The 90s Alternative Music Revolution (it's not just grunge)

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

This is a reupload. For some reason KZbin age-restricted the previous version, which totally nukes the reach. So here it is again!

[@BCaldwell]

What exactly did the overlords deem (inappropriate)?

[@therealmattdillon]

Probably because of Mr. Marilyn's photo in the thumbnail

[@JohnBJonesMusic]

Dude i went to 1993 before i realized

[@sophiafortyfour]

One of your best videos for sure!

[@cattledecap9631]

Ohhhh…. I was having serious deja vu😂😂

[@QueLoKevin]

I always tell everyone the 90s was pinnacle society. Every genre of music, movies, and tv was accepted. You could be as cookie cutter or as abstract as you want and still get airplay. We had growing technology that was connecting people in similar ways we do now, but still kept us personable.

[@zencomeseasy602]

I can't love this comment enough. Spot on.

[@Zonum420]

Well said. I wish we could push the button and reset society's mentality back to how it was in the 90s.

[@gitgudsec]

Hard agree - humanity peaked in 1992.

[@aaroncapricorn5867]

for sure. pinnacle of rock. pinnacle of US military prowess and domination. they go hand in hand like the 50s and the next industrial revolution, and didn't the electric guitar come out in the 50s?

[@ictogon]

@@aaroncapricorn5867 L

[@stanislav898]

I'd like to mention trip hop. Bands and artists such as Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky had a huge impact on me as a teenager and still do as an adult. Magnificent music.

[@felipecavalera8729]

True that

[@michelleward5167]

Sneaker Pimps

[@NoiseJester_]

@@michelleward5167 Sneaker Pimps and IAMX are goated

[@MarysAbyss]

Yooo... Me too.... Got into trip hop and jungle when I was a kid. Such good music

[@StefanMedici]

The Bristol scene was massive.

[@madsquishy3410]

"Lump sat alone in a buggy marsh, totally emotionless except for her heart, Mud flowed up into Lump's pajamas, she totally confused all the passing piranhas." God, lol, I miss the 90's

[@Krescento]

This made me sing it.. didn't know the mud part lol. Thanks

[@Trihaha-sn5zw]

@@KrescentoSame! 😂

[@LikeWhatever]

I turned 8 years old at the end of 1990 and 17 at the end of 1999 and couldn't have asked for a better decade of music and pop culture in which to go through that period of life.

[@stevehope4572]

Same

[@norax3212]

I’m one year younger😄 I always watched MTV after school , even though I wasn’t allowed, such a great decade.

[@zfouleur]

Don't forget your pauly shore movies.

[@anthonycarlisle6184]

Roger that

[@legalize.brokkoli]

"I turned 8 years old at the end of 1990 and 17 at the end of 1999" Did you live inside a black hole or how did you accomplish that?

[@gx1tar1er]

Jane's Addiction is underrated. As time goes on, less and less people talking (I don't think my generation even know them). they're literally one of the most influential band for 90's alternative rock.

[@mrjades4764]

Disagree. I like a few of their songs, but I remember the early nineties. They weren’t that special. This guy oversells them. Yet He didn’t even mention the offspring.

[@RachelleLove81]

Twisted tales is so good!!!

[@uneven_grooves]

They’re rated

[@kidbonesonline]

The 90s Alternative Scene wasn't a phase either! I still listen to these bands you talked about in this video to this day.

[@sarahschouveller1993]

"It's not a phase, mom!" 😂

[@AJeziorski1967]

Man, the 90s were glorious for alternative music. I guess I never really got over them, and that's the reason why I now make music both for a living and for a hobby.

[@Chaz4543]

Meanwhile the 2010's were shit for alternative music. All those hipster indie pop electro pop dance pop bands who made light and fluffy music so the labels could license it to tv commercials so they could cash in. The best stuff from that era in alternative rock music was the Run for Cover records type of bands that the mainstream and major labels ignored.

[@usualunknown1950]

I don't listen any single band or artist which started after the 2000's... I know them, I don't like them, so I ignore them... Not even remotely interested, tbh...

[@DarthWombat]

Damn that sounds super fucking cringe and sad 🤦 Plenty of good music post 00s. Expand your musical taste and quit living in a box.

[@mstorrboy]

I think 90s music was awesome just because it was so diverse. 2010s have just been one carbon copy after the other

[@cavemancult1999]

​@@Chaz4543 You sound like a very miserable man lmao

[@SynthApprentice]

Zappa once said that what made the 70s so great was that the musicians were in control. The executives had given up on trying to predict what the kids would like next, so they just threw everything out and watched to see what stuck. That's really what happened in the 90s, too.

