#1
NIRVANA
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
popularized punk, post-punk, and indie rock, unintentionally
bringing it into the American mainstream like no other band
to date. By the beginning of 1992, "Smells Like Teen
Spirit" had climbed into the American Top Ten and Nevermind
went straight to the top of the album charts. Nirvana's success
took the music industry by surprise, Nirvana included.
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#2
DEF LEPPARD
Photograph
Def
Leppard, in many ways, was the definitive hard rock band
of the '80s. 1983's Pyromania, became an unexpected blockbuster,
due not only to Def Leppard's skillful, melodic metal,
but also to MTV's relentless airing of "Photograph".
Pyromania went on to sell ten million copies, establishing
Def Leppard as one of the most popular bands
in the world.
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#3
BUSH
Machinehead
Bush
became the first post- Nirvana British band to hit it big
in America. Of course, they became a hit
by playing by the grunge rules -- they
had loud guitars, guttural vocals, stop-start rhythms, and
extreme dynamics. Over the course of 1995, Sixteen Stone
became a major hit in the U.S., with "Machinehead" and
others reaching the top 10 on the modern rock charts.
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#4
NICKELBACK
Photograph
Over
the years, Nickelback’s music has appealed to listeners
of pop, hard rock, alternative and metal. One
of the most personal songs on All the Right Reasons, “Photograph,” is a glimpse back at Kroeger’s
teenage years in which he recalls his first kiss, the friends
he used to hang out with and the time he got busted for breaking
into his high school.
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#5
GUNS N ROSES
Sweet Child O' Mine
At a time when pop was
dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought
raw, ugly rock & roll
crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice
boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynist,
and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally
sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O'
Mine," showed.
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