Top 10 Alternative Bands of All Time

[@rosscarroll6735]

People are complaining their favourite bands aren't on the list when the real issue is half these bands aren't even alternative

[@Cyboogie]

Ross Carroll I know right. Nirvana is grunge

[@hunter-zu3hk]

Grunge is a part of alternative

[@thesixthman3176]

the strokes shoulda been on here.

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

I know right ?!

[@dougthealligator]

All of these bands are alternative

[@Mints951]

how the hell are The Smiths only an honourable mention?

[@NKRevolution]

YAS!!! THE SMITHS ARE AMAZING!!!!

[@justfootage6102]

+Otto Niven the smiths is heavy metal

[@NKRevolution]

Just Footage I hope that was a troll.

[@justfootage6102]

i love britpop dude :)

[@NKRevolution]

Just Footage ???

[@jamesjean-claude9285]

No Pixies? What kind of list is this? Even your number 1 Kurt Cobain once said he wished he wrote songs as good as the Pixies. To not even have them in honorable mentions is criminal.

[@joeschmoe3665]

Agreed that is a joke, Tom Yorke and Bowie give them high praise as well

[@halldormar]

Pixies should have made this list, including the top seat, and that’s that!

[@nachovichoZX]

Ultimately agree

[@soccertalker]

Honestly EVERY band in the 90’s alt scene was ripping off the Pixies.

[@franciscofernandes7192]

Your commentary kept me from watching this bullshit video. Thank you

[@marksimpson8193]

Surely nirvana, pearl jam, sound garden and smashing pumpkins are grunge. This opens the door for the pixies, joy division, the Smith's, new order, who are properly alternative.

[@IlokanoPINOY]

JOY DIVISION is a 70ies band and you mentioning NEW ORDER as well when they were JOY DIVISION before IAN CURTIS died.....

[@ernsthergenbeck872]

Additionally, there would have been no grunge without the Pixies. Cobain once admitted that he is rather trying to copy what they had done before. And poorly, if you ask me

[@ddm62571]

The list includes grunge.

[@swissidol8403]

smashing pumpkins weren’t grunge, they were explicitly shoegaze.

[@ddm62571]

@@swissidol8403 They were grunge

[@sparksoffyou]

“We were just trying to rip off the Pixies” - Kurt Cobain

[@johnlemmon6660]

Thank you

[@VarsityAthlete04]

Same with Radiohead

[@jeksixten5751]

Radiohead 💖💖😇

[@montycora]

But ended up ripping off Killing Joke Instead

[@scuffyplayramranch5256]

@@montycora Are you dumb

[@frantiseksimek9070]

I will save your time 10. Talking heads 9. The White Stripes 8. Pearl Jam 7. Depeche Mode 6. Red Hot Chilli Peppers 5. R.E.M 4. The Clash 3. The Cure 2. Radiohead 1. Nirvana Honorable mentions - The Smiths - The Ramones - Tears For Fears - Green Day - Sonic Youth

[@luisantoniodemorais6201]

To me, The Cure is #1

[@neonneko3563]

František Šimek tnx

[@jakubmoravec8662]

Dík Kámo

[@jamesdan6895]

František Šimek you are the second coming of Jesus

[@jazzybloom]

František Šimek thanks

[@johstybach]

“They have ONLY been together for 16 years” What? 16 years doesn’t seem too bad to me.

[@linkintheskywithrupees]

Exactly

[@tonybates7870]

That's what I thought - 16 years is quite a while for a rock band, unless you're the Stones, of course . . .

[@j-fpilote1576]

It's hard to make it 5 years in a band. They made it 12, that's pretty commendable. -Jason Newsted on Soundgarden.

[@davidscargil9145]

Hey Syd, Nearly everything You said about The Beatles is true. The Beatles were together for 10 Years. And i dream of another Band coming along in my lifetime,to equal or exceed them. I doubt it will happen though. Take care Syd Borat

[@tonybates7870]

David Scargil I doubt it too - the Beatles' story is stranger than fiction.

[@lrogue6196]

What about Joy Division New Order Oasis The Stone Roses Smashing Pumpkins

[@inukshukentertainment6643]

Good list but I'd replace Smashing Pumpkins with The Strokes. I think the Smashing Pumpkins are rock and not alternative.

[@cynicallydepressed1]

@@inukshukentertainment6643, the Strokes are JUST as 'rock' as the Pumpkins...like one more if you want, but whichever genre you put them in, they are in the same one. Also, just as a point of...logic(?), the Strokes essentially have one major hit single, so their impact compared to the Pumpkins, or even groups on the list I dislike, is minimal.

[@inukshukentertainment6643]

@@cynicallydepressed1 I'm not saying the strokes are better than the smashing pumpkins, I just believe the smashing pumpkins have a lot heavier music to have the title as alternative, don't get me wrong, I love both of them. Also, I'm not going to start an argument here, but I'm pretty sure the strokes had a bigger impact than the smashing pumpkins in 2001. Their first album "Is This It" is one of the best rock albums, if not the best, of the 21st century

[@CarrickWebb]

The Smashing Pumpkins almost deserve to be on this list but Billy Corgan can’t sing so that immediately takes them off.

[@nathanfoley8991]

rush

[@justatnight1103]

Pearl Jam and Radiohead two great bands that survived the 90's

[@yoshiwall5870]

Yes

[@SpicyPepperon]

I think Radiohead did more than survive the 90s, i feel like they really thrived in the new millenium

[@yoshiwall5870]

PrvtCaboosh I think they did better in the new millenium than in the 90s. In fact, they INVENTED the new millenium. In fact, they had a perfect 6 album run in the new millenuium, making them the greatest band ever

[@michaelfraser2119]

Wouldn't say the King Of Limbs is perfection, but I agree. Their 90s run IS perfection if you don't include Pablo Honey, which I think most Radiohead fans do anyway.

[@yoshiwall5870]

Michael Fraser TKOL is an iffy one, I personally love it even more than Amnesiac. But yeah, their entire career is a perfect run (post grunge).

[@aisthpaoitht]

The Smiths ONLY get an HM?

[@NKRevolution]

YAS!!!! THE SMITHS ARE AMAZING!!!!!!

[@marwig87]

+gumbo Maybe its because they went from an independent label to a major label. That's normally the sign that they've sold out but The Smiths kept their indie appeal. Don't get me wrong i like The Smiths, and I thank Johnny Marr for holding the band together for as long as he did and putting up with Morrissey's shit.

[@robanybody3446]

+gumbo Agree, the Smiths definitely should have been on the list. I agree to Nirvana being on #1, this is a decision I can understand. Most of the rest however, ahem ... Depeche Mode for instance, on a list of the most influential Alternative ROCK bands? Please? Give me a break. This has to be a sad joke .. I really like the movie lists by WatchMojo, but the music lists apparently and unfortunately can't keep up with them. So WatchMojo, please stick to films, that's where you excel.

