Greatest Alternative and Grunge Artists

Criteria: - Here are the 100 Greatest Alternative and Grunge Artists. Artists are ranked by their influence, musical and cultural impact, originality, popularity, and creativity.

Newly added names are in Red

Edited By: XLionRampantX

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Last Updated 8-27-08

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Artists of the 2000s

Artists of the 1990s

Songs of the 1990s

  1. The Velvet Underground
  2. David Bowie
  3. The Smiths
  4. Pixies
  5. R.E.M.
  6. Nirvana
  7. Radiohead
  8. Joy Division
  9. Sonic Youth
10. Talking Heads
11. U2
12. The Stooges/Iggy Pop
13. Elvis Costello & The Attractions
14. The Cure
15. The Stone Roses
16. Pavement
17. My Bloody Valentine
18. Pearl Jam
19. Husker Du
20. The Smashing Pumpkins
21. Soundgarden
22. Dinosaur Jr.
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers
24. MC5
25. Jane's Addiction
26. Lou Reed
27. Tom Waits
28. Television
29. Oasis
30. Rage Against The Machine
31. Jeff Buckley
32. Nine Inch Nails
33. The Replacements
34. Brian Eno
35. Patti Smith
36. The Jam
37. New Order
38. The Jesus And Mary Chain
39. Massive Attack
40. Fugazi
41. The Fall
42. Alice In Chains
43. Beck
44. Blondie
45. Bjork
46. Weezer
47. The Jesus Lizard
48. Talk Talk
49. Morrissey
50. Public Image Ltd.

51. Mogwai
52. Cocteau Twins
53. Mission Of Burma
54. Wilco
55. Elliott Smith
56. Wire
57. Portishead
58. Slint
59. Blur
60. T.Rex/Marc Bolan
61. Roxy Music
62. Manic Street Preachers
63. Depeche Mode
64. Gang Of Four
65. Devo
66. Primal Scream
67. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
68. The Flaming Lips
69. Neutral Milk Hotel
70. Arcade Fire
71. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
72. Guided By Voices
73. Meat Puppets
74. Galaxie 500
75. The White Stripes
76. Violent Femmes
77. Echo & The Bunnymen
78. Modest Mouse
79. Liz Phair
80. Squeeze
81. The Modern Lovers
82. Pulp
83. Belle & Sebastian
84. Sigur Ros
85. Broken Social Scene
86. Yo La Tengo
87. The Dismemberment Plan
88. Queens Of The Stone Age
89. Stone Temple Pilots
90. The Verve
91. Interpol
92. Spaceman 3
93. Primus
94. Hole
95. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
96. Suede
97. Built To Spill
98. The Strokes
99. Spoon
100. Slowdive

  1. Soundgarden
  2. Nirvana
  3. Pearl Jam
  4. Alice in Chains
  5. Mudhoney
  6. Neil Young
  7. Stone Temple Pilots
  8. The Screaming Trees
  9. Mother Love Bone
10. Temple Of The Dog
11. Green River
12. Bush
13. Mad Season
14. The Melvins
15. Chris Cornell
16. Tad
17. Malfunkshun
18. Mark Lanegan
19. Silverchair
20. Love Battery
21. The Fluid
22. Skin Yard
23. The Verve Pipe
24. Brad

25. Hole
26. The Rockfords
27. Wellwater Conspiracy
28. L7
29. Jerry Cantrell
30. The Fastbacks
31. Radish
32. Sweet 75
33. Devilhead
34. Daisy Chainsaw
35. Bantam Rooster
36. Days of the New
37. Solomon Grundy
38. My Sister's Machine
39. Gruntruck
40. Fire Ants
41. Hater
42. Pigeonhed
43. Satchel
44. Stone Gossard
45. U-Men
46. Blood Circus
47. Babes in Toyland
48. Candlebox

1. Nevermind
    (Nirvana)

2. Superunknown
    (Soundgarden)

3. Ten
    (Pearl Jam)

4. Temple of the Dog
    (Temple of the Dog)

5. Dirt
    (Alice in Chains)

6. Mirror Ball
    (Neil Young)

7. Superfuzz Bigmuff
    (Mudhoney)

8. Stardog Champion
    (Mother Love Bone)

9. Dry as a Bone/Rehab Doll
    (Green River)

10. Deep Six
    (Various Artists)

1. Chris Cornell
    (Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Solo)

2. Stone Gossard & Jeff Ament
    (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog,
    Mother Love Bone, Green River)

3. Kurt Cobain
    (Nirvana)

4. Mark Arm
    (Mudhoney, Green River)

5. Eddie Vedder
    (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog)

6. Neil Young

7. Andrew Wood
    (Mother Love Bone, Malfunkshun)

8. Jerry Cantrell
    (Alice in Chains, Solo)

9. Matt Cameron
    (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)

10. The DeLeo Brothers
    (Stone Temple Pilots)

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
    (Nirvana)

2. Jesus Christ Pose
    (Soundgarden)

3. Say Hello 2 Heaven
    (Temple of the Dog)

4. Alive
    (Pearl Jam)

5. Would?
    (Alice in Chains)

6. Touch Me I'm Sick
    (Mudhoney)

7. Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns
    (Mother Love Bone)

8. Song X
    (Neil Young)

9. Interstate Love Song
    (Stone Temple Pilots)

10. Nearly Lost You
    (The Screaming Trees)

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