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Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?
Steven Hyden AV Club Oct 2010

A year-by-year walk through of the decade that birthed a mainstream culture called ‘Alternative’ and the bands that were deified and destroyed by it.

Part 1: 1990: “Once upon a time, I could love you”
Part 2: 1991: “What’s so civil about war anyway?”
Part 3: 1992: Pearl Jam, the perils of fame, and the trouble with avoiding it
Part 4: 1993: Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, and Urge Overkill forsake the underground
Part 5: 1994: Kurt Cobain is dead! Long live Soundgarden!
Part 6: 1995: Live, Bush, and Alanis Morissette take the pop path
Part 7: 1996: Layne Staley and Bradley Nowell are the living dead
Part 8: 1997: The ballad of Oasis and Radiohead
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