[@doald]

+gumbo ya what a joke probably the only real only few alt bands that deserve a mention...........boy does radio suck pozer mucic!

[@paulhappyallsop4282]

I know, bullshit innit' mate?

[@RenR70]

“Only” 16 years? That’s like 4 times longer then most bands.

[@eddyvum]

Three days grace 20y

[@eddyvum]

Or more

[@jaimelannister1797]

Rolling Stones been together for 58 years

[@nayten0324]

Ikr lol, smiths were only together 4-5 years

[@duncan3998]

For a sec i thought she said 60 which would be way impossible.

[@Everest-dy1ih]

I love how they say the talking heads were around for 16 years and and like that's not a long time

[@tastefulsubstance]

It really isnt, most bands pull for at least 20

[@mohdfaraazyawarbari6486]

Fuck.. The beatles were around for only less a decade

[@stm9141]

I think it's a joke dunno

[@SammyJCuthbert]

Fun fact their first gig as a band was supporting the ramones

[@lerakxkorb]

@@mohdfaraazyawarbari6486 the beatles are the perfect example of a band being together for a short time. 16 years is also short. the stones have been together for like 50 years

[@octoberautumn9590]

Where is Pixies??

[@Certaminis]

+October Autumn Right? There would be no Nirvana without Pixies. They really perfected the soft to loud dynamic that many bands borrowed from.

[@yoshiwall5870]

Uncontaminated by Watchmojo's lack of taste

[@whatswiththatgrin291]

Here🍑

[@BarkesProductions990]

nirvana should be replaced with pixies. the pixies were hugely influential

[@yoshiwall5870]

Im Just A Water Bottle I wouldn't say REPLACED, Nirvana not being on this list is a crime, but they should be higher for sure.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Joy Division should've been on this list, or at least given an honorable mention. They're arguably the definitive post punk band, and have influenced a huge number of artists. Plus they went on to become New Order after Ian Curtis died, and New Order is also massively influential. Pixies should've been mentioned too, as well as Velvet Underground. The Cure are a little too high on this list. I'm a big Clash fan, but the Ramones were the ones that really started punk as a genre.

[@rumblefish9]

Joy Division is New Wave not Alt and so is New Order.

[@TheManiacKing]

Joy Division is post-punk you moron.

[@rumblefish9]

The Maniac King New Wave is a big genre asshole! A genre that includes synth pop, dark wave, new romantics, post punk and etc. New Wave just means the generation of musicians from England around the late 70s and 80s that emerged in the scene. Everything from Joy Division to Duran Duran to Depeche Mode to The Smiths is New Wave. They are NOT alternative and certainly not in the sense that "alternative" was defined after.

[@TheManiacKing]

"Soon, punk splintered into post-punk (which was more experimental and artier than punk), new wave (which was more pop-oriented), and hardcore, which simply made punk harder, faster, and more abrasive. New Wave was usually used a catch-all term for the music that directly followed punk rock; often, the term encompassed punk itself, as well. In retrospect, it's became clear that the music that followed punk could be divided, more or less, into two categories -- post-punk and new wave. Where post-punk was arty, difficult, and challenging, new wave was pop music, pure and simple." - www.allmusic.com/style/punk-new-wave-ma0000011872 Before you talk shit do your research first.

[@darthwolf2592]

I agree with everything you said but I would argue iggy n the stooges started punk

[@WardenKaz]

Thank you for not introducing Nirvana with smells like teen spirit

[@balortegaiii8710]

Solid Snake’s Persona lmao

[@epic9308]

It’s hard for me too agree but I do

[@simonbrown8533]

Solid Snake’s Persona yeah but they never mentioned any good talking heads songs:)

[@kahlilinigobuaron1931]

but they featured it on the beginning of the video with no audio

[@Toast_the_Toaster617]

Why not? That's the song that broke them out.

[@ciarandolan9222]

Imagine Green Day being an honourable mention

[@shaliniverma5734]

And the Smiths

[@anguskramer8660]

And The Ramones

[@calebdickerson2003]

I love Green Day but there are too many significant and game changing bands for them to be in the top 10

[@HOPEat]

I agree. Awesome live show!

[@thomyorkeenthusiast9979]

Tbh green day shouldn't be here in the 1st place since they're punk and punk isn't alt rock imo

[@DannyGesko]

K so have you guys heard of that one band called smashing pumpkins? Because they sure as hell deserved a spot

[@MrLump]

Peace Sells sorry, but I hate them

[@smoshbooz]

@@MrLump well thats just your crappy opinion m8

[@MrShahid0072]

@@MrLump who the fuck asked you.. lol as if you make these lists😂

[@JDrums_Games]

Yes

[@mccallosone4903]

i am not even a big fan, but i have to agree

[@calebdickerson2003]

I can't believe Red Hot Chili Peppers are so low and The Smiths, The Smashing Pumpkins and Pixies aren't even on the list

[@connordodson9150]

It’s watchmojo dude, lists always suck

[@balortegaiii8710]

what sp isnt on the list? that sucks

[@lunarscorpio3987]

I literally went here to see if they did a good job on it, but goddammit, this list sucked.

[@emiliachavez603]

AGREE

[@sotonsaints]

Fuck that if pixies aint on there

[@seventeenseconds1698]

You forgot the most important alternative band: PIXIES

[@anonymousnate678]

Right let's be honest Nirvana didn't necessarily do anything with their music that the Pixies hadn't already done in the years prior. Nirvana just added a bit more emotion to their music whereas Pixies were much more enigmatic with their tone.

[@simonbrown8533]

Seventeen Seconds I agree!! and they never mentioned Gary Newman!!!! Btw dope username

[@gabrielalbertoolivabautist1866]

and the smiths

[@knightArtorias123]

The Replacements kicks ass pixies and smiths, The Mats is the most underrated band ever

[@SoundSalesman]

Thank you you for actually having a brain

[@gregboyington4896]

Pixies, Joy Division, the Velvet Underground?

[@CharlieZColt]

Eh I’d say Velvet Underground counts as rock and roll rather than alternative

[@gregboyington4896]

@@CharlieZColt they are the first alternative band. Compare I Wanna Hold Your Hand to Heroin or Venus in furs songs from the same year.

[@JuanRamirez-rj5ws]

I feel like The Velvet Underground doesn't count as an alternative band despite being highly influential in the genre. On the other hand, punk rock, post-punk and new wave could enter this list because they are directly the forerunners of alternative rock and all its sub-genres.

[@JuanRamirez-rj5ws]

TVU invented noise rock, which is a story apart from alternative rock (although they are related)

[@josephmcfadden2963]

1) the smiths 2) the cure 3) joy division 4) radio head 5) depeche mode 6) the clash 7) red hot chilli peppers 8) REM 9) the White stripes 10) devo

[@NKRevolution]

YAS!!!!! THE SMITHS!!!!!!!!

