Grunge continues its growth and dominance.
Events that shaped Alternative Rock and Modern Rock Radio during that year
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Notable New Bands And Artists: Alice In Chains Grunge band Alice In Chains made their first mark nationally in late 1990 largely thanks to MTV airing the video to Man In A Box as part of their daily current playlist. Unlike their Seattle counterparts Nirvana and Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains didn't see popularity with Modern Rock fans until they released the album Dirt in late 1992, with the tracks Them Bones and Angry Chair becoming hits on Modern Rock radio stations during 1992 and early 1993. Alice In Chains became an influential band in modern rock circles for the remainder of the decade, with lead singer Jerry Cantrell also producing solo hits later in the 1990's. |
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Their style differed somewhat from that of their Seattle counterparts. It might best be described as a "wavy", raspy sound that fared well with Rock fans over the years. Pundits credit frontman Jerry Cantrell for developing their unique musical style. |
All tracks listed on Billboard Magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.
| Title | Artist | Peak | Date Of Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mysterious Ways | U2 | # 1 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | # 1 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Ballerina Out Of Control | The Ocean Blue | # 3 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Caribbean Blue | Enya | # 3 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Star Sign | Teenage Fanclub | # 4 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Haven't Got A Clue | Dramarama | # 6 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Movin' On Up | Primal Scream | # 2 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Sax And Violins | Talking Heads | # 1 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Move Any Mountain | The Shamen | # 4 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Shining Star | INXS | # 4 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Planet Love | The Dylans | # 10 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Tell Your Sister | Lloyd Cole | # 6 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye | Ian McCulloch | # 13 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong | The Smithereens | # 11 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Suck My Kiss | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | # 15 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Fear (Of The Unknown) | Siouxsie & The Banshees | # 12 | 1992-01-04 |
| The Fly | U2 | # 1 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Give It Away | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | # 1 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Jesus Built My Hotrod | Ministry | # 19 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| One | U2 | # 1 | 1992-01-04 |
| #1 Dominator | Top | # 17 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Nothing Natural | Lush | # 22 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| You Woke Up In My Neighbourhood | Billy Bragg | # 16 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Through An Open Window | Cliffs Of Dooneen | # 10 | 1992-01-04 |
| Diving Intervention | Matthew Sweet | # 23 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Head On | Pixies | # 6 | 1992-01-04 |