[@imanualmahida8278]

90s was something else.. Probably the best time on whole planets history.. Music, fashion, gaming, internet just about to blow.. Mtv plays every genre's music,

[@austinshoemaker246]

The 90’s might be the most important and genre expanding decade of music ever.

[@acerimmer8338]

Look at Billboard lists from that decade. It will have more diversity (which is preached like there never was any till 2015) than any other. You'll find pop- of course, grunge, metal, rap, hip-hop, nu-metal, pop-punk, country, movie soundtracks, etc. Easily the most diverse decade in popular music.

[@ifwecouldvote]

😂

[@djmattames]

I miss the days of rock, grunge, alternative, metal, etc. being chart-topping and beloved by many. There's still traces of it, and there are still many successful bands, but nothing breaks through like it used to. Everything has its season, and I'd love to see another uprising. Thank you for a great video summary of 90s alternative!

[@ISMSKL]

From what I remember about being a teen in the 90s was that people weren't labelling music genres as much as it is being done nowadays. People were just enjoying them bands without caring about what genre it is called and all that comes with the labels. There was so much originality in the music and sounds created by bands during that period. Other than the big bands already mentioned by others there was also banda like Cop Shoot Cop, Miranda Sex Garden, Rose Chronicles, God Machine, Senser, Prong, Sunny Day Real Estate, Belly, Babes in Toyland, Cranes, Therapy?, Mazzy Star, Suede, Ash, The Wildhearts, Pantera and so many others i cannot recall right at this moment. All of them make up a rather glorious period for music .🤘🔥

[@zavijer]

Fascinating, I remember a complete opposite - subcultures within subcultures. Straightedge people within HC punk tribe, who perhaps got along with some who were into industrial or EBM, but jointly despised metalheads and especially hard-rockers, who hated old-school punks, who hated Oi skins, etc. etc. All of them hated pop and mainstream, but above all, people who claimed that "they love all kinds of music!" Of course, I'm talking about teenagers, who are stupid and pretentious by default, but I remember a strictly divided teen society. I don't think that there are so many (at least musical) subcultures nowadays, sometimes I hear what kids play from their iPhones, it's usually a mix of unmixable, it's just 'music', no affiliations, no genres, definitively no identities revolving around it.

[@natedogtrainer3812]

Alternative was the original moniker

[@39Panzerman]

I feel like Belly and Ash are very underrated bands. Both amazing

[@jeremyjamesdewitt]

As much as I’d like to say I’m an 80s kid, it was the 90s that really defined who I was. So weird and fun.

[@acerimmer8338]

That's how I feel. I was born in early 80's but am absolutely a product of the 90's.

[@marl0nbrand01]

Haha.. same. I was a tween~teen in L.A on that run up from ‘90 to ‘96. It was nothing short of epic in terms of absolute gems in music, movies, video games, TV and pop culture through to the tail end of ‘99 to coincide with high school graduation. Had I been the same age on the run up from ‘80 to ‘86 I’d probably say the exact same thing! I often joke with close friends of similar interests that if I ever get a chance to take a Time Machine ‘vacation’ It’d be ‘86 to ‘96 over and over in an infinite loop. I think we peaked just enough as a civilization then but that’s a long Unabomber-style tirade. 😜 #nostalgicAF

[@henrikandreason7261]

Same here, born 81 but it was really 92 that started to mold me.

[@Jessica_Costantini]

same. born in 85. love all of it. but it was the 90s that did it

[@marl0nbrand01]

@@henrikandreason7261 it's called 'puberty'.. Haha! Fellow 81'er here, cusp Gen X/Millennial.

[@scarymsmary]

The whole "riot grrrl" movement and all that entailed was hugely influential for a lot of teen girls in that era too! :)

[@c3920]

I’m a hard rock and metal fan but “The Fat of the Land” by the Prodigy is a top ten album for me.

[@LordMcKrakenVonLittleBits]

The 90's were probably music's peak. Absolutely everything was getting airplay and love. There's a few muddy waters currently but hardly any of it gets the attention to take off like back in the day.

[@LordMcKrakenVonLittleBits]

@ghost mall Very true. So many of the songs from back then still get played. So many forgotten gems too. Jamming out to "Suppers Ready" by Genesis at the moment.

[@n3bula77]

Man there was so much good stuff in the 90's. The electronic scene was really good. Everything from trip hop to gabber.

