Crowded House - Woodface (1991)

Early 90s grungefest? Post-late 80s alternative dreariness? Proto-mid 90s alt-punk? The only thing I'm sure of going in, with a name that white, I'm guessing this is not a gangsta rap group.

Garbage - Garbage (1995)

Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age (1998)

Alice In Chains - Dirt (1992)

Sebadoh - Bubble And Scrape (1993)

I know nothing about Sebadoh, except what I accidentally read just now pulling up their album on Rdio.com. The review on top reads, "This mainstay of '90s indie rock didn't manage a consistently listenable record until their fourth try in 1993, two years after Nevermind, so the youth were going gaga over grunge." There's a few things in here that bother me, mainly that despite being a mainstay during my time as a youth I've never head of them. More than that is the idea that Sebadoh is called an "indie rock" band, which I haven't ranted about how much I hate that term in quite some time. Perhaps worst of all is how a band can make it 4 albums before making one people are willing to call "consistently listenable." Is that meant to be a compliment of some kind? Can you imagine eating at a restaurant that made food best described as "consistently edible?"

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)

Manic Street Preachers: The Holy Shit What A Pretentious Album Title. There better be a good reason for that.

Blur - Blur (1997)

PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)

Screaming Trees - Dust (1996)

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Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)

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