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Alternative rock in the 90s was something else, man.
- Thread starter T-Virus
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Silverchair was my favorite band in the 90's—their evolution was incredible. Nirvana, Soundgarden, Bush...whew—what an amazing time for music in general. I miss that music isn't like this anymore.
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Dr Cox acts like a clock chiming while telling Carla that she is wrong
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I love Beabadoobee...I hope she (and others rise in popularity) ushers in a greater revival of 90s indie and alt rock...so much great music from that era...
Oh hell yeah, LOVE Gin Blossoms.
90's Alternative has such a huge place in my heart. Got me through good and bad times growing up.
So stoked to see a few people jumping on the GB love.
This calls for... more!
These are two of my favorite bands from the 90s, but I always thought Garbage was Alt Rock and No Doubt was Ska Punk.
Siamese Dream is incredible, like lightning in a bottle, Jimmy Chamberlin is incredible on that album (as is Billy of course), what a musical synergy they had at that moment in time *chefs kiss*
Early 2000s underground rock was cracking too. In fact, current underground rock right now is pretty gosh darn solid and heavily influenced by late 80s/early 90s alt-rock.
Are all your takes on music off the mark? Two for two, in my experience 😄
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I really loved the 90s era of music videos, it felt like every other video was trying crazy new shit I'd never seen before
Hell yeah. Controversial opinion time, but I'd say Live Through This is better than any Nirvana album and I LOVED Nirvana.
Man if you'll tolerate this came on the radio the other day and it hit me how absolutely spot on the lyrics are for today's society. It could have been written a month ago and folks would have complained it was too on the nose for how current it actually is.
It's always surprising to me just how much music from the 90s never left Canada. Music I had always assumed were big everywhere yet only ever made it big here.
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PLUMTREE - Scott Pilgrim music video
Here is Plumtree's Scott Pilgrim video. This is the song that inspired the NAME of the comic book Scott Pilgrim...which is was made into a movie starring Mic...
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Pure - Denial
I don't own this song, but people should be allowed to hear it, if there is a problem with copyright let me know....Fun Fact: Vocalist Jordy Birch had a mino...
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This is the first band I ever saw live. Was an incredible gig.
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Edit technically a naughties band because the album came out in 2001 even though they formed in 1999 which is when i saw them live...
My Vitriol - Always: Your Way
Always: Your Way from Finelines Album Enjoy My Vitriolxx
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Edit technically a naughties band because the album came out in 2001 even though they formed in 1999 which is when i saw them live...
They played a free outdoor concert about ten minutes from my house 10 years ago. They sounded great and it was awesome.
Yeah! Someone earlier in this thread said they were still around and it surprised me. Been banging New Miserable Experience all afternoon.
The 90s were a great time for musical exploration, as you started to get the internet to help you so discover bands off the beaten path from radio and MTV. I had the original Music Choice (the cable music thing) where you had to get a separate box to listen and heard a bunch of great stuff.
Some of my contributions to the thread:
Dig - Believe
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The Spinanes - Lines and Lines
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Some of my contributions to the thread:
Dig - Believe
Believe
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The Spinanes - Lines and Lines
Lines and Lines
Provided to YouTube by Merge Media LtdLines and Lines · The SpinanesStrand℗ 2018 Rebecca Gates and Scott Plouf under exclusive license to Merge RecordsReleas...
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Melting Hopefuls - Turn On The Turn Off
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
Yep. I also loved the stuff happening with hip hop and edm in the 90s.
Yeah, the last year of a decade is always fuzzy like that.
Nobