# 90s alternative rock sexpots **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126 "2015-06-10T01:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/41 "2015-06-12T00:04:13Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I never followed her or even heard much of her stuff but from what little I saw, Liz Phair was pretty attractive. _Exile in Guyville_ is, IMO, one of the best debut albums any artist has ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/42 "2015-06-12T00:09:14Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Johnette Napolitano I agree :). I thought about her earlier, but had eye surgery this morning and didn’t get a chance to post it. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/43 "2015-06-12T01:34:05Z")
I just looked up Joan Jett to see if she could count as 1990’s and found out that she is OLDER THAN I AM. So I can letch on her without feeling like a creep. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/44 "2015-06-12T11:47:23Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I don’t think Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) wore a shirt until 2001. My wife has expressed GREAT appreciation for Chris Cornell. She prefers him now, though, as opposed to the Badmotorfinger days; he’s doesn’t look as greasy. For me, it’s all about Tori Amos. I actually had the chance to meet her, very briefly, at a pre-concert event. This was '98 or '99. She was strikingly gorgeous, and so TINY. I think I managed to speak a couple of actual words, but possibly not. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/45 "2015-06-12T13:11:22Z")
[Courtney](http://newsnyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SlHFmYkXOZ.jpg)was super hot in the late 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/46 "2015-06-12T14:00:57Z")
Count me in for the Veruca Salt Girls! Some other favorites… Sean Yseult - White Zombie Bif Naked Angie Hart - Frente! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/47 "2015-06-12T14:07:07Z")
Got her start in the 80s, but stayed active throughout the 90s: [Kira Roessler](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la0boamj5T1qcb6a9o1_400.jpg) was the cutest thing ever in one of the most intensely sonically ugly bands in the world, late-era Black Flag. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/48 "2015-06-12T14:25:54Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > For me, it’s all about Tori Amos. I actually had the chance to meet her, very briefly, at a pre-concert event. This was '98 or '99. She was strikingly gorgeous, and so TINY. I think I managed to speak a couple of actual words, but possibly not. That reminds me of [Mary Fahl](http://i.ticketweb.com/i/00/04/38/84/79_Edp.jpg) of October Project who I had a chance to meet twice (and even scored a hug). Which is probably stretching the limits of “90s alternative” although I think Bury My Lovely got a few spins on 120 Minutes back in the day. Which then reminds me that 120 Minutes also played Cowboy Junkies’ cover of “Sweet Jane” for a while. Again, not really “alternative” but I guess they weren’t going to play it during “Yo! MTV Raps!”. I don’t know that [Margo Timmins](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DOE1tUefzgs/hqdefault.jpg) was a “sexpot” but she was an attractive woman. I guess the real point of my tangent is that MTV used to throw some fairly random catch-all stuff into 120 Minutes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/49 "2015-06-12T15:06:25Z")
I don’t know whether they count as Alt-Rock but I offer up the Irish contingent: **All About Eve** singer **Julianne Regan** from the late 1980s and early 1990s. **The Cranberries** singer **Dolores O’Riordan** although I think she possibly hit the bottle hard a few years back. \*\* The Corrs\*\* gives you three fine looking sisters plus, for those who prefer a strapping lad, the guitarist is their brother. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/50 "2015-06-12T15:14:16Z")
Since Liz Phair has already been mentioned, I’ll note Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo. [http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=imgres&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAwQjRwwAGoVChMIk-yEyraKxgIVuCWMCh06aQaI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.ap.teacup.com%2Fmasarecordsorg%2F62.html&ei=wvR6VZODMLjLsAS60pnACA&psig=AFQjCNHpeXOLFYJZFl1boUX2L\_wavcZ-MQ&ust=1434207810885034](http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=imgres&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAwQjRwwAGoVChMIk-yEyraKxgIVuCWMCh06aQaI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.ap.teacup.com%2Fmasarecordsorg%2F62.html&ei=wvR6VZODMLjLsAS60pnACA&psig=AFQjCNHpeXOLFYJZFl1boUX2L_wavcZ-MQ&ust=1434207810885034) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/51 "2015-06-12T16:33:49Z")
