These iconic multi-genre songs prove that the 1990s was perhaps the best decade in music. They make a strong case for it.

Grunge music leaned into heavy guitar. Indeed, these are three grunge songs from the 1990s that use the wah-wah pedal like ...

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It was an era that saw genres and attitudes mix to spectacular effect – now, Neil McCormick rules on the decade’s best of the best ...

In the early 1990s, rock music and the hit songs of the day made a drastic turn. As 80s hair bands fizzled out in the new decade, alternative rock took their place. Many rock bands had to adapt, go ...

Have you ever listened to a song and started acting differently soon after? We’re very impressionable, even beyond our youth. Especially when a song reminds us of our youth, and that’s certainly the ...

Rock and roll peaked in the 1990s. Dropped in the middle of the boring hairbands of the 1980s and the slow death caused by the internet in the 2000s, the subgenre continued to dominate during the days ...

The 1990s completely reshaped rock music. Hair metal faded, grunge exploded, alternative rock went mainstream, and new genres like nu metal, rap-rock, and pop-punk emerged. It was a decade when guitar ...