Top Ten Underrated Bands of the 90s

The Top Ten
1 The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins is an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1988. Formed by frontman Billy Corgan and James Iha, the band included D'arcy Wretzky and Jimmy Chamberlin in its original incarnation. They are also considered to be one of the most influential alternative bands of the 1990s.

The best band of ALL TIME

2 Alice In Chains Alice in Chains is an American grunge/alternative metal band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley.

People think they stole there "sound" from other bands but honestly who cares when they sound so amazing!?

3 Rage Against The Machine Rage Against the Machine is a rap metal band formed in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk.

I actually think they are very overrated. They even won a metal Grammy and all metalheads LOL. For example Megadeth never won a metal Grammy but RATM did. Come on.

4 Blind Melon Blind Melon is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California by two musicians from Mississippi and one from Indiana.

With Shannon hoons exhilarating Vocals and roger Stevens great guitar playing there is no doubt they are the most underrated band of all time!

5 Screaming Trees Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel.

One of the best grunge bands ever, don't forget about them. Mark Lanegan is awesome!

6 Soundgarden Soundgarden was an American grunge/alternative metal band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Chris Cornell died on May 17th, 2017.

Dave Grohl described them as a cross between the Beatles and Black Sabbath. He also said no one sang better than Chris Cornell and no played the drums better than Matt Cameron. The man who filled in for the late John Bohnam said Cameron was the best at his craft. Cornell may have been the only musician Axl Rose showed respect to in the early 90s, not that that means much. However, Slash had nothing but praise for the front man. I know I'm not going to convince anyone that Soundgarden was a bigger band than Nirvana, but it's hard to say the weren't underrated given their spot on many lists of 90s greats. It may be that Nirvana defined the sound of a generation, but Soundgarden was the pioneering force that brought grunge out of Seatle.

7 Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls are an American alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik, vocalist and bassist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska.

Please make them known to the world

8 Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind.
9 Toadies
10 Meat Puppets
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11 Pixies The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts. The group disbanded in 1993 in acrimonious circumstances, but reunited in 2004. The group currently consists of founders Black Francis, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering.
12 Sonic Youth Sonic Youth was an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up.
13 The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America, sometimes referred to as PUSA, The Presidents or Pot USA, are a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band.
14 Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers is an American rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981.
15 Bush Bush are a British post-grunge/alternative rock band formed in London, England in 1992. The band found their immediate success with the release of their debut album Sixteen Stone in 1994, which is certified 6× multi-platinum by the RIAA.
16 Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock/indie rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name.
17 Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle was an American experimental rock band from Northern California. Known for a highly eclectic style, the band often cycled through several musical genres within the course of a single song, including heavy metal, avant-garde jazz, ska, disco as well as funk.

I was gonna vote Blind Melon but when I saw these... Are you kidding me? Alice In chains and Smashing Pumpkins at the top of the list? These guys were better than those two bands together and WAAAY more underrated. AIC and TSP are very succesful bands.

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19 Dream Theater Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band was formed in 1985 under the name of "Majesty", only to change its name to Dream Theater later. ...read more.
20 Failure

Very underrated, just listen to their album Fantastic Planet, it’s full of great stuff mixing alt rock, metal, grunge, psychedelic and space rock together, while there other works are great too.

21 Cake Cake is an American alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. Consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Gabe Nelson and drummer Paulo Baldi, the band has been noted for McCrea's sarcastic lyrics and monotone vocals, DiFiore's trumpet parts, and ...read more.
22 Porcupine Tree Porcupine Tree are an English progressive rock band formed by musician Steven Wilson in 1987. The band began essentially as a solo project for Wilson, who created all of the band's music.
23 Hum

This band is so much more than just "Stars". What Post-Grunge should really mean is bands like Hum. Taking grunge and experimenting with it to create something totally unqiue. What we get are amazing, noisy tunes about outer space and heartbreak. What more can you ever need?

Go listen to Downward is Heavenward. Now.

24 Hole Hole was an American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989 by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.
25 The Beastie Boys The Beastie Boys were an American Rap/Rock group that was formed in 1981 by its three original members, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, and Adam "MCA" Yauch.
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