Alt Returns

I gotta say it.....I'm very stoked about the 90s alternative revival that's rocking the airwaves right now.

Now, we all know these bands didn't disappear...but for some reason, they just hadn't made an appearance on the pop culture radar until recently. And I couldn't be happier.

Last year, we had the return of both the Stone Temple Pilots and Guns 'n Roses in the form of supergroup Velvet Revolver. Then, last fall, Green Day dropped the best record of their career with American Idiot, Cake had a killer single in "No Phone" and Collective Soul rocked back with "Counting the Days."

Just last month, Garbage made a triumphant rock flashback with the very 90s "Stupid Girl." Beck too is back on airwaves with "Hell Yes"...the list goes on. That's not even to mention the 90s-sounding bands all over the place.

But the best part of these reappearances is that these artists returned rocking the same great sounds they used to have. No trendiness. No fitting in. Just all-out rock for those of us that lean that way.

It's a truly beutiful thing. I honestly thought Alt was dead. I was wrong.