[@curtismass308]

Grad '96, baby!! What a great decade for a music nerd to come of age. Just these past few weeks, my 10yr old daughter has discovered a love for Foo Fighters and Weezer, and that brings such a smile to my face😁

[@raineramelung7380]

Hi.. You and your doughter can try some,, strange,, kind-sound(German) 🤔🎸 :"die toten Hosen-alle sagen das(live Buenes Aires)". /... :"Jennifer Rostock - es war nicht alles schlecht".. /.. :"Broilers-meine Sache".. My 14 year old doughter, also love them too. Greedings from north Germany☀️🍺✌️

[@CallmeCalypso]

You had kids late in life! I graduated in 95 and my son's 23! I'm enjoying my freedom, lol.

[@jeffshepherd8456]

Man it cracks me up every time Finn cracks up when he mentions the swing revival.

[@jevinday]

He secretly locks himself in the bathroom when his wife is sleeping and has a trap door in the bathroom where he has a portable CD player where he has a bunch of swing revival CDs. He has to buy them with cash at thrift stores so his wife doesn't see the charges on their debit card

[@JPPW1982]

The swing revival was the weirdest thing and should have never happened! Lol

[@azurephoenix9546]

I loved the swing revival because you could go and your parents thought it was really wholesome because our grandparents danced swing, but it would end with Portishead and prodigy rave mixes and people dropping acid to butthole surfers. Good times, man.

[@jevinday]

@@azurephoenix9546 I would sit through equal or less than 2 swing revival bands to be able to drop acid and watch butthole surfers

[@azurephoenix9546]

@jevinday Ikr? It was very weird times. No cell phones or cell phone tracking meant you could "go stay aty friend's house" and hop into a van and go see an old 97s show, green day, rchp, and Stevie Ray Vaughn in the same weekend, having started out with no gas money or food, and still get home and it they were none the wiser. I can't tell you how many times we went to "church camp".

[@pregho]

Post-grunge was born somewhere between Radiohead's Creep and Bush's first album. 1994 was a total breaking point, Kurt died, Korn, Marilyn Manson and Oasis released their first albums. I would also have mentioned bands like Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Morphine, Massive Attack, and Bjork. Nice work.

[@aaronswift7575]

90s + prodigy = living for the ecstacy 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@ninamc6116]

I jam to Prodigy at full blast all the time. “Breathe” & “Smack my Bi*** Up” were 2 of the greatest songs of the era! 🎼👍🏻

[@theusualidiot124]

the fat of the land is one my most favorite albums of any genre ever. i still listen to it all the time start to finish.

[@hishamhilal8332]

Glad you reuploaded this didn't get the chance to watch it the first time. My favourite part of that era is the dark turn that alternative music was able to take, the fusion of industrial and goth especially, Marilyn Manson is an absolute artistic genius. Of course can't talk about 90s industrial without mentioning NIN and Ministry

[@pensacolian211]

I grew up in the 90s, and as far as my mindset is concerned I never really left. I still predominantly listen to the same stuff I did then, and dress in a similar fashion. Unlike the rest of the world when I found something I liked I stuck with it.

[@bleeone]

Great vid. Nailed it with Jane’s Addiction being the band who inspired the alt revolution of the 90’s. Their late 80’s shows were life changing, cultural, consciousness expanding experiences for a NYHC kid like me and Lolla was truly the gathering of the tribes for my generation. Also… Manson’s Antichrist Superstar gave rock music back to the devil for lack of a better cliche.

[@alterdino]

In 1992 Faith No More's "Angel dust" came out. Still listen to it till this day.

[@gus5918]

as someone born in 93, I barely knew the 90's and am very jealous of everyone who got to fully experience it.

[@sarahschouveller1993]

Don't be. We're all old and sore now and you can still go back and listen to all of the music 😂

[@mrquake7789]

As a fellow 90s baby I experience partly of the decade

[@gus5918]

@@sarahschouveller1993 🤣couldn't even convince my old ass to go to "When We Were Young" cuz I can't fight crowds anymore

[@j4v3l73]

90s best time to be a teenager. It's even began with.. smells like teen spirit

[@mrquake7789]

@J4V3L True I meant overall as well just a glimpse I was an old soul.

[@sm8832]

Rip Keith Flint Dnb really changed my life still to this day I’m an active dnb artist. Love prodigy love mr flint.

[@inaudiblenoise9668]

Shame I was born in 2000 cause the 90s did look like a lot of fun, grew up listening to a lot of 90s bands through my dad and uncle plus doing my own research. Hate to be one of those "born in the wrong generation" types but honestly with the way the world's going I could quite happily get in a time machine and go back there to witness it myself.

