Silversun Pickups dip into 90's alternative revival, combining early Ô90s shoegazer tones with good pop songwriting. Check out their video for "Well Thought Out Twinkles".
Year: 2006 Courtesy of Videostatic / DLJ Video
One of, if not the most iconic songs by The Clash, "Rock The Casbah" shows the band flirting with a bit of a funk progression in a departure from their earlier style.
Year: 1982 Courtesy of Epic
FloridaÕs brilliant singer-songwriter Sam Beam expands Iron & Wine from solo project to a gaggle of friends and family on slide guitar, percussion, and backing vocals with new flavors abound.
Year: 2004 Courtesy of HIP Video Promotion
Take one part Ramones, one part Buzzcocks, and one part Husker Du, and you've got the basic foundation of Green Day, the punky, witty, melodic San Francisco Bay area trio that became overnight stars in 1994. Video: "When I Come Around".
Year: 1994 Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power proved that, even in an era of alternative rock supremacy, heavy metal fans were still a force to contend with. Here is their classic metal anthem "Walk". R.I.P. Dimebag Darrell Abbott.
Year: 1992 Courtesy of Atlantic / Warner Music Group
The Portland trio's first album for Sub Pop. A much more riff-heavy affair, the band pushes their sonic/compositional boundaries, while maintaining their identity.
Year: 2000 Courtesy of Sub Pop
Merging unparalleled musical bravery, prodigious musicianship, flawless execution and an angular landscape of forward thinking ideas, DILLINGER reinvent the rock 'n roll idiom while pleasing their harshest critics: themselves.
Year: 2000 Courtesy of Rive Video Promotion
Mike Patton, of Faith No More and Fantomas fame, brings us the more pop oriented side of his personality with Peeping Tom. Rahzel and Dan the Automator both appear on the song "Mojo".
Year: 2006 Courtesy of HIP Video Promotion
Style master Andy Irons hard charging, freesurfing spot from Jeff Donners movie, Raising the Bar. Andy proves he can rip in any conditions from Pipe to Trestles.
Year: 2000 Courtesy of Seven Films
Producing dark and atmospheric songs, Mew posses a graceful beauty and create an epic sound with strikingly memorable tunes over which delicate vocals soar to angelic heights. Video: ÒSpecialÓ.
Year: 2005 Courtesy of R'N'R Freelance
The Shins' combine mysterious narratives with golden song structures, resulting in lavish and opulent indie pop. You may have heard "New Slang" in the movie Garden State, but here it is in it's original glory.
Year: 2001 Courtesy of Sub Pop
Steel Pulse are known for performing well-written, Afrocentric songs that are rebellious without being negative or inflammatory. Video: "Global Warning"
Year: 2004 Courtesy of Sanctuary Records court. of Rive Video Promotion
