Best band of the 90’s?

I listen to Stereolab and REM more than any of the others listed..er..Stereolab wasn't listed.

 

Smashing Pumpkins. In the world of Metal, it would be Pantera.

 

Surprised LIVE is not on this list. They were my favorite band of the 90s.

 

Not many Oasis fans here.

 

It might have already been said but no Wu Tang, Tribe, Digables and many others makes this a tough list.

 

Eww. What a terrible decade. I really like some of those bands, but I just can't see my way to voting for any of them as best of a decade. So, the obvious answer is Dead Can Dance. Their last album was '94, but I kept them in heavy rotation for a long time after that. Needed to drown out the noise.

 

I know right, I voted for Oasis because they are by far my favorite band of the 90s. I also like Blur a lot, but I never have understood the love for grunge bands.

 

Mods and rockers thing.

 

Aimee Mann and band...

 

Alice in Chains

 

Bark Psychosis, Portishead, Sonic Youth.

 

Guided by Voices

 

Radiohead for The Bends and OK Computer alone.

 

It's obviously Radiohead.

But Doves should also be in the poll.

 

No vote for any of those on the list.

My vote would go to Porcupine Tree.

 

Catherine Wheel for me.

Doves' first LP was released in 2000. They are one of my favorite bands, if not my overall favorite band, of the '00s.

 

King's X

But of the bands you list, Soundgarden

Here's how I'd rank the bands you list:

Stone Temple Pilots | Alice in Chains (tied)
R.E.M.
Pavement
Nirvana
Radiohead
Faith No More
Supergrass
Blind Melon
Pearl Jam
Bush
Smashing Pumpkins
Sublime
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Pixies

I'm not really familiar enough with these to rank them:

Blur
Collective Soul
Elastica (never even heard of them)
Oasis
Pulp (not familiar at all)
Suede (never even heard of them)
The Verve
Weezer

Some 90s bands (sticking pretty strictly to artists who worked as bands, at least live if not in the studio) I like more than nineteen of the bands you listed . . . arguably some of these are just as much 80s bands, but you included R.E.M. and Faith No More:

2 Unlimited
African Head Charge
Aka Moon
Anthrax
Beastie Boys
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Belle and Sebastian
Bill Bruford's Earthworks
Biohazard
Black Box
The Chemical Brothers
Deee-Lite
Deus Ex Machina
Drive Like Jehu
Fishbone
Fugazi
Geto Boys
Jane's Addiction
Korn
Kyuss
Mansun
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Megadeth
Melvins
Meshuggah
Metallica
Monster Magnet
Morphine
Neurosis
Nine Inch Nails
NoMeansNo
The Orb
OutKast
Pantera
Porcupine Tree
Porno for Pyros
Primus
Prodigy
Public Enemy
Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ruins
Sepultura
Sigur Ros
Slayer
Sonic Youth
Stereolab
They Might Be Giants
Tin Machine
Tool
Tribal Tech
U Totem
Wu Tang Clan
X-Legged Sally

 

Suede is the best band of the 90's in my opinion. After that, I'd rank as follows:

1. Suede
2. Blur
3. Smashing Pumpkins
4. Trashcan Sinatras
5. Weezer
6. Ride
7. Oasis
8. Garbage
9. Saint Etienne
10. Radiohead

 

Top five

Oasis
Suede
Blur
Garbage
Pulp

 

You're right, for some reason I thought it came out in 99/

 

Suedes second album and their B-Side album rank among the best records ever made IMO. I've got Dog Man Star on vinyl and the vinyl re-issue is way better than the CD I've been listening to since the 90s.

It's hard to think a modern band would put out an album that ambitious now.

 

Supergrass got my vote.

Gomez might actually be my favorite, but they were only around for the final two years of the decade.

 

Gomez made 2 absolutely amazing albums. Their third was pretty good.... And then there was their 4th album... And after that I stopped paying attention.

Supergrass are awesome. I remember seeing them right when they put out their first single at the Red Rose in Rugeley. My first gig... Bluetones were supporting them. That was a 3.50 well spent!

 

A major shout out to Terrapin Station for bringing up X-Legged Sally in the best bands of the 90s.

I'd also add Joe Henry and Kula Shaker.

 

I voted for R.E.M because, although the glory days of the 80s were behind them they sit put out 5 killer albums in the 90s. Not too shabby indeed.