 90s were Son Volt, Cracker, Soul Asylum, Janes Addiction and Sponge.

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

Great list

@gloria88246 4 ай бұрын

no matter the order I love this list and all these bands ❤💯💯👏

@randomuser5200 Жыл бұрын

Foo Fighters?

@heatherr0420 Жыл бұрын

Great list, but I think the Cranberries should have been a bit higher at least

@sweetexorcist7322 Жыл бұрын

Rip dor

@ImTheLetterP Жыл бұрын

The ones that I listen to Radiohead, RHCP, Soundgarden, RATM, Offspring, Cranberries, Alice in Chains, NIN, Stone Temple Pilots, Greenday, Nirvana and Sublime.

@irishfatboy0874 Жыл бұрын

My favs that were on this list: radiohead, smashing pumpkins, blur, red hot chilli peppers

@Jenishka Жыл бұрын

Long live these bands !! Music never dies !!! My top bands are here .. They made , n make , my days , more beautiful .... Helping in bad times , n cheering me up even more in good moments .... STP , Pearl Jam , Soundgarden ..... Oh lord !

@michaelvasques4695 Жыл бұрын

We are to know for a fact that, the 90s is indeed becoming cool again in the current era (2020s). Where does time go? A modern classic era that is.

@akilahwashington415 Жыл бұрын

I was a teen that lived through this era. What a special time in music history. You could feel it, it just felt so different and intense. Love every band on this list. I agree with every comment about what bands were left out. It’s just too hard to do a comprehensive list of just 20. There were so many breakthrough influential bands. Nice attempt, but this is all, subjective like all Art is. Nirvana is #1! Whether you liked them or not, they are the band that ushered in a movement. It was like a dam breaking. When the Video Smells Like Teen Spirit hit on MTV, in that moment you could feel that something was about to happen like never before. The Media named the genre “Alternative Rock” because it was so fresh and unique, they didn’t know what to call it… It wasn’t just Rock Music, it was something significantly different and left a mark on History forever. 🙌🏼💖🤘🏼

@michaelmalone7231 Жыл бұрын

The term "alternative music" was first coined around 88-89. Before, it went by many names including indie, college music, post-modern, modern rock, cult, underground, new music and earlier bands were put in under the umbrella term "new wave".

@Oliviux78 10 ай бұрын

I hate that they chose to call different bands “Grunge”. When I was a teen, we all called it alternative rock. If someone asked me what I listen to, I would say alternative.

@keithbrown6887 6 ай бұрын

It was an iconic time to be young and alive. Grunge was a rock movement and mostly Seattle based. Happy New Year!

@AshutoshYadav-je9yi Жыл бұрын

Nirvana is timeless

@jrob18mvp Жыл бұрын

No they aren't. Nirvana is great til you get into your mid to late 20s.

@fuffmcbuff7555 Жыл бұрын

@@jrob18mvp Sounds like a you problem

@jrob18mvp Жыл бұрын

@@fuffmcbuff7555 You'll understand when you grow up.

@xtina6569 Жыл бұрын

@@jrob18mvplate 30s here and i listen to them almost daily

@mattalan6618 Жыл бұрын

@@jrob18mvp im in my late 30s and i fucking love Nirvana

@brewerjordan Жыл бұрын

QOTSA as a top 90’s band is a big stretch. Especially considering most of the songs you featured from them were from the 2000’s (in which they most certainly were one of the top bands).

@fellonblackdays9 Жыл бұрын

All of the songs in the video were released in 2000 or later. I love QOTSA, but they really were not a 90's band.

@thelilyfarrell Жыл бұрын

@@fellonblackdays9 i agree but only one album was released in 98 so it's s stretch. they didnt even mention kyuss

@danabnormal5988 Жыл бұрын

Blur!! One of my favourite groups still.

@sweetexorcist7322 Жыл бұрын

How do you not include oasis but include blur and again why are the flaming lips here

@kathleendrabczyk Жыл бұрын

@@sweetexorcist7322 couldn't agree more. my oasis obsessed self won't accept

@jadepixie2719 Жыл бұрын

oasis was not included in this list because they’re more Britpop than alternatives rock. This list mainly focuses on alternative rock bands.

