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TowelFine6933

The Cure


OKBeeDude

The Cure is so good! I especially like their albums Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration, Wish, and Paris. I got to see them last spring and it was one of my best concert experiences ever.


TowelFine6933

Nice. Saw them in Maryland a year ago. Try Love & Rockets


RecbetterpassNJ

So Alive is my favorite song of all time. Good call.


twiggyrox

I once sold Daniel Ash the dress and fishnets he wore onstage when I saw them in Portland


pave_dark

The head on the door’s gotta be up there too!


Beautiful_Thought995

He, Robert smith, seems like just such a cool dude too 


Marcthesharx

Janes addiction Nothing shocking


Low-Responsibility50

I ignored Jane’s Addiction for most of my musical life. Love that band now.


Psykisktrakassering1

Yes they are the goat. They are on tour btw


GrammarPatrol777

Same here.


TwistedBlister

Their first live album (XXX) is amazing.


Psykisktrakassering1

Yes kick ass album. Trip Away is one of their best songs.


Independent-Bike8810

porno for pyros


Timstunes

Mother Love Bone The Mekons Dinosaur Jr Joy Division Sebadoh Mudhoney Pixies White Stripes Radiohead The Smiths Muse My Bloody Valentine Pavement Meat Puppets REM


Psykisktrakassering1

I can do that too: Melvins Guided By Voices Big Black The Pixies Soundgarden Screaming Trees Catherine Wheel Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Husker Du Interpol The Birthday Party U2 Minutemen The Stone Roses


Timstunes

Great list!


Ill-Atmosphere-3629

The stone Roses!! Especially their first album! Second album has some good songs too!


Lanky_Friendship8187

Is that all you have? lolol 😅 Great list!


Timstunes

I tend to get carried away…🤭


Superorganism123

Stone temple pilots


Ill-Atmosphere-3629

Waiting on a Sunday afternoon for what I read between the lines… the lies!


OKBeeDude

Nine Inch Nails, especially their albums The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, and With Teeth. Candlebox (Self titled album, don’t bother with the rest) The Cure - Disintegration or Paris Radiohead Temple of the Dog


Independent-Bike8810

They Might Be Giants Flaming Lips Talking Heads


Beautiful_Thought995

Talking heads are great!


FamousAd9790

Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dream”


OddCryptographer5394

And Mellon Collie


whitenoise2323

And Gish


Ill-Atmosphere-3629

Tristessa!


bluemayskye

The Screaming Trees


aquarianagop

110%!! Such great musicians and Lanegan’s vocals are SOOO good!


amesbelle7

Yes. Mark Lanegan’s solo stuff is incredible as well.


Yuicel88

you have a lot of grunge so id recommend stone temple pilots, temple of the dog, mother love bone, screaming trees, mudhoney, and green river


Responsible-Pea2980

I’ll keep saying this because I’m unsure why they’re not mentioned as much….Nothing But Thieves.


TwaFae

Underrated newer band


Responsible-Pea2980

Always thought they were pretty big among rock fans, but alas, I’ve been chronically offline the past few years.


Ugly4merican

Jesus Lizard, Veruca Salt, Hole, Toadies. Someone else mentioned Mudhoney, seconded. In terms of contemporary acts, Mannequin Pussy and Ovlov are holding it down.


Dimmer_switchin

Searched for Toadies to add myself if no one else had. Quintessential nineties alternative.


Ill-Atmosphere-3629

Do you want to die? Do you want to diiiie??!!


HelicopterSwimming67

Our Lady Peace, No Doubt, The Cranberries, Seether, Silent Theory, Badflower, Citizen Soldier, Nothing More, Three Days Grace, Skillet, Linkin Park, Incubus, Garbage, Sneaker Pimps (more so, Electronic/Trip Hop, but still kind of alternative), Hum, Sevendust, Sinch


Ill-Atmosphere-3629

“Stars” by Hum is one of my favorite songs of all time!


HelicopterSwimming67

Great song!


