Alternative rock bands in the 1990s shunned the idea of being rock stars, but many became alt-rock guitar heroes nonetheless.

When it first began to dominate radio in the mid 1990s, the sweet ... antidote to the gnarlier guitar-rock vibe of that grunge-soaked decade. The group's 1994 album, Cracked Rear View, went ...

Though the Blue Album is chock-full of slacker rock anthems, really listen to the guitar solos ... and alternative Gen X rock bands from the 1990s sold millions of records and became the thing ...