| There's No Other Way | Blur | # 5 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Rocket Man | Kate Bush | # 11 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Naked Rain | This Picture | # 10 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| Love To Hate You | Erasure | # 6 | see 1991 list for chart entry date |
| I'm Too Sexy | Right Said Fred | # 28 | 1992-01-11 |
| Mesmerise | Chapterhouse | # 21 | 1992-01-11 |
| What's Good | Lou Reed | # 1 | 1992-01-18 |
| Girlfriend | Matthew Sweet | # 4 | 1992-01-18 |
| Only Love Can Break Your Heart | St. Etienne | # 11 | 1992-01-18 |
| Come As You Are | Nirvana | # 3 | 1992-01-18 |
| First We Take Manhattan | R.E.M. | # 11 | 1992-01-18 |
| Cold, Cold Heart | Midge Ure | # 12 | 1992-01-18 |
| On A Plain | Nirvana | # 25 | 1992-01-18 |
| What Are We Gonna Do | Dramarama | # 10 | 1992-01-25 |
| Operation Spirit | Live | # 9 | 1992-01-25 |
| Ultra Unbelievable Love | Robyn Hitchcock | # 23 | 1992-01-25 |
| Alive | Pearl Jam | # 18 | 1992-01-25 |
| Until The End Of The World | U2 | # 4 | 1992-02-01 |
| Bad Luck | Social Distortion | # 2 | 1992-02-01 |
| The Life Of Riley | The Lightning Seeds | # 2 | 1992-02-01 |
| Window Pane | The Real People | # 11 | 1992-02-01 |
| Only Shallow | My Bloody Valentine | # 27 | 1992-02-01 |
| Hit | The Sugarcubes | # 1 | 1992-02-08 |
| Justified & Ancient | The KLF Featuring Tammy Wynette | # 21 | 1992-02-08 |
| Breathe Deeply Now | This Picture | # 24 | 1992-02-08 |
| Lithium | Nirvana | # 25 | 1992-02-08 |
| For Love | Lush | # 9 | 1992-02-08 |
| Under The Bridge | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | # 6 | 1992-02-15 |
| The Concept | Teenage Fanclub | # 12 | 1992-02-15 |
| Into The Fire | Sarah McLachlan | # 4 | 1992-02-15 |
| Mercury | The Ocean Blue | # 27 | 1992-02-15 |
| Bonfires Burning | The Origin | # 17 | 1992-02-15 |
| Making Plans For Nigel | Primus | # 30 | 1992-02-15 |
| Ghost Of Texas Ladies' Man | Concrete Blonde | # 2 | 1992-02-22 |
| Sugar Ray | The Jesus And Mary Chain | # 22 | 1992-02-22 |
| Goodbye Cruel World | Shakespeare's Sister | # 22 | 1992-02-22 |
| Honey Drip | Ian McCulloch | # 6 | 1992-02-22 |
| Welcome To The Cheap Seats | The Wonder Stuff | # 27 | 1992-02-22 |
| Ripple | The Church | # 3 | 1992-02-29 |
| Laid So Low | Tears For Fears | # 10 | 1992-02-29 |
| Covered | Public Image LTD | # 11 | 1992-02-29 |
| Saturday | The Judybats | # 21 | 1992-02-29 |
| She's Mad | David Byrne | # 3 | 1992-03-07 |
| Born Of Frustration | James | # 5 | 1992-03-07 |
| Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer... | Cowboy Junkies | # 25 | 1992-03-07 |
| Fabulous | Happyhead | # 7 | 1992-03-14 |
| Leave Them All Behind | Ride | # 20 | 1992-03-14 |
| The Statue Got Me High | They Might Be Giants | # 24 | 1992-03-14 |
| Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) | Cracker | # 1 | 1992-03-21 |
| Hello Cruel World | E | # 8 | 1992-03-21 |
| Wierdo | The Charlatans | # 1 | 1992-03-21 |
| High | The Cure | # 1 | 1992-03-28 |
| Fait Accompli | Curve | # 17 | 1992-03-28 |
| Visions Of You | Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart | # 10 | 1992-03-28 |
| Low Self Opinion | Rollins Band | # 25 | 1992-03-28 |
| Snacks And Candy | Miracle Legion | # 28 | 1992-03-28 |
| Dream About You | Peter Case | # 16 | 1992-04-04 |
| The Sweetest Drop | Peter Murphy | # 2 | 1992-04-11 |
| Silent All These Years | Tori Amos | # 27 | 1992-04-11 |
| Blowing Bubbles | The Lightning Seeds | # 19 | 1992-04-18 |
| Walkabout | The Sugarcubes | # 16 | 1992-04-18 |