[@malkasianmuses]

Quirk was king in the 90's. Idiosyncrasy was sought after! Really cool era of popular music!

[@juansolis4796]

marilyn manson made me read philosophers... I love that time of my life.

[@davidagiel8130]

The 90s saw an explosion of so many different music genres, rap, techno grunge and new metal

[@mynameismud-qd9vu]

My favorite era of music without a doubt!! Primus, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, White Zombie, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Janes Addiction, and so much more great music!!

[@futilerecordings]

In around '98 I saw the video for "The Box" by Orbital one night on MTV's AMP. Marijuana may or may not have been involved. It totally changed my life and was my first exposure to electronic music. That video totally stands up today, and features Tilda Swinton. Absolute masterpiece, in my opinion.

[@austintrousdale2397]

📺 MONSTERS EXIST If ya know, ya know 😉

[@jenjohnson9931]

1994 was the best year in music and seems like the best way to be a teenager and figuring out my own music preferences in the early 90s.

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

@ghost mall Don't forget 1991 which I would say it is one the most important year for rock and alternative in the 90s. Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Black Album, Nevermind, Ten, Loveless etc

[@SuperHeroNexus]

RIP Keith Flint. Absolute goat.

[@sarahschouveller1993]

Thank you for featuring my favorite group of all time, The Prodigy!! I describe them as techno heart with rock influence and a punk spirit. RIP Keith Flint. Also yes, Enema of the State is still one of my favorite albums! Blink Korn and the Prodigy have collectively influenced me so much ❤

[@ninamc6116]

Prodigy is one of the best groups ever. Timeless music

[@Sarah_Eva]

Prodigy was very popular in Europe. I got a pic with the lead singer at Chicago O'Hare... I honestly didn't notice him, but I happened to be there with a bunch of Hungarian exchange students. They were so excited, and he was very nice to take all of the pics with us in the days before cell phones.

[@sarahschouveller1993]

@@Sarah_Eva you got a photo with Keith before he passed? ❤️

[@Sarah_Eva]

@@sarahschouveller1993 I did! 😎 He had his typical hair style, earrings, and everything.

[@sarahschouveller1993]

@@Sarah_Eva that's so cool ❤️

[@LuMo1980]

I was born in 1980, this is all my youth, thanks for the trip to memory lane :)

[@craigcrain822]

As someone that graduated high school in 1995, you nailed it with this video!

[@mywhychromosome]

For some reason, I really, REALLY wanted Finn to mention The Replacements during the list of '80s underground/indie/badassery artists...and was inexplicably bummed when he didn't!! I've got issues, lol. Anywaaaay, awesome job as usual! As far as this type of 'content' goes, you are essentially one of the only creators I've seen that manages to walk the line between including depth and intelligence in the research + etc, but then--crucially--still having a bloody sense or humor about everything!! Whereas these days, tends to be automatically one or the other...but never both.

[@michaelmalone7231]

The Replacements are too "indie" for Finn. He's stated in different videos that hates bands like R.E.M., Husker Du, Pixies, Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr. Including the Replacements. Only "hipsters" listen to them. I like Finn's videos for the most part. But he claims to be a fan of hardcore punk. Which was the backbone, along with post-punk, of alt/indie music. People I knew in the 80s, very early 90s who were fans of hardcore, were also Cure fans, Pixies fans, NIN....or whatever. And hates Radiohead with a passion.

[@michaelmalone7231]

I know he starts the video with a slight nod to those bands(shows Thurston Moore swinging his Jazz-master around, creating feedback), but he does it grudgingly.

[@mywhychromosome]

@@michaelmalone7231 This is a pretty astute observation--I've seen a decent amount of vids at this point, but not enough to pick up on this...that's really too bad, so many of those bands are fucking seminal and have so much to offer. It's funny, too, bc I just commented elsewhere in the video when he was doing the '90s countdown, that it was criminal he didn't bring up "OK Computer" for '97....guess I know why now, lol

[@christosiliopoulos4633]

@@michaelmalone7231 grundge-ingly, one might argue. Disclaimer, 1994 is probably the most important year in my musical education, influences, etc, so I am officially in my dad joke years.

[@wizarddragon]

I like to add 2 honorable mentions from MTV's alternative music scene that had an impact on me and a lot of people in my High School. 91 Alice in Chain's Man in a Box video and 93's Tool Sober video.

