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1. What band opened a song with these lyrics in 1991, reluctantly changing their old sound:
"Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in"?
2. The Smashing Pumpkins had many hits throughout the decade, earning acclaim as one of the leading alternative/hard rock bands of the 90s. What hit song started with:
"The world is a vampire"?
3. This band broke onto the alternative rock scene in the early 90's with a few big singles. One of them begins with the lyrics:
"Somebody's Heine is crowding my icebox
Somebody's cold one is giving me chills
Guess I'll just close my eyes".
Which band is it?
4. This New York alternative band, led by Mike Doughty, found a cult following and some mainstream success with a few singles in the mid 90s. Their biggest hit starts with these lyrics:
"When you were languishing in rooms I built to file you in
And when the wind set down in funnel form and pulled you in".
What is the band's name?
5. This inventive band came onto the scene in 1990 and released a hit album in 1994. They are known for the use of an uncommon instrument in most of their songs. One of the biggest songs off the album began:
"It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel that I'll convey
Some inner truth of vast reflection".
What band is it?
6. This band is considered one of the UK's greatest ever after their extremely successful albums in the 90's. A single off their debut album begins:
"I live my life in the city
There's no easy way out
The day's moving just too fast for me".
What band is it?
7. This band started in the early 90s and was noted as one of the leading bands for their genre. One of their "smash" hits began with the line:
"You gotta keep them separated!"
Name the band.
8. This band became one of the leading bands of the decade after their huge debut album was released in 1991. They helped to bring underground music to the mainstream, paving the way for countless other bands. Their first single ever began:
"Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy was nothing but a..."
Who is this band?
9. Major credit is due to this underground band who broke onto the mainstream before any other underground band in the 90s. Their first big mainstream hit, released in 1991, began:
"Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me".
Who sang this?
10. The band that played this song is one of the most critically acclaimed bands of all time, let alone the 90s. This song off of their debut album is widely considered one of the greatest indie songs of all time. The song begins:
"Ice baby
I saw your girlfriend and she was
Eating her fingers like they're just another meal".
Name the band.
11. Nirvana led the grunge movement and all of alternative rock in the 90's until Kurt Cobain's death in 1994. What Nirvana song began:
"Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods"?
12. This band released their debut in 1997 and were a leading ska band of the late 90s. Their first hit began:
"It ain't no joke I'd like to buy the world a toke
And teach the world to sing in perfect harmony".
Who is the band?
13. This band began in 1990 but found their only major hit in 1994. The opening lyrics to the song are:
"Make up your mind
Decide to walk with me
Around the lake tonight
Around the lake tonight
By my side".
Who is the band?
14. This band had a successful debut album in 1994 with a few mainstream hits. One of these hits begins:
"Step out the front door like a ghost
Into the fog where no one notices
The contrast of white on white".
Name the band.
15. This final band had some chart success in the late 90's. They were named so their albums would be near the solo albums of the lead singer (Mark Oliver Everett) in music stores. A charting single off their second album starts:
"You're dead but the world keeps spinning
Take a spin through the world you left
It's getting dark a little too early
Are you missing the dearly bereft".
Who is the band?
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