Honorary Mention:
Winona Ryder
She slept with every alternative rock band in the 90s, I kind of feel like she deserves a place on this list.
10) Courtney Love- Lead Singer from Hole and murder of Kurt Cobain… er.. I mean widow
For every one good Courtney Love picture out there I could probably find you like 30 bad ones. But she had like a two-year period where she cleaned up, had some surgery, and looked pretty decent.
9) Lisa Loeb- Crappy song from the “Reality Bites” Soundtrack
The glasses, the smile, the hokey video… Lisa Loeb was the girl you wanted to abduct from the coffee house. Now hosting cooking shows she still retains the look that made her popular.
8 ) Carrie Brownstein- Sleater-Kinney Co-Founder
I have a weakness for women with serious musical chops… Carrie Brownstein has that and much more.
7) Kathleen Hanna- Bikini Kill
Hanna was one of the leaders of the whole Riot Grrrrl movement, which was associated with third wave feminism. So she would probably stab me for writing this post.
6) Shirley Manson- Garbage
I had a long debate about Shirley Manson. Physically I guess she is all right, she isn’t really my type, and I think her teeth bug me. However she oozes sexuality, which is enough to launch her to number 6 on my list. She just comes off as a dirty girl you would meet in a club/bar/swingers club that would ruin you for the rest of your life.
5) Gwen Stefani- No Doubt future pop sellout
The best abs on a singer ever…. Stefani didn’t really hit her stride or sell out until this decade but her initial rise to fame came off the “Tragic Kingdom” album release. She married Gavin Rossdale who was also up for consideration on this list.
4) Nina Persson- The Cardigans
She is blond and Swedish more what do you want to discuss? I would have to say she probably aged the worst out of anyone on this list.
3) Hope Sandoval- Mazzy Star and various collaborative projects
Someone once described her voice as haunting to me. I don’t know if I would agree with that but I think “Fade Into You” was put on way too many mix tapes that led to her voice haunting many people. I have no idea if that made sense.
2) Melissa Auf Der Maur- Bassist Hole
Auf Der Maur just sounds like a kinky German porn stars name. Anyway… The fact that she doesn’t like men doesn’t dissuade me from putting her at number two. Of course when you hang out with Courtney Love all the time it might just make you better looking by default. Like when mediocre looking girls hang out with girls with humps on their back or some other massive deformity so they look better.
1) Liz Phair
Liz Phair may have been my first “alternachick” crush I ever had. Maybe it was her looks, maybe it was her songs about being a blowjob queen. I guess it is a toss up. Even better is that she has aged disgustingly well, these two magazine photos were taken over ten years apart.
