Thanks to the power of TikTok, social media, and film syncs, classic songs are getting reintroduced to a new generation of fans.
In the year that marked grunge's commercial arrival, a diverse set of albums had a major impact.
With ‘The Show, The After Party, The Hotel’, Jodeci pushed the boundaries of R&B and lived up their reputation as the “bad boys of R&B.”
Genre-defining anthems from the finest golden age of R&B, the best 90s R&B songs still fill dancefloors while speaking to the soul.
Even during a decade when the most improbable bands were topping the charts, some fell through the cracks. Here are a few 90s bands worth rediscovering.
With Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Soundgarden at the helm, grunge music exploded in the early 90s – and the world didn’t know what hit it.
‘I hear the song on different TV programs all the time,’ says former frontman Dunstan Bruce.
From grunge to indie rock, shoegaze to electronica, the best 90s alternative songs represent the eclectic spirit of the decade.
Spawning megastars such as Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, and Eminem, 90s hip-hop marked the point when the music came out of the suburbs and took over the world.
Home taping in the 80s didn’t kill the record industry, but the lo-fi format gave a voice to those that the mainstream didn’t always have an ear for.
Like the titular character from her album, ‘Unrepentant Geraldines,’ Tori Amos has been unapologetically bucking the constraints of pop her entire career.
The nostalgic rock tour kicks off on July 2 and runs through September 25, as of now.
A reminder of why people started bands in the first place, Aerosmith caught the attentions a whole new generation with ‘Get A Grip’.
What began as a rock’n’roll tribute to a fallen friend ended up being the sleeper start of the Seattle sound explosion heard around the world.
Released just a week after Kurt Cobain’s death, Hole’s 'Live Through This' saw Courtney Love bare her soul on an alt.rock classic that still surprises.