[@mirkoplanow1297]

+joseph mcfadden definitvely! how could they miss Joy division, when there are Radiohead, Depeche Mode and the white Stripes on this List, who say, that they were inspired by the Sound and the Performance and experimenting by Joy Division. Americans.....^^

[@yoshiwall5870]

+joseph mcfadden Nice. I Love Devo.

[@callumclancy3512]

+joseph mcfadden apart from depeche mode that's a good list

[@imjimbo802]

Nirvana definitely deserved to win number 1

[@86RSJag]

When ‘The Smiths’ don’t make the list and Radiohead only get 2nd.... OUTRAGE!!!

[@skullsouljah2836]

Radiohead should be like 5 because they're better as art rock than as alternative.

[@JohnPrince80]

I agree with you about The Smiths but personally I find Radiohead to be overrated.

[@KendrickMegaFan]

Listen to motion picture soundtrack by Radiohead, now do you know why we love them so much?

[@cynicallydepressed1]

Radiohead's first two albums were great... After that, too much wandering around-art rock, which might still be 'alternative', but isn't as, you know...'good'. Even worse (for me) is their concerts are just endless guitar noodlings...I felt like I was at a Phish concert (to be clear, that is not a compliment). So, top 50, sure, but I can name at LEAST 25-40 groups more influential, better, more enduring. Now the Smiths not making the top ten...and I'm not a huge fan by any means, but how they got beat out by Radiohead, the White Stripes and Red Hot Chili Peppers is beyond comprehension. This was a poor list.

[@ddm62571]

I personally think Radiohead is over-rated

[@LuisRodriguez-ud2jl]

Uhm.....The Smashing Pumpkins anyone??? Not even in the honorable mentions??? Whatever...

[@leob4403]

Yeah it's a damn disgrace

[@weasel3k771]

Luis Rodriguez I know right. Most of these bands aren't even alternative rock. Just because they played wierd music that didnt fit into the popular style at the time doesnt mean that they are alternative. I mean The Ramones? Really? But you know, I wasnt surprised. Pumpkins never get on any list. Top N drummers? No Jimmy. Top N guitarists? No Billie. Pumpkins completely blow all these other bands out of the fucking water. Only RHCP and Radiohead are on par with them. Nirvana is the most overrated band of all times.

[@LuisRodriguez-ud2jl]

weasel3k The Pumpkins were my favorite band for about 2-3 years when Mellon Collie came out, and I still listen to them once in a while. I still get sucked into their music because it is so hypnotic. Not only did they make one of the most successful double albums of all time, they helped define what 90s Alternative Rock became...Not to include them in this list, and include other crap bands (some were 1-hit-wonders) is blasphemy. I mean, I consider the Pumpkins as the Pink Floyd of the 90s

[@weasel3k771]

***** "cringeworty"..."circlejerk"...picture of a rackoon..."thread"....Are you a 9gager by any chance? Reddit?

[@marcuscameron8274]

Luis Rodriguez I know mate, Oasis weren't on it either!

[@joshuaclayson2583]

My favourite bands in no particular order The smiths Joy division Foo fighters Nirvana Alice in chains Soundgarden Linkin park Fall out boy The arctic monkeys Paramore The 1975 Highly suspect Red hot chilli peppers Frank carter and the rattlesnakes Queen The sex pistols Ramones The eagles Led zeppelin The clash Green day Blink 182 Pearl jam Smashing pumpkins The white stripes The strokes Stone Roses Pulp Blur Oasis Wombats Royal blood Wolf Alice The interrupters Pale waves No Rome Moose blood Don broco The Beatles The Rolling Stones The who The beach boys The kinks The beastie boys Muse Radiohead The doors Fleetwood mac Sum 41 New found glory Jimmy eat world My chemical romance Franz Ferdinand The killers Neck deep Story so far Wstr The black keys Mumford and sons R.E.M Snow patrol Twenty one pilots Rancid You me at six Dexys midnight runners Journey AC/DC Guns n roses Aerosmith Black sabbath U2 Metallica The bee gees The carpenters Bowling for soup Bon jovi Kansas Madness The all American rejects Coldplay Slaves The pixies The menzingers Boston Manor Citizen Pup The Maine Brand new As it is Dire straits Meat loaf Bring me the horizon Descendants Kaiser chiefs Deep purple And many more I cba to name aha

[@LoekTheKing]

Absolutely mental

[@joshuaclayson2583]

Doesn’t include solo artists- Eminem, Elvis presley, David Bowie, John Lennon, Ed Sheeran, Prince, Michael Jackson, 2pac, nas, biggie, jay z, Kendrick Lamar, Jamie t, j Cole, James blunt, rakim, Billie eilish etc etc

[@renzolayacan2596]

lol

[@scuffyplayramranch5256]

@@joshuaclayson2583 Since when was billie eillish good

[@joshuaclayson2583]

Shrek since when was Shrek still funny to anyone over the age of 7?

[@mariuss72]

The Smiths honorable mentions???? You're joking.

[@ddm62571]

Yep! That joke isn't funny anymore! lol Sorry I couldn't resist.

[@benjaminsidneykidd-bentley3966]

Not Msrillion either

[@briankennedy1192]

@@ddm62571 very good lol. We hate it when our friends become successful! .

[@cynicallydepressed1]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529, stop self-identifying your self-loathing for us....just go get a nice rumble with lad in town...some of them love 'bears' like you.

[@Bimmer_Bill]

Agreed. Before the list started I was thinking nirvana and the smiths 1 and 2.

[@tommyhaynes521]

Mojo what the hell are you smoking ? The Ramones and the Smiths... honorable mention !!! Two of the most influential bands in modern times .

[@trentrez6643]

+Tommy Haynes The Ramones are punk, not alternative. The Smiths aren't alternative either, despite being labeled by some idiots as such

[@tommyhaynes521]

You could say that about many of the bands mentioned here . Where do you draw the line in terms of what's alternative or just rock , or New Wave or Punk

[@shko-mi]

+Trent Rez Same as The Clash, or RHCP not being alternative at all... it's the fact that they were pioneers at what they did that makes them an alternative to the music of that time.

[@onizzal]

Influence is not criteria for this list

[@tommyhaynes521]

J. ONIzzAL So none of these band we're influential ?

[@Miblive]

The Cure was, is and forever will be my favorite band of all time. Robert 'Smith is a fucking genius.

[@yoshiwall5870]

He is THE genius. Pornography remains my fav.

[@Miblive]

Yoshi Wall My fav is Disintegration but I also love Wish.

[@yoshiwall5870]

Miblive Classics

[@miked3168]

+Miblive you like their shittiest albums. The mainstream crap

[@Miblive]

Mike D So, you think it is mainstream crap but I don't.So now what? Should I just stop listening to it?

[@captainmidnight7865]

How dare you use Creep to introduce Radiohead...How dare you...When I am king you will be first against the wall.

[@fastbreak3837]

Don't worry, Karma Police will arrest em'.