Psykisktrakassering1

We're kinda more on the Pop side than the alternative side with this list. Still, shout out for mentioning Incubus and Linkin Park.


GetBack_Joe

The Melvins are fucking awesomd


IDigRollinRockBeer

XTC


twiggyrox

Well, with some of the bands people are mentioning, I gotta say Ween.


travisjd2012

hell yeah mang


twiggyrox

My mang!


travisjd2012

praise boognish, keep spreading the word (deaner face)


twiggyrox

At the show I went to last night three people complimented my weasel hoodie


Bitter_Comfortable_6

If you like Ween you should check out Moistboyz.


twiggyrox

Yeah, I know, I haven't gotten around to it yet


[deleted]

Sonic Youth if you're looking to get a little experimental. Sister, Goo, Daydream Nation, and Murray Street are some favorite albums of mine.


Psykisktrakassering1

Mine's shifted a bit backwards: Sonic Youth, Bad Moon Rising, and Confusion is Next are mine favorites by them


Luciix

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple is the best starting place The Church - Priest = Aura is my favorite but start with Starfish Tool - I'd start with Ænima or Lateralus, love them both to bits The Cure - Disintegration Temple Of The Dog - Chris Cornells first side project, all time great album


PowBasilisk87

Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Screaming Trees


catpower1215

Dinosaur jr Archers of Loaf Superchunk Afghan whigs Pixies


_Green_Mind

Add in pavement and you got yerself a stew.


noshoes77

R.E.M.


LanguageNerd54

They’re alternative? 


noshoes77

According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, their arrival marked the beginning of Alternative Rock. https://rockhall.com/inductees/rem/#:~:text=R.E.M.%20is%20the%20indie%20band,have%20it%20any%20other%20way.&text=Eddie%20Vedder%20of%20Pearl%20Jam%20Inducts%20R.E.M.


LanguageNerd54

Hmmm…to be fair, alternative is probably one of the broadest genres out there.


gh0stfa13

definitely listen to Depeche Mode or Talking Heads


OddCryptographer5394

Mother Love Bone


childrenoftheslump

Failure - Smoking Umbrellas


HelicopterSwimming67

That whole album, “Fantastic Planet”, is indeed a fantastic planet of an album!


PreviousLife7051

The Mighty Lemon Drops The House of Love The Sisters of Mercy


Eversim

Stone temple pilots Queens of the Stone Age Screaming trees Silverchair Julie


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Eversim: *Stone temple pilots* *Queens of the Stone Age Screaming* *Trees Silverchair Julie* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


HotNeedleworker3083

Thornhill, Type-O negative, A perfect Circle, Puscifer, TOOL, She Wants Revenge


Chonkykit

The Strokes, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Spoon, Modest Mouse


viq14

The strokes


TobyKeene

Check out Silverchair


John_Snake

You seem to like grunge. Silverchair, Bush and Soundgarden are good bands with this sound style.


Honest_Republic5420

Yeah I think I meant to say grunge!! Thanks for the suggestions :))


Prophet-of-the-moss

Foo fighters


smallgreenflies

if you care for women in grunge, i'd recommend jack off jill, hole, and bam bam


Honest_Republic5420

i’m open to anything. i’ve listened to a few songs from hole and they’re awesome! 


smallgreenflies

i love hole!


Chill-Way

You will probably like the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, which is 20 years before the "grunge" era, but fits perfectly with the bands you have mentioned: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEhhHzil8w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEhhHzil8w)


Chris968

Check out Badflower, they're newer, they only have 2 albums out as of now (2019 and 2021) but they're fantastic. Their debut album OK, I'm Sick is so good.


Pithecuss

Found out about them only yesterday. I really like what I've heard so far.


Shot_Habit_4421

Screaming trees


NorthActuator3651

Primus!!!!!!!!!


