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Nirvana brought the Pacific Northwest's underground rock into a much wider audience through Nevermind in 1991. The band's music combined punk intensity with memorable pop melodies, connecting rough guitar sounds to...

A grunge-influenced song about alienation and self-loathing.

Drive appears on R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.

A alternative rock song about feeling overwhelmed by emotions.

Everybody Hurts appears on R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.

Find the River appears on R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.

An unusually upbeat song for The Cure, celebrating the joy of the weekend.

Man on the Moon appears on R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.

Nightswimming appears on R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish band built around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. Emerging from East Kilbride, they placed simple pop melodies within dense guitar feedback, an...

A rock song addressing themes of depression and missing children.

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite appears on R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.

Anthony Kiedis wrote the words while reflecting on loneliness and recovery from drug addiction. Rick Rubin found the poem in his notebook and encouraged him to share it with the band. John Frusciante developed...