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The Quintessential 90s Alternative/Rock Playlist

GameOver

GameOver

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Jan 26, 2021
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Being a 90s kid I'm very nostalgic for this decade so I created a playlist that takes me back to my childhood. Perfect playlist to listen while remembering the 90s.

-Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life
-New Radicals - You Get What You Give
-Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
-Tonic - If You Could Only See
-Candlebox - Far Behind
-Lit - Miserable
-The Cranberries - Zombie
-Fuel - Shimmer
-Oasis - Champagne Supernova
-Semisonic -Closing Time
-Blind Melon - No Rain
-Alanis Morisette - Ironic
-Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
-Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
-Bush - Everything Zen
-Alice In Chains - Would?
-The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
-The Offspring - Kid's Aren't Alright
-Blink 182 - Dammit
-Lenny Kravitz - Far Away
-Everlast - What it's Like
-Barenaked Ladies - One Week
-Fastball - The Way
-Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
-Counting Crows - Mr Jones
-Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
-The Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
-Pearl Jam - Jeremy
-Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want

Spanish
-Mana - En El Muelle De San Blas
-Los Enanitos Verdes - Mejor No Hablemos De Amor
-Caramelos de Cianuro - La Llama
-Molotov - Gimme Tha Power
 
aLaxLuthor

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Oct 29, 2017
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Good List. What is it about music from when we were younger that sticks with us? Is it a wish to be that age again? Or is it that the music connected with us on a deeper level when you're younger? Either way, I find myself going down rabbit holes like this every now and again

I'll add a few, and stick to your one per band:

Greenday - Basket Case
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
Everclear - Santa Monica
Blur - Park Life
Live - Lighting Crashes
Butthole Surfers - Peppa
Nada Surf - Popular
Garbage - I think I'm Paranoid
 
Venatio

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Oct 25, 2017
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I would change the songs for so many of those artists, except the one hit wonders. And no NIN?!
Metallica? Tool?
 
Eegah

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Oct 27, 2017
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I'll try to avoid bands that weren't already mentioned.

Cake - The Distance
Presidents of the USA - Lump
Primus - jerry was a race car driver
Beck - Loser
Arrested Development- Mr . Wendell
Three Non-Blonds - What's up?
Soundgarden - Black hole sun
Crash test dummies - Mmmmm (or however you spell it)
Weird Al - Amish Paradise
 

apathetic

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Venatio said:
I would change the songs for so many of those artists, except the one hit wonders. And no NIN?!
Metallica? Tool?
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I came into the thread to suggest a Tool and NIN song until I saw more of the standard alt rock focus on the list, which is also fine and going for it's own thing. But hey, whynot;

Tool - Stinkfist
Tool - Prison Sex
NIN - Head Like a Hole (a year too early?)
NIN - Closer

More alt rock one hit wonders?;

Local H - Bound for the Floor
 

Araex

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Oct 27, 2017
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A few from my everyday playlist:

Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
Massive Attack - Teardrop ('90s song, but discovered in '00s from House)
Pixies - Where Is My Mind (released in 88, but popularized by Fight Club)
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt, Right Where It Belongs (this one is from '00s oops)
Radiohead - Talk Show Host

and generally a lot of Tool, NIN and Radiohead.
 
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ShaggsMagoo

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Oct 28, 2017
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So, i was bored at work one day and decided to make the definitive 90's Alt Rock playlist. I used the Billboard Top 20 Alternative Rock charts and put in every song that appeared from 1-20 at some point in the 90's.


View: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EroUpLNA0y6XQYG7Bs1Hr?si=3f0bbbeb64fa4238

The embed on here only goes down to 100, but there are almost 1100 songs in the playlist. A few songs that should have been on there weren't on spotify though.
 

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I could unload on this with more nu metal, alt metal, and rap suggestions, but the list seems to have a distinct vibe that these simply clash with. I hade a lot of suggestions but people have really hit the majority of the high notes.

REM seems to be the only obvious glaring omission up to this point in the thread.
 
The_Noobiablos

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Had a "mind blown" moment with this one a few years ago
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Ednaswap - Torn

Ednaswap was a rock band from Los Angeles, United States, that existed between 1993 and 1998. Over a span of five years, the band released four major label r...
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Still a banger
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Sabotage (Remastered 2009)

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupSabotage (Remastered 2009) · Beastie BoysIll Communication℗ 2009 Capitol Records, LLC, Grand Royal and Beastie Bo...
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Can't go wrong with 90s Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters - Everlong

LyricsHelloI've waited here for youEverlongTonight I throw myself intoAnd out of the red out of her head she sangCome down and waste away with meDown with me...
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One of the GOATS
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Alice in Chains - Man In the Box

Disclaimer: I take no credit in writing the music or lyrics of this song or in making the cover art of this album. I intend on this video solely being a fan ...
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ErnieMcCracken

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Portishead - Sour Times
Fiona Apple - Criminal
The Afghan Whigs - Go To Town
RATM - Killing In The Name
The Crow Soundtrack - lots of bangers
Wilco - Misunderstood
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Silverchair - Tomorrow
 
ExhaustedWalrus

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ShaggsMagoo said:
So, i was bored at work one day and decided to make the definitive 90's Alt Rock playlist. I used the Billboard Top 20 Alternative Rock charts and put in every song that appeared from 1-20 at some point in the 90's.


View: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EroUpLNA0y6XQYG7Bs1Hr?si=3f0bbbeb64fa4238

The embed on here only goes down to 100, but there are almost 1100 songs in the playlist. A few songs that should have been on there weren't on spotify though.
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Dude/Dudette this is amazing. Will have it on in the background tomorrow during work.

90s rock/alt is like my go to listening for a road trip or something in the background.
 
DashReindeer

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I have a 90s playlist that looks a fair bit different, but I'd still groove to yours:

Fugees - Ready or Not
Beck - Novacane
Sublime - April 29, 1992 (Miami)
Polaris - Hey Sandy
The Presidents of the USA - Naked and Famous
Nada Surf - Popular
Buttholes Surfers - Pepper
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Modest Mouse - Cowboy Dan
Soup Coughing - How Many Cans
Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
Nine Inch Nails - Piggy
Portishead - Glorybox
Cake - Friend Is a Four Letter Word
Weezer - Across the Sea
Local H - Eddie Vedder
The Offspring - Genocide
Refused - New Noise
Jimmie's Chicken Shack - High
Faith No More - Last Cup of Sorrow
Soundgarden - Limo Wreck
Deftones - Headup


View: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-piMQvQrk9NzTZyoR0MqZtVQUjq_kMZZ
 
Kasey

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Boise
Jawbox - Savory
Sponge - Plowed
Dinosaur Jr - Out There
White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65
Rancid - Time Bomb
Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down
Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You
 
Todesritter74

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Filter- Hey Man Nice Shot
Everclear - Santa Monica
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mockingbird
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where'd You Go
 
Shad

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Anoregon said:
One Man Army by Our Lady Peace came out in 1999 so it makes the cut
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You could go back farther, though, and pull like Superman's Dead or Naveed. Lots of good stuff to pick from pre-Gravity (to be fair, I didn't like Gravity so I haven't really heard anything from them since... though I am seeing they released Spiritual Machines 2? Interesting).
 
C-Drive

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My personal deep cuts:

I feel no 90s Quintessential Alt Rock list can be complete without this one:

  • Mr. Henry - One

And this Goo Goo Dolls classic, which originally only appeared on the Batman & Robin (Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture) album, until released on one of their collections, Volume 2 in 2008.

  • Goo Goo Dolls - Lazy Eye
 
lush

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Lilys - Ginger
Velocity Girl - My Forgotten Favorite
Dinosaur Jr - Not You Again
Belly - Feed the Tree
Swervedriver - Never Lose That Feeling
Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
Pale Saints - Throwing Back the Apple
Ride - Like A Daydream
 
Shad

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This is an amazing thread that speaks to me greatly having been in high school in the later half of the 90s, so I gotta contribute. Most - if not all - of mine will be one hit wonders because I feel that was the majority of the music on the radio at that time. That said, some of the artists/groups had really decent to great albums outside of their one hit (K's Choice, Mansun, and Our Lady Peace have an amazing catalogue).

SuperDrag - Sucked Out
The Urge - Jump Right in
Artificial Joy Club - Sick & Beautiful
K's Choice - Not an Addict
Chalk Farm - Lie on Lie
The Dandy Warhols - Not if you were the Last Junkie on Earth
Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
Esthero - Heaven Sent
Forest for the Trees - Dream
Mansun - Wide Open Space
Morcheeba - Blindfold
Poe - Angry Johnny
Matchbox 20 - Long Day
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth with Money In My Hand
Radio Iodine - Things I Do
Reacharound - Big Chair
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Undergound
Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
Social Distortion - I Was Wrong
Space - Female of the Species
Huffamoose - Wait
Sponge - Wax Estatic
The Verve Pipe - Cup of Tea
White Town - Your Woman
Wild Colonials - Charm
Summercamp - Drawer
That Dog. - Never Say Never
Leah Andreone - It's Alright, It's Ok
Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother
Elastica - Connection
Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are
Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
Placebo - Pure Morning
Luscious Jackson - Ladyfingers
Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy
Save Ferris - Come on Eileen
Black Lab - Wash it Away
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Mundy - To You I Bestow
Republica - Ready to Go
Local H - Bound for the Floor
Cool for August - Don't Wanna Be Here
 
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THEVOID

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C-Drive said:
My personal deep cuts:

And this Goo Goo Dolls classic, which originally only appeared on the Batman & Robin (Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture) album, until released on one of their collections, Volume 2 in 2008.

  • Goo Goo Dolls - Lazy Eye
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Yes, this is great! I also love their song from Freddy's Dead soundtrack (yes it had a soundtrack) "I'm awake now"


Anyways….My list and lesser known songs.

The Wonderstuff - On the Ropes
Goo Goo Dolls - Cuz your gone
The Cure - Doing the unstuck
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Grey cells green
The Poises - Golden Blunders
Paul Westerberg - World class fad
Paw - Jessie
 
Briareos

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apathetic said:
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
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Time takes its crazy toll.

My youngest daughter loves that song (as do I, and the entire album), and so I spent an hour showing her old clips of 90s rock on YT, starting with SY:

1. Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather
2. Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots
3. Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane
4. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
5. Breeders - Cannonball
6. Breeders - Safari
7. Breeders - Saints
8. Guided by Voices - Shocker in Gloomtown
9. Breeders - Shocker in Gloomtown
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
11. Bikini Kill - Strawberry Julius

Also threw in

12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

but that's not a 90s track.
 
ForgeForsaken

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20 minutes into the future.
CathodeRayTube said:
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I'd probably include stuff like Drop Nineteens
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Drop Nineteens - Winona

from 1992's "Delaware"
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and Throwing Muses
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Throwing Muses - Not Too Soon (Official Video)

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and Sebadoh
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Not Too Amused by Sebadoh

From the Sebadoh album "Bakesale" (released 1994).
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I have a soft spot for the "Boston" area bands.
 
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GameOver

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Ok. These songs I listed are the ones that take me back to the 90s. These are most populars because I will hear those on the radio/MTV/Mall/Car rides etc. So no deep cuts.

I also omitted bands like Tool/Rage/Soundgarden because even though I love those bands, their songs doesn't take me back to the 90s.
 
StrangeRoboMemory

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The_Noobiablos said:
Had a "mind blown" moment with this one a few years ago
www.youtube.com

Ednaswap - Torn

Ednaswap was a rock band from Los Angeles, United States, that existed between 1993 and 1998. Over a span of five years, the band released four major label r...
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

Still a banger
www.youtube.com

Sabotage (Remastered 2009)

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupSabotage (Remastered 2009) · Beastie BoysIll Communication℗ 2009 Capitol Records, LLC, Grand Royal and Beastie Bo...
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

Can't go wrong with 90s Foo Fighters
www.youtube.com

Foo Fighters - Everlong

LyricsHelloI've waited here for youEverlongTonight I throw myself intoAnd out of the red out of her head she sangCome down and waste away with meDown with me...
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

One of the GOATS
www.youtube.com

Alice in Chains - Man In the Box

Disclaimer: I take no credit in writing the music or lyrics of this song or in making the cover art of this album. I intend on this video solely being a fan ...
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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Random question, how are you embedding these Youtube videos like this?
 
Shad

Shad

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I did a little more compiling and for those with Apple Music, you can listen to the playlist here. The name of the playlist is in reference to the alt-rock station I listened to in high school. I assume I'll just keep updating this with more and more songs that come my way. But this is a good representation of what you'd here almost exclusively on the alt-rock stations in the mid to late 90s.

music.apple.com

Renewed T95 by Shane Stersic

Playlist · 94 Songs
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