50 posts and no mention of Lisa Loeb? Is she not alternative enough or ain’t nobody else got a thing for girls wearing glasses? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/52 "2015-06-12T18:35:58Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Got her start in the 80s, but stayed active throughout the 90s: > > [Kira Roessler](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la0boamj5T1qcb6a9o1_400.jpg) was the cutest thing ever in one of the most intensely sonically ugly bands in the world, late-era Black Flag. Kira’s got the 10 1/2! (NSFW) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OJQmy1OIxTs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGMgUihlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBABYnXUxhrnq_DltraDUccdLhJSg "BLACK FLAG "WHO'S GOT THE 10 1/2 LIVE"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJQmy1OIxTs) ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/53 "2015-06-13T02:47:41Z")
What, no love for [Sheryl Crow](https://www.google.com/search?q=sheryl+crow&espv=2&biw=1292&bih=881&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgzEHnxCnfq6-QU5GfLypEgeIaVaUXqgllZ1spZ9bWpyZrF-UmpxflJKZl26VWFSSWVzyv_zTP3f-KYd2-um3dC7344lP_38eAA_uLmxQAAAA&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIytypt9KLxgIVClmSCh0qlQmw&dpr=1)? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/54 "2015-06-13T08:15:21Z")
> [@rsa](#): > > What, no love for [Sheryl Crow](https://www.google.com/search?q=sheryl+crow&espv=2&biw=1292&bih=881&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgzEHnxCnfq6-QU5GfLypEgeIaVaUXqgllZ1spZ9bWpyZrF-UmpxflJKZl26VWFSSWVzyv_zTP3f-KYd2-um3dC7344lP_38eAA_uLmxQAAAA&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIytypt9KLxgIVClmSCh0qlQmw&dpr=1)? Crow (like Lisa Loeb) probably wasn’t “alternative” enough during the 90s. Basically, one easy (if superficial) way to determine if an artist was considered “alternative” was if his, her, or their videos were aired on MTV’s “120 Minutes” late Sunday night. Attractive woman though. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/55 "2015-06-13T08:24:04Z")
I forgot to mention this in my last post but I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Sarah McLachlan yet. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/56 "2015-06-13T09:12:39Z")
I don’t know who any of these people are. And I can’t bring any I should remember to mind. It’s like I never lived through the 90s at all. I must really be getting old. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/57 "2015-06-13T10:44:55Z")
Borderline alternative, but I wouldn’t have kicked [Ute Lemper](http://www.2fortheroadevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ute-lemper-2-cut-lucas-allen-780x425.jpg) out of bed for annexing the Sudetenland. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/58 "2015-06-13T12:44:07Z")
> [@solost](#): > > 50 posts and no mention of Lisa Loeb? Is she not alternative enough or ain’t nobody else got a thing for girls wearing glasses? Oh, I assuredly have a thing for girls wearing glasses, and her particularly. I remember many moons ago listening to one of the VJ’s discussing the success of her video for “Stay”. It was probably one of those “I Love the 90’s” style program, it might have been Kennedy, whatever, that’s irrelevant. The VJ noted that the video was really popular among both boys and girls, and parsed it this way: “The boys kept hoping that dress will fall off, and the girls knew it won’t.” ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/59 "2015-06-13T13:08:13Z")
I’m just wild about [Saffron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk) And who could forget Deee Groovy [Lady Miss Kier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzoEK545j64) And they were Alt before Alt was Alt, the one and only [B-52s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4) (I always had a thing for Kate Pierson) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126/60 "2015-06-13T14:15:27Z")
> [@solost](#): > > 50 posts and no mention of Lisa Loeb? Is she not alternative enough or ain’t nobody else got a thing for girls wearing glasses? Oh, that’s a good one. I just didn’t think of her. She was played on the alternative stations here, and I definitely considered her hot. I just didn’t think of her as I was thinking of more aggressive alt-rock, not the singer-songwriter stuff, but she should qualify, I’d think. In that same sort of vein, there was also Jewel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-alternative-rock-sexpots/722126.md?page=4)