[@briankennedy1192]

Most overrated poxy crap ever recorded!

[@briankennedy1192]

@Lisa Kerekes that's fine Lisa although you answered your own comment in a way I'm almost sure you would dislike some musicians / actors or the like who have very loyal fans and can do wrong in their eye's. I may have been a touch harsh in my thoughts but I don't know what it is, Radiohead and especially Thom Yorke really grates on my ears and eye's, I can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but it's God awful I can't engage at all. It's not a problem I have with any other group, except maybe milli vanilli, Thompson twins couldn't stand and maybe Kajagoogoo.

[@briankennedy1192]

@Lisa Kerekes lol someone knows the name of their "hits"

[@zacharywoodford8530]

Well it's the only half descent song they ever released so I can see why they did it

[@CB-ROM]

Where the fuck is Smashing Pumpkins?

[@NykeESS]

WatchMojo is a pro-pumpkin entity. They're not going to encourage any pumpkin smashing.

[@thepupils209]

+Christian Barker That is what I'm saying. Melancholy & The Infinite Sadness & Siamese Dream sold a shitload of records and made a shitload of AMAZING videos.

[@FusicPool]

+thepupils209 in the 90s there were right there with Nivanna, I don't understand why watch mojo ignores them whenever they can

[@instantshow4333]

+Christian Barker seriously.....not even an honorable mention?.....whether you like them or not they should have been acknowledged

[@aeondonahue1776]

Oh but red hot chili peppers. This is like the minions being higher than toothless.

[@hamagoloeoz8350]

At least they didn't play smells like teen spirit for Nirvana

[@fouziahasanmomo5297]

Hamagoloeoz But played creep for Radiohead

[@calebdickerson2003]

Fouzia Hasan Momo was about to say the same exact thing

[@kahlilinigobuaron1931]

hahahhaa very ironic

[@uncledarthy7573]

Overplayed , but still one of the greatest songs of all time. When it first came out it blew everyone away.

[@aurelioalferez3116]

Smells like teen spirit lover❤️🤘🏻

[@MJRiley878]

1. RHCP 2. REM 3. Nirvana 4. Pearl Jam 5. Green Day

[@artfacekillah]

nope

[@IncliningPizza]

Mother Fucking Senpai I love how there is a translation option below. God bless Germany. :P

[@thekillingjoke9329]

That list is shit and you aré a stupid, Nirvana id the best.

[@mysteryguy1234]

I agree with 1-4. I despise Green Day

[@haseebmahmood9663]

Well Eduardo, to call someone stupid over a opinion but spell the word is wrong is not a good idea.

[@billk9856]

I think the thing I take away from this list is 'Alternative' is a very difficult term to define. But that said it's difficult to accept any 'alternative list' without The Pixies, The Smiths and Joy Division. I think Talking Heads is a gimme as well.

[@scuffyplayramranch5256]

I Didn't Like Joy Division But Respect Them

[@bengrunbaum7197]

Or Jane's addiction, u2

[@tylerharaf5901]

I agree. I’m not a smiths or joy division fan but I know they were influential. I personally prefer sonic youth but I think you could make the argument all of those artists should make the lost

[@samhynninen]

The Smiths should have been somewhere around the middle. They influenced countless bands and Morrissey's lyrics are iconic when it comes to alternative rock.

[@marth_6126]

They should've been #freaking1

[@TomMcisaac250]

Talks about Nirvana, doesn't play Smells Like Teen Spirit. On behalf of every Nirvana fan ever, we thanks you. #ThunderousApplause #SmellsLikeTheOnlyNirvanaSongYouKnow

[@ToonTownFanatics]

I thought I was the only one extremely happy because they didn't play Teen Spirit!

[@rachelackee804]

I was so glad actually ♡

[@MrBrett566]

I like heart shaped box. There is a few more but I cant think of them atm lol

[@rageagainsttheanalbeads6044]

Yeah it honestly caught me off guard... xD

[@geoffp326]

Rune Ytterland ... Something in the Way, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies. Just makes you think how amazing the next album would have been. And breaks your heart.

[@smeercat]

I think Joy division/New Order should have gotten a mention. Both bands were ground breaking and original. Many bands cite both as influences.

[@IlokanoPINOY]

They are the same group but JOY DIVISION was NEW ORDER's original name before IAN CURTIS died.....

[@n.m5253]

@@IlokanoPINOY so what? Sonically they are quite different.

[@canuck21]

@Kevin Smith I don't know why you needed to tell the bands' history when it's pretty obvious the OP already knows it. He wrote Joy Division/New Order, the slash is there for a reason.

[@fugitive6549]

Their music is new wave not alternative.

[@paulgallon5738]

Smashing pumpkins didn't even make honorable mention🙄

[@kyrpakalle5922]

smh

[@scuffyplayramranch5256]

They Don't Deserve To

[@alexmalch]

@@scuffyplayramranch5256 stfu

[@alexmalch]

@Cherry Red + you don’t know where I live right?

[@nicholasnevola4811]

Top 10 alternaticve bands: 1. justin bieber 2. bruno mars 3. chief keef 4. shrek 5. lil b 6. nickleback 7. one direction 8. jay z 9. john cena 10. lil wayne

[@valeriexvegan]

no juicy j u bad

[@jacobsloniker3957]

Nicholas Nevola soundcloud.com/rucker-4

[@billiethepineapple8708]

So guud bist lest evr

[@chinojounin73]

Nicholas Nevola Where is Paris Hilton!!? she is the #1

[@BUDGILES79]

Trash list. No MattyB

[@MrTrampolineMaster]

1.pearl jam 2.alice in chains 3.tool 4.nirvana 5.pixies 6.white stripes 7.red hot chilli peppers 8.foo fighters 9.queens of the stone age 10.them crooked vultures

[@mattgable1335]

I agree with your list, but not them crooked vultures. They came together for only a short time to make some music. I agree that thier music is great but dosnt belong on a top 10 list of best alt bands

[@MrTrampolineMaster]

+Matt Gable ya that's why I put them at 10 but I love them so much I had to put them on haha

[@westprogamer3294]

+Austin Pugh you aint a fan of hansom davidoff are you?

[@MrTrampolineMaster]

Ebz Pogi LMFAO DR.HANSOM

[@charliejones9720]

Guessing you're American?

[@projecticeman365]

Smashing pumpkins are better than many on this list and should have been around 8 or 9

[@seanthemanoneal]

green day deserve 2

[@mil182]

Yes

[@seanthemanoneal]

Thank you

[@ivo8312]

agreed! (although considering my pfp I may be a bit biased haha)

[@seanthemanoneal]

+Annie ok cool

[@austintope6849]

Everyone in the comments is forgetting the band that basically started alternative music, the Velvet Underground

[@gregboyington4896]

Not me they would be #1. No other alternative band would exist without them

[@scottandersen4798]

literally create punk

[@imtiazahammedsabbir8211]

@@gregboyington4896 R.E.M is the best alternative band.