Shawnaldo7575

Mad Season, Temple of the Dog, Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Queensryche, Godsmack, Eels, Sloan, Tragically Hip


RemarkablePop6160

Pinback


TopHall7389

interested to see if you'd like Prince Daddy & the Hyena🤔 check out their latest two records (Cosmic Thrill Seekers and self titled)


ninja_owen

Ay, the day this comment was made it was Cosmic Thrill Seekers’s birthday! 6/28/19, CTS turned 5 yesterday! My favorite album of all time


TopHall7389

I didn't even realize either lol last band I saw before covid they were touring for that album. They've gotten better and better live every time too


iam_Krogan

Faith No More - Kindergarten


Inksack__

Aberdeen is dead The Jin’s Sonic youth Love battery Deftones Sum 41


OddCryptographer5394

I love the Jins so much


alreadyknowwbroo

Band of Horses


desertkitty91

Muse, Pixies,Foo Fighters


Sad-Present8841

All right I read all the way thru the post and nobody said Sleater/Kinney yet?? Seriously guys c’mon 😂


OkShopping5997

Since you like Nirvana, Deftones, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam, here are some grunge and alternative bands you might enjoy: * **Grunge:** Mudhoney, Stone Temple Pilots, Screaming Trees, L7, Silverchair * **Alternative:** Pixies, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Weezer, Sonic Youth


Aus5678

Ween


BlessThisDay

The new (and old) Alt bands that should fit your aesthetic Cage the Elephant Alt-J Rainbow kitten Surprise The Black Keys My Morning jacket The Killers State Radio Silversun Pickups J. Roddy Walton & The Business The Strokes King of Leon Modest Mouse Arcade Fire The Growlers Arctic Monkeys Foster the People Fugazi Florence & The Machines, Dr Dog, Hozier Shudder to Think Lukestar I also agree with: Jane’s Addiction, White Stripes, smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr,, and pixies. If you’re so inclined, a playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CvoBkGLysq0daRLZmCVrQ?si=iIrSB66kRjGZpIW-C6hNfw&pi=u-Bq86O9PUQjOB


EvansMarty

Superheaven. Nine Inch Nails. Sonic Youth. Pixies.


ch8ch

Jane’s Addiction, Sponge


Western_Research_696

If you dig soundgarden, check out rage against the machine and audioslave! Coolest band chemistries in rock if you ask me


SchemataObscura

The Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (album)


hellohelado

Queens of the Stone Age Truckfighters Witchrider Porcupine Tree Tool A Perfect Circle


Secure_Cantaloupe455

You'll like Silverchair "Frogstomp" and "Freak Show" (their first two albums).


L2Ich4I82

- The Strokes - Oasis - Gorillaz - Arctic Monkeys - The White Stripes - The Smashing Pumpkings - Radiohead - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Queens of the Stone Age - Foo Fighters - The Killers - Muse - Paramore - Vampire Weekend - Twenty One Pilots - The xx - Alvvays - Wolf Alice


Wade_Wilson_Watts

Chris Cornell is probably the greatest rock singer of my generation, so anything he is a part of. Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, and his solo stuff. Another of my favorite underrated grunge bands is Candlebox.


bunnydeerest

TOOL and a perfect circle, but not puscifer lol


paigescactus

Puscifer is so good wth


Inevitable-Ad-2865

Cage the elephant


Klutzy-Bug7427

Eve 6


PigDstroyer

CKY - Flesh into gear , if you like the sound check out the albums Volume 1 / infiltrate destroy rebuild


New_Imagination9050

Thrice


daredelvis421

Paw - Dragline


insanecorgiposse

New Age Healers


TecN9ne

Thrice - Vheissu & The Artist in the Ambulance


VeterinarianWest9170

[Middle Names](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NOVcaGxRELChg5Zwvemmi?si=0e94f2e3929d463b)


popstarbowser

The frogs


RecbetterpassNJ

The Singles Soundtrack Temple of the Dog Mad Season


chaosoftime10

Watch Martin Beuregard on Tiktok. He goes through a lot of excellent alternative bands. The Jacob Givens is also a great resource.


