Mad Season - Above. This is the connection between those four classic grunge bands from Seattle (AiC, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam). Layne as singer, McCready on guitar, Saunders on bass and Cameron on drums with guests like Lanegan or Cornell. Everyone of them has own style and this band isn't just about one great guy surrounded by average members. You can hear that it's mix of every member of this band. Their only album is just a masterpiece and never gets boring at all. It's not the most popular of that time but for me it's the best album of those times in Seattle and whole grunge history. You can find there calm songs like River of Deceit, more dirty like I Don't Know Anything and Lifeless Dead, and pretty emotional and a bit depressing like Slip Away with Mark Lanegan singing. Every song there is just a masterpiece on its own. Just the best album of 90s.
laura - 2 years ago
how is everyone forgetting blood sugar sex magik? i'd say the under the bridge riff is one of the most classic and influential guitar riffs of the past 50 years (one of many). some of john frusciante's best work is on this record.
Lots of great guitar albums in the 90s but I will go with Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. It sounded like nothing before and has been highly influential in many genres. If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend giving it a spin.
PS the record doesn't reflect this but they are the loudest band I've ever heard in concert by far. I've seen Pantera, Slayer, Ministry, Ozzfest, and many loud punk and metal shows. Nothing came close
Nicholas - 2 years ago
Lots of great guitar work on The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness.
From the sounds of Mayonaise with its dreamy distortion to the cool solos on Here Is No Why. Lots of great guitar tones, solos, and energy.
Jason - 2 years ago
Best guitar maybe not, but guitar focused and drove me to learn EVERY SINGLE SONG. PJ - TEN
Néstor Carballo - 2 years ago
Black album - Metallica
The color and the shape - Foo Fighters
Tony solties - 2 years ago
Suicidal Tendencies- Lights,camera,Revolution
Frank - 2 years ago
Built to Spill. Keep it like a Secret and Perfect From now on.
Kenny - 2 years ago
The big 3:
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Dood - 2 years ago
Extreme's Pornograffitti. It blew my mind at the time, and to this day, there's still nothing like it. It's raunchy, intelligent, quirky, funky, heavy, funny...it's like an all-you-can-eat buffet of an album, and has one of the most sizzling guitar tones ever, with Nuno effortlessly shredding funk, blues, neo-classical, and metal all at once.
Dave - 2 years ago
Megadeth - Rust In Piece
If you know the album, you'll know to vote for it.
If you don't know the album, trust me any other answer is the wrong answer.
Josh - 2 years ago
I had to pick Santana's Supernatural. Aside from reviving his career, it also gave us a spectacular collaboration between Carlos and Eric Clapton!
JMW - 2 years ago
Hard to pick anyone over what Nuno did on the Pornograffiti album. Even Brian May said his solo on Get the Funk Out should be on the Mt Rushmore of solos in history, and that he could never play that! Plus Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee!!
Heavy Metal Football - 2 years ago
A lot of great albums in that list, Zakk appearing in a few....but it's got to be AiC and Dirt.
Juan - 2 years ago
I picked PJ “Ten”. But if you were going to add REM albums to the list, you should have had Monster. While it’s not a better album than the other two REM ones listed, it is a better guitar album.
Bern - 2 years ago
I think Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen deserves to be in any list if great '90s guitar albums.
Alex G - 2 years ago
At the end of the day I think GNR inspired more kids to pick up a guitar in the 90's than anyone else so I give Use your Illusion the nod. Although I also think that Nirvana's Unplugged is one of the last perfect albums ever made.
GuitarDan - 2 years ago
The incredible Michael Romeo of Symphony X needs to be represented on this list. The Divine Wings of Tragedy and Twilight In Olympus are masterpieces.
Alex - 2 years ago
Rage Against the Machine by a nose over Nevermind. Tough one.
Nick - 2 years ago
Did you pick Extreme? No? Nuno is the ONLY answer here. Sorry.
Mad Season - Above. This is the connection between those four classic grunge bands from Seattle (AiC, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam). Layne as singer, McCready on guitar, Saunders on bass and Cameron on drums with guests like Lanegan or Cornell. Everyone of them has own style and this band isn't just about one great guy surrounded by average members. You can hear that it's mix of every member of this band. Their only album is just a masterpiece and never gets boring at all. It's not the most popular of that time but for me it's the best album of those times in Seattle and whole grunge history. You can find there calm songs like River of Deceit, more dirty like I Don't Know Anything and Lifeless Dead, and pretty emotional and a bit depressing like Slip Away with Mark Lanegan singing. Every song there is just a masterpiece on its own. Just the best album of 90s.
how is everyone forgetting blood sugar sex magik? i'd say the under the bridge riff is one of the most classic and influential guitar riffs of the past 50 years (one of many). some of john frusciante's best work is on this record.
Lots of great guitar albums in the 90s but I will go with Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. It sounded like nothing before and has been highly influential in many genres. If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend giving it a spin.
PS the record doesn't reflect this but they are the loudest band I've ever heard in concert by far. I've seen Pantera, Slayer, Ministry, Ozzfest, and many loud punk and metal shows. Nothing came close
Lots of great guitar work on The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness.
From the sounds of Mayonaise with its dreamy distortion to the cool solos on Here Is No Why. Lots of great guitar tones, solos, and energy.
Best guitar maybe not, but guitar focused and drove me to learn EVERY SINGLE SONG. PJ - TEN
Black album - Metallica
The color and the shape - Foo Fighters
Suicidal Tendencies- Lights,camera,Revolution
Built to Spill. Keep it like a Secret and Perfect From now on.
The big 3:
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Extreme's Pornograffitti. It blew my mind at the time, and to this day, there's still nothing like it. It's raunchy, intelligent, quirky, funky, heavy, funny...it's like an all-you-can-eat buffet of an album, and has one of the most sizzling guitar tones ever, with Nuno effortlessly shredding funk, blues, neo-classical, and metal all at once.
Megadeth - Rust In Piece
If you know the album, you'll know to vote for it.
If you don't know the album, trust me any other answer is the wrong answer.
I had to pick Santana's Supernatural. Aside from reviving his career, it also gave us a spectacular collaboration between Carlos and Eric Clapton!
Hard to pick anyone over what Nuno did on the Pornograffiti album. Even Brian May said his solo on Get the Funk Out should be on the Mt Rushmore of solos in history, and that he could never play that! Plus Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee!!
A lot of great albums in that list, Zakk appearing in a few....but it's got to be AiC and Dirt.
I picked PJ “Ten”. But if you were going to add REM albums to the list, you should have had Monster. While it’s not a better album than the other two REM ones listed, it is a better guitar album.
I think Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen deserves to be in any list if great '90s guitar albums.
At the end of the day I think GNR inspired more kids to pick up a guitar in the 90's than anyone else so I give Use your Illusion the nod. Although I also think that Nirvana's Unplugged is one of the last perfect albums ever made.
The incredible Michael Romeo of Symphony X needs to be represented on this list. The Divine Wings of Tragedy and Twilight In Olympus are masterpieces.
Rage Against the Machine by a nose over Nevermind. Tough one.
Did you pick Extreme? No? Nuno is the ONLY answer here. Sorry.