Top Rock Artists of the 1990's

[DangerMouse]

The Nirvana thread got me thinking.

Here's a top 10 list of Top Artists of the 1990's. The web site took into account the following when making the list: musical influence, impact, talent,
creativity, musical depth & expression, and popularity in the world of Rock in the '90s.

Here's their top 10
1. Nirvana
2. Pearl Jam
3. Radiohead
4. Soundgarden
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Tool
7. Alice In Chains
8. Smashing Pumpkins
9. R.E.M.
10. Phish


Here's the site: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artists90.html

It's actually a top 100 list, but I thought I'd just post the author's top 10 to get the discussion going.

Remember, musical influence, impact, talent,
creativity, musical depth & expression, and popularity in the world of Rock in the '90s.

Discuss.

[ZombieMan]

The most influencial to people all over, here are my top 10 picks.
1. Pearl Jam
2. Nirvana
3. Metallica
4. Rage Against The Machine
5. Pantera
6. Eric Johnson
7. Jason Becker
8. Creed
9. Slayer
10. Weezer
I hear bands all over that have those sort of tones in their music and named the following as some of their biggest influences.

My top 10 personal favorite 90's bands are...(no particular order)
1. Blind Melon
2. Guns N' Roses
3. White Zombie
4. Black Label Society
5. Pantera
6. Metallica
7. Alice in Chains
8. Type O Negative
9. Soul Asylum
10. Damn Yankees

As far as talent goes, this is my top 10...(no particular order again)
1. Jason Becker
2. Blind Melon
3. Pearl Jam
4. Candlebox
5. Guns N' Roses
6. Metallica
7. Sublime
8. Dave Matthews Band
9. Buckethead
10. Black Label Society

[DangerMouse]

My personal top 10 Fav's of the 1990's:

1. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2. Janes Addiction
3. The Sundays
4. Rancid (I'm a huge Clash fan-sue me)
5. Ride
6. Lush
7. Radiohead
8. Paul Westerberg
9. Primus
10. Weezer

[Doomsday]

I'd go with Guns N' Roses (if they're considered 90s)
Green Day
Rage Against The Machine

[GGGG]

Faith No More anyone.... since Mike Patton joined in 89 only...

[krushgroove19]

didn't jane's addiction break up in 1990? i always thought they were more of a late 80s thing, with the Pixies. oh well... my top ten.

1. weezer
2. foo fighters (not so much influential, more of a personal thing)
3. smashing pumpkins
4. ben folds five
5. soundgarden
6. nirvana
7. green day
8. everclear (up until that wonderful song, they weren't too bad)
9. sublime
10. stone temple pilots

[cerealkiller182]

in no specific order

greend day
blink 182(early blink that made pop punk mainstream)
nirvana
red hot chili peppers
foo fighters
dave matthews band
rage against the machine(dont like them, but alot of ppl do)
incubus
sublime
limp bizkit(they had a huge craze in the 90s, now its cool to hate them)

[Brock Landers]

My top 10 bands from the 90's:




1. Weezer(released two of my favorite albums from the 90's)
2. Pavement
3. Nirvana
4. Radiohead
5. Pearl Jam
6. The Smashing Pumpkins
7. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Green Day
9. Rage Against The Machine
10. Ben Folds Five

[krushgroove19]

dammit i forgot ben folds five. i feel like an idiot now, they're one of my all time favorite bands...

[Brock Landers]

dammit i forgot ben folds five. i feel like an idiot now, they're one of my all time favorite bands...

Ben is a great songwriter, I had to add them.

[krushgroove19]

Ben is a great songwriter, I had to add them.

damn right he is... and he's talented as hell too... he plays nearly every instrument on "rockin' the suburbs". i guess he's got a new album coming out soon... at least he's got a new song that they play a lot on SIRIUS college rock station...

[Brock Landers]

damn right he is... and he's talented as hell too... he plays nearly every instrument on "rockin' the suburbs". i guess he's got a new album coming out soon... at least he's got a new song that they play a lot on SIRIUS college rock station...