[@titusbc]

Truth… all these years later playing a 90s Hits channel is always satisfyingly diverse. Perfect for road trips.

[@jevinday]

That Woodstock 94 lineup is stacked! Crosby Stills and Nash (who were at the first Woodstock), Primus, Peter Gabriel, Allman Brothers Band, Green Day, Santana (who was also at the first Woodstock), Blind Melon, Joe Cocker. God damn!

[@mywhychromosome]

Don't forget about the legendary "NIN bursting onstage absolutely caked in mud, looking like they've just crawled up from the pits of Alternative Hell" performance

[@nannettefreeman7331]

@@mywhychromosome I was there for that! Tripping balls on mushrooms I traded some weed for. It was GLORIOUS! ✌🏼

[@mywhychromosome]

@@nannettefreeman7331 Oh man, that sounds glorious!

[@jevinday]

@@nannettefreeman7331 that's amazing

[@carriesolomonmusic]

The 90s were pivotal for ALL genres! Best alternative, grunge, pop, hip and hop weird shit…truly the best decade when it comes to music and art in general

[@ifwecouldvote]

No way. I was a 90s kid, but 80s had far more experimentation and originality imo.

[@idrinkthereforeiam7427]

Ahh the 90’s that magical time when American Pop Culture was AMAZING!! Your knowledge of music cannot be touched and is on lock. I challenge you to collaborate with someone whose 90’s film knowledge is just as deep, and truly show how massive the 90’s zeitgeist truly was.

[@Charleshudspeth]

Hit the nail on the head with the Nine Inch Nails set at Woodstock 94. I still watch it 4 or 5 times a year on KZbin. After that set I was a huge fan.

[@podespault]

I don't know why, but everything seemed much more genuine and important in regards to music

[@JPPW1982]

Looking back having grown up during all this. I was like 15 by 1999. The 90's was a really strange time. It came off the back of the greatness of the 80's and evolved into possibly one of the greatest most innovative decades ever.

[@victorgasior]

Great video. I just turned 18 in 1990, so this decade of music is closest to my heart, and I miss it greatly.

[@mic-drop-74]

Then you had bands like Daisy Chainsaw/Queen Adreena (underrated band) where the lead singer, Katie Jane Garside, repeatedly smashing flowerpots over her head while on stage. Loved the 90's.

[@bootdownthedoor]

She's pretty like druugsss💖

[@mic-drop-74]

@@bootdownthedoor One of the most punk songs of the 2000's, original Riot Grrrl. That Eleventeen album was gold.

[@migvhs]

90’s the most amazing decade! Wow what a time to be alive!! Never felt more like I belonged somewhere ❤

[@STONESGAM]

The 80's and 90's were both great for music and movies. Just in different ways. The United States seemed to be much more balanced and unified back then. The 80's were just so fun and I think the 90's was one of the best decades ever as far as the films that were released and the music...especially rock music. You had the so called grunge stuff and then other alt rock bands, the british bands, etc. Even Guns N Roses and Metallica that were huge in the 80's both had classic albums in the early 90's as did U2 and R.E.M. There was a lot to listen to and it was the last era before the internet and when MTV was still cool and relevant.

[@Theomite]

I don't care what anybody (rightly) says: I loved the Swing Revival. Before I found my own tastes, I grew up on Big Band music like Benny Goodman and Cab Calloway. So Swing Revival was refreshing to me. And SWINGERS is just a bomb-ass movie.

[@WarMonkeyPlays]

The 90s is where it really all came together. Not everything was wholly unique or new, but it's definitely where things finally clicked and exploded.

[@jschap712]

My first exposure to Nirvana was seeing the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit during my first month at university in Sep 1991, on City Limits (Canadian MuchMusic's version of 120 minutes, although it predated 120 Minutes by several years and was less mainstream). I enjoyed the song. But what I said to my housemates sort of watching with me was "that sounds kind of like a harder Pixies" (I felt smug years later when I heard the song was, in fact, Cobain's attempt to do a Pixies song). That said, it quickly vanished from the airwaves with little impact. It probably wasn't until early 1992 that the song, and Nirvana, really took off. Until then, it was still Guns and Roses ruling the airwaves, and a mainstream music scene indistinguishable from the late 80s. What really stood out for me as being new were things like My Bloody Valentine. While I respected grunge, it just didn't do it for me like other alternative music did. I'd sit through Pearl Jam's "Evenflow", hoping it would finish soon so they could get around to playing somethig like Mercury Rev's "Chasing a Bee". Of course I'm the same guy in the late 80s who thought "Oh, Nine Inch Nails. That's a bit like Skinny Puppy", and in 1994 was like "Yeah, NIN is cool. Tell me when you get into Einstürzende Neubauten." Personally, I think a lot of what made the 90s important to alternative was its mainstream acceptance, but to me a lot of the really important music didn't exactly become mainstream successes. And, I feel like the 90s glory days were rather short. By 94 we had what I'd refer to as "grunge lite", "punk lite", "industrial lite", etc, (pop versions of alternative) ruling the airwaves when personally, if I wanted pop, I'd rather go back to the days of Fleetwood Mac, etc, insteead of watered down alternative. In the 80s, alternative was where you went to hear well composed, creative music. By the end of the 90s, "alternative" still existed but was watered down by its mainstream success. And I still found myself going instead to things not quite burning up the charts, like Sparklehorse.

