1990s

As hair metal fizzled and lineups splintered, many '80s stars attempted to start over. Most projects, however, have been forgotten decades later.

Here are 32 '90s rock and metal songs that made their debut on movie soundtracks. Some later appeared on other albums and some didn't.

Revisit the year 1996 through its breaking bands and see which acts are still thriving and which acts came and went.

It was one of the last great years of more melodic alternative rock before alternative stations radio flipped to heavier programming.

Look to these essential albums to help you understand what metal in the '90s was all about.

Did these acts leave any meat on the bone? Let's take a closer look and rank the best deep cuts from the biggest-selling rock albums of the 1990s.

Thirty years may have passed, but we bet you still sing these parts when the song plays.

How did some of rock's biggest bands do after scoring their biggest-selling albums in the '90s? We take a closer look and rank how each band did in trying to keep the success going.

You need these alternative rock classics from the 1990s if you're a true vinyl collector who can't get enough of that decade.

Like any subgenre of music that had its moment, nu-metal certainly had a style that was all its own.

Imagine collecting miles for every pack of cigarettes—sounds wild, right? Let’s take a stroll down memory lane.

Radio played them a lot in 1996, but these songs don't get much attention these days.