Yeah, I've been listening to "Brick" a lot over the past few days. The song is apparently a true story, he really did take his (then) girlfriend to get an abortion.

[krushgroove19]

Yeah, I've been listening to "Brick" a lot over the past few days. The song is apparently a true story, he really did take his (then) girlfriend to get an abortion.

a lot of his songs are based on true stories... like on "rockin the suburbs" there's a song called 'not the same' about a guy who drops acid and climbs a tree, and during his trip realizes that he needs to be a born again christian... that's a true story too apparently, according to his live album...

and most people don't even realize "brick" is about an abortion, apparently people approach him all the time and say things like "brick is such a good love song! it's so romantic!" those fools...

[cg124]

My top 10 bands from the 90's:




1. Weezer(released two of my favorite albums from the 90's)
2. Pavement
3. Nirvana
4. Radiohead
5. Pearl Jam
6. The Smashing Pumpkins
7. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Green Day
9. Rage Against The Machine
10. Ben Folds Five

pretty good list.

Damn I forgot about ben folds five. I remeber listening to them back then. I need to download some of their songs.

[gnarley]

My favourite 90's bands:

Alice In Chains
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Nirvana
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Everclear
Green Day
White Zombie
Stone Temple Pilots

[DangerMouse]

I saw Ben Folds Five at a Lollapolooza in KC on the second stage.

It was pretty amazing. There were a total of about 25 people watching when they first took the stage and close to 400 by the time they left.

What a GREAT band!!!!

[FVD]

In no particular order:

Dream Theater (with the breakthrough album Images And Words in 1992 and Awake in 1994. What an amazing album)
Symphony X (replacing Rod Tyler with Russell Allen on lead vocals was the best thing the band has ever done)
Pearl Jam
Alice In Chains
Soundgarden
Collective Soul
Pantera
Metallica (I got into them around this time)
Radiohead
Faith No More

Zombie pretty cool you got to add Jason Becker and Buckethead to your lists. Good stuff. Sadly I haven't got Becker's Perpetual Burn yet :(

What can you recommend from Buckethead anyway? I heard so much about him.

FVD.

[ZombieMan]

Honestly, I don't know what to suggest to you as far as Buckethead goes. I've only heard a few of his CD's but I don't own any. I just heard enough to know that he is one of the most talented artists in the world today. :) Also, Becker's "Perpetual Burn" is really good.

[equipe]

In No Particular Order

Nirvana
Oasis
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Weezer
RHCP
Beastie Boys
Bush
Alice in Chains
STP
The Tragically Hip
Collective Soul

Yeah it's 12, but I couldn't leave any of those out. And there are more I can add, like:
Weeping Tile
Rusty
Moist
Portishead
Sublime
Third Eye Blind
Veruca Salt
Bad Religion

[Toolphile]

Man, all of you guys forgot Tool. They are probably the most complex band of the 90's. If you haven't heard anything of them you need to. I reccomend listening these songs: Sober, Stinkfist, H., and 46 & 2.

[FVD]

Damn you're right.

[Kronos]

I like ZobieMan's lists.

[ZombieMan]

^^^ Well thank you Kronos!!! :)

[chewie]

1. Foo Fighters
2. Nirvana
3. Stone Temple Pilots
4. Alice in Chains
5. Soundgarden
6. Smashing Pumpkins
7. Bush
8. Green Day
9. Pearl Jam
10. Silverchair

I didn't like enough Tool songs to rate them. Stinkfist is pretty kick ass though.

[ZombieMan]

I didn't like enough Tool songs to rate them. Stinkfist is pretty kick ass though.

Exactly the same way that I feel about Tool. "Stinkfist" was their only song that appealed to me.

[Dirk Calloway]

10. The Smashing Pumpkins
9. Alice in Chains
8. Pavement
7. Rage Against the Machine
6. Beck
5. Radiohead
4. Oasis
3. Weezer
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
1. Nirvana