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Lady Gaga said that Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead were big inspirations for her new album 'Mayhem,' as well as David Bowie and Prince.

Some of the biggest hits ever.

Grunge was going strong, but it wasn't the only game in town in 1995. How many of these albums from 30 years ago do you remember?

Rock and metal dominated the list.

From nu-metal to emo, pop-punk to garage rock, there were plenty of great rock albums to choose from in the 2000s.

From grunge to nu-metal, pop-punk to Brit-rock and all the alternative stuff around it, the '90s were a great period for rock music.

Explore the author's top picks of iconic 90s rock and metal albums. Which ones would you pass down to future generations?

From the '70s and '80s to modern day, alt-rock has put interesting bands on the concert stage.

That's at least half a decade.

The long and short of it for the bands that broke out in 1993.