Recently been trying to refuel my interest for the better alternative acts from the 90s and early 2000s.
All recs, links, underground shit, charts, all appreciated.
>pic related
God Tier Alternative
Austin Phillips
Grayson Nguyen
pearl jam n alice in chains rest are trash
Jaxson Baker
never listened to Pearl Jam because they sounded too much like creed and all the other shit alternative bands from the 00s.
Listening to Ten right now. Figured that would be a good starting point, unless theres a better album they have?
Joshua Smith
>they sounded too much like creed
Creed sounded too much like Pearl Jam *
Christopher Wilson
Check this thread
Henry Bennett
The Afghan Wigs - Gentlemen
Seam - The Problem With Me
Sebastian Stewart
I just avoided most alternative as a whole considering the radio was filled with bands like Creed, Bush, Foo Fighters, Daughtry, etc. Kinda grouped all alternative into that category without really realizing it.
Jason Williams
thx user. appreciate it.
Josiah Ortiz
pj-ten is good but if you don't like it don't worry about it
checkout deftones
jane's addiction
r.e.m.
Sebastian Mitchell
>not liking Soundgarden
kys
Juan King
ITT: embryos
Isaac Adams
Fuck off to rym thread dumb poser
Caleb White
I mean, REM is worth checking out
You've listed post-grunge
This, too bad Creed couldn't pull an STP and surpass PJ
Nathaniel Stewart
New Radicals
youtube.com
Hudson Richardson
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Michael Gray
Screaming Trees
youtube.com
Caleb Ross
It's Vitalogy or bust. Everything PJ did other than Ten and Vitalogy is just kinda "meh" to me.
*Unpopular opinion alert*
Creed actually came damned close to doing it with My Own Prison, which is objectively every bit as good as at least Vs. was.
Aiden Jackson
Dirt is head and shoulders over Jar Of Flies.
But as for other recommendations, for 90s alt awesomeness, try anything by faith no more up to Angel Dust, give Opiate and Undertow a re-listen in the context of the early 90s, and listen the crap out of Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie.
Also, Stone Temple Pilots had the best 3-album streak of any of the 90s alt acts with the Core--->Purple--->Tiny Music progression. Way more consistent than Soundgarden's 3 classic albums.
Matthew Hernandez
Say Anything
Alexander Powell
>a thread where stp, pj, and aic actually aren't shat on
am I dreaming
Benjamin Sanchez
TAD is one of the most overlooked bands of the 90s. It's worth checking out for sure.
Landon Price
Corrosion of Conformity!
Aiden Ross
About Opiate and Undertow:
I know that you're not supposed to take tool lyrics seriously, but I can't listen to them without thinking that they're edgy in some way. Maynard just sounds so serious.
Dominic Foster
Every Soundgarden album fits the bill, definitely essential.
All the major grunge bands are a great start and then there's other great bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, Faith No More, Stone Temple Pilots, and some of the lesser known grunge bands like the Afghan Whigs, Screaming Trees, Paw, and Truly as well. I hope that helps.
Robert Robinson
Britpop > grunge
More witty and less angsty and depressing
Alexander Allen
If you like Alice in Chains, Above by Mad season is absolutely essential
Levi Flores
I like both desu senpai. but IMO grunge/alternative has way more replay value than britpop
Carson Anderson
Even though it's from 2000, White Pony by Deftones is also essential
Liam Hernandez
Unpopular but I agree
Are they really?
Whigs are post
>more witty
Mason Davis
That's exactlywhy they're such an essential part of the 90s, because 90s alternative was all about being edgy for the sake of being edgy.
I mean, why else would there be really good, absolutely classic songs like "Detachable Penis" or "Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver"?
Benjamin Peterson
Should I not care about the lyrics then?
Joshua Martin
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver isn't edgy, it's just fun an playful.
Wyatt Morales
Only Living Witness was associated with the hardcore punk scene, but they remind me more of "alt metal" stuff like early Tool and Helmet.
Elijah Reyes
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Xavier Clark
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
God tier album. No I don't fucking care that you think it's edgy, or whine that Reznor said they had to redo Warner's vocals 100 times. Fuck you.
Anthony Cruz
Albatross is my jam
Hunter Long
stereolab
korn's first album was great
yo la tengo
nu metal in general has a lot of hidden gems unlike post grunge which i think only had Throwing Copper (only decent post grunge album)
Carson Robinson
Has anyone listened to Jerry Cantrell's solo albums? Really underrated stuff
Austin Butler
Especially full version of this album
Owen Perez
"One" was an absolutely killer track, by any 90s standard, and "My Own Prison" was also really good.
Also, those are some pretty sweet looking digits. Kek is with you for sure.
Noah Gonzalez
It's just really easy to make bad nu-metal.
Chase Ramirez
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Gabriel Fisher
underrated post
Nolan Diaz
Insomniac over Dookie
Alexander Butler
...
Juan Parker
Gish>Siamese Dream>MCATIS
Bentley Morales
This should be essential listening for fans of alternative rock.
This too.
Brody Sanders
...
Kevin Butler
Badmotor finger
Temple of dog
Screaming trees
Stardog champion
Noah Turner
>they sounded like creed
Is this bate?
Nicholas Wood
Is this a joke? How is this grunge?
Justin Allen
Apologies, I'm blind.
Ryan Wood
Robert Johnson
Who said it was grunge? This is an alternative thread.
Noah Williams
>someone else has listened to Jerry Cantrell's solo stuff
Oliver Cox
This album is the shit. It's everything good about late90's/early00's sans the corniness.
Also, the production is top notch. And it's Norwegian.