Top 20 Alternative Rock Bands of the 90s

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  • Опубликовано: 19 фев 2023
  • 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
    @WatchMojo  Год назад +16

    For more music content, check out our playlist: ruclips.net/video/yxURjzEUcrI/видео.html
    How many of these classic bands made it onto your first mixtape? Let us know in the comments.

    • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
      @Jeremiah_Rivers76 Год назад +3

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

    • @erzaender
      @erzaender Год назад +1

      the smashing pumpkins, the pearl jam and the cranberries

    • @pabloruiz6224
      @pabloruiz6224 Год назад

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

    • @ChrisD-kl3jb
      @ChrisD-kl3jb Год назад

      Radiohead - Most overrated band in history.

  • @johndorling2118
    @johndorling2118 Год назад +228

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

    • @idgens7647
      @idgens7647 Год назад +29

      Bold move to put AiC at #11!

    • @blakvenum7687
      @blakvenum7687 Год назад +19

      Soundgarden over Green Day and Weezer is wild lol

    • @rbnh9827
      @rbnh9827 Год назад +32

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

    • @johndorling2118
      @johndorling2118 Год назад +3

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

    • @rbnh9827
      @rbnh9827 Год назад +5

      @@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.

  • @worldtree2027
    @worldtree2027 Год назад +65

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

    • @VillaDan
      @VillaDan Год назад +5

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

    • @worldtree2027
      @worldtree2027 Год назад +5

      @@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
      @VillaDan Год назад +1

      @@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
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад +4

      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.

  • @NickCC23
    @NickCC23 Год назад +26

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

  • @bootsricco
    @bootsricco Год назад +36

    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
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад +2

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

    • @steventhrasher3608
      @steventhrasher3608 Год назад +5

      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
      @twiggy45713 Год назад +3

      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
      @bootsricco Год назад +1

      @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
      @twiggy45713 Год назад

      @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.

  • @hugobznr1
    @hugobznr1 Год назад +109

    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
      @lisakaz35 Год назад +7

      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
      @noobicalnoob8073 Год назад +8

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

    • @danabnormal5988
      @danabnormal5988 Год назад +5

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

    • @K1L06
      @K1L06 Год назад +16

      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
      @Davidscomix Год назад

      @@danabnormal5988 same

  • @kimackerman2183
    @kimackerman2183 Год назад +25

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

  • @jasonmistretta4295
    @jasonmistretta4295 Год назад +20

    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.

  • @thaddcorbett2148
    @thaddcorbett2148 Год назад +27

    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
      @myweeweeburns Год назад +3

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

    • @richardmaynard173
      @richardmaynard173 Год назад +3

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

    • @whenfatkillsfat803
      @whenfatkillsfat803 Год назад

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

    • @seoulglo1999
      @seoulglo1999 Месяц назад

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

  • @LoveHandle4890
    @LoveHandle4890 Год назад +40

    Long live the 90’s.🙏

  • @williamsummerson1204
    @williamsummerson1204 Год назад +16

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

  • @owenmcfetridge1844
    @owenmcfetridge1844 Год назад +29

    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
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад +7

      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
      @TonyPunkRock Год назад +4

      Swap QOTSA for REM

    • @estev08
      @estev08 Год назад +1

      Yea, I was expecting to see them on here too

    • @gabrielmt3500
      @gabrielmt3500 Год назад

      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
      @TonyPunkRock Год назад

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

  • @theshakeups
    @theshakeups Год назад +13

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

    • @barzes345
      @barzes345 Год назад

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

    • @Oliviux78
      @Oliviux78 10 месяцев назад

      @@barzes345 R.E.M. was in the 80’s

    • @barzes345
      @barzes345 10 месяцев назад

      @@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
      @gloria88246 5 месяцев назад

      on their other video

  • @mistertrick
    @mistertrick Год назад +7

    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

  • @jeenius9664
    @jeenius9664 Год назад +118

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

    • @azymondiaskingofthedragons2897
      @azymondiaskingofthedragons2897 Год назад +7

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

    • @richdaley9982
      @richdaley9982 Год назад +6

      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
      @williamsummerson1204 Год назад

      Fax

    • @pabloruiz6224
      @pabloruiz6224 Год назад +3

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

    • @leaveittowinonasbigbrownbeaver
      @leaveittowinonasbigbrownbeaver Год назад

      Yes it was!

