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The 1990s saw the rise of alternative rock groups such as Alice In Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Live, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls and Third Eye Blind. Grunge was popular from 1992 to 1996. Nirvana is considered to have brought both grunge and alternative rock to the mainstream in late 1991, which dominates both the 1990s and 2000s rock scenes, along with Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, and Alice in Chains.
Pop-punk broke into the mainstream by 1994 with the success of Green Day, The Offspring, and Blink-182 . This genre remained popular in America through the rest of the 1990s and the entire 2000s.
Bands like Sonic Youth and The Pixies set the stage for the rise of indie rock in the underground scene, with bands such as Pavement and The Flaming Lips gaining popularity in the early years.
The third wave ska movement kicked off after brewing in the underground for the majority of the 1980s, with bands like Rancid, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish and Sublime all gaining popularity. Pop groups such as No Doubt also gained popularity.
Guns N' Roses, Warrant and Van Halen remained popular in the first half of the decade and while Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf and U2 maintained their popularity throughout the entire decade.
The heavy metal band, Metallica, released their eponymous 5th album in 1991, which was a giant success, and brought thrash metal to the mainstream for the first time. The bands Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, and Alice in Chains, had a big thrash metal concert called "Clash of the Titans". The 3 of the Big Four of thrash metal held one of the biggest underground tours of the decade and brought the alternative rock that Alice In Chains had to offer to the crowds.
In relation to the aforementioned swing revival, psychobilly also became popular late in the decade, led by Reverend Horton Heat.
Surf rock had a revival, led by bands such as Los Straitjackets.
Rap rock, rap metal, rapcore and Nu Metal all had their peak of success in the '90s with bands such as Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, and Disturbed.
In the later hald of the decade Industrial Rock and closely related Industrial Metal became popular. These include Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Ministry, and Fear Factory.
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