November of 1991 was a breaking point. Alternative rock wasn’t lurking in the shadows anymore—it was kicking down the door. From Billy Bragg’s pointed storytelling to Kate Bush reimagining “Rocket Man", from U2 reinventing themselves on “The Fly” to Blur planting the seeds of Britpop, the landscape was shifting fast. And at the very top, Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” didn’t just dominate—it rewired the decade.

This week, the Gen X 90s Top 20 Countdown becomes something bigger: 25 tracks deep, capturing the full scope of what was happening in music and culture. It’s the sound of alternative stretching, colliding, and breaking through, one song at a time.

Plug in, turn it up, and let’s rewind to November 23, 1991—when modern rock wasn’t just climbing the charts, it was rewriting them.

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Intro music by Open-Music-for-Videos from Pixabay