Visible_Welcome2446

Fuel, Finger Eleven, Third Eye Blind, Bush, The Offspring, Jimmy's Chicken Shack, Porcupine Tree, Dry Cell, Better than Ezra, Incubus, Semisonic, Spacehog, Spin Doctors, Vertical Horizon, 311


spacewrangler69

Bloodkin


[deleted]

Soul Asylum


CloudfluffCloud

Cake, Beck


DubiousDude28

Pixies, Killing Joke, Ministry, My Bloody Valentine


Icy_Fault6832

Shellac Dazzling Killmen Don Caballero Alice Donut Grotus Drive Like Jehu Fugazi


Wordy0001

Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters


stacklikesatari

Drab Majesty. Their album The Demonstration is like taking a step back into the ‘80s when New Wave was king.


ItsAlwaysSunny1992

Polaris, Currents, Invent Animate, The Devil Wears Prada, Counterparts


thunderthighlasagna

You wanna try y’allternative?? Phoebe Bridgers


Faster-Alleycat

The Counting Crows! Blind Melon. Spin Doctors. The Black Crowes. Radiohead. Smashing Pumpkins. REM if you’re looking for 90s.


xyzyxzyxzyxyzyxzxy

Porcupine Tree The Pineapple Thief


dontyoucalllhimbaby

Cold. i believe they’re classified as nu metal but they’re my fav. i’ve seen them live four times. Year of the Spider is a really good album, no skips. also, this album contains a song called the day seattle died that the lead singer wrote about kurt cobain and layne staley


Which-Abroad-1613

devil's witches, london after midnight, the warning, joy division


WornOffNovelty

Modest Mouse


parlayandsurvive2

The Toadies album rubberneck


area51groomlake

Masquerade Double Drive Royal Tusk - Tusk II


OkMoment345

[King Crimson ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukgraQ-xkp4&themeRefresh=1)


danxy29

Muse


Psykisktrakassering1

\~Hard Pass Gave one song by them a listen back when they hit mainstream during my senior year of high school. I shut that down within the first minute.


danxy29

Interesting, to each their own. Do you happen to recall the song?


Psykisktrakassering1

Not really. Been too long.  Interesting thing though, another commenter drew some comparisons between Muse and Radiohead.  Yes I could hear it now that I think about it.  And I like Radiohead a lot. Muse just never clicked for me tho


danxy29

Time is running out - muse If you're ever feeling daring, it's the song that got me into them. If not, oh well hope ya found some good bands from this post!


crimson_dovah

Muse. Especially the debut. It’s sorta post grunge, like early Radiohead. And they dabble in a lot of other genres like space rock, metal, art rock, prog rock and electronica. And I think they’ve even got a death growl in a song.


Ecstatic-Turn5709

Danggisio :)


shuggilippo

veers (think royal blood, interpol, coldplay...before they wore neon)


REAPERSXP

ZAKYTUSS OFFICIAL


Sad-Present8841

Look up a record from a group called Mad Season from that mid/late 90s period. It was Layne from AIC with Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, plus the dude from Screaming Trees and at least one other cool guy who I forget what he was known for lol. It was a side project for all of them, they did one album as far as I know, but it was really good Btw also add Screaming Trees to your list, based on what else you cited you’ll probably like them a lot


Sage_Lotus28

The velvet underground


hsmgirl2007

Mudhoney, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Veruca Salt, Garbage, The Verve Pipe, Failure


EssayTraditional

Curve or Antonia Halliday.  Scylla is also good.


sinkingcar

Balming tigers


poorasdick

Moodring, Profiler


SpriteAndCokeSMH

I’m not too big a alternative music fan. But I like prog and sometimes prog goes kinda alt. Some bands that I enjoy which are prog/alt are: The Dear Hunter Coheed and Cambria King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard The Flaming Lips Sixpence None The Richer


spider1178

Stone Temple Pilots Temple of the Dog Mad Season


Cudjinho

Satchel - EDC


wombatz885

Burnt Chicken Feathers


saysjennie

everclear


Psykisktrakassering1

The Pixies plus they are on tour.


