My Bloody Valentine was one of the top American alternative rock bands in the 1990s .
Some of the top mainstream American alternative rock bands of the 1990s included Hootie and The Blowfish , Collective Soul , Alice in Chains , Nirvana , The Offspring , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Soul Asylum , Liz Phair , R.E.M. , Porno for Pyros , Soundgarden , Live , Counting Crows , PJ Harvey , Rage Against the Machine , Goo Goo Dolls , Third Eye Blind , Green Day , Sleater-Kinney , The Smashing Pumpkins , 4 Non Blondes , Beck , The Breeders , Foo Fighters , Sublime , No Doubt , Yo La Tengo , Hole , Cake , Blind Melon , Stone Temple Pilots , Blink-182 , Garbage and Pearl Jam .
1990s in music