Alt-rock was thriving, grunge was hitting a tipping point, but there were still plenty of acts just starting to make their mark on rock and metal music.
Oh right-- Silverchair. Whatever happened to them?
Well, lead singer Daniel Johns appeared in Sydney, Australia, last weekend at Triple J's Beat The Drum music festival.
For an audience of about 25,000, he covered Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," turning it into a slow piano ballad accompanied by a harp.