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The Winners History of Rock and Roll
Steven Hyden Grantland Feb 2013

As mainstream rock declines and disappears from the radio, an examination of seven bands who were amongst the biggest of their respective eras.

Part 1: Led Zeppelin
Part 2: Kiss
Part 3: Bon Jovi
Part 4: Aerosmith
Part 5: Metallica
Part 6: Linkin Park
Part 7: The Black Keys
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Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation? Part 10: 1999
Steven Hyden AV Club Feb 2011

“By the time we got to Woodstock 99 …” In a grim finale, the nineties get their Altamont.

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Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation? — Part 9: 1998
Steven Hyden AV Club Feb 2011

“You’re either with Korn and Limp Bizkit, or you’re against them.” The birth of nu-metal.

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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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