'90's alternative rock bands

[Vol Mania 21]

Lexvol made me think about this. I can't remember them all, so lets see how many we can remember, and if you want to throw out one or two of their songs feel free to do so. :good!:

 

[Fine Vol]

Soundgarden

 

[duckman398686]

Nirvana

 

[Fine Vol]

Stp

 

[duckman398686]

Third Eye Blind

 

[Fine Vol]

3 doors down

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

What qualifies as 'alternative'? Are we talking rock? Americana? trance? Can a big chartbuster like Pearl Jam or Nirvana really be considered alternative?

What I liked in the 90s was how some 80s alt-rock acts finally got a payday/hit, even if they did have to sell out a bit to do it. Examples:
Divynils "I Touch Myself"
Meat Puppets "Backwater"
Red Hot Chili Peppers everything from Mothers' Milk onward
Might Mighty Bosstones "The Impression That I Get"

 

[Lexvol]

Stp

Best of the best right there.

 

[JZVOL]

Weezer

 

[TuskALoosa]

Alice in Chains, Live, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Offspring were some of my favorites in college.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Alice in Chains, Live, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Offspring were some of my favorites in college.

Pretty fly for a white guy. I'd throw Cake in there.

Heck, IMO Widespread is an alternative band and they kicked it live in the 90s. Put 'em on my list.

 

[Fine Vol]

Alice in Chains, Live, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Offspring were some of my favorites in college.

Great list love SP

 

[TuskALoosa]

I also followed the Grateful Dead around for a couple of those summers.

 

[MG1968]

the 90's are about as forgettable a decade, from a music perspective, as the 70's.

 

[Lexvol]

I also followed the Grateful Dead around for a couple of those summers.

Bill Walton, is that you?

 

[volinbham]

Alejandro Escovedez
Beck
Ben Harper
Blur
Built to Spill
Catherine Wheel
Come
Cornershop
Cracker
Elastica
Folk Implosion
Foo Fighters
Frank Black
G. Love and Special Sauce
GVSB
Grifters
Guided By Voices
Jamiroquai
Jane's Addiction
JSBX
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Pavement
Pixies
Porno for Pyros
Portishead
Presidents of the USA
Prodigy
Pulp
Oasis
Radiohead
Royal Trux
Sebadoh
Snoop Doggy Dogg
SonicYouth
Soul Coughing
Stereolab
Stone Roses
Sugar
Super Furry Animals
Superchunk
Swervedriver
Teenage Fanclub
Uncle Tupelo
Urge Overkill
Vic Chesnutt
Waco Brothers
Wedding Present
Ween
Whiskey Town
Wilco
Yo La Tengo

 

[Fine Vol]

WOW you know pulp. sweet

 

[Lexvol]

How is Alejandro's health these days? He sells out very quickly in Lexington.

 

[volinbham]

How is Alejandro's health these days? He sells out very quickly in Lexington.

Last I read, its pretty good - he was about down for the count with the old Hepatitis though.

He sells out here as well. There's a great live album called "More Miles than Money" that is a good intro to AE and good one to have if you can only have one.

 

[volinbham]

WOW you know pulp. sweet

They were my favorite of the bands competing for supremacy in England at the time (Oasis, Blur, Pulp, etc.)

 

[Lexvol]

On a side note, I spent one of the best nights and early mornings of my life at 5 points in Birmingham with Super Tyrone. Those guys were great, and the drunker I got the better they sounded.

 

[volinbham]

When was that Lex?

You probably know that 5 points is a thing of the past.

 

[Lexvol]

I think that would have been around 95 or 96. God I am old. Good things never last.

 

[volinbham]

Yep. I moved here in 99.

5 points shut down about 2 years ago or so.

On the positive side, there's a place called WorkPlay that was started by Alan Hunter (original MTV VJ!). Great venue - it's also a set of studio's and production facilities for film and music.

 

[Lexvol]

Have you ever seen the Tyrone Smith Revue? Was Groovezilla playing when you were in Lex? They turned into G Funk Allstars.