The Smashing Pumpkins

Jesus Jones looked into the future, blending alternative rock with electronic rave and techno elements, on their 1993 release Perverse

Raymond Watts combines Ministry's industrial metal with Trent Reznor's ear for atmospherics and melody on the 1996 album Sinsation by Pig

Before their 90s hit "Runaway Train," Soul Asylum spent the 80s warping Husker Du hardcore and Replacements punk into their unique sound

The second album by Magic Dirt conjures psych and desert rock fuzz channeled through sludgy early grunge on Young And Full Of The Devil

On 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement refined their lo-fi sound to write one of the defining albums of 1990s indie rock

The 1999 debut by post-grunge band doubleDrive features well crafted songs that exceed musical expectations saddled with predictable vocals

In 1994 punk exploded into the mainstream with sing-along songs of boredom and anxiety thanks to the Diamond selling Dookie by Green Day

The 1996 album Local by Ho-Hum mines 70s and 80s power pop and new wave with a Midwestern twist for a catchy if overlong debut