[@ElKilller]

I dunno why they aren't on the list

[@bengrunbaum7197]

He said 70s -2000s. Not 60s

[@exolprincess]

Top 5: 1.Radiohead 2.The Smiths 3.Oasis 4.The Cure 5.Red Hot Chili Peppers

[@NewtTehGuy]

My personal top 6: 1. Pixies 2. Joy Division 3. The Smiths 4. The Cure 5.Talking Heads 6. Sonic Youth

[@anz2233]

El Maestro Thank you someone who actually appreciates the pixies

[@ronj9448]

Reasonable list. You forgot Wire. I saw the Pixies in '89. They opened up for Fine Young Cannibals or Love and Rockets. Best times but didn't realize it back then.

[@dylan-zk3pb]

El Maestro I was think where the fuck sonic youth were as well and pixies and the smiths possibly the most important alternative band ever

[@severium8057]

El Maestro replace pixies with Nirvana

[@skylaminccino3580]

El Maestro yes pixies !!!!!

[@ciancampion5170]

01. Radiohead 02. The Pixies 03. The Smiths 04. Nirvana 05. The Cure 06. R.E.M. 07. Muse 08. Red Hot Chili Peppers 09. The Smashing Pumpkins 10. Pearl Jam

[@sammalla5238]

RHCP over Radiohead!

[@ciancampion5170]

Sam Malla nah

[@naviilleib8889]

has a Nirvana profile image prefers radiohead

[@ciancampion5170]

Navi Illeib mate that's Pink Floyd

[@martinmedrano6304]

lmao

[@laragio]

Alt should be divided in two: Original (DP, The Cars, The Smith's, etc.), and Post-Alt (RHCP, Radiohead, Pixies, etc.)

[@adecentmeal]

Sum Yungai three. Golden Age (88-91) so R.E.M., Jane’s Addiction. Faith No More, all those bands.

[@karinaube1750]

my list would have been: 1: radiohead 2: the cure 3: pixies 4: talking heads 5: the smashing pumpkins 6: joy division 7: nine inch nails 8: nirvana 9: red hot chili peppers 10: the smiths hm: new order, swans, pearl jam, depeche mode, muse, soundgarden, the velvet underground, the clash, the who, the white stripes honestly what even is alternative though? such a broad term, isn't basically everything not mainstream pop considered alternative? if so, i suppose metal and jazz also should be on the list? ah well, at least i either like or love every band in the video, including the honourable mentions, so i suppose i can't complain.

[@maddalenapistore8833]

I agree with you. Maybe "alternative" could mean that they can't be classified just with one single music genre. I love Depeche Mode , but I don't think they are alternative, as in the 80s new wave/synth pop was mainstream. Faith no more and Sex Pistols should be in the top 10. Please, you all have to consider that this is not "my favourite top 10 bands", but top 10 alternative bands!

[@tisalenassistrgar5524]

agreed!

[@adriangonzalez7666]

Do Radiohead Even count as alternative rock, most of their songs are slow paced melodramatic

[@clubdabalor9451]

That’s the reason you can’t make a list of best alternative band because it’s literally everything put into one genre

[@j.delongchamps7042]

Weezer too

[@ThisisBrownfield]

The Smiths is the most important alternative band of the 1980's.

[@TheRis81]

No pixies!!!???? That is a mega oversight...

[@y0sh1100]

no it's not, pixies are grossly overrated by idiots like you

[@lunamorrison5450]

roger daily ikr! i love them

[@TheRis81]

Lol ok then 😁

[@NKRevolution]

The smiths are great as well.

[@TheRis81]

Agreed

[@wcaddey]

Depeche Mode is now in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!

[@heyjuderabbit85]

Jetlag Productions Singer thank God!!!

[@randomheadful7190]

Finally!!!

[@christian9146]

They deserve that! Depeche mode is so Great

[@michael_dylino]

Joy division radiohead weezer ramones the smiths smashing pumpkins sex pistols and the strokes must be on every alternative list (like yeah)

[@injanhoi1]

I was very surprised Joy Division was not there. The Cure surely had to be on the top 5. Still my favourite group ever. They've been around since the late 70's!

[@AmseeTheGreat]

@Michel Dylino... Agreed! Id add placebo on every alternative list as well! :)

[@matthewmccauley98]

Thank you. Mike hit the nail on the head with the Strokes and Smashing Pumpkins. I listened to Is This It nearly every day for a decade and I still love that record. It's just perfect. Room on Fire is pretty damn close as well and every other album they have made is worth the price paid by far. I can't believe they included freaking Depeche Mode on this list. Ugh. People suck.

[@markx629]

The Smiths should be here and the Arctic Monkeys, Velvet Underground. OTOH Radiohead, The Cure & RHCP are massively overrated IMHO.

[@getsomebread1565]

Michael Dylino and so should green day

[@miked7295]

Your list doesn't make sense... You didn't include Pearl Jam & Nirvana in your Top 10 Alternative Bands of the 90s yet they are higher than Green Day in this list. (Who were in the top 10 of the 90s) I'm a big Nirvana fan but it just doesn't make sense.

[@rocketj2348]

+wolfnatergaming I don't know about number one...

[@theThomas1a]

In the top 10 grunge bands

[@theThomas1a]

They said they included their top 10 grunge and punk bands

[@cocoxo7873]

Same thing with Radiohead. Radiohead was #10 on Top 10 Bands of All Time. (Nirvana wasn't mentioned on that list). So how did Nirvana beat them on this least?

[@stdgchmpn]

Green Day is terrible

[@headkills117]

The Strokes anyone? I think they should've been mentioned at least

[@varcalfam]

true

[@yoshiwall5870]

+Vladamir Makarov Yes.

[@xiconp1993]

+Vladamir Makarov They sound really good but are not as expressive as these picks. I really like the Strokes, but they are nobodies close to RHCP or Nirvana.

[@headkills117]

Francisco Silveira Obviously they can't compare to those two bands as mentioned but they were one of the biggest if not the biggest Rock Bands of the 2000's. They were the spear heads of the Garage Rock revival.

[@dylancontento2267]

+Vladamir Makarov Definitely...I would have put them over the White Stripes at least but I guess they were more mainstream with 7NA so I understand why. Ask any millennial indie band though and they all site The Strokes as an influence so who knows...maybe they'll end up like the Velvet Underground and get some more recognition later. I'm just surprised they've never won a grammy or gone platinum with a record.

[@piratekid8099]

My favorite is nirvana, their music speaks so me in a way no other band does.

[@beth4942]

Same

[@gametoon8729]

Yeah same

[@scuffyplayramranch5256]

same

[@davidjveyna]

Same

[@acidpikachuuu4005]

my head hurts cuz i listen to nirvana and headbang its so awesome hahaha

[@kerorogunsou78]

Disagree! The Smashing Pumpkins didn't even make an honorable mention? That's not right...