| Someday | Concrete Blonde | # 8 | 1992-04-18 |
| Divine Thing | The Soup Dragons | # 3 | 1992-04-25 |
| Far Gone And Out | The Jesus And Mary Chain | # 3 | 1992-04-25 |
| Lover Lover Lover | Ian McCulloch | # 9 | 1992-04-25 |
| We Are Each Other | The Beautiful South | # 10 | 1992-05-02 |
| The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead | XTC | # 1 | 1992-05-02 |
| Pain Lies On The Riverside | Live | # 24 | 1992-05-02 |
| Cold Feeling | Social Distortion | # 11 | 1992-05-02 |
| Friday I'm In Love | The Cure | # 1 | 1992-05-09 |
| Why | Annie Lennox | # 12 | 1992-05-09 |
| What You Do To Me | Teenage Fanclub | # 19 | 1992-05-09 |
| Acid Drops | Public Image LTD | # 29 | 1992-05-09 |
| Galileo | The Indigo Girls | # 10 | 1992-05-16 |
| Popular Creeps | Chris Mars | # 9 | 1992-05-16 |
| Twisterella | Ride | # 12 | 1992-05-16 |
| Even Flow | Pearl Jam | # 21 | 1992-05-16 |
| What Girls Want | Material Issue | # 6 | 1992-05-23 |
| Pretend We're Dead | L7 | # 8 | 1992-05-23 |
| Drag | Steve Wynn | # 30 | 1992-05-23 |
| We Hate It When Our Freinds Become... | Morrissey | # 2 | 1992-05-30 |
| The Sweater | Meryl Cadell | # 24 | 1992-05-30 |
| Horror Head | Curve | # 23 | 1992-05-30 |
| Sometimes | Midnight Oil | # 20 | 1992-05-30 |
| Sunshine And Ecstacy | Tom Tom Club | # 15 | 1992-06-06 |
| Stone Me | Wire Train | # 23 | 1992-06-06 |
| Black Metallic | Catherine Wheel | # 9 | 1992-06-06 |
| One Way | The Levellers | # 11 | 1992-06-13 |
| Crucify | Tori Amos | # 22 | 1992-06-13 |
| Happy Birthday To Me | Cracker | # 13 | 1992-06-13 |
| Midlife Crisis | Faith No More | # 1 | 1992-06-13 |
| Good Stuff | The B·52's | # 1 | 1992-06-20 |
| I Don't Want To See The Lights | The Charlatans | # 13 | 1992-06-20 |
| It's A Shame About Ray | Lemonheads | # 5 | 1992-06-20 |
| You're So Close | Peter Murphy | # 18 | 1992-06-27 |
| When She Begins | Social Distortion | # 14 | 1992-06-27 |
| Always The Last To Know | Del Amitri | # 11 | 1992-06-27 |
| Even Better Than The Real Thing | U2 | # 5 | 1992-07-04 |
| Reva's House | Los Lobos | # 24 | 1992-07-04 |
| A Girl Like You | Wolfgang Press | # 2 | 1992-07-04 |
| So What'cha Want | Beastie Boys | # 22 | 1992-07-04 |
| Heaven Sent | INXS | # 2 | 1992-07-11 |
| Face To Face | Siouxsie & The Banshees | # 7 | 1992-07-11 |
| Pleasure | The Soup Dragons | # 14 | 1992-07-11 |
| All I Want | Toad The Wet Sprocket | # 22 | 1992-07-11 |
| One Hundred Percent | Sonic Youth | # 4 | 1992-07-18 |
| Hunger Strike | Temple Of The Dog | # 7 | 1992-07-18 |
| Tomorrow | Morrissey | # 1 | 1992-07-25 |
| Dear Madam Barnum | XTC | # 18 | 1992-07-25 |
| Sex On Wheelz | My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult | # 17 | 1992-07-25 |
| Disappointed | Electronic | # 9 | 1992-07-25 |
| Sheela·Na·Gig | PJ Harvey | # 9 | 1992-07-25 |
| Dyslexic Heart | Paul Westerberg | # 4 | 1992-08-01 |
| Real Cool World | David Bowie | # 11 | 1992-08-01 |
| Asleep At The Wheel | Suicidal Tendencies | # 21 | 1992-08-01 |
| A Letter To Elise | The Cure | # 2 | 1992-08-08 |
| N.W.O. | Ministry | # 11 | 1992-08-08 |
| Almost Gold | The Jesus And Mary Chain | # 13 | 1992-08-08 |
| Breaking The Girl | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | # 19 | 1992-08-08 |
| Something Good | Utah Saints | # 7 | 1992-08-08 |
| Not Enough Time | INXS | # 2 | 1992-08-15 |
| Walking On Broken Glass | Annie Lennox | # 7 | 1992-08-15 |
| Jeremy | Pearl Jam | # 5 | 1992-08-15 |
| It's A Fine Day | Opus III | # 30 | 1992-08-15 |
| Tell It Like It T·I·Is | The B·52's | # 13 | 1992-08-22 |