  • @heatherr0420
    @heatherr0420 Год назад +12

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

  • @brewerjordan
    @brewerjordan Год назад +9

    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
      @fellonblackdays9 Год назад +3

      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
      @thelilyfarrell Год назад +2

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

  • @richdaley9982
    @richdaley9982 Год назад +13

    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
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад +2

      Great list

    • @gloria88246
      @gloria88246 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @AshutoshYadav-je9yi
    @AshutoshYadav-je9yi Год назад +37

    Nirvana is timeless

    • @jrob18mvp
      @jrob18mvp Год назад

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

    • @fuffmcbuff7555
      @fuffmcbuff7555 Год назад +6

      @@jrob18mvp Sounds like a you problem

    • @jrob18mvp
      @jrob18mvp Год назад +1

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

    • @xtina6569
      @xtina6569 Год назад +6

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

    • @mattalan6618
      @mattalan6618 Год назад +2

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

  • @uberbabeINC
    @uberbabeINC Год назад +5

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

  • @yoelmprieto7817
    @yoelmprieto7817 Год назад +4

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

  • @michaelvasques4695
    @michaelvasques4695 Год назад +9

    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.

  • @angelasieg5099
    @angelasieg5099 Год назад +1

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

  • @irishfatboy0874
    @irishfatboy0874 Год назад +6

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

  • @ImTheLetterP
    @ImTheLetterP Год назад +5

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

  • @akilahwashington415
    @akilahwashington415 Год назад +7

    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
      @michaelmalone7231 Год назад +3

      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
      @Oliviux78 10 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @keithbrown6887 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @bootsricco
    @bootsricco Год назад +6

    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
      @2rare2die100 Год назад +3

      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

  • @Pyro3547
    @Pyro3547 Год назад +12

    Smashing pumpkins will always be number 1 for me

  • @jamalvargas6146
    @jamalvargas6146 Год назад +7

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

  • @allsilent424
    @allsilent424 Год назад +8

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

  • @Father_Daniel
    @Father_Daniel Год назад +21

    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
      @KarlDelaney99 Год назад +2

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

    • @Father_Daniel
      @Father_Daniel Год назад +2

      @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
      @FleaRHCP97 Год назад +2

      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
      @pabloruiz6224 Год назад +2

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

    • @Ky-xm7tc
      @Ky-xm7tc Год назад

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

  • @ND-OPS
    @ND-OPS Год назад +6

    Damn Oasis is so underrated

    • @Genx1967er
      @Genx1967er 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @mr.skateandwatch
    @mr.skateandwatch Год назад +7

    These bands carried most of my pre teen years

  • @EngineeredChannel
    @EngineeredChannel 11 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @danabnormal5988
    @danabnormal5988 Год назад +11

    Blur!! One of my favourite groups still.

    • @sweetexorcist7322
      @sweetexorcist7322 Год назад +2

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

    • @kathleendrabczyk
      @kathleendrabczyk Год назад +1

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

    • @jadepixie2719
      @jadepixie2719 Год назад +2

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

    • @bremex
      @bremex Год назад +1

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

  • @Jenishka
    @Jenishka Год назад +1

    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 !

  • @curtislindsey1736
    @curtislindsey1736 Год назад +3

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

  • @trevoraba3824
    @trevoraba3824 Год назад +3

    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...

  • @paulstich3150
    @paulstich3150 Год назад +8

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

    • @thomasedwardyorke600
      @thomasedwardyorke600 Год назад +1

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

    • @paulstich3150
      @paulstich3150 Год назад

      @@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
      @thomasedwardyorke600 Год назад

      @@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👎

  • @zackzallie8735
    @zackzallie8735 Год назад +3

    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
      @flaviojosefo7130 Год назад +2

      Your disrespect to The Cranberries and Dolores is just annoying

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 Год назад

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

    • @Fredthestarwarsfan1138
      @Fredthestarwarsfan1138 4 месяца назад

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

  • @dorientjewoller113
    @dorientjewoller113 Год назад +5

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

  • @mattdante225
    @mattdante225 Год назад +4

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

    • @RadioLaPrincess
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад +1

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

  • @KaraMorassco
    @KaraMorassco Год назад +3

    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).

