Are you feeling out of touch with what the kids are listening to these days and missing your '90s idols? Then you’re in for a treat, as a whole lot of '90s rock bands are about to return with new LPs—Garbage will sing about Strange Little Birds on June 10 and Red Hot Chili Peppers will arrange their The Getaway on June 17, while Blink-182 will invite us to California on July 1. And that’s just three out of 8 '90s bands who are still going strong, rocking hard and refusing to grow old.    

Garbage

Garbage’s striking frontlady Shirley Manson was the epitome of the '90s bad girl. And she’s still very much a rebel, whether she’s dying her hair pink for the band’s debut record's 20th anniversary or commenting on all things pop culture on Facebook. She’s got enough music in her, too, as the Scottish rockers unveil their sixth studio album Strange Little Birds today (June 10). The theme of the album is, you guessed it, darkness. Guess Manson is still only happy when it rains.

Blink-182

This Californian trio may be the best example of late-90s tongue-in-cheek middle-finger-in-the-air pop punk attitude, but they managed to stay relevant all the way through the 2000s, although most of the times via solo projects. The unfortunate turn of events (Travis Barker’s plane crash, which the drummer barely survived) brought the trio back together in 2008 and they released their comeback record Neighborhoods in 2011. The reunion wasn’t all that smooth and Tom DeLonge eventually left the band and the spot was taken by Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba. The seventh album California comes out on July 1.

The Offspring

Let’s not even try to count how many times Dexter Holland had to respond “Aha aha” to the famous “Give it to me baby” line from the Californian rockers’ biggest hit “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy).” They are still pretty fly and pretty productive when it comes to touring. The band’s last record Days Go By was released in 2012 but by the looks of things (ie: Instagram posts and a couple of one-off singles) new The Offspring album should be released soon.

Green Day

Green Day is a great example of the band that managed to get bigger and better as the years went by, all thanks to their career-defying American Idiot album/rock opera released back in 2004. The record proved that you don’t really have to tour the globe to go worldwide—you may simply create a musical based on your songs to hit the stages from Broadway all the way to Tokyo. Which doesn’t mean Billy Joe Armstrong-fronted band stopped making music—their triptych ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! came out in 2012 and new songs are expected to surface soon.
  

Radiohead

Thom Yorke may proclaim himself a "creep" in his band’s best known song (aka one of the '90s pivotal rock ballads), but to the rest of the world he’s the definition of a daring musician and a critics’ darling. Radiohead pushed their experiments far past Millennium, both in the studio and outside of it. Make your listeners pay whatever they want for your record? Done with the release of 2007’s In Rainbows. Erase all of the band’s social media content? Great way to make everyone talk about 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool. If anything, Radiohead still knows how to play the game by breaking all the rules. That’s what we call an eternally youthful spirit.

Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl’s other project, Nirvana, may be the ultimate '90s band, but Foo Fighters aren’t doing that bad either. Multiple Grammy Awards, bestselling records and tours prove that Dave never lost his rockstar charisma. Even though sometimes he’s walking on the edge, or more like falling from it: last summer Grohl fell down from the stage and broke his leg yet still finished the concert sitting on a chair. The band’s latest tour was called Broken Leg Tour so don’t you worry, these guys still know how to make fun of themselves and no, they are not going to split any time soon, as proven by their hilarious prank video featuring Nick Lachey.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

What is it with these Californian rockers and their will to survive? Red Hot Chili Peppers were serving some first-class rock since early '80s, but got especially hot in the '90s. Which they still do, whether they’re rocking the Super Bowl stage alongside Bruno Mars, touring the world or popping out new records (The Getaway hits stores on June 17). Even Elton John couldn’t resist: he’s playing piano on a song called “Sick Love” on the new album.

Goo Goo Dolls

You may think of them as the ultimate '90s rock band, but there’s more to Goo Goo Dolls than these famous guitar riffs from “Iris”. They’ve released five albums since their 1998’s breakthrough LP Dizzy Up the Girl and the last one, Boxes, came out this past May. And considering their biggest hit was from a soundtrack, it’s a no-brainer that the band never stopped scoring films, from Transformers: Dark of the Moon to Finding Neverland. Their latest single is "So Alive" and we won't argue with that.