10 Most Underrated Rock Bands Of The 90s
8. Failure
By 1997, it was a pretty safe bet to call the golden age of grunge officially dead. Though some of the grunge purists thought that the moment grunge stopped was when Kurt Cobain killed himself, the old guard still had an impressive run of albums before the tides started to shift. If we were transitioning to something else though, Failure gave us a look into the future with their first records.
On the band's debut, you can tell that these guys really wanted to be a part of the original wave of grunge rockers, favoring sludgy sounding guitar tones and a singer that sounded like Kurt Cobain on some of the tracks. When they finally hit on Fantastic Planet, this felt like the beginning of a new guard of rock and roll, with songs that felt like they were being beamed in from the other side of reality.
Although acts like 30 Seconds to Mars and Angels and Airwaves may have carried on this kind of sound later down the line, Failure really should be considered the originators of modern day space rock, like the glitchy intro to Stuck On You and the guitar tones that sound like mammoth waves washing over your ears. As much as grunge may have had its time, this was a sign that the era of post grunge was still going to kick some serious ass.