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(#3) 4 Non Blondes
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Grunge, Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock
Few musical moments are more "90s" than the chorus of "What's Up?," from 4 Non Blondes 1993 debut album "Bigger, Better, Faster, More!" Impressive considering it's essentially just singer Linda Perry singing the word "Hey." Perry wound up becoming a massively successful songwriter for other artists, writing "Beautiful" for Christina Aguilera, "What You Waiting For" for Gwen Stefani among others.
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(#27) Geggy Tah
- Rock music, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Jazz
'90s pop duet Geggy Tah released three albums, but only came up with one hit. "Whoever You Are," from 1996's Sacred Cow, is a novelty single about the trials and tribulations of a motorist navigating heavy traffic.
Founding Geggy Tah-er Greg Kurstin has also worked on music for Adele and Lily Allen.
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(#2) The Verve
- Noise rock, Shoegazing, Rock music, Space rock, Neo-psychedelia, Dream pop, Britpop, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Baroque pop, Psychedelic rock, Post-punk revival
The Verve formed in 1990 in England and built a considerable fanbase in the UK on the strength of their first few releases. Though they toured America with Lollapalooza in 1994, it wasn't until three years later that they found fame in the States with the release of "Bittersweet Symphony." It ended up basically being the worst thing that ever happened to The Verve, and they broke up soon after.
Though Ashcroft had long swore The Verve would never get back together, they did reunite in 2008 for some shows and a new album, "Forth." Then they broke up again, for good this time. Maybe.
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(#5) Marcy Playground
- Rock music, Grunge, Pop rock, Post-grunge, Alternative rock
Marcy Playground's "Sex and Candy" spent 28 weeks on the Hot 100.
Though the vast majority of the world has not thought about Marcy Playground since "Sex and Candy," founding member and songwriter John Wozniak is actually still recording and touring, sometimes with his Marcy Playground bandmates. Their 2010 release, the oddly-titled "Indaba remixes from Wonderland," was released by Capitol Records.
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(#28) Smoking Popes
- Pop punk, Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock
Smoking Popes had been around Chicago since 1991 playing pop-punk with crooner-style vocals. They'd garnered some attention locally, but it was the inclusion of their song "Need You Around" on the soundtrack to the film Clueless that catapulted them into the spotlight.
The group released another album, titled Into the Agony, in 2018.
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(#15) Spacehog
- Space rock, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Glam rock
A whole new generation is getting to hear Spacehog's gob-smackingly catchy 1995 debut single "In the Meantime" in the games "Guitar Hero 5" and "Rock Band 3."
The song is a perfect blend of the glam rock style of Spacehog's hero, David Bowie, and '90s power pop. Spacehog never really recaptured the success of "In the Meantime," though they went on to make a few more albums. They regrouped briefly in 2008 and 2009 to play at the Viper Room and Spaceland, respectively, in Los Angeles.
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Over the years, more and more new rising stars appeared in the music world. In the 90s, some bands and musicians churn out hit after hit, it's a golden decade for the development of music. There are still a number of one-hit wonders from the ’90s who probably never be forgotten, or maybe there is only one song that let people know about them briefly, those musical artists release one amazing song, then disappear and never to be heard from again.
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