Alt-Rock Then and Now: Connecting the Classes of 1992 and 2012

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If it seems like the hip new bands of 2012 remind you of something you've heard before, one, you're old, but two, you're right. The adage "everything old is new again" is particularly applicable to modern music and there are a lot of acts who feel mighty familiar right now.

Sensing a time-based forensic piece, we jumped in the Official Spinner Tardis[TM] (which actually looks more like Pig Floyd's flying pig) and zapped backwards 20 years. When we got there we realized pretty quickly how embarrassing grungewear actually was as fashion.

But it also became crystal clear that the rise of the alternative nation -- officially marked by Nirvana's 'Nevermind' knocking Michael Jackson's 'Dangerous' off the chart top in January, 1992 -- sounded a lot like what's going on today.

We sifted through all the DNA evidence and found a number of undeniable family resemblances between various acts from 1992 and 2012. Here they are now, we hope they entertain you:

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Alt-Rock Then and Now: Connecting the Classes of 1992 and 2012

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