The Ultimate '90s Bands Quiz

Stone Temple Pilots was formed in San Diego.

Biggie was shot and killed on March 9, and "Life After Death" was released on March 25.

The Spike Jonze-directed video for "Buddy Holly" was a huge hit on MTV and in heavy rotation.

The Dave Matthews Band still tours.

Gordon formed the band with Thurston Moore in 1981 and became a pioneer for women in alternative music.

Little LeAnn was barely a teenager when "Blue" made her a star in 1994.

Their single "Killing Me Softly" also won for Best R&B Performance By a Group With Vocal the same year.

"In Utero" was released a few months before Cobain's death.

"Motown Philly" and "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" were singles from the 1991 album.

"Gish" came out in 1991 and eventually was certified Platinum but didn't sell well initially.

The eponymous album featured the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo from 1963.

Brian Warner really doesn't bring the same dark glamour.

The 1994 single kicked off a string of hits for the '90s band.

The single "Iris" was a smash and later on their follow-up album "Dizzy Up the Girl."

If you listened to alternative radio in the mid-1990s, you were sure to hear "Santa Monica." Over and over.

The 1992 album catapulted Blige into R&B stardom.

White Zombie had middling success as a band before their videos started to be shown — and enthusiastically celebrated — by the MTV cartoon goons.

Redman has collaborated with Method Man, but is not a member of the Clan.

Liam Gallagher battered his older brother Noel with the percussion instrument on their first U.S. tour.

Probably the most boring choice, but true.

Nowell died of a heroin overdose in May 1996, and the smash hit eponymous album was released in July.

I like my names better.

Yet they're still cited as one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s.

Now try to get "What's Going On" out of your head.

Thank the Backstreet Boys (or their marketing team) for launching a thousand imitators.

That seems weird, right?

Both Timbaland and Elliott hadn't yet hit it big on their own.

It isn't the '90s without a harmonica solo from Popper.

This is definitely the hardest question on the quiz.

"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" wasn't a big hit at the time but now has been reported to still sell around 25,000 copies a year.