Well if early 90s is acceptable then. Was a good time for me. Just out of uni and due to the unavailability of jobs for new graduates had plenty of spare time. Also to do MTBing.
Janes Addicition - did half the dates on the Ritual de lo Habitual tour. Was guttet when they split up. Flew over for the Rock City gig in 2002...
Levitation - another band that split up at a really stupid time.
Mudhoney were great at the time but find them unlistenable now.
Hole (regardless of any opinions you might have about Courtney Love) used to be really good live too round the time of their first LP. Never saw them after that. But "Live through this" was and still is a hell of a record.