Best 90's Alternative Rock Band
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- Invicid
Best alternative rock band of the 90's...(not counting "grunge" bands)
PAVEMENT
- ********0
pavement was great
- JoshClancy0
Alanis Morissette
- pavlovs_dog0
chris gains was so alternative.
- pavlovs_dog0
no ones forbids chris gains!
- doesnotexist0
radiohead
- ********0
not counting grunge bands?
- bradpitt0
Stone Temple Pilot.
- Invicid0
I din't want to include grunge bands because it's pretty much a genre withink itself (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Melvins,chains, etc.)
- Invicid0
I consider Pavement more along the lines of college radio alternative.
- Invicid0
Those in the area...Stephen Malkmus (Pavement) and Sleater-Kinney Showbox Seattle Dec29
- shilohous0
faith no more's angel dust album threw me for a loop back in 92
- shilohous0
fugazi too
- Iscariot0
Obviously The Smashing Pumpkins.
- version30
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- pavlovs_dog0
these "best" whatever threads always strike me as odd. art is so subjective to begin with...
i mean, best based on what? fucking billboard magazines defintion of "alterrnative"?
kind of ironic that "alternative" and "independent" now refer to fairly specfic musical styles... when initially it was just the opposite.
that said, jane's addiction may the the "essential" altrenative band...
by getting "been caught stealing" played on mtv, they primed the pop pump for nirvana and others...
...setting up the rise of kiddy punk, hot topic, emo, and other standards of now mainstream american "mallternative" culture.
your 11yr old sister wasnt tats and her ears gauged.
- studderine0
pavement is amazing.
- Invicid0
I agree with you that literally classifying something as "the best" and believing that really means anything is silly. Art is completely subjective. I think once in awhile it's just fun to categorize things in artificial "best ever" senarios. Jane's Addiction was awesome, I think that their return watered down their overall appeal, imo.
- pavlovs_dog0
agreed.
- jevad0
pavement was great
uberdesigner
(Dec 26 05, 14:13)i think you'll find the correct past participle to be 'were'...not 'was'
- studderine0
nail em on that grammar, bitch!