Green Day

the best alternative rock albums of the '90s

91 Essential Alternative Rock Albums of the ’90s

An overview of a decade of underground music invading the mainstream

Green Day Nimrod

Nimrod showcased Green Day at their most authentically eclectic

The group’s most mainstream moment is also their hardest to pin down

Books About Music 2022

14 Books About Music to Read This Summer

Some of our favorite musical tomes in recent years (and a few even older)

misunderstood songs

10 Misunderstood Songs

Don’t put these songs on a mixtape for a crush, or play them at your wedding, or political rally, or graduation ceremony, or…

Green Day Good Riddance 1998

Alternative rock achieved Peak ’90s in 1998

We couldn’t recognize it for what it was, but we experienced Peak ’90s in 1998.

10 Essential back-to-back song pairs

One-two punches that can’t be separated.

The Smiths

The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015 nominees

Lou Reed, Bill Withers and Green Day also nominated.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe

This Is Not a Love Song

A primer on how not to misinterpret lyrics.