Christine Olding

For lover's of awesome '90s alt-rock, it doesn't get much better than the Breeders. Everyone knows about the awesomeness of the Deal sisters and the group's smash '93 single 'Cannonball,' but there's more to this recently reunited group than sisterly love and killer bass lines.

Given their overtly depressing lyrics and general sad-sack personas, Smith and the ex-Smiths singer share much in common, and had Smith not died in 2003, we suspect they'd be best friends. Here are 10 reasons why.