@bremex Жыл бұрын

@@jadepixie2719 britpop was a movement, not a genre per se

@mr.skateandwatch Жыл бұрын

These bands carried most of my pre teen years

@yoelmprieto7817 Жыл бұрын

I'm just glad that RHCP made the list, I feel like they always forgotten on list like these

@jamalvargas6146 Жыл бұрын

Incubus Love Half Of Their Catalog Thanks To MTV Classic and I never looked back ever since

@josebeteta8105 Жыл бұрын

Where were Foo Fighters? Them and the RHCP were my favorite in middle school during the 90s.

@mattdante225 Жыл бұрын

It was the 90s, this should have been a top 50 list.

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

I disagree, it should have been a top 100 list!

@allsilent424 Жыл бұрын

Oh man, Nine Inch Nails The Fragile is freaking amazing!

@bootsricco Жыл бұрын

Also not sure QOTSA should be on this list. They are as much of a 90s band as Soundgarden and Nirvana were 80s bands. They existed during that time, but not really as successful or influential until the next decade.

@2rare2die100 Жыл бұрын

To make it even more strange, the three QOTSA songs they used in the video weren’t released until the 00’s. They should be nowhere near this list

@joewerner6939 Жыл бұрын

Thank You for this, all these bands helped raise me and I love them all. I’m not even going to hate on the order, even though I would have all the grunge bands at the top lol

@paulstich3150 Жыл бұрын

1- RHCP 2. Nirvana 3. Radiohead 4. Smashing pumpkins 5. STP 6. Alice In Chains My favorites!!

@thomasedwardyorke600 Жыл бұрын

Lol you think Red Hot chili pedos better than Alice in Chains????

@paulstich3150 Жыл бұрын

@@thomasedwardyorke600 love Alice In Chains!! They’re more grunge! They’re a great band! Rhcp has stood the test of time more then Alice In Chains, as they’re still making quality music.

@thomasedwardyorke600 Жыл бұрын

@@paulstich3150 yeah sure buddy, making the same songs for over 40 years is test of the time sure, Their singer cant sing shit (really sucks at rapping too) and Lucky to be a part of the group, love John and Flea but Anthony Kiedis sucks with his 1 octave voice😬 they were a radio band with the sell out state of mind and still is, no diversity in their music. Maybe in top 50 but def not number one👎

@Swerve-Online Жыл бұрын

1 nirvana - redefined rock 2 green day - godfathers of punk pop 3 rage against the machine - godfathers of nu metal 4. Pearl Jam 100m record sold and counting spawned 1000 sound a likes 5. Blink 182 perfected pop punk and spawned 1000 sound a likes

@christopheraikens597 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if Green Day are the godfathers of punk pop. The Offspring came out at almost the exact same time and were also very popular. They each had different styles of pop punk. I would have to say they are both equally important in the origins of the pop punk explosion. Personally, I remember hearing more popular singles from the Offspring on the radio then Green Day.

@KarlDelaney99 Жыл бұрын

6. Alice In Chains perfected dark harmonies

@ND-OPS Жыл бұрын

Damn Oasis is so underrated

@Genx1967er 5 ай бұрын

I think so many people including critics snub them because of their cocky attitude. They were quite the assholes to many.

@Erredupizer Жыл бұрын

My personal top 5: 1. Nine Inch Nails 2. Queens of the Stone Age 3. Rage Against the Machine 4. Nirvana 5. Pearl Jam My objective top 5: 1. Nirvana 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers 3. Pearl Jam 4. Rage Against the Machine 5. Green Day Radiohead is an unusual #1 pick, but they're alright

@michaelmalone7231 Жыл бұрын

Because Radiohead represents the indie side of Alt-rock. You must have paid attention to only what came on your local "nothing but rock" radio station back in the 90s. The same station that probably plays Breaking Benjamin and Slipknot non-stop. And never played anything beyond "Creep" when it came to Radiohead.

@user-hz4bk3ii2w 20 күн бұрын

Pavement and The Flaming Lips and The Offspring and Sublime and The Cranberries and Blur and Weezer and Green Day and Queens Of The Stone Age and Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots and Sonic Youth and Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine and Nine Inch Nails and Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana and Radiohead made it onto my first mixtape on the phone or on the CDs

@RicardoJunqueira Жыл бұрын

I wish you could know you're living your golden years before they pass. I miss those days.

@suchanhachan Жыл бұрын

Some people might say it's better not to know...What makes those years golden is your ability to enjoy them with oblivious abandon...

@trevoraba3824 Жыл бұрын

How about these bands?... Live, Collective Soul, Bush, Better Than Ezra, Dishwalla, Silverchair, Sugaray, Candlebox, 3rd Eye Blind, 7mary3, Matchbox20, Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms and The Nixon. I loved them in the 90's...

