The booming 90s alt-rock era was a great time to be alive. Alongside grunge, the genre was flourishing, with some of the best albums of the decade being rock records with some edge and grit to them. Once we moved into the 2000s, it was tough for some of the bands to maintain their stride , so a lot of them fell off. That sucks. Videos by VICE However, some of those great alt-rock bands kept the heat on and still sound just as good today as they did in their prime. Scroll down to see a few we think really kept the heat on. Candlebox In 1993, Candlebox came out swinging with their self-titled debut album. The record featured a couple of major singles—”You” and “Far Behind”—and has since become a staple of the grunge era. Over the next few years, Candlebox dropped a couple more killer records before taking a bit of a break. They rebounded in the late 2000s and maintained a solid alt-rock career for the next couple of decades.…