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

Nü Metal rose to prominence in the mid 1990s and brought a cross-pollinated sound to a generation raised equally on hip-hop and metal

The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking marks a high for the provocative punk band that knows how to craft one and two minutes pop-punk gems

We take a special trip back to the '80s Nardcore scene with the 1984 compilation It Came From Slimey Valley

The lone, obscure full-length by The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre is a rowdy, rollicking, and occasionally offensive cowpunk hidden gem

Jawbreaker's 1995 album Dear You blended raw emotion with melodic punk, but polarized fans with polished production and a cleaner sound

Samiam evolved from Bay Area skate punks to emo-tinged pop-punks on 1997's fan-dividing You Are Freaking Me Out

Moving to a major label for their eighth album, Stranger Than Fiction, Bad Religion kept the lyrical fire but upped the production quality

Punk rock legend Dave Smalley (All, Dag Nasty) discusses new music from Don't Sleep, his extensive Down By Law output in the ‘90s, and more

With Jets To Brazil's debut Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Blake Schwarzenbach expanded on the Jawbreaker sound with a heady post-hardcore twist

Though the tragic story of Mia Zapata dominates their story, The Gits 1992 album Frenching The Bully is worthy of its own discussion

Face To Face's 1999 stylistic shift from skate punk to alternative rock alienated some fans while others discovered a deep and layered gem

Ben & Ali of Zebrahead join us for a discussion rap-rock in the ‘90s, finding an audience in Europe and still cranking out tunes

Tape hiss, four-tracks, and more - we explore the world of lo-fi in the 90s and ask if it's just a recording technique or a genre of music

On their fifth album and major-label debut Eyewitness, Shades Apart refined their sharp punk edges for radio-friendly power-pop-punk

Cosmic Psychos might be unknown in the United States, but their fuzzed-out punk can be heard in grunge, stoner, and action rock followers

On Born To Quit, the Smoking Popes combine old school rock 'n roll riffing with Ratpack crooning with impressive execution and confidence

Chris Conley of Saves The Day joins us to revisit their 1999 sophomore album Through Being Cool

A little punk, a little power pop, lots of energy, full of melody and hooks galore - we revisit the '94 album Low-Fi At Society by The Figgs

We dive into the 90s phenomenon known as Pop Punk and discuss the distinct sounds, the bands, the albums, and legacy of this Punk offshoot

In the 90s, the Power Pop resurgence etched some mainstream success while firmly holding onto its underdog origins

What is Desert Rock? A scene? A sound? We chat with the Desert Age filmmaker to understand what made it so unique.

Whether you call them punk, post-punk, post-hardcore or emo, HWM forges a unique path on 1997′s Forever and Counting.

What is alternative country an alternative to? Country? Rock?

Save Ferris don’t break the mold, but they do add a few extra layers.

Why didn't this band with a catchy pop-punk-flavored single in the heyday of mainstream punk make it past the first single?

We look back at the origins of Electronica, revisit four pivotal albums from 1997, and how this all evolved into the ‘00s.

28 Days combines pop punk and rap rock on Upstyledown for a familiar yet divisive sound.

Butch Walker transition from 80s glam rock to 90s pop-punk produced mixed results with Marvelous 3

With American Psycho, the Misfits returned with a more metallic sound, but perhaps with too much of a good thing

Scotty Morris of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy talks Swingers, the 1999 Super Bowl and the arc of swing music in the 90s.

Best known in the U.S. for their 2000 single "Roll On," Australia's The Living End combo of punk, rockabilly and ska brings energy and more.

We're talking the evolution of Metal in the 1990s, from Metallica to Helmet, Ozzy to Tool, and Kyuss to Pantera

What is Emo? We try to figure that out by diving into the history, the bands, the unique sounds and more

We explore shoegaze - the bands, sounds, albums, guitar pedals and much more that made up this loosely defined sound and group of artists

What was and is Britpop? We're not sure, so we're hosting a roundtable to try figure out the sounds, bands, legacy and more

While Green Day, The Offspring and Rancid took punk to the mainstream in the 90s, the New Bomb Turks forged a louder, more aggressive path

We're checking out the anti-punk punk band known as Flipper and their 1993 album American Grafishy

We kick off season three with the 1997 album One Day At A Time by Symposium, a Britsh band that ignored Britpop for American pop punk.

Since it's original release in 1998, TSoPtC has been graced with accolades and fawning retrospectives - but is it deserved?

In the thirteenth episode of the Dig Me Out Podcast, Tim and Jason review the 1998 album Bricks and Blackouts by Gaunt.