10 Most Underrated Bands Of The '90s

10. Kyuss

With the grunge movement in full swing by the early '90s, rock fans were itching for something much heavier than hair metal. While Nirvana and Soundgarden might have provided the sound everyone knew and loved, a little genre known as stoner rock was starting out of the West Coast, destined to infiltrate the rock mainstream. Though bands like Monster Magnet and Sleep have gotten accolades as some of the titans of the genre, Kyuss deserved to be even bigger than their peers.

Across just 4 records, Kyuss was setting the standard for what stoner rock would become, with tons of attitude and meaty guitar riffs that would have made Tony Iommi proud. As opposed to just blasting their audience with noise, Josh Homme found his own sound by tuning his guitar down to unheard of levels, which gave each song an added punch. From Blues for the Red Sun to Welcome to Sky Valley, the band ended up garnering an underground following while also attracting mainstream fans like Dave Grohl and the members of Metallica.

Kyuss ended up bottoming out prematurely at the end of the decade, but Homme was able to run with his ideas and form Queens of the Stone Age out of the band's ashes. We may have gotten one of the greatest bands of the new millennium out of the deal, but the disillusion of Kyuss marked the end of one of stoner rock's most influential acts.