Random Rock Stars of 1990s: Where Are They Now (15 items)

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  (#8) Adam Duritz

  • Pop music, Rock music, Pop rock, Alternative rock

  Yes, it's the guy from Counting Crows.

  More recently, he teamed up with the Broken Lizard film group for a film called Freeloaders. Naturally, it's about a group of dudes who lives with their rockstar friend in his mansion and will do anything to maintain this life and remain on his coattails.
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  (#15) John Wozniak

  • Grunge, Folk rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock

  The '90s were littered with post-grunge alternative bands that ended up falling by the way side. Marcy Playground, and in turn, its front man John Wozniak, were no different. The New York City band had a big hit with "Sex and Candy," but after that, it's been a rough go of it for Marcy Playground. Wozniak and the band were last seen on one of the many summer '90s nostalgia tours that have been popping up across the country. 
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  (#6) Daniel Johns

  • Grunge, Alternative rock, Art rock, Electronica, Hard rock

  Kids, remember Silverchair? If you were born in the early '80s, you loved them with a combination of jealousy and fraternity, because they weren't much older than you when their debut record, Frogstomp, sold over two million copies in 1995. Shy frontman Daniel Johns, with his Kurt Cobain look and Eddie Vedder voice, found himself the center of media attention.

  So what happened to Johns? Well, a lot. Freakshow, the follow up to Frogstomp, did pretty well, but Johns developed anorexia and depression, which was the subject of Silverchair's haunting single "Ana's Song (Open Fire)." 

  Since the dissolution of Silverchair, Johns put out some singles with the band The Dissociatives, and wrote and produced songs for pop duo The Veronicas. 
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  (#13) Steve Harwell

  • Pop music, Rock music, Skate punk, Alternative rock

  Along with the rest of Smash Mouth, Steve Harwell guy inspired us all to be all-stars. Not only that, but he has been remarkably successful at licensing his music for television channels. 

  Lately he's had stints on VH1's The Surreal Life and several radio shows. You also may have seen him in the movie Rat Race.
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  (#11) The Gallagher Bros.

  These guys were the major minds behind the Britpop band Oasis, who rose to fame in the mid-90's. You may remember their song "Wonderwall," or their strong clash with more avant-garde band Blur.

  Liam and Noel Gallagher were still trying to keep Oasis afloat until they split seemingly for good in 2009.
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  (#4) Billy Corgan

  • Gothic rock, Groove metal, Grunge, Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Hard rock

  The Pumpkins have been called Gen X's Pink Floyd, and, when Rolling Stone asked readers to pick the best albums of the '90s, the band was the only group with two records on the list. The Pumpkins broke up in 2000, but vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter Billy Corgan and original (and since departed) drummer Jimmy Chamberlin reformed the group and released an album in 2007.

  So what happened to Corgan? After a co-headline Smashing Pumpkins tour with Marilyn Manson in summer 2015, he's reunited with Chamberlin and original SP guitarist James Iha (in Los Angeles). In early 2017, he traveled around the country by train, talking to various people in small towns and playing songs acoustically in random locations, while documenting his trip on Snapchat and through daily video releases. 

  On top of all this, Corgan owned a tea house called Madam ZuZu's in Highland Park, IL, and has performed a live, improvised, eight-hour analog synthesizer interpretation of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, which was eventually released in an edited version as a five-LP box set. 

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