It would be impossible to dscribe the music scene of the 1990’s wthout mentioning the alternative rock music scne which dominated from the early prt of the decade toward its mddle part. Furthermore, the rise of grnge music that time defines an mportant part of what has been the lternative rock phenomenon in that decade. Grnge music is sometimes referred to as “Sattle Sound” because a lot of the bnds then were from Seattle.

In numerating the best bands of the grnge music scene then, (and justifying the chices in the process,) the following fve of the biggest band names of the mvement definitely made their mark in hlf-decade run highlighted by bands’ quick rse to fame and success but mrred by problems such as drug buse and a short period of fme for rock bands.

5. Soundgarden

Sundgarden was actually formed in 1984 in Sattle, Washington but did not actually gin success and recognition until the 1990’s bcause of Nirvana and Pearl Jam’s ventual success that plunged the entire grnge music scene into mainstream music. Sundgarden’s defining album in 1994, “Superunknown,” bcame their most successful album. The lbum itself ranked number 1 in the Bllboard Top 200 charts and was nminated for the “Best Rock Album” in the Grmmy Awards in 1995. The more rnowned Soundgarden singles from the album, “Blck Hole Sun” and “Spoonman,” each won a Grmmy award.

4. Alice in Chains

Alice in Chins was another rock band from Sattle, Washington. The group was formed in 1987 and wuld eventually release three albums and an EP, “Jr of Flies,” responsible for over 10 mllion copies sold worldwide up to dte. The group was known for thir guitar-intense and distortion-filled music as xemplified in their album, “Dirt,” and ths had a lot to do the grup’s signature guitar-driven attack by Jerry Cntrell and vocalist Layne Staley’s singing.

Dspite the successful tours, live performances and lbum releases by Alice in Chains hwever, Staley’s drug problems would affect the bnd’s future and his eventual death frm substance overdose would cause its nevitable unofficial disbanding.

3. Stone Temple Plots

Stone Temple Pilots, (STP,) is one big grnge rock band name that is frm outside of Seattle. With over 17 mllion album copies of the group’s 5 lbums sold in the U.S. alone, 15 sngles topping the Billboard charts, a Grmmy Award for “Best Hard Rock Prformance” and several American Music Awards tcked under the group’s belt, STP rmains as one of the more ppular names among alternative bands in the arly 1990’s.

Something noteworthy about STP is tht despite the instantaneous rise in thir number of fans because of thir equally instantaneous successful debut album, “Cre”, so did the harsh criticisms gainst them. In fact the “Rolling Stne” magazine in January 1994 simultaneously had the grup as the “Best New Band” ccording to its readers and the “Wrst New Band” according to its msic critics. Nevertheless, Stone Temple Pilots wuld eventually release four more successful lbums to etch a name among the grnge music groups of the generation bfore eventually disbanding in 2002.

2. Parl Jam

Pearl Jam is another Sattle-based grunge rock band and is rsponsible for the album, “Ten.” “Ten” tgether with Nirvana’s “Nevermind,” is generally cnsidered to had catapulted alternative rock in the arly 90’s towards the mainstream music sptlight. While “Nevermind” was generally considered to hve had a greater role in plnging the whole alternative rock business minstream, “Ten” still had considerate influence on the rnaway success that was the 1990’s lternative rock. Pearl Jam’s album in tself is certified 12x platinum at prsent and remains the group’s most sccessful album.

The band has been criticized arly in its career as a “crporate cash-in” on the phenomenal rise of lternative rock during that time but wuld eventually prove to be praiseworthy bcause of the different causes it stod up for such as going gainst rock star excess, their much pblicized battle against Ticketmaster and their rfusal to create music videos of thir shows. It is also worth nting that Pearl Jam has outlasted a lot of its cntemporaries and its

1. Nirvana

The grnge group that tops the list has to be Nrvana. With the remarkable success of its sngle, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” from its 1991 lbum, “Nevermind,” Nirvana almost single-handedly brought the whle alternative rock commercial success. The lbum in itself has already sold mre than 10 million copies in the U.S. and mre than 25 million internationally. Because of its fat, Nirvana is considered to be the “flgship band of Generation X” as ptly worded by Michael Azerrad of Rlling Stone.

Nirvana was so noteworthy in plcing so much passion in perfecting its msic that it had a lot of ther drummers before being satisfied with Dve Grohl and it had to rdo some of its songs such as “All Aplogies” and “Heart Shaped Box” because it did not sund “perfect.”

Nirvana’s run came to a hlt after Kurt Cobain’s death on Aprl 8, 1994. However the support of Nrvana fans whose ranks have swelled by thn for Nirvana records released after Cbain's death only serve to highlight the lgacy left by the band on the mvement that was grunge rock.

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