  • @sandhya315
    @sandhya315 Год назад +3

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

  • @nolanfowler1583
    @nolanfowler1583 Год назад +4

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

  • @Swerve-Online
    @Swerve-Online Год назад +5

    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
      @christopheraikens597 Год назад +2

      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
      @KarlDelaney99 Год назад +1

      6. Alice In Chains perfected dark harmonies

  • @Erredupizer
    @Erredupizer Год назад +3

    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
      @michaelmalone7231 Год назад

      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.

  • @ROCKONplaceboforever
    @ROCKONplaceboforever Год назад

    So good 👍

  • @joewerner6939
    @joewerner6939 Год назад

    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

  • @robertgriffiths7483
    @robertgriffiths7483 Год назад +4

    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.

  • @mmmtsp
    @mmmtsp Год назад +6

    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
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад

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

    • @steventhrasher3608
      @steventhrasher3608 Год назад

      @@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
      @jrob18mvp Год назад

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

    • @fuffmcbuff7555
      @fuffmcbuff7555 Год назад +3

      Pixies are overrated anyways

    • @mmmtsp
      @mmmtsp Год назад

      @@jrob18mvp lol

  • @NickCC23
    @NickCC23 Год назад +4

    Love my 90s Alt-rock!

  • @josebeteta8105
    @josebeteta8105 Год назад +2

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

  • @nicolas.grisanti
    @nicolas.grisanti Год назад +6

    My favorite music decade ❤❤❤❤

  • @jfinsd7070
    @jfinsd7070 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @michaelm9067
    @michaelm9067 Год назад +7

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

    • @nicholaskirchner3912
      @nicholaskirchner3912 Год назад +2

      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
      @matiyas27 Год назад

      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
      @michaelm9067 Год назад +2

      @@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
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад

      @@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
      @RadioLaPrincess Год назад

      @@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,.

  • @RicardoJunqueira
    @RicardoJunqueira Год назад +2

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

    • @suchanhachan
      @suchanhachan Год назад

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

  • @Vyxsin69
    @Vyxsin69 Год назад +1

    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! 💯

  • @azymondiaskingofthedragons2897
    @azymondiaskingofthedragons2897 Год назад +2

    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!!!

  • @samuelstephens6904
    @samuelstephens6904 6 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @robertprice5243
    @robertprice5243 Год назад +3

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

  • @thestocksource8393
    @thestocksource8393 Год назад +3

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

  • @foxx5tv686
    @foxx5tv686 14 дней назад +1

    Grew up in the 80s and 90s, never heard of pavement and the flaming lips. Queens of the stone age should be replaced by foo fighters and Nirvana should be in the #1 spot IMO. You could also add maybe Oasis, chili peppers, REM, Cake, Garbage, Hole, No Doubt to replace the 9 and 10 spots. The rest of the list made sense. I thought Collective Soul and Everclear had some cool songs too.

  • @crystalshaw8744
    @crystalshaw8744 Год назад

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

  • @Scream358
    @Scream358 Год назад +1

    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
      @gabrielmt3500 Год назад

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

    • @Scream358
      @Scream358 Год назад

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

  • @randomuser5200
    @randomuser5200 Год назад +12

    Foo Fighters?

  • @sweetexorcist7322
    @sweetexorcist7322 Год назад

    Overall a good list, with a few exceptions

  • @johnmasucci3917
    @johnmasucci3917 Год назад +9

    Alice In Chains and Soundgarden need to be higher

  • @johnstrand6749
    @johnstrand6749 Год назад +2

    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

  • @scottbakanumba1heathen313
    @scottbakanumba1heathen313 Год назад +1

    My kinda list!

  • @untillthat
    @untillthat Год назад +1

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

  • @jabbarmuhammad8804
    @jabbarmuhammad8804 Год назад +3

    I'm a huge fan of 90s rock

  • @michaelmalone7231
    @michaelmalone7231 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @rodelreyes9839
    @rodelreyes9839 Год назад +4

    PEARL JAM IS STILL MY NO.☝..😊❤🇵🇭

  • @hannkatt
    @hannkatt Год назад +5

    Ummm...Where are Garbage?

    • @PabloCruise1
      @PabloCruise1 Год назад

      They shouldn’t be hauling garbage…they should be hauled away AS garbage.

    • @hannkatt
      @hannkatt Год назад

      @@PabloCruise1 So should you, but yet here you are, replying to my comment. What a wonderful world we live in.