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

great content as usual. i'm 40 so i grew up in the 90s definitely a wild time. yeah when the beastie boys started playing instruments again and got more explorative with their sampling was one of the most excellent things in the 90s. korn blind was big too and fear factory demanufacture i remember hearing that for the first time and being like wow, sepulturas nu metal album which was actually great, it wont get mentioned much but the blending of metal and hardcore in the 90s was pure fucking fire!

[@alleahsasseville]

Spot on for those of us who remember the 90's music!!

[@StevenPD]

Great overview of the decade. It was a wild time. So much was going on musically. It was a tidal wave of access and exploration. I feel fortunate to have been a kid in the 80's and teen in the 90''s in North America.

[@mgeorge487able]

100% agree about Woodstock ‘94. We had a bootleg VHS of it that was on repeat 24/7 at the party house. Iconic ❤

[@JimijaymesProductions]

Im so glad you used clueless, I feel like Clueless and Buffy are such quintessentially 90s music wise.

[@fattysworld1905]

A fever dream sums it up perfectly. Anything could be great in the 90’s. All of the icons were fantastic because they weren’t pretentious and didn’t try too hard.

[@jonnitti1]

1991 was a wild year in general. There were so many death metal bands from all over the world that released iconic records and for a lot of them, it was their first. At the Gates - Gardens of Grief Death - Human Gorguts - Considered Dead Entombed - Clandestine Dismember - Like an Everflowing Stream Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells just an insane that grunge and death metal had both had an iconic year in 1991

[@Braddicusfinch]

Mild clarification, whilst "Where'd You Go" is used in Clueless too, the song in the video is "Someday I Suppose". Also 10/10 for mentioning the 90's swing revival, absolutely my favourite PRMBA trope haha

[@vinyladdiction]

My fucking era yes I love 90' proud to have been part of this musical revolution❤🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@wincup]

Thank you so so much- I really really needed this kind of wonderful summary of my 90's alternative era (as a big fan of Alternative Nation and Beavis & Butthead back then in 1995-1996)!

[@PORTALIAN_Makes_Bass]

4:10 My father went to the first Lollapalooza. Said it was fun, wish I could have been around for that.

[@k.graceross7177]

This has got to be one of my fav videos you've done. So many good ones. But this one speaks to me in a special way. Thanks for the great content!

[@christinamanis4351]

So glad youtube put this in my feed! I am a 90s kid and my love for that era grows more all the time. Great video...subscribing :D

[@aimeeaztec4601]

Was so happy when I saw the title of this. I adore the nineties on so many levels. The smashing pumpkins were prob my fav band of the era. Great coverage Finn - awesome show. How about a special on Brit pop/punk? We had some world conquerors like Stone Roses, Oasis and Blur. The stone roses were really cool - maybe a show just on them?! Anyways, really enjoyed this Finn - thanks!❤

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@JoeHartman80]

So glad the 90’s were my prime. Nirvana exposed me to riot grrrl bands and then Antichrist superstar came out and I was hooked.

[@nukemall3678]

You should talk about Dave Navarro's solo work.. It was amazing imo, and it's such a shame that he didn't continue with it.

[@motownthrowdown8050]

Just got my DIY or die hoodie this week. Not to mention how soft it is, I've gotten a few ppl coming up saying they love you too.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@mywhychromosome]

Also, I know the video is 'old' at this point, but I must admit to being rather surprised that "OK Computer" didn't even warrant a mention during '97--pretty big moment for 'Alternative' music, bringing a kind of epic scope as well as dipping the toes into 'Concept Records' for the first time in a very long while

[@michaelmalone7231]

Finn hates Radiohead. I mean, really hates them.

