There’s an excellent series up on the Onion AV Club site now called Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation, which goes into the history and legacy of 90’s music—starting with the author’s unapologetic love of pre-Nevermind pop music and following the sea change afterwards. The third installment, Pearl Jam, the Perils of Fame, and the Trouble With Avoiding It, does a nice job of answering my long-standing question, what ever happened to those guys, and do I really give a shit? (answer: they faded away, and no).