Rock Bands In The 90s
On The Acoustic

What's Up is from the only album put out by 4 Non Blondes in 1992 called Bigger Better Faster More. This track was a #1 in the US and was popular globally as well.

Ocean Pearl is from the Canadian band 54-40 and was the 3rd single released from this album back in 1994. The song got airplay in Canada but never charted in the US.

No Rain was the bands 2nd single from their debut album and peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 list from 1993.

Water Into Wine was a single release by Australian band Cold Chisel back in 1998. The song peaked at #46 on the charts in Australia and hails from their album The Last Wave Of Summer, which spawned two other singles.

Daylight Fading is a single by the American rock band Counting Crows. It is the third single and also the third track of their second album Recovering the Satellites (1996).

With Arms Wide Open is a track from the bands 2000 album Human Clay. The song was a #1 in the US and a #2 inCanada.

Learn To Fly is from the 1999 album There Is Nothing Left To Lose and was their first song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 list eventually peaking at #19.

Stacy's Mom was the bands most successful song when it was released in 2003 from the album Welcome Interstate Managers. The song peaked at #21 in the US but did go higher on the charts in Ireland and Canada.

Iris was a huge song for the Goo Goo Dolls and can be found on their greatest hits album from 2007.

Slide became a #1 hit in several countries when it was released back in 1998 from the album Dizzy Up The Girl.

Sympathy managed to make it to the #10 spot on the US charts when it was released from the album Gutterflower back in 2003.

Sweet Child Of Mine became the only #1 song in the US from Guns N Roses where it was released as a single from their debut album of 1987 called Appetite For Destruction.

Drive was the third single from the bands 2000 album Make Yourself. The song hit the top of the US rock charts in the spring of 2001.

The Rest Of My Life was a #1 hit in the US by Less Than Jake back in 2006 from their album In With The Out Crowd. Three singles were released from this album with "Overrated" being their only other #1 hit, but also from this album.

I've Been Thinking About You is from the album In The Blood which was released in 1990. It was a monster #1 hit in several countries and peaked at #2 in the UK for this British band. It was the groups only #1 hit song.

The Unforgiven is a track from the bands 1991 album known as The Black Album called Metallica. The song made it to the top 10 in the US and Australia and spawned two additional sequal songs called The Unforgiven II and The Unforgiven iii.

1916 is a track from the 1991 album of the same name released by Motorhead. The song was written by bassist Lemmy about the loss of British men during WWI. He said he'd written the lyrics before the music.

Although the song was the name of the album, it was never released as a single.

Head Like A Hole is a track from the bands first album back in 1989 called Pretty Hate Machine.

Ain't It A Shame hails from the bands 2004 album With The Lights Outs.

Don't Speak was a monster hit for the group No Doubt and hails from their 1995 album Tragic Kingdom.

Champagne Supernova is a track from the bands 2nd album released back in 1995 called What's The Story Morning Glory.

Don't Look Back In Anger is also found on the bands 1995 album What's The Story Morning Glory.

Wonderwall is the third lesson on this page from Oasis and is also from the bands 1995 album What's The Story Morning Glory.

Future Days is the last track from the 2013 album Lightning Bolt. This song was never released as a single.soon

Under The Bridge was released  by the RHCP back in 1992 as their 2nd single from the album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik". The lyrics were written first and then the band collaborated on the writing of the music around the lyrics. The song became a #2 hit for the band.

Played in standard tuning you can use an arpeggio rhythm along with a little bit country because I'm adding the riff in under the rhythm. So my rhythm now becomes two down strokes followed by the riff. I'm playing a muted down up down up where I'm not playing the riff section.

The chords required are D, Gb, Db, E, B, Dbm, Abm, A, Emaj7, Gbm, Am7, Gmaj7/A, Fmaj7/A, Amaj7 and an Esus.

Candy Jail is a track from the 2008 album Lookout Mountain Lookout Seas by Silver Jew and was their last album from the band.

Disarm was one of four singles released from The Smashing Pumpkins 1994 album Siamese Dreams. The single peaked at #5 in the US and #11 in the UK.

You can play all down strokes for rhythm in this one or mix it up with a down up down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in the chorus. No lead and the chords you'll need are Em, C, G, D/Gb and a D.

The Underdog is a track from the 2007 album from Spoon called Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The song charted #26 in the US and #38 in Canada,

Plush was originally on a Headbangers Ball album produced by MTV as an acoustic version but the track now from their 2003 Greatest Hits album.

Sour Girl was one of three singles released from the 1999 album No.4. The song was the bands most successful single and the only single to break into the Billboard Hot 100 list at #88.

Cold Boy Smile is a track from the 2010 album  y The Black Crowes entitled Crowology.

He Was A Friend Of Mine is a track from the 1996 album Cover Me With A Good Dream and to my knowledge was never release by them as a single. The song has been covered my many including Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Jerry Jeff Walker and other but no one seems to know who wrote the song

Buddy Holly was a track the Weezer 1994 Blue Album and was a top song in many countries including the US, Canada, Sweden, UK and Iceland and reaching #2 and #18 on two US charts.

The chords here are G, C, D, Em, Bm and a Cm played with a capo 1st for the original key. You can use a down down down up down down down up and repeat rhythm pattern with a bit of lead in the middle in standard tuning.

Someone To Lose is a track from Wilco's 2016 album entitled Schmilco, which released two singles, but this song wasn't one of them.

The Thanks I Get was one of 16 tracks recorded for this album from 2007 entitled Sky Blue Sky. But in the end the 12 tracks that were selected did not include this song. Instead is was released on the bands MySpace page.