10 Most Underrated Grunge Albums

10. Self Titled - The Presidents of the United States of America

It's hard not to look at the Presidents of the United States of America as anything more than a joke nowadays. Despite having one of the longer band names of the entire decade, the success of stuff like Peaches almost seem like a fluke in retrospect. On the other hand, their eponymous debut was actually something much more daring than you may have thought.

Then again, do the Presidents etc. really belong in the conversation of grunge? While the actual sound of their songs were pretty much your standard alt-rock of the day, the real magic came in the way they played their instruments. Instead of the traditional rock guitar and bass, both respective guitarists tuned their instruments with both bass and guitar strings to create their trademark gravelly sound. All of a sudden, these stupid songs about fruit and a girl named Lump had the same kind of throaty muscle you would find on a Melvins record.

Those hooks can only take you so far though, with the Presidents quickly falling into obscurity as the rest of the decade made way for more interesting acts like Radiohead and more deplorable acts like Candlebox. Even though grunge wasn't known to be a fun a lot of the time, this was proof that things could occassionally get the slightest bit goofy.