1. “The One I Love” by R.E.M. This famous R.E.M. hit is often misunderstood. Due to the title, many listeners think that the song is a dedication of sorts to the people we love. In fact, quite a few ...

Alternative rock’s heyday was definitely in the 90s. That era has come and gone, sadly. But there are so many songs from that decade that are still quite loved today. And many of those alt-rock tracks ...

What are the most played songs live of some of your favorite alternative rock bands? Alt-rock has evolved from the '70s and '80s to where it was more secondary in popularity to where it became the ...

The rock band Magnetic Fields released its three-disc magnum opus, 69 Love Songs, back in 1999, and it was recognized immediately as a classic. The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, the most ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

An alternative rock band is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its biggest album by unearthing songs from the vault. 311 released “90s Throwback EP: Vol 1″ on Friday, the first of a two-part ...

Classic rock didn't end with the '80s. As you'll see in the list of songs below, the '90s offered plenty of reason for rock music fans to tune into something other than the same records they had been ...

The term “alternative rock” evokes an interesting image. At first thought, one may picture emo teenagers or long-haired rock stars smashing guitars. Yet the alternative rock genre is a far cry from ...

Led Zeppelinis known for their unforgettable tracks, including “Whole Lotta Love”, “When The Levee Breaks,” a song that Beyoncé had secretly sampled, and “Stairway to Heaven,” the Wedding Song from ...

What were the best hard rock songs of each year of the 1990s? What a decade it was, as we saw the end of hair metal's rule, the dominance of grunge and alternative music, a pop-punk revival and the ...