@NickCC23 Жыл бұрын

Love my 90s Alt-rock!

@zackzallie8735 Жыл бұрын

My list: 1. Radiohead 2. Nirvana 3. Neutral Milk Hotel 4. The Smashing Pumpkins 5. My Bloody Valentine 6. Oasis 7. Pearl Jam 8. Weezer 9. R.E.M. 10. Pavement 11. Blur 12. Portishead 13. Sigur Ros 14. Massive Attack 15. Red Hot Chili Peppers 16. Belle and Sebastian 17. The Flaming Lips 18. Depeche Mode 19. Rage Against the Machine 20. U2

@flaviojosefo7130 Жыл бұрын

Your disrespect to The Cranberries and Dolores is just annoying

@zackzallie8735 Жыл бұрын

@@flaviojosefo7130 So, not including them in my list is considered disrespect?? Get a fcking grip, it's just a list.

@Fredthestarwarsfan1138 3 ай бұрын

Valid list outside of pearl jam and u2 pavement and neutral milk hotel are fuckin rad tho

@Pyro3547 Жыл бұрын

Smashing pumpkins will always be number 1 for me

@nolanfowler1583 Жыл бұрын

My personal top 3: 1. Nirvana 2. Red hot chili peppers 3. Pearl jam

@ROCKONplaceboforever Жыл бұрын

So good 👍

@EngineeredChannel 10 ай бұрын

To not have Nirvana at #1 is a sacrilege. Also, where is Oasis and Bush?!?

@curtislindsey1736 Жыл бұрын

Pearl Jam is my favorite but I knew they'd never be # 1, but this list is all over the place.

@Father_Daniel Жыл бұрын

What a great list! Besides Nirvana not being #1 it was awesome. I was thirteen in 1995 and all of these bands changed my life forever.

@KarlDelaney99 Жыл бұрын

As much as I love Nirvana, other bands had more talent and were overlooked

@Father_Daniel Жыл бұрын

@Karl Delaney yeah I get that, but as far as their legacy, popularity and just massive cultural impact I would have expected them to be number one. I'm also biased because they were the first band I really fell in love with when I first got into music.

@FleaRHCP97 Жыл бұрын

I love Nirvana, but Radiohead had to be #1. You can make a case that they're the best band of all time, and I'm saying that sitting here looking at my Chili Peppers tattoo lol

@pabloruiz6224 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, Nirvana was the best band in the 90’s, with their successful rock genre known as grunge.

@Ky-xm7tc 11 ай бұрын

@@KarlDelaney99 I can agree but as influence goes, Nirvana were by far the biggest

@nicolas.grisanti Жыл бұрын

My favorite music decade ❤❤❤❤

@jfinsd7070 Жыл бұрын

I was in my mid 20s at the time. Getting married and having kids. This music takes me back to time where I had no idea what the hell I was doing. My 3 favs of your list RATM, NIN and Queens of the Stoneage.

@dorientjewoller113 Жыл бұрын

WTF! Not even mentioning The Screaming Trees or Faith No More.

@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897 Жыл бұрын

I was only a kid in the 90s, so I was only focused on Pokemon, Power Rangers, Barney and Gargoyles, but this seemed to be a great era to be a teen. The Swinging 60s have nothing on the Nostalgic 90s. Long live the Nostalgic 90s!!!

@daniwilliams 3 күн бұрын

red hot chili peppers and blur are one of my all time favorite 🙂

@sandhya315 Жыл бұрын

Putting stone temple pilots right above Alice in Chains is an especially egregious choice tho.

@KaraMorassco Жыл бұрын

My top groups I listened to the most as a teen in the mid 90s would be, 5. The Offspring, 4. Peral Jam, 3. Alice in Chains, 2. Stone Temple Pilots, and 1. Nirvana. I was expecting to see Nirvana as #1 (not having them as #1 just made this list ridiculous to me at the end).

@samuelstephens6904 6 ай бұрын

Definitely missing some greats here: Sunny Day Real Estate, Failure, and Hum in particular. Grunge gets way too much attention when there were other kinds of alternative music in the 90s running parallel to it like post-hardcore, emo, shoegaze, space rock revival, etc. And frankly, these other genres actually have legacies worth talking about while grunge gave us buttrock mostly.