| Stay | Shakespeare's Sister | # 25 | 1992-08-22 |
| Smiling | Kitchens Of Distinction | # 15 | 1992-08-22 |
| A Small Victory | Faith No More | # 11 | 1992-08-29 |
| Helpless | Sugar | # 5 | 1992-08-29 |
| The Only Living Boy In New Cross | Carter U.S.M. | # 26 | 1992-08-29 |
| You Don't Understand | House Of Love | # 9 | 1992-08-29 |
| Blood Makes Noise | Suzanne Vega | # 1 | 1992-09-05 |
| Seen The Doctor | Michael Penn | # 5 | 1992-09-05 |
| I Want To Touch You | Catherine Wheel | # 20 | 1992-09-05 |
| Poison Heart | The Ramones | # 6 | 1992-09-05 |
| Nearly Lost You | Screaming Trees | # 5 | 1992-09-05 |
| It's All Right | The 25 th Of May | # 28 | 1992-09-05 |
| Digging In The Dirt | Peter Gabriel | # 1 | 1992-09-12 |
| Spiritual High | Moodswings | # 6 | 1992-09-12 |
| Success Has Made Me A Failure... | Sinead O'Connor | # 20 | 1992-09-12 |
| Donna Everywhere | Too Much Joy | # 11 | 1992-09-12 |
| Stinkin' Thinkin' | Happy Mondays | # 21 | 1992-09-19 |
| These Are Days | 10,000 Maniacs | # 1 | 1992-09-26 |
| Leave It Alone | Mary's Danish | # 20 | 1992-09-26 |
| Drive | R.E.M. | # 1 | 1992-10-03 |
| Glamorous Glue | Morrissey | # 13 | 1992-10-03 |
| Sorry About The Weather | Mark Curry | # 20 | 1992-10-03 |
| Happiness In Slavery | Nine Inch Nails | # 13 | 1992-10-03 |
| Somebody To Shove | Soul Asylum | # 1 | 1992-10-10 |
| Johnny Have You Seen Her | The Rembrandts | # 17 | 1992-10-10 |
| Please Yourself | The Darling Buds | # 22 | 1992-10-10 |
| Unsung | Helmet | # 29 | 1992-10-10 |
| Love | Sundays | # 2 | 1992-10-17 |
| Lifetime Piling Up | Talking Heads | # 11 | 1992-10-17 |
| Drown | Smashing Pumpkins | # 24 | 1992-10-17 |
| Uh Huh Oh Yeah | Paul Weller | # 10 | 1992-10-17 |
| Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses | U2 | # 7 | 1992-10-24 |
| 4 Men | Kitchens Of Distinction | # 28 | 1992-10-24 |
| Not Sleeping Around | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | # 1 | 1992-10-24 |
| Call Mr. Lee | Television | # 27 | 1992-10-31 |
| Tones Of Home | Blind Melon | # 20 | 1992-10-31 |
| Waterfall | Riverside | # 26 | 1992-10-31 |
| Taste It | INXS | # 5 | 1992-11-07 |
| Steam | Peter Gabriel | # 1 | 1992-11-07 |
| Trout | Neneh Cherry | # 2 | 1992-11-07 |
| Dizz Knee Land | Dada | # 5 | 1992-11-07 |
| Suck You Dry | Mudhoney | # 23 | 1992-11-07 |
| Mrs. Robinson | Lemonheads | # 8 | 1992-11-14 |
| Souled Out | Supreme Love Gods | # 16 | 1992-11-14 |
| Get Out Of Control | Daniel Ash | # 3 | 1992-11-14 |
| Behind The Sun | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | # 7 | 1992-11-21 |
| Iron Lion Zion | Bob Marley | # 11 | 1992-11-21 |
| Ignoreland | R.E.M. | # 5 | 1992-11-21 |
| Eastern Bloc | Thomas Dolby | # 9 | 1992-11-21 |
| 99.9 F | Suzanne Vega | # 13 | 1992-11-28 |
| Josephina | Gene Loves Jezebel | # 18 | 1992-11-28 |
| Temple Of Dreams | Messiah | # 17 | 1992-11-28 |
| Them Bones | Alice In Chains | # 30 | 1992-11-28 |
| Candy Everybody Wants | 10,000 Maniacs | # 5 | 1992-12-05 |
| Round Of Blues | Shawn Colvin | # 25 | 1992-12-05 |
| Two Worlds Collide | Inspiral Carpets | # 8 | 1992-12-05 |
| Love U More | Sunscreem | # 3 | 1992-12-05 |
| They're Here | EMF | # 27 | 1992-12-12 |
| Long Way Down (Look What...) | Michael Penn | # 14 | 1992-12-19 |
| Waiting For The Sun | The Jayhawks | # 29 | 1992-12-19 |
| Ordinary World | Duran Duran | # 2 | 1992-12-26 |
| Love Song For A Vampire | Annie Lennox | # 24 | 1992-12-26 |
| Black | Pearl Jam | # 20 | 1992-12-26 |
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