Best Band Of The 1990's: Bracket Challenge

We kick off a new bracket challenge to determine the very best band of the 1990's.

Well kids, it’s time for another interactive bracket challenge. For this installment, I am following the advice of my friend and fellow Substacker,

Matt Berenson

who suggested we try to use the next edition of the Bracket Challenge to determine the very best band of the 1990s.

With a bit of research, some help from Matty B, and a fair amount of good old fashioned guesswork, I managed to cull a list of 32 bands and seeded them in the fairest way I could muster.

The rules themselves are pretty simple, but must be adhered to. We are only voting on the quality of a band’s work from 1990-1999. Any recorded work not included in those years should be omitted from your calculations. For example, looking at number one seed R.E.M., one is only able to look at their 90’s output in assessing their might for the decade. Murmur is awesome, but must be set aside. Same goes for every band on the list.

There are no solo artists on the list, and all of the acts traffic in some form of guitar based rock music. I tried to keep things in the indie rock and alternative rock genres to avoid muddying the waters with hip-hop, techno, nu-metal, and the defining sound the era; butt rock.

For the first two rounds, we’ll be featuring four matchups in each post. You’ll have three days to vote on each matchup. As we get into later rounds, we will trim the number of contests per post as well as allow readers more time to vote.

Let’s get to our first set of matches.

Cheers,
Matty C

***Remember judge these bands on their 90s material only.***

Round One - Part One