Failure

Failure came up in early-'90s Los Angeles, playing a dense, effects-heavy strain of alternative rock that was too strange for the mainstream but too tuneful to stay underground. Their best record, Fantastic Planet, became a quiet favourite among other musicians, and its guitar textures and studio craft ended up shaping a generation of heavy, melodic rock bands. The group broke up in 1997 after years of frustration and addiction, then returned in the 2010s to find the audience they had missed the first time.