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75 Best Rock Bands of the ’90s
Midder ^ | 12/21/93 | Will Fenton

Posted on 04/24/2024 5:15:36 PM PDT by DallasBiff

1. Alice in Chains

Plaintive, emotive, and occasionally mournful, Alice in Chains pioneered a melodic, intoxicating sound. Quite simply, their moodiness was mesmerizing.

Their songs not only dealt with themes of heartbreak and loss, but also tackled big picture issues like war and conformity.

As far as rock bands in the 90s go, these legends are the undisputed, often underappreciated, masters of the form.

Check out their 1994 epic Jar of Flies.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 90s; music; rock; stuffthatsucks; worstdecadeofrock
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To: DallasBiff

90’s rock sucked then and still does.


41 posted on 04/24/2024 7:34:20 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: DallasBiff

I guess The Replacements book-ended the ‘90s....


42 posted on 04/24/2024 7:44:41 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: DallasBiff

The last gasp

Some were decent


43 posted on 04/24/2024 7:52:24 PM PDT by wardaddy (. A disease in the public mind btw Alina Habba is fine as grits)
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To: DoodleBob
"Alice In Chains was the best band of the 90s. Soundgarden was a close second."

Agreed. Those were the top two bands of the 90's. I think it's a tie for #1.

44 posted on 04/24/2024 7:55:28 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

I think Stone Temple Pilots was right behind them.


45 posted on 04/24/2024 7:57:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gundog

John Barleycorn destroyed what could have been


46 posted on 04/24/2024 7:58:52 PM PDT by wardaddy (. A disease in the public mind btw Alina Habba is fine as grits)
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To: DallasBiff

Type O Negative, Monster Magnet, Sleep

Freegards


47 posted on 04/24/2024 7:59:03 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: gundog

John Barleycorn destroyed what could have been


48 posted on 04/24/2024 7:59:08 PM PDT by wardaddy (. A disease in the public mind btw Alina Habba is fine as grits)
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To: rey
"A handful of these groups date to the early 80s or late 70s."

Yep. I'd consider GNR, The Cure, REM, and Faith No More as 80's bands.

U2 and Depeche Mode also were 80's bands, although they put out some great music in the 90s, too.

49 posted on 04/24/2024 8:04:22 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: dfwgator

Agreed. Those three bands were the sound of the 90’s.


50 posted on 04/24/2024 8:05:29 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: DallasBiff

WTF, no Mother Love Bone?


51 posted on 04/24/2024 8:06:44 PM PDT by culper jr (My tagline is fake news.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Scott Weiland was the voice of STP, but the DeLeo Brothers were the engine.


52 posted on 04/24/2024 8:08:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

Rock talent was slipping all the way through the 90’s. Lip syncing became a big thing. By the end of that decade there really was not much left of any value.


53 posted on 04/24/2024 8:12:07 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

By then everything became a derivative of something that had already been done.


54 posted on 04/24/2024 8:18:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

To some of us, 90’s music was like a redo of the 70’s. I remember hearing that the 90’s music producers had grown up in the 70’s, and they wanted to promote the type of music they (we) grew up listening to.

Yes, the 80’s bands were good, but they fell out of fashion. Then, in a way, the look and feel of the 70’s were brought back.


55 posted on 04/24/2024 8:39:23 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Chode

Yes it/they are: 75, 7 & 5.

Trivia question.

What is the square root of hammybuttboi and tutu-for-toto puffs combined normal brain cells ?


56 posted on 04/24/2024 8:39:30 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Tired of Taxes

That’s why they referred to Neil Young then as the “Grandfather of Grunge”.


57 posted on 04/24/2024 8:40:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Interesting. I didn’t know that.


58 posted on 04/24/2024 8:45:11 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: mabarker1

2 fish...


59 posted on 04/24/2024 8:47:12 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

LOL !!!


60 posted on 04/24/2024 9:01:06 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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