Best band of the 90's

Alice in Chains is not alternative, and Pearl Jam isnt either and I wouldnt call Nirvana alternative....but o well

I am very glad to see The Smashing Pumpkins up there.

They are with out a doubt the best, though Radiohead fans will argue with me. :P

mexicangordo

with the exception of nevermind every nirvana album was alternative. starting with vitalogy pearl jam became very alternative. im a huge pumpkins fan but i find it ironic that you would consider them alternative and not nirvana or pearl jam. i mean gish and siamese dream are pretty straight forward rock albums. melon collie is on the verge of being considered alternative but between both discs i think there is enough straight forward main stream rock to make it uncertain. this is just all my opinion obviously but to me the first truely alternative album the pumpkins released was adore.

Between the two OF COURSE Smashing Pumpkins.

My favourite bands of the 90's would be:

Garbage

Radiohead

The Cranberries

R.E.M.

No Doubt

Nirvana

Pearl Jam

and The Cardigans (yeah I know euro pop sucks, but they get a mention for Gran Turismo).

Thats of the top of my head, I missed a lot but those are the few I remember straight away.

Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains are probably my top.

Best band of the 90's in the alternative point of view. I would say Radiohead then

I would say Incubus or Foo Fighters.

Nirvana's overated.

My personal favorites are Sublime, Rage Against the Machine, and The Roots.

Others that I liked:

Pearl Jam, Collective Soul and The Counting Crows,

You don't know me but I'm a die hard Radiohead fan. The only album I dislike is Pablo Honey.

DamianAlexander

Why is it that die hard Radiohead fans all seem to dislike Pablo Honey? I know it's their first album and not representative of how they sound in newer albums, but I find to be quite good. It's a solid alt rock CD in my opinion.

Metallica is the best of the 90's

I loved Nirvana, but nowhere near as much as Smashing Pumpkins.

Placebo and NIN for me

Alice In Chains by a long shot.

applesxc47

AIC is awesome.. but sentenced.. is obviously the best

Maybe I'm going to get flamed for this, but my favorite '90s alternative band is Garbage. I'd say My Bloody Valentine, but they started in the '80s...

Radiohead.

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I find the lack of Radiohead in this thread disturbing, the best band of the 90's by far...

DamianAlexander

OK Computer is one of the best albums of all time.

But it's their only truly great album from the 90's (The Bends was good, not great). The 00's have four Radiohead albums every bit as good as Ok Computer.

Tab the Ba.. Oh wait, 90's? Well Eric Clapton, since he was around then. :P

I never understood the appeal of this band, but that's just me.

For me, I think the best alternative acts of the 90s were Lush and My Bloody Valentine.

Shenmue_Jehuty

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"]Pavement. :DLord_Daemon

I always think of them as an '80s band even though I know they only spent one year in that particular decade. I guess I just get this sort of Thelonious Monster '80s vibe off of them for some reason.

As for me...gosh there were quite a few bands from lot of differing little sub-genres weren't there? One of my top picks would be Versus whom I still listen to on a regular basis. As far as big acts go I was quite impressed with the solid output from Nirvana and Smashing Pumpking despite Billy Corgan's slow descent into megalomania. But really there were quite a few folks that put out solid efforts in the '90s like PJ Harvey, Afghan Wigs, Red House Painters, Sebadoh, Bjork, Sonic Youth, Tori Amos, The Pixies, Tori Amos, Lush, Garbage, blah blah blah.

Oh, definitely Radiohead. Best band of the 90s, 00s, and soon to be 10s. 8)

Also, inb4typicalradioheadfan.

I gotta give it to Collective Soul personally. I really like Nirvana, and yeah, I'd say they're one of the top 90's bands, but Collective Soul was better imo. Shine, December, Gel, Run, etc. were all great songs. They consistently released great music throughout the decade (and still do ;))

Nirvana could've been even greater had Cobain not killed himself.

Between the two on the poll, Smashing Pumpkins by FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR, not even a question there. :lol: Overall: Immolation, Nevermore, or Rotting Christ. Darth-Caedus

:o you've started loving RC's 90s stuff? :D

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"]Between the two on the poll, Smashing Pumpkins by FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR, not even a question there. :lol: Overall: Immolation, Nevermore, or Rotting Christ. chessmaster1989

:o you've started loving RC's 90s stuff? :D

My choices are probably not the popular ones here. But, I liked their tunes:

Cracker

Oasis

Counting Crows

I would say Radiohead, but I think I'd pick them for best of 00s since that's when they put out their best albums.

I would say Radiohead, but I think I'd pick them for best of 00s since that's when they put out their best albums.

Nirvana's overated.

racer8dan

Maybe I'm going to get flamed for this, but my favorite '90s alternative band is Garbage. I'd say My Bloody Valentine, but they started in the '80s...

viva_hate

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Maybe I'm going to get flamed for this, but my favorite '90s alternative band is Garbage. I'd say My Bloody Valentine, but they started in the '80s...

roleplayer2004