[@jcvianna]

Smashing Pumpkins out and R.E.M. 5th. Laughs on it

[@daledillard844]

Maybe because they suckl

[@iliketrains3495]

Billy Corgan sounds like he’s vomiting out of his nose when he sings so... no

[@barrywilliams5232]

Smashing pumpkins and Foo fighters both should be somewhere amongst this list....

[@sirensnail2932]

I Like Trains corgan was a better song writer and musician kurt.

[@Ethan-yz6tj]

does anyone remember the jesus and mary chain?

[@madisonclairehomestead6957]

None of The Velvet Underground?? :(

[@madisonclairehomestead6957]

Still proud Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, and The Clash made the list. The Strokes for sure could have made the list..

[@jjsgaymes8452]

i agree

[@davidhatred1583]

which makes the whole list moot! melvins over nirvana, mr bungle over red hot chilli peppers and where the fuck were can???

[@abdoubenhamed9369]

Ifkr, The Velvet Underground is Alternative Rock

[@tovasstalin2927]

The Cure, enough said

[@gaup9986]

should be up there with nirvana

[@ethar7044]

I like nirvana, I really do but number one??? Really??? And The smiths only get an honorable mention ?? This lost is fucked up.

[@brandinogarcia9688]

Ethar the Smiths should have been within top 5

[@MrTw2009]

How does The Cure beat out The Clash, Pearl Jam, and REM?

[@Wastingsometimehere]

Disintegration. That is some well composed music right there.

[@TeamkillerHenry]

Nothing should have beat The Clash, most diverse out of all the bands here, and they fronted a musical revolution.

[@IdeenTVABC]

Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Offspring, Radio Head, Talking Heads, Oasis, RATM, Green Day. In no particular order

[@kaseywoody4951]

I would have added Stone Temple Pilots to that list.

[@lerakxkorb]

the alternative period of U2 in the 90s was amazing

[@sophiaha1090]

And Muse is where?

[@Fanchus]

In the trash can

[@brentbot3000]

"In the trash can" Just like your taste in music :)

[@GiveEmHellMCR]

That's it, someone is dying. How could you not include The PIxies? They were a massive direct influence on Radiohead and Nirvana (amongst other bands) and influence many, many, MANY more indirectly. Their sound is so unique, original and emotional, it is indescribable. Honestly every single song on Surfer Rosa affects me deeply. Caribou just echoes through my entire consciousness and makes me feel so alive, so creative and so passionate about music; listening and creating.

[@dudette0911]

Thank you for not introducing Nirvana with Smells Like Teen Spirit, or even featuring it in the video. That was refreshing. Anyways, The Smiths are forever my #1.

[@alexanderarnold8368]

Yes, the Smith should be in the top3!

[@hxrprxt]

Ya. But they introduced Radiohead with Creep. That's fucked up.. The Smiths rule.. My favorite..

[@borjasanchez918]

So, according to this video, "alternative" genre is basically every genre? From new wave to grunge through punk or postpunk. Am I right?

[@ddm62571]

Yep that's the definition of alternative music.

[@canuck21]

WatchMojo is not wrong about alternative music. The genre includes many subgenres from proto-punk to alternative dance.

[@dudelebowski9746]

Yes you're right

[@mareky505]

They think sth is alternative when is different from classic rock from the 70s

[@Alexvlogzz]

The Ramones only got an honorable mention wtf

[@NykeESS]

The Ramones are punk.

[@Alexvlogzz]

+Nick Axeman First line of the video

[@gabrielpaixaoful]

+Nick Axeman Punk is the first genre of alternative music mate, it's because punk was an ''alternative'' type of music to the mainstream scene of the mid-late 1970s (Progressive Rock, Soft Rock, Disco, Funk, etc.), and ALL the subgenres of alternative rock emerged from Punk Rock (Post-punk, Hardcore Punk, Grunge, Gothic Rock, Funk Rock, New Wave, Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Noise Rock, Noise Pop, Industrial Rock, Acid House), often mixing it with elements of others genres such as psychedelia, folk, electronica, hard rock, funk, metal,blues, reggae, hip hop, rockabilly, etc. It's common to confuse because of the huge coverage of the term ''ALTERNATIVE'' and it also happens with terms like ''INDIE''. I hope you understand me, 'cause my English is quite awful.

[@fabiennemare284]

+Alexvlogzz I don't get it either the Ramones were like the Punk Beatles

[@rjn8001]

+Alexvlogzz Sadly, the Ramones never really sold that many records. They sold more than a lot of the other obscure-as-fuck hardcore/punk bands they spawned but not as much as the Clash. Although, I think they should have made the list based on influence alone considering they almost invented alternative in general.

[@johnsmiht7491]

You guys should do a top 10 songs for each decade. Keep up the good work!

[@IMERMAIDMAN]

I really think green day deserved to be ranked, they have influenced so many bands, and have been VERY original, but lets get real, Ramones easily deserved to be top 5, without them you wouldnt have most "new" punk bands

[@STINKYPETE500X]

Yeah definitely! Nirvana is my favourite band, but seeing Green Day only an "honourable mention" was almost insulting. They're a great band... Not the best now, but they've had their moments. I kind of lost hope for Green Day being on the list when I saw RHCP at Number 5... Green Day really should have been on the list

[@JoshDone]

STINKYPETE500X I agree with you, SP, but you'd have to have the Ramones on this list before Green Day. Without the Ramnones, Green Day doesn't exist.

[@sunchip1111]

I can definitely understand where you guys are coming from, but Green Day was most definitely more punk than alternative (not saying they are a one trick pony), but they aren't a mix up a mix up or of styles other than garage punk. Don't get me wrong though, i love Green Day.

[@RedCartographerGames]

STINKYPETE500X Yeah RHCP ranked rather low, in my opinion.

[@Joshwalkertv]

I agree with your comment about the Ramones. But who do you think Green Day was inspired by? Ever notice how Billie Joe Armstrong and Joey Ramone sound very similar in their singing styles. And how they play power chords mostly rather than playing crazy solos and fast riffs? Green Day was inspired by The Ramones. So if the Ramones are not on the list, Green Day really can't be. In my opinion. But don't get me wrong, both are some of my favorites of all time.

[@foilhatters5132]

Insanity on a ALT list To not include .... The pixies Smashing Pumpkins A I C S T P Or Soundgarden !!!!! Try again.

[@matthewtaylor1785]

foil hatters I see you and me have the same taste. Grunge 4 life! 🤟

[@gaup9986]

Ik i was shook when soundgarden and alice in chains wasnt on the list..

[@ADIDINATION]

1 Oasis 2 Nirvana 3 Green Day 4 Foo Fighters 5 Coldplay 6 Arctic Monkeys 7 The Killers 8 The Verve 9 Pearl Jam 10 Cage the Elephant

[@Kandodndosjsoejwoe]

1)cage the elepahnt

[@orpheaaerts3650]

sonic youth and the smiths only a memorial mention??

