Alternative for the Masses: The '90s Alt-Rock Revolution - An Oral HistoryAuthor: Greg Prato Get the definitive story of the 90s alt rock movement straight from the musicians and figures who lived it. No period in the history of rock music offered such an abrupt shift in prevailing tastes as the 1990s. While just a short while before, radio and MTV were clamoring for hair metal bands, suddenly alt rockers such as Janes Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Primus, Smashing Pumpkins, and of course, Nirvana, brought a