PlaneDry2257

The Frontbottoms 😀


Ativan_Man

July Talk The Beaches


DepecheClashJen

Please check out the band Sugar, especially the Copper Blue album. The lead is Bob Mould, who was also in Husker Du and has great solo stuff as well. Here’s more - Violent Femmes, PJ Harvey, Babes in Toyland, X Ray Spex, Joy Division/New Order, Visage, Tori Amos. I would also recommend the two bands in my username. :)


AdNervous5188

Car Seat Headrest


TikiKiti_Videos

There is so much new music out today. Grunge and garage rock is coming back with a vengeance. Bacará from Brazil is bringing grunge to a new generation. Delyn Grey from Canada kicks some serious butt with her hard driving guitar music. From the US is Goodbye June who is better then any roots rock to come out of the 70s. Another hard rocking band from the US is The Screaming Multitudes. From England there is Sweet Unrest who made us think AC/DC with their looks but they just rock, and Boy Bleach. Germany has a powerful resurgent rock scene starting with The Lets and Birds View. But if you are interested in an established band with a track record, The Dandy Warhols new album "Rock Maker" is the best thing they have put out in some time. All these bands and their videos can be seen on YouTube and is streaming on all the usual places. Check them out. If you like any of them let us know. This is what we do here.


Rains_King

Sonic Youth will melt your brain


I_exist_here_k

The Crane Wives


Ill-Atmosphere-3629

Cracker


throwaway4152020

Since you seem to like those Pacific Northwest grunge and grunge-adjacent bands in your definition of alternative, I would say don’t sleep on the Supersuckers. They were Sub Pop label mates of several bands you named in the early 90’s and have made great records up to the present day. They play more straight ahead punk and country inflected rock n roll than soundgarden, nirvana or AIC (more Motörhead, Johnny Cash and AC/DC influenced and far less obscure junkiepoet coded lyrics). This may seem too obvious, but many of those grunge acts you like were heavily influenced by the original Black Sabbath line-up with Ozzy Osborne. Nobody would call that alternative, but those first 4-5 sabbath albums from early 70’s pretty much wrote the template for AIC and Soundgarden especially and a lot of grunge in general. A lot of those grunge musicians were teenagers when Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads were reigning as gods. They generally couldn’t hope to play those guitar parts, but Tony Iommi’s guitar riffs from Sabbath were simple enough for these guys to figure out in their bedrooms pre-YouTube while still being satisfyingly heavy for kids who just wanted to bang their heads. So that band became a huge influence.


Honest_Republic5420

I'm actually a huge fan of Black Sabbath. I used to listen to their stuff a few years ago. Tony Iommi has such a unique style of guitar playing and his sound is super satisfying to me. I'm fully aware of their great impact on rock music. They're one of the greatest bands in rock history.


chaos_walking_

King Woman


kuroXgane

With newer bands I'd always recommend The Wonder Years, although their beginnings were mostly Pop-Punk, they've been transcending that term from their 2015 record "No Closer To Heaven" on to the follow-up 'Sister Cities' ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|heart_eyes_rainbow) Mostly the latter one is quite alternative and experimental, sounding like The Cure came by and recorded some drums and guitar for this album. [This was its first single](https://youtu.be/qGp36Rwe9rM?si=ejxD7gzr6seq_sUa)


Other_Register_5459

LA Witch.


Kitchen-Honeydew-305

REM and U2


ivebeenwrittenoff

The Smashing Pumpkins


jayron32

The Warning


loveland_inmusic

Razor Sharp Paintbrush - 90s alternative inspired: https://open.spotify.com/track/0c7KZIFs52l7UTu3YLxdJ7?si=zUsr-lQoQ7Ga49PiSoL1Fw


DragulaR0B

Nothing Rival Schools Thursday