[@eversongabriel7099]

Oh yeah, that's a shame.

[@drokbigkok]

you cannot make a top ten list of alt bands and not include the smashing pumpkins

[@camerondavis8011]

Derick Burke or Trapt or offspring or fall out boy or put Green Day in top 10 not honorable mentions like these people are wack

[@ToughAntMan]

Derick Burke Who?

[@fabiankellquist4630]

Derick Burke But mojo just did🤔

[@4juanrodriguez450]

" the cure........😎👍 What a great band

[@akvilemykolaityte6121]

Seriously, RHCP should be #1

[@samshebani9455]

Nirvana rhcp or greenday

[@yoshiwall5870]

The Smiths and Radiohead >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RHCP

[@francojuarez9350]

the chili Peppers should be #1

[@scottycameron5937]

Nah Nirvana is SOOOOOOOOOOO much better than RHCP, I mean RHCP could never beat Nirvana in any world.

[@DwayneIsKing]

+Scotty Cameron are you crazy!?

[@peterantalo]

Sorry but Radiohead is by far better than Nirvana. Nirvana is really good, but without Cobain's attitude it wouldn't be so famous. Radiohead is THE ALTERNATIVENESS in itself (btw, you shouldn't show over and over again the 3-4 most commercial songs from RH, there are some really (I mean, really) alternative albums just like Hail to the Thief or Amnesiac, bro's, You are talking about alternative music...)

[@slug237711]

I love you. Finally someone with brains around here. Yeah, we get it, the watchomojo office loves Nirvana, but it gets really tiring when they constantly top music list after music list. And I'm so glad you mentioned Hail to the Thief. Totally underrated album. They are so much better than Nirvana.

[@zitopr7204]

Nirvana is nowhere close to Radiohead. Radiohead is the more consistent and innovative alternative band ever

[@SebastianGonzalez-cf1jl]

1. Nirvana 2. Radiohead 3. Chili Peppers 4. Oasis 5. Pearl Jam 6. Green Day 7. R.E.M. 8. The Smiths 9. Sonic Youth 10. Stone Temple Pilots

[@averyce2]

How about The Cure?

[@chancewolff8268]

Green Day is very commercial but other than that it’s a good list but you could switch the top 3 spots interchangeably

[@BestInTheWorld84]

Oasis is overrated af.

[@maxmarks3503]

Oasis? Are you kidding me?

[@SYJ703]

This is the best list I have seen so far

[@matthewalbright7137]

Stone Temple Pilots are so underrated. They were such a great live band.

[@mccallosone4903]

agreed. they are the unsung 5th grunge band of the big four, and way better than frickin nirvana

[@dgemini2]

The Cure should have been no. 1 for the simple fact that they were around right at the start of the post punk movement and have continued throughout the decades, always staying fresh and relevant while bringing "alternative" into the mainstream. I would swap them with Nirvana.

[@arrysarantidis1854]

Not sure if i would put them above the clash. But, they were straight up punk rock Listen to 'so what'.

[@miltiadisathanasiou4058]

1. Radiohead 2. The Smiths 3. The Cure 4. Nirvana 5. The Clash 6. Joy Division 7. The Pixies 8. Talking Heads 9. The Stone Roses 10. Deepeche Mode

[@asparagusbear3323]

bump Depeche Mode insert RHCP

[@averyce2]

Great list. I would The Cure to ahead of Radiohead and drop The Stone Roses for Red Hot Chili Peppers

[@--REGULAR--REGULAR]

I'll just drop the Stone Roses and put the Strokes.

[@MFCMG23]

@@asparagusbear3323 wrong

[@seangavin1955]

You made a few mistake, should be: 1. The Cure 2. Siouxsie and the Banshees 3. Bauhaus 4 The Smiths But a definitive list is not going to suit everyone because everyone has their own personal list

[@natefusillo6578]

My List: 1. Radiohead 2. Nirvana 3. The Pixies 4. Muse 5. Foo Fighters 6. Green Day 7. Weezer 8. Talking Heads 9. Joy Division 10. Smashing Pumpkins (even though I hate Billy Corgan)

[@mingliyi9511]

Nate Fusillo thought foo fighters style is kinda heavier than just alternative rock in the early days

[@JuanCarlos-vb3gg]

@@mingliyi9511 but they don't were heavy metal and not grunge too

[@AltCTRLF8]

billy corgan was so good that even if you hated him, his band made your list (in which he wrote 99% of the material).

[@melike8824]

Worst than mojo’s

[@kittylitter114]

Muse!!

[@dieyounger1657]

love that they recognized the clash

[@lewisthompson1523]

Yeah but not The Sex Pistols?:/

[@LegoPack99]

Exactly. Pistols were also good, but their success was extremely limited…

[@Kandodndosjsoejwoe]

Check out cage the elephant

[@cal5754]

The Cure and The Smiths are my top two

[@solodemon9983]

I don't know why, but I'm kinda sick of seeing Nirvana EVERYWHERE. I just painted a red target on my back didn't I?

[@solodemon9983]

I know they pretty much started grunge, but... Was grunge really that important?

[@13dirty666]

Beamkatana Blazerose Green River started Grunge. And Nirvana are credited as the band who brought Alternative music to the mainstream world.

[@zenderas1434]

drewbieware Much like the Beatles, sure, they were good, but they arent as good as everyone says they are.

[@Juju_Miner]

With you 100% i'm tired of everyone hyping them up to be so amazing when in reality there mediocre. That's just one mans opinion though

[@alittletooraph9164]

Jake Deras THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mojojojo824]

Hearing the clash being called alternative is weird😂

[@JWSportsNetwork]

I know lol

[@JuanRamirez-rj5ws]

weird but it makes sense, punk, (along with post-punk and new wave), is the father of most alternative music.

[@omnik5850]

My top 5: 5. Radiohead 4. R.E.M. 3. Smashing Pumpkins 2. Green Day 1. Nirvana

[@r33bb29]

Omnik hahhaaahaha green day looool

[@SYJ703]

RHCP!!!!

[@Bimmer_Bill]

Green Day is pop punk

[@Kandodndosjsoejwoe]

pleeease listen to cage the elephant

[@stanleythedoggy]

Where are the Gorillaz?

[@wigibob3829]

On the top alternate bands of 2000s, not here though

[@handbanana1995]

Thank you

[@123er231]

Where the hell is Weezer?

[@capttoad8572]

ikr? at least RHCP was on the list

[@JacobTwoToo]

Mitsurugi Meiya THATS WHAT IM THINKING

[@mattreynolds110]

Mitsurugi Meiya Werner became mainstream

[@sammacfadyen2097]

Starman Deluxe but they were only 6? Behind REM?!

[@GNVS300]

Weezer suck, ^I thought the same, REM over RHCP, what the fuck

[@matthewche]

Once upon a time a young band from Ireland were big on college radio and alternative and new wave stations. They became the biggest band in the world. Today they are hated but what they did was bigger than any other alternative band ever.