@mmmtsp Жыл бұрын

When I saw Nirvana at #2 I thought they were going to do something lame like putting the Pixies at #1, but I have no issues with Radiohead.

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

The Pixies started in the 80s, so glad they didn't.

@steventhrasher3608 Жыл бұрын

@@RadioLaPrincess I don't think it so much matters when they started, it matters when their heyday was. Nirvana formed in 1987 after all.

@jrob18mvp Жыл бұрын

Pixies is way better than Nirvana but more 80s than 90s. Also it's just Pixies.

@fuffmcbuff7555 Жыл бұрын

Pixies are overrated anyways

@mmmtsp Жыл бұрын

@@jrob18mvp lol

@go4brookle761 Жыл бұрын

I saw American Idiot at the Pantages in LA and it was awesome!

@niles8102 Жыл бұрын

Growing up is knowing some of your favorite musical artists will pass. It f***ing suuuucks....rip

@Vyxsin69 Жыл бұрын

While I don't agree with the order of this list, this whole video is a carbon copy of my teen years. I listened to all of these bands and then some... and still do! I'm currently having a Limp Bizkit/Fred Durst obsession lol. Grunge, Alternative and Nu-metal are my favorite genres from that era. I listen to 90s music 99% of the time because I can't stand most of today's music. I miss the 90s so damn much 😔 Best years to be a teen. Best years to be alive, period! 💯

@michaelm9067 Жыл бұрын

If Sonic Youth and RHCP are on this list (both started in the 80s), then R.E.M. should have been #1.

@nicholaskirchner3912 Жыл бұрын

Truth! R.E.M. were greatly admired by the #1 and #2 entries on this list. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by the #5 entry on the list. Two #1 albums in the 1990s. I have no idea how they didn't make this list. Definitely the most glaring omission.

@matiyas27 Жыл бұрын

I've been thinking about REM for the past couple months and wondering if they are still around. And wondering how come I haven't seen them on any of WatchMojo's lists lately? 🤔

@michaelm9067 Жыл бұрын

@@matiyas27 R.E.M. “called it a day” back in 2011. They do still all make music individually but I miss them together terribly. One of my biggest regrets is never getting to see them live as they’ve been my favorite band for nearly 30 years now.

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

@@michaelm9067 REM had the best fan club of any act, ever. I looked forward to my Christmas package, usually with a calendar and a CD/DVD. I wish they would reunite.

@RadioLaPrincess Жыл бұрын

@@nicholaskirchner3912 I suspect they meant "started in the 80s but got big in the 90s" or that the person putting this list together didn't know that. As much as I love R.E.M., they became hugely mainstream in the 80s and while were a 90s band, they were known in the 80s. Not taking away from them as an influential band at all and an alternative band is still alternative even if they become a huge mainstream band,.

@Scream358 Жыл бұрын

The music of my childhood. Still listening to it today. Good list even if I would change the order. The list is missing Jane's Addiction, Veruca Salt. I would also include more rock groups like Candlebox, Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, and Toad the Wet Sprocket.

@gabrielmt3500 Жыл бұрын

Nothing Shocking came out in '88, so Jane's wouldn't qualify.

@Scream358 Жыл бұрын

@gabrielmt3500 A lot of these bands formed in the 80s. I would still argue that their biggest impact was in the 90s.

@johnstrand6749 Жыл бұрын

1 Nirvana 2 RHCP 3smashing pumpkins 4Alice in Chains 5 sublime 6 Soundgarden 7 mazy star 8 stone temple pilots 9 cranberries 10 maybe pearl jam

@untillthat Жыл бұрын

Love that Smashing Pumpkins gets some top 3 love and recognition here!

@rodelreyes9839 Жыл бұрын

PEARL JAM IS STILL MY NO.☝..😊❤🇵🇭

@robertgriffiths7483 Жыл бұрын

Not sure what QOTSA are doing ok this list let alone so high and above so many great bands. Don’t get me wrong, I love them, and songs for the deaf and like clockwork are masterpieces, but I just wouldn’t consider them a 90s band! especially when most of their attention and acclaim came in the 2000s.

@eovarendre7877 Жыл бұрын

Ahhh those 90ies....

@sweetexorcist7322 Жыл бұрын

Overall a good list, with a few exceptions

@archangelsailo6925 28 күн бұрын

I'm surprised that Silverchair weren't included in the list.

@scottbakanumba1heathen313 Жыл бұрын

My kinda list!

