10 Best Hard Rock Bands Of The 90s

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers

With the alt-rock boom coming to fruition at the start of the decade, many forget that the Red Hot Chili Peppers's ascent went just alongside the grunge of Seattle. On the same day the band's breakthrough album Blood Sugar Sex Magik was released, Nirvana's Nevermind was unleashed on the public and pioneered the alternative movement.

While the Peppers aren't typically the first band that comes to mind when you think of hard rock, many tracks across their discography showcase their ability to melt your face off when the time calls for it. For as funky as a song like "Suck My Kiss" is, the groove present behind the main riff is infectious and undeniably heavy, with Flea's bass flying off the handle.

Many people tend to cite this period of the Pepper's career as when they softened up with more ballad-heavy material like "Under the Bridge" and "Otherside." However, every track of introspective contemplation in this era is balanced out with songs like "Around the World," whose opening guitar screeches and bass runs will have you reeling right from the start. The funk-rock kings may have been maturing in this decade, but they had certainly not neglected their hard rock foundation.