The Story and Meaning of the Lyrics of “Green Machine” by Kyuss
December 4, 2025
Maybe it’s a testament to the inquisitiveness of the average rock fan that Kyuss, a desert rock band, would be more famous now than it was back when it was active. Sure, “Green Machine” is one of the greatest alternative rock songs of the 1990s and launched thousands…
Green Day was the band that made rock fun and positive again after the barrage of self-hate inflicted by grunge, right? Well, not if you judge the group based on “When I Come Around,” one of the greatest alternative-rock songs of the ’90s, but also a tender…
Green Day combined the immediacy of punk rock with the pleasant melodies of pop in “Basket Case,” a single that catapulted the group into international stardom and spawned a multitude of imitators. “Basket Case” may be one of the greatest alternative…
Top 100 Greatest Alternative Rock Albums of the 90s
August 14, 2024
The 100 greatest alternative rock albums of the 90s were, for the most part, great hits. No longer was inventive, often bizarre, guitar-heavy music reduced to being sold exclusively in stores that handled independent records exclusively.
These albums were of global…
Top 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All-Time
August 8, 2024
The greatest indie rock albums of all time all have a few things in common. They contain great, usually off-kilter songs. They’re made following the muse, often to dark corners, not trailing commercial expectations. And, all, without exception, have caused a few other…
Top 150 Greatest Alternative Albums of All-Time
August 6, 2024
The greatest alternative albums of all time have staying power. They have great. They were innovative, daring audiences to broaden their horizons. And, more often than not, they were made by bands and artists who sponsored seriously bizarre fashion choices.
Yes, the…
The Foxtails and GreenWing Reviewed
March 15, 2024
The Foxtails – Love in the Face of Overwhelming Odds
Similar artists: blink-182, Paramore, The 1975
Genre: Pop Punk, Alternative Rock
You can only wear your leather jacket or smoke your unfiltered cigs for so long. Eventually, it’s summer, and wearing a…
Deep Purple Albums Ranked: This is the Hard-Rock Group's Greatest Album
September 19, 2023
Deep Purple has, in the book on rock history, an important, very long chapter dedicated to them. At their best, they’ve albums ranked as some of the most important releases in the world.
But Purple is as much a political organization as they are a band. Group…
The Cure Albums Ranked: What Are the Band’s Undeniable Masterpiece and Their Weakest Album?
August 27, 2023
The Cure is more than just a doom & gloom, famous goth-rock band. Led by Robert Smith, The Cure is responsible for some of the best, most highly ranked, and praised albums since the late 1970s. That, and a million questionable sugar-propped hair-dos.
Stranger still…