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6. Kara's Flowers (Maroon 5): Play the After Dark during "Forgive and Forget" (Beverly Hills 90210, Season 8, 1997). Kara's Flowers (the band later morphed into Maroon 5) performed during another hectic episode of the classic program--replete with an avenging boyfriend (Brandon Walsh) chasing down a drive-by shooter and lurid affairs (Valerie and Noah's quickie). In 2007 singer Adam Levine discussed the group's appearance with Rolling Stone: "I was a bit star-struck. Tiffani-Amber Thiessen [Valerie] thought we were all on cocaine...And there was Brian Austin Green [David] -- he wanted to talk to me about music. I remember him telling me that his new album was coming out. I was enthralled [laughs]."
7. Jamie Walters: Played "Ray Pruit" during a 39-episode Beverly Hills 90210 arc that took him from stage-frightened valley bumpkin to egomaniacal touring musician to jerk girlfriend-beater. Walters was having the time of his life in mid-1990s. His single "How Do You Talk to An Angel?" was a hit and Aaron Spelling created a crunchy country-rock character specifically for him. It was a cross-promotional dream. But with fame came the immediate backlash as young girls around the world started confusing him with his alter ego. During a 1999 MTV interview he explained the dilemma: "I'm like trying to sell tickets on our tour, and there's like teenage girls out there who think, like they really think I'm an abusive guy you know, and they'd hold up signs saying like 'leave Donna alone.'"
8. Brian Austin Green: Plays the beach club during "Castles in the Sand" (Beverly Hills 90210, Season 3, 1992). Green played recurring main character David Silver but something magical happened when our beloved music geek attempted an ill-advised go at stardom during a handful of beachy summer episodes. In this particular episode he played a little keyboard ditty known as "Be My Love." Note that Green did eventually attempt an actual offshoot music career with the atrocious rap album, One Stop Carnival.
9. Tilly & the Wall: Performed at Naomi Clark's birthday party during "We're Not In Kansas Anymore" (90210 Season 1, 2008). The tap-dancing Omaha quintet managed to outshine even the bitchiest of West Bev students with its infectious "Pot Kettle Black." Tilly & The Wall played the series premiere of the new 90210 and kicked it off with a bang, or should we say a stomp? The group affectively ushered in a new era of 90210, where the fashion was bright and the music indie rock-approved.
10. Little Jackie: Little Jackie played the homecoming dance during "There's No Place Like Homecoming" (90210, Season 1, 2008). Sultry vocalist Imani Coppola sings danceable hip hop jams "The World Should Revolve Around Me" and "The Stoop" during the new class's first major school function. While Coppola struts, Annie Wilson and Ethan Ward make a love connection while Ethan's ex Naomi fumes. Drama!
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