20 God-Tier Rock Songs From the 1990s + 2000s

What an thrilling 20 years it was for rock music between the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s, stuffed with loads of “god-tier” tracks that left their mark on music and tradition. You possibly can solely hope that sufficient innovation comes alongside to make it fascinating and the model that dominated over these 20 years flipped a number of instances.

Within the early ’90s, we noticed Nirvana actually change the face and sound of rock music with the arrival of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Seemingly in a single day the inflow of glam-influenced laborious rock bands had been tossed apart in favor of the angst and uncooked nature of Nirvana’s smash breakout single.

However because the ’90s cast on, nu-metal changed grunge atop the heap and by 2000 a wealth of recent acts had been able to make their presence felt, led by Papa Roach and their definitive nu-metal period anthem “Final Resort.” However simply as grunge earlier than it, nu-metal would fade away as emo got here to the forefront and arguably the anthem of the period can be My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade.”

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These are simply three of the god-tier songs from the ’90s and ’00s you will discover on this listing.

What different songs managed to transcend the rock world to turn into the kind of songs which are cemented within the historical past of music?

Take a better take a look at our picks for the God-Tier Rock Songs of the ’90s and 2000s beneath.