Yahoo’s 25 Best Alt-Rock Bands of the 90’s

You could probably imagine my excitement when I jumped online this morning and saw that Yahoo had compiled a list of the 25 best alternative rock bands of the 1990’s.

Then, it dawned on me that music lists on Yahoo are made up by this clown named Rob O’ Connor, but I still gave it chance.

While it’s not a bad list at all, he did make the mistake of leaving out some of the best. Bands like Radiohead and Pearl Jam (right there is no no) and even the amazing Jeff Buckley were not included. But, Pavement and Cracker were able to sneak in.

Basically, a bulk of the list is filled up with bands/artists that practically no one has ever heard of, like Giant Sand and Vic Chestnutt, and bands/artists that are safe bets, you know bands like Dinosaur, Jr. and Sonic Youth. Also, there are a number of acts that were around since the 70’s, like Tom Waits and Julian Cope.

Pretty much, this list was just written to once again inflate Rob O’ Connor’s ego. To prove how much musical knowledge and intellect he has.

Here’s the list, minus all the junk that O’ Connor added.

25) Sebadoh

24) Dinosaur Jr.

23) Sonic Youth

22) Pavement

21) Flaming Lips

20) Cracker

19) Beck

18) Weezer

17) Giant Sand

16) Afghan Whigs

15) The Breeders

14) Belle And Sebastian

13) Elliott Smith

12) Mudhoney

11) PJ Harvey

10) Nirvana

9) Guided By Voices

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

7) Vic Chesnutt

6) The Fall

5) Mark Lanegan

4) Julian Cope

3) American Music Club

2) Red House Painters

1) Tom Waits

What do you think about the list?