[@ninamc6116]

Uh hello!! Right on

[@punter1]

Echo and the bunnymen shoulda been here also bruv

[@stelo1975]

Can't find top 10 R.E.M. songs on your lists. Can you do one pls?

[@RallyLancer95]

A great band that pretty much defined a genre I agree they need a top 10 song list

[@connorthesaucejones]

+Tim Beck Agreed, man. Radio Free Europe, It's The End Of The World As We Know It, and Man on the Moon are my favorites from them.

[@RallyLancer95]

Murmur, Document, Monster, and Automatic for the People are albums I just can't live without

[@mattgilbert7347]

+Tim Beck Reckoning and Fables are essential for me.

[@funwillfunwill]

+Steven Long Radio Free Europe, Nightswimming, At My Most Beautiful, 7 Chinese Brothers, Country Feedback, Orange Crush, Imitation of Life, Gardening at Night, Uberlin, and Fall On Me. Nearly every one of their songs is amazing and original though.

[@JenkinsJPEG]

no beck? I may be a bit bias but he did have a lot of influence on the genre and still has critical and commercial success.

[@JenkinsJPEG]

***** he was however included on the best alt bands of the 90's list so he can be on this one seeing as they are using the same rules for these lists

[@JenkinsJPEG]

Ethan's Tutorials fair enough. im just saying a mention'd been nice

[@johnnycto7576]

tyler finch Beck is great, but Beyonce had a much stronger year!

[@JenkinsJPEG]

John Nycto lemmie make this quick. we're not talking about the grammys, we're talking about careers. don't shove beyonce in to this conversation just to start a fight.

[@crispingoolsby6303]

John Nycto Germane comment?.......NOT!!!!!!

[@KryptoChronicutelite]

The Smiths, Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Pixies > The White Stripes, Depeche Mode. For fucks sake The Smiths were the most influential band of the 80's and only get an honorable mention...

[@johnbue903]

Just wrote Smiths before I saw you comment they should contact you cause they are way off although they got Nirvana right

[@lmbtcs1879]

weezer???

[@lmbtcs1879]

black keys???

[@oryxthemadbro3765]

I think they have different list for some of those genres.

[@NN-sl6wi]

Couldn't agree more with the smiths

[@krisbeavers954]

Where is Alice in chains

[@glenndrexler1677]

I agree were is "alice in chains"???

[@pheonstar23]

Replace Pearl Jam with Smashing Pumpkins.

[@MaEvProductions]

Replace Smashing pumpkins with Smashing apples

[@LouisTheGoat]

Replace eating powdered toast with eating smashed apples

[@WordsForStrangers]

fuckyeah! pre-adore though...

[@ivanlebo832]

Hell yeah!

[@symonnelson6740]

no

[@sebastianherreratapia7857]

1) The smiths 2) Radiohead 3) The clash 4) The Ramones 5) Muse 6) REM 7) Blur 8) The Pixies 9) Artic Monkeys 10) The strokes

[@karlalove5760]

Sebastian Herrera Tapia YES FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS THE STROKES!

[@0TTERROCK]

Sebastian Herrera Tapia ikr, Muse wasn't even on honorable mentions. This is my list exactly.

[@Basool990]

Muse? Lol?

[@paulandrew3319]

Basil Anon Muse is amazing what LOL?

[@Harry_Young]

Someone who finally mentioned The Smiths as the greatest

[@johnsmiht7491]

You should do a top 10 songs with multiple songs within them, like Bohemian Rhapsody or Band on the Run (which are like 3 songs in one).

[@McNippyG]

Jesus of Suburbia < 3

[@Maceta444]

Nope, they are 1 song. But you got too acostumed to the compressed 3min short bullshit music format of the new age. There can be very long songs with variated elements and still be the same song.

[@johnsmiht7491]

Yes they are still one song, but those separate parts could be standalone songs of their own...

[@TheJammyboy1]

pretty much ANYTHING by dream theater

[@FriedAbortions]

Anything by Mr. Bungle

[@bengrunbaum7197]

My top ten would be Ween, the cure, pixies, beck, talking heads, depeche mode, smashing pumpkins, Jane's addiction, pavement and radiohead

[@jamie05601]

Smiths Smiths Smiths Smiths Smiths Smiths... SMITHS

[@aliyahickey1188]

+Jamie O'rourke (MooreBond01) YESS

[@mattb121395]

The smiths are better than every band on that list

[@rhiannon9213]

thank you!

[@frame3139]

Agreed

[@natestorm1436]

+mb1213 the cure is better than the smiths

[@BB13131313]

You kids don't understand the significance of Nirvana! They opened the door for your favorite band. Without them the 90s would've been like the 80s with hair metal bands still popular..

[@InterScudetto]

That doesn't mean that there music is overrated. It's good, but not great

[@SuperRevolution9]

Kurt Kobain was a little junkie pussy who was depressed all of his life saying "OHHH NO I DON'T WANT TO BE FAMOUS" -__-. Killed himself like a idiot. That's why he grew popular cause of his death same with Heath Ledger, dumbass overdose on drugs.

[@BB13131313]

He was already popular as fuck like 2-3 yrs before he died..

[@jackm2499]

Finally someone who gets it. Most of these people weren't old enough to understand nirvana's significance

[@jonn_mace_80_95_]

***** I disagree. Nirvana had more potential for variety, especially listening/watching their MTV Unplugged performance which solidifies this fact. There was a lot of experimentation they could have done if only Kurt Cobain had not committed suicide (or probably murdered by his wife Courtney) on April of 1994.

[@13dirty666]

Pleasantly surprised with the list. Would've had The Smiths and Smashing Pumpkins over Depeche Mode and Talking Heads

[@kostajovanovic3711]

I disagree

[@Cespar997]

Kosta Jovanovic I disagree with your disagreement.

[@13dirty666]

Kosta Jovanovic thank you for disagreeing without no reasoning. I'd love to hear you opinion

[@Mata-Miramar]

I like all the bands you mentioned, but Talking heads was the first alternative band I got into..... and started the ball rolling. I think I bought Stop making sense (cassette tape) in 1984.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

depeche mode left a bigger impact than the smiths and smashing pumpkins

[@lukerussell2203]

Watch mojo: the smiths are an honorable mention Me: squeals so loudly my vocal chords are damaged and am now functionally mute

[@No_cia]

Pearl Jam!! Red Hot Chili Peppers!! Radiohead!!

[@yoshiwall5870]

With emphasis on Radiohead!

[@user-iq2oq8ol6z]

FUCK OFF

[@yoshiwall5870]

Ola Mola some people just don't like good music, I guess?

[@chard9509]

Yoshi Wall You look like those cancerous prog rock fans that keep saying repeatedly that their music taste is better than everyone's else!

[@chard9509]

Radiohead is awesome but a little bit overrated