1.Prince, exuding dangerous levels of cool, July 1990.
2.Wise words from Transvision Vamp's Wendy James, June 1991.
3.Robert Smith of The Cure rocks the smudged lipstick look, August 1991.
4.Although PJ Harvey won hands down in the lipstick and eyeliner stakes in April 1995.
5.What's better: Damon Albarn having a Drew Barrymore moment with those daisies, or the sound of that free tape that came with the October 1991 issue of Select?
6.Although maybe we’d rather have Bobby Gillespie’s February 1992 “Rock ‘n’ Roll music” tape instead.
7.A hard-hitting Kurt Cobain front cover, April 1992.
8.We’ve almost certainly seen those sunglasses from August 1992 on a street style blog this decade.
9.Morrissey, playing up to his combative reputation, May 1994.
10.The '90s was actually one big pose-off between Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Suede's Brett Anderson. Brett won round one in April 1993.
11.But the crown went to Jarvis in October 1995.
12.And then back to Brett in November 1996.
13.Kylie spent much of the '90s flirting with indie-girl cool, and she nailed it here in June 1992.
14.Elastica's Justine Frischmann cut an excellent figure as an indie Marlene Dietrich in February 1994.
15.Before the infamous swan dress, Bjork went for a subtler take on snowy white fuzz in August 1994.
16.Modern singers bow down - Shirley Manson set the badass bar high in June 1996.
17.Before Cerys Matthews cooed you awake on a Sunday morning with her 6music show, she was a total indie queen in July 1998.
18.Brian Molko was all over "Free the Nipple" back in October 1998.
19.Blur vs Oasis: the rivalry that defined the Britpop era.
20.The hilarious Michael Jackson Brit Awards incident that Melody Maker covered in March 1996 sort of makes you wish Jarvis still ruffled more feathers these days.
21.Would 100% read a 2015 update of Caitlin Moran's February 1994 interview with Courtney Love.
22.A card game, a free CD, AND a brooding Tindersticks cover! Magazines were better in March 1995.
23.Pretty sure there are replicas of the Manics in July 1991 lurking in an East London pub near you.
24.Damon Albarn having a TLC "Waterfalls" moment before even they did in October 1994.
25.Lush: proof that there were plenty of great guitar bands around pre-Britpop.
26.All hail music magazines in the '90s, a true golden age - and in December 1995, Damon Albarn was their darling.
