
The best '90s alternative music essentials! Tune in to the greatest alt-rock bands and the top songs that defined an era in Modern Rock.
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1980s Alternative
The birth of modern rock

'90s Pop Alternative
Alternative pop songs that became mainstream hits

Alternative Rock Classics
Classic Alternative rock with a '90s-era focus

2000s Alternative
Alternative rock hits in a new century

Classic Alternative: The Grind
Classic alternative rock's edgier side

Indie 101
The hippest Alternative, the friendliest Indie

Emo
Emotionally-driven hardcore, punk rock, and alternative from emo's '90s golden age to today

Rock and Alternative: 2013
With Vampire Weekend, the Neighbourhood, Phoenix, and NIN

Japanese Rock
The best of J-rock and visual kei music

Critics' Picks: Top Songs of the '90s
Derived from hundreds of critics' lists of the best music of the decade

School Cliques: Goths
Bauhaus, Type O Negative, Sisters of Mercy and more for the dark & somber crowd

Nu Metal/Post Grunge
Big, loud rock from Shinedown, Godsmack, Disturbed, and Five Finger Death Punch

Pop-punk
Punk rock goes mainstream with Blink-182, Green Day, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, and more

Grunge
'90s-based heavy alternative like Nirvana, Soundgarden, STP, Pearl Jam and more. Smells like flan...

Radio-X
'80s-based alternative and new wave that goes beyond the pop and fluff and gets to the stuff we r...

The Multiverse
From Alternative to Zydeco and ABC to ZZ Top, it's genre-defying, decades-spanning eclecticism.

Classic Alternative 1992
Big releases from R.E.M., Alice in Chains, Beasties, Lemonheads, and the "Singles" soundtrack...

Lost '90s
You loved these songs... don't forget about them now!

Rock and Alternative: 2005
Seether, Weezer, Shinedown, and Foo Fighters bring the best, the best, the best of 2005

New Wave & Modern Rock 1981
"Proto" alternative like Soft Cell, Bauhaus, Elvis Costello, Minor Threat, and early U2 and Duran...

This Is Music: 1990
The megahits of '90 by MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Roxette, Madonna, and Sinéad

This Is Music: 1994
A year of hits from All-4-One, Prince, Mariah Carey, TLC, and Bon Jovi

The Most '90s
More '90s hits than you could fit in your old CD changer

Class of '94: Music of 1990-94
Whitney, R.E.M., Mariah, and the Chili Peppers from your school days

2020s Alternative
The top since 2020 with AJR, Bastille, Billie Eilish, Blue October, Glass Animals, Imagine Dragon...
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