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21 June 2024, 19:17 | Updated: 21 August 2024, 13:34
Cast your mind back to the year of Generation Terrorists, Ebeneezer Goode, Automatic For The People and Friday I'm In Love.
The Manics released their debut album, which featured the classics Motorcycle Emptiness, You Love Us and Little Baby Nothing.
The Manchester band, led by Tim Booth, released their fourth album in 1992. It included the singles Born Of Frustration and Sound.
The Icelandic band's third and final album, featuring the single Hit. Singer Bjork would start a solo career the following year.
Oxford's greatest proponents of noisy shoegaze rock scored a massive Top 10 hit with Leave Them All Behind… and gave the Creation label their biggest single before Oasis came along.
The great Brit shoegazing band released their debut album, featuring the singles Horror Head and Fait Accompli.
The band's second album featured the singles Weirdo and Tremelo Song.
Polly Jean and her band released their debut album this year, featuring Sheela-Na-Gig and Dress.
Jason Pierce, having left seminal shoegaze/drone rock act Spacemen 3, released the debut album from his new band Spiritualized.
The LA female rockers released their third album, which contained their biggest hit, Pretend We're Dead.
The debut album the alt.rock legends was released in '92, showcasing the songwriting of Stephen Malkmus.
Robert Smith's merry men issued their ninth album in 1992 and bagged them their only number 1 album to date. The album includes the indie club favourite Friday I'm In Love.
Jim Bob and Fruitbat's satirical dig at the UK's entry into Europe featured the single The Only Living Boy In New Cross.
The Alanta blues-rockers released their second album, which featured the track Remedy.
Evan Dando's band issued their fifth album, which featured singles such as Confetti and the title track. The cover of Mrs Robinson wasn't added until the album was re-released later in the year.
The band's fourth LP includes Be Aggressive, A Small Victory and Midlife Crisis.
The Leeds indie band fronted by David Gedge decided to release a single every month between January and December 1992. As the singles were only limited editions, this album collects the first set of A and B-sides, with the tracks Blue Eyes, Go Go Dancer, Three, Silver Shorts, Come Play With Me and California, plus covers of Neil Young, The Monkees, Altered Images and the theme from Twin Peaks.
The fifth album from Al Jourgensen's industrial metal heads included the hit Jesus Built My Hotrod and Just One Fix.
The legendary NYC band released their seventh album, which featured the tracks Youths Against Fascism and 100%.
His Mozness released his third solo album in this year - highlights included We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful and Glamorous Glue.
The Aussie band's eighth studio album was a No 1 hit in the UK and included the single Beautiful Girl and Taste It.
The Modfather's first solo album outside the confines of a group; it included the singles Uh Huh Oh Yeh and Into Tomorrow.
Former Husker Du frontman and solo artist Bob Mould released the debut from his new power trio, which included the songs Changes, A Good IDea and If I Can't Change Your Mind.
Having developed from indie band into rave titans, this was The Shamen's fifth album and their commercial peak, including as it does the No 1 hit Ebeneezer Goode.
This eight track mini LP spanned the gap between 1989's Pretty Hate Machine and 1994's The Downward Spiral. Tracks include Wish and Happiness In Slavery.
The band's eighth album went on to sell 18 million copies and features the tracks Drive, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Nightswimming and Man On The Moon.