[@RC-hv1yx]

Yeah ngl, that was my one big issue with this video. Ignoring OK Computer in a video about the 90s impact on alternative music is like ignoring Dark Side of the Moon while talking about psychedelic rock in the 70s. It’s just kind of baffling.

[@michaelmalone7231]

@@RC-hv1yx Finn is from Seattle, so he champions grunge. And shits on every indie band, from Husker Du, Pixies and R.E.M., to Radiohead, Interpol and Arcade Fire.

[@RC-hv1yx]

@@michaelmalone7231 lol what’s his beef with indie music? What is there to even shit on, the bands you just named are just as good as the grunge bands.

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

I was in high school (north of Seattle) when grunge was huge. YET when I look back I realize there were so many awesome bands from that time that were not necessarily grunge. It was really just a small small small but influential segment.

[@michaelmalone7231]

Alternative music already had big names like The Cure, R.E.M. and Depeche Mode. With Butthole Surfers, Trent Reznor and Sonic Youth right behind them. It didn't need grunge.

[@Talib323Ninja]

Sonic the Hedgehog was the most punk/hardcore mascot of the 90’s. Dude has a Mohawk and Knuckles has dreadlock’s. 😅😅😅

[@QuincyKane]

I'd say I was a "Late 90s / Early 2000s" kid, but I definitely love the music at that time, and it's certainly influenced me in my songwriting.

[@SithCelia]

I still don't remember just how I discovered Marilyn Manson as a 19-year-old Navy sailor, but it was "Portrait of an American Family" that caught my eye and ended up in my cd collection. It also helped me really scare the crap out of the Bible-thumpers stationed on my ship, since they were suffering from their own Satanic panic. As for the Prodigy, I swear that they play the music of my very soul! The '90s really was the best decade in terms of music. It started off strong and just got crazier.

[@nathanatwood1047]

Finn, you did it again, love this video. You summed up the 90's and Alternative music as no else can or seems to. Thank you, I enjoyed it tremendously. Going to show it to my kids so they can get a quick lesson on 90's music!

[@matthewmohri9990]

It's one of the reason why I liked Kurt Cobain so much and what he did, he didn't just open the door for Grunge he kicked the door open for so many different bands, and he encouraged people to listen to them. Hey Punk Rock MBA could you do one episode on the sadly under talked about band that would have sparked the same kind of musical revolution that Nirvana did, Dayton Ohio's "Brainiac" give their music a listen and you will find light, heavy, dark, electronic, etc. in all of their songs. R.I.P Tim Taylor.

[@davidgerdes1815]

Zorgo sees all

[@matthewmohri9990]

@@davidgerdes1815 LOL 😂 Dave how's O Town going? Conor plays here in S.A. this May.

[@Zzzsleepzzz]

I miss the 90s so much 🥺 thank u for this awesome analysis

[@WhiskeyBlack777]

Hey now, I fully credit The Daddies with me wanting to learn to swing dance. (Something I've never actually learned though, lol). And I still rock out to them to this day. They're one of my fav bands.

[@fvkijay]

Pixies/Sonic Youth -> Pavement -> Nirvana -> Radiohead/Weezer/TOOL/Prodigy I feel that this is the main artery of 90s alternative. Every other flavour of the genre seemed to branch out from this, whether it was indie, electronic, hip hop, punk or traditional rock/metal.

[@StephenSchaal]

Janes Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden... the GOATS

[@RobertBindewald]

I have a special nostalgic place for Blink… but as I was talking about it with my son, we placed them as proto Emo. We came up with Primo as a description for their kind of “punk.” Love your channel and this content. Very thoughtful and entertaining.

[@Retro-2-now]

When you were talking about Marlyn Manson and talked about what would make you want to listen to something more than your parents telling you that you can’t. I’m so glad my parents weren’t like that. They bought me Dr. Dre The Chronic Album, NWA, Snoop, and many more. They also gave me to OK to go to Woodstock 94, but as a 16 year old kid, I couldn’t find anyone that was able to go too, so they bought me the VHS for Christmas that year. My parents were pretty rad

[@orangecounty2033]

I was at Mardi Gras 1993, I have pictures, 1000's of people on Bourbon Street wearing shorts, boots & flannel shirts, lol, good times good times

[@ctcards2636]