@michaelmalone7231 Жыл бұрын

Somewhere, an alternate universe exists where the following happened in the 90s. 1. Seattle never happened. 2. Hillel Slovak didn't overdose. 3. U2, R.E.M., Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth and The Cure were still the ambassadors for alt rock. 4. Black Flag, Pixies, The Replacements, Husker Du, The Smiths and Jane's Addiction had got their shit together and not broken up. 5. Trent Reznor would've had second thoughts about any association with Marilyn Manson. and finally, 6. Joe Strummer would have taken better care of himself, leading up to his heart attack in 2002.

@jabbarmuhammad8804 Жыл бұрын

I'm a huge fan of 90s rock

@TheRigomoni 2 ай бұрын

i agree with the list for the most part

@Amber_xo_133 4 ай бұрын

5. Oasis 4. Radiohead 3. Soundgarden 2. Cranberries 1. Green Day

@patrickorourke41 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! How do you not include Pearl Jam?

@OH_MY_DOGGG Жыл бұрын

I've seen the Toadies 4 times. They are my favorite

@robertprice5243 Жыл бұрын

Did you put Radiohead at number one over Nirvana to be grunge?

@Rakkasan11b Жыл бұрын

When it comes to any video mentioning (talking about) Sublime, it shocks me every time they can run through without at all mentioning the song, "Pool Shark".

@dwsmatos8373 Жыл бұрын

Alice in Chains, Primus, Kyuss and Soundgarden 👌

@KarlDelaney99 Жыл бұрын

Can mention Kyuss without mentioning Queens

@fuffmcbuff7555 Жыл бұрын

I love Primus, they suck so much

@harlo1979 Жыл бұрын

Primus sucks

@fuffmcbuff7555 Жыл бұрын

@@harlo1979 you’re damn right

@anaistm174 Жыл бұрын

Placebo… Although they’re still a great band today.😻😺

@theresagosnell7645 5 ай бұрын

You left off Soul Asylum, Counting Crows. "Mister Jones gets a million views every week on KZfaq.

@crystalshaw8744 Жыл бұрын

Love this list and I don't care who is number one.

@brandiel_01 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@williammontgomery3848 Жыл бұрын

Primus, Cake, The Prodigy!

@tomere7056 Жыл бұрын

All of these bands are awsome...you should have put Oasis on this list. Morning glory and Definitely Maybe were epic

@kimbre01 11 ай бұрын

Bush and Live are missing from this list.

@RedHotPan478 5 ай бұрын

No Silverchair? I'm high as hell

@wendyhamm9722 5 ай бұрын

What about LIVE (Throwing Copper was played everywhere!) and No Doubt?

@bajesus15 Жыл бұрын

The best music decade of all time. Alternative rock in the 90s is at the top of the mountain

@BRO77TX Жыл бұрын

The 50-60-70-80's would like to have a word with you!!

@gsly6081 Жыл бұрын

@@BRO77TX the 10s-20s-30s-40s would like to have a word with you

@estev08 Жыл бұрын

Pretty good list for the most part. Don’t really consider QotsA a 90s band though. More 2000s. And I love Radiohead but to put them over Nirvana for top 90s band is insane

@wh4tth3fr1g Жыл бұрын

They forgot to add “in no particular order”

@jameshoffman7217 Жыл бұрын

thanks for giving the pumpkins the credit they deserve

@daniarorynbayev8530 9 күн бұрын

even if some bands are missing in the list one thing is sure that 90s rock was special Radiohead #1!

@thestocksource8393 Жыл бұрын

Prodigy? Republica? Oasis? Garbage? And what about Bush? Probably the biggest name excluded

@jarrettervin7145 Жыл бұрын

Dang! Blur over Oasis? Did not see that coming

@princebloodgrave8097 2 ай бұрын

Korn, Limp Bizkit, Tool, Live, Hole, Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, No Doubt, Garbage, REM, the Cure, Depeche Mode, 90s Metallica, lots of Canadian alternative bands, etc.

@melindabevan6667 Жыл бұрын

How was Silverchair not on this list??!

@sketscovers311 Жыл бұрын

as soon as it got to rhcp i knew silverchair wouldn’t top them and immediately was so sad. they deserve to be in this list!!!

@samuelstephens6904 6 ай бұрын

Silverchair is mostly known for being a very derivative grunge band. Some of their later albums are actually quite good, especially Diorama, but that’s mostly 2000s and few people outside of Australia are familiar with that material from them anyway.