1990s

These bands avoided the dreaded 'sophomore slump' with ease during the 1990s.

Maintaining success is a big thing, so we're shouting out 10 amazing '90s hard rock bands who managed to string together three straight big albums within the decade.

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.

If you love punk music, specifically from the 1990s, you absolutely need these titles in your collection.

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.