Title: The History of Rock Music in the 1990s
Headings: The History of Rock Music in the 1990s
The History of Rock Music in the 1990s
Off to Never Never Land
Enter the “Sandman” in 1991
Lollapalooza and the Alternative Nation
Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s Nirvana
The Grrrls With the Most Cake
Punk Goes Pop
Goo Goo, Growl Growl

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Melissa Bobbitt
Melissa Bobbitt is a music journalist with over 10 years of experience focusing on 1990s pop and rock artists. Her work has appeared in Paste magazine and MeanStreet magazine, among others. Her first novel (an Amazon Kindle eBook), "Normania" was published in 2018. our editorial process
Melissa Bobbitt
Updated April 18, 2019
Rock music from the Clinton era was diverse— loud, quiet and loud again. And the personalities were even louder. With a bit of suburban angst and self-effacing wit, the top rockers of the 1990s etched their places in history. How did we get from hair metal to heroin chic, Nirvana to "Nookie" and then end up with the “Higher” consciousness of Creed? We tell the tale here. Off to Never Never Land
The 1990s began musically as ’80s lite. Popular holdovers from the era of Aqua Net and cocaine such as Guns N’ Roses, INXS and ZZ Top still had a chokehold on the charts.