Flu Thirteen

Moving to a major label for their eighth album, Stranger Than Fiction, Bad Religion kept the lyrical fire but upped the production quality

On their 1994 debut album downset. unleash a fury of rap-rock with lyrics that hit as hard as the down-tuned guitars and pounding rhythms

The lone full-length by UK band Milk is an attack of dissonant guitars and frantic rhythms that recall early grunge and Chicago noise rock

Idaho's 1996 album Three Sheets To The Wind isn't afraid to upend the slowcore sound with jazz flourishes and an occasional uptempo rocker

The 1992 self-titled album by T-Ride is a wild alternative rock ride with virtuoso guitar licks, layered vocals, and electro pop rhythms

On their third and final album, Pale Saints changed their lead singer and found a balance between expansive shoegaze and tight rock songs

Following his split from Depeche Mode, Alan Wilder returned to his Recoil side project and released the 1997 album Unsound Methods

Chris Whitley's 1995 sophomore album Din of Ecstasy is the sound of thrashing through musical boundaries and writing from the soul