How Well Do You Remember 90s Indie Bands?
Gensen Huang
Created 6/20/2024
Test your knowledge of the forgotten indie bands from the 90s and see how many correct answers you can get out of 20!
1. Which 90s indie band had a hit with 'No Rain' featuring a memorable Bee Girl in the music video?
Blind Melon
The Longpigs
Strangelove
Curve
2. Ultrasound, a 90s band from Yorkshire, was known for a singer who looked like which comedian?
Johnny Vegas
Ricky Gervais
Ed Byrne
Peter Kay
3. Which band's debut album 'This World and Body' was popular among sensitive bedroom-dwelling types in the mid-90s?
Marion
Strangelove
Geneva
Terris
4. ‘12 Reasons Why I Love Her’ was a hit for which 90s indie band?
My Life Story
Babybird
My Drug Hell
Rialto
5. Which band had Robbie Williams snapped wearing their t-shirt, causing a brief moment of fame?
My Drug Hell
The Wildhearts
Babylon Zoo
Regular Fries
6. With a single chosen for a Levis advert, which band’s ‘Spaceman’ initially captivated everyone but was largely dismissed afterward?
Babylon Zoo
Skunk Anansie
Electronic
Shack
7. Geneva, signed by Saul Galpern, was praised for the angelic voice of which singer?
Andrew Montgomery
Patrick Duff
Crispin Hunt
Louis Eliot
8. Which band is known for the hit 'The You and Me Song', featured in the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack?
Sneaker Pimps
David Devant and his Spirit Wife
Veruca Salt
The Wannadies
9. Which band, with a massively popular song 'Teenage Dirtbag', also covered Erasure’s ‘A Little Respect’?
Wheatus
Gay Dad
Babybird
Regular Fries
10. Which band was once led by a frontwoman who left causing the remaining members to struggle for attention?
Geneva
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Sneaker Pimps
Scarfo
11. Which Scottish indie band was led by Roddy Woomble and had a bassist named Bob, later replaced as the band changed its direction?
Idlewild
Terris
Strangelove
Shack
12. Named after a 19th-century magician, which band was led by a character named The Vessel?
David Devant and his Spirit Wife
Scarfo
Tiger
Electronic
13. Which band’s song ‘You’re Gorgeous’ became a sarcastic ode to objectification and an enduring hit in the 90s?
Babybird
The Gin Blossoms
Geneva
Shack
14. Which band, fronted by Mick Head, was praised for their songwriting but struggled to convert this into record sales?
Shack
Ultrasound
These Animal Men
Stone Temple Pilots
15. Which band was known for the song ‘Hey Jealousy’ and struggled due to personal issues of its guitarist?
The Gin Blossoms
Curve
Marion
Crash Test Dummies
16. Which 90s indie band led by Cliff Jones had a controversial career due to its founder's background in music journalism?
My Life Story
Wheatus
Gay Dad
The Servant
17. Which 90s indie band had the hit 'Spaceman' that struggled in popularity after the initial advertising success?
Blind Melon
Babylon Zoo
Ultrasound
Geneva
18. Which band had a huge hit with ‘Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm’, largely thanks to Radio 1’s Simon Mayo?
Crash Test Dummies
Shack
Kingmaker
Sneaker Pimps
19. Which band, featuring Toni Halliday, influenced acts like Garbage and The Kills?
Curve
The Auteurs
Salad
Skunk Anansie
20. Which band, known for the hit ‘6 Underground’, was formed by Chris Corner?
10 King Adora
Rialto
Sneaker Pimps
Gay Dad