    • @villainousappetite8841
      @villainousappetite8841 Год назад

      #2

  • @go4brookle761
    @go4brookle761 Год назад +1

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

  • @tomere7056
    @tomere7056 Год назад +1

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

  • @AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj
    @AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj Год назад +3

    Nirvana not number 1? They're literally the band that brought alternative rock to the mainstream, before them alt bands only got airplay on college radio stations, Watchmojo screw up here.

    • @michaelmalone7231
      @michaelmalone7231 Год назад +2

      Funny, I do remember U2, R.E.M., The Cure, The Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, and New Order getting mainstream exposure. But I may be mistaken.

  • @estev08
    @estev08 Год назад +1

    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

  • @niles8102
    @niles8102 Год назад +1

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

  • @AshPrimeDCFC
    @AshPrimeDCFC Год назад +7

    Alice in Chains would be my #1 and Soundgarden a close #2. Two of my all-time favourite bands.

  • @bajesus15
    @bajesus15 Год назад +8

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

    • @BRO77TX
      @BRO77TX Год назад

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

    • @gsly6081
      @gsly6081 Год назад

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

  • @OH_MY_DOGGG
    @OH_MY_DOGGG Год назад +1

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

  • @jameshoffman7217
    @jameshoffman7217 Год назад +6

    thanks for giving the pumpkins the credit they deserve

  • @eovarendre7877
    @eovarendre7877 Год назад +2

    Ahhh those 90ies....

  • @user-hz4bk3ii2w
    @user-hz4bk3ii2w Месяц назад +1

    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

  • @sandhya315
    @sandhya315 Год назад +2

    How are going to release this on Kurt's birthday and put Nirvana in 2nd place?
    this could be a sh*tpost in video form or actually genius ngl

  • @patrickorourke41
    @patrickorourke41 Год назад +1

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

  • @Babababear254
    @Babababear254 Год назад +1

    Honestly, this list is pretty solid until the end. If you’re reading this , I am a huge Nirvana fan, and I ain’t hiding it. However, tell me if any of these statements are debatable.
    1. “Creep” wouldn’t have been a hit if it wasn’t for Nevermind.
    2. Ok, computer and Nevermind are known as all time classics, but Nevermind would be higher on the list.
    3. Kurt Cobain is more iconic and relevant to the genre, era, and most artists from pop, rap, and rock, than Thom Yorke.
    I bet you can’t say “Yes” to all three

  • @Amber_xo_133
    @Amber_xo_133 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @TheRigomoni
    @TheRigomoni 3 месяца назад

    i agree with the list for the most part

  • @kimbre01
    @kimbre01 Год назад +1

    Bush and Live are missing from this list.

  • @anaistm174
    @anaistm174 Год назад +2

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

  • @williammontgomery3848
    @williammontgomery3848 Год назад +3

    Primus, Cake, The Prodigy!

  • @brandiel_01
    @brandiel_01 Год назад

    thanks

  • @mainHERO88
    @mainHERO88 Год назад

    I came here to see where Beck would land (and then get extremely pissed if he wasn't on the list at all) but you started the video by saying that people like him wouldn't even be on the list! That man deserves all the credit he can get.

  • @boomboxmartian
    @boomboxmartian Год назад

    So thankful to be a teen in the 90s. The Offspring are Top 5 to me.

  • @The_Infamous_Boogyman
    @The_Infamous_Boogyman Год назад

    Greenday and insane clown posse were my nineties bands that changed my life, but both of them started in the eighties so, technically....although icp isn't here (and doesn't belong here) neither of them started in the 90s. But thanks for putting green day on the list

  • @Strongbad700
    @Strongbad700 Год назад +2

    #20: Pavement
    #19: The Flaming Lips
    #18: The Offspring
    #17: Sublime
    #16: The Cranberries
    #15: Blur
    #14: Weezer
    #13: Green Day
    #12: Queens of the Stone Age
    #11: Alice in Chains
    #10: Stone Temple Pilots
    #9: Sonic Youth
    #8: Soundgarden
    #7: Rage Against the Machine
    #6: Nine Inch Nails
    #5: Pearl Jam
    #4: Red Hot Chili Peppers
    #3: The Smashing Pumpkins
    #2: Nirvana
    #1: Radiohead

    • @komickaze85
      @komickaze85 7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for this. Now I don't have to watch the video.

  • @dwsmatos8373
    @dwsmatos8373 Год назад +4

    Alice in Chains, Primus, Kyuss and Soundgarden 👌