The band that truly opened the door for Grunge/Seattle scene was Soundgarden of all the bands out of Seattle they were the first to sign a major label deal. Without them signing that big deal and getting record companies interested in that scene, you may not of ever heard of a lot of these bands. They had their own scene in Seattle area happening that the rest of the country had no idea about. So when Cornell and the gang got signed and the music video got banned from Mtv and news of it broke etc, it started to spark more interest from bigger record companies. Gotta remember before this, a lot of these bands had signed with smaller labels like Subpop etc. These labels didnt have the resources like the bigger companies did, so eventually most of these bands left and signed with major labels. But remember that Nirvana didnt create this whole scene, yes they were popular but a lot of other bands came before them and some got big and some didnt. But without Soundgarden you may never have even heard of Nirvana, because if the bigger labels hadnt found out thru Soundgarden about the scene, we maybe talking about totally different bands and music all together. Just saying. ;-) Thanks for the video

[@paulhardman2515]

Finn, I would love to hear your thoughts on Beck. I recall Spin referring to him as a "Beastie Boy with an acoustic guitar" back in the day. Mellow Gold and Odelay were both huge albums and his 1999 album Midnight Vultures is amazing and totally slept on. I'm a big fan and I've wondered if you saw him as one of the quirky, post modern acts you mentioned like Cake, TMBG, Pavement etc, or if you dug him? Also, I'm not a fan of Incubus, but I recall them being pretty big and popular in the nu metal scene and I don't hear too much about them when I see retrospectives on the genre. Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work! ❤

[@domri4203]

Loser started being played on our hip hop station at first. A few weeks later it switched over to the alternative station. Guess they found out he was white.

[@michaelmalone7231]

Finn doesn't like anything resembling "indie" or remotely challenging like They Might Be Giants. Only "hipsters" listen to that, according to him. Plus, he's from Seattle, so he's gotta represent the GRUNGEY BIG 4.

[@Peter-uy7gd]

I remember him being referred to as the fourth Beastie Boy.

[@erikjohnson3255]

Woodstock '99 was the Altamont of the '90s.

[@theepimountainbiker6551]

Back in 1998 I was all over Marilyn Manson at 15, my mom instead of telling me to stay away embraced it. Christmas that year she knitted me a throw blanket full off the Antichrist Superstar lightning bolt symbol. To this day I STILL HAVE IT!!! Marilyn Manson and Korn were my 90s

[@knoname7778]

The 70s and the 90s was the best time in music

[@yannhollister9091]

Same with movies

[@jjharmon8075]

I just loved " Beavis and Butt head show, I was in high school when it came out . My parents really hated lol. The music back in 90's was so diverse some of the best music came in the 90's.

[@UnwrittenSpade]

Here’s just a small list of some amazing 90s gold for peeps to check out: EMF (I believe, unbelievable) Cowboy Mouth (Jenny says) Silverchair (tomorrow) The Urge (jump right in feat Nick hexum of 311) Phunk Junkeez (memory loss, going down to buckeye) Beck (hotwax, loser) Kottonmouth Kings (life ain’t what it seems, dogs life, bump) Eagle Eye Cherry (save tonight) ENJOY EVERYONE

[@D3XthaTriF3ctA]

My opinion of 90’s music is this: it’s the decade that had the most varied types of music, the most “one hit wonders”. It had the most experimental music. It’s like record labels collectively were just like “screw it, this decade let’s just give em all a shot” And because of it we got so much many great, different, and abstract hidden gems in your brain to be triggered as nostalgia, as they randomly come on through the years.

[@TheSci-fiAnarchist42]

I distinctly remember an episode of Daria that mocked the swing revival when Jane started dating a 1940s style hipster. Ahh, the memories.

[@LorelLa22]

Thanks for catching me up because I missed out on the last half of the 1990's because of raving so to me it is all early 2000's music!

[@NottyGurlStyle]

I tell you the 90s for me was great..I was getting tired of rap at the time and wanted to get into something new..Nirvana was my gateway in and I was just all over the place loving and listening to everything. My first bf took me to my first rock concert where I got to crowd surf, listen to cool bands but the stand out band that I still love was seeing The Toadies. Then my friend and I just went to concerts left and right, got to go to the Family Values tour, Lalapalooza, K Rock Dysfunctional Family Picnic etc countless other concerts fun, fun fun! Then we got into the Swing Era and would go to shows and get cool with the band Amazing Royal Crowns...very cool guys...it was a good time for me... 90s will always be the best Era for music & entertainment.

[@lesliemartin1520]

Truly the perfect time to be a teenager. Ugh, I feel so old and nostalgic, but thanks for that walk down memory lane.

[@blesner]

Yeah Punk, Metal and Nu Metal(Industrial gets a special mention) also made a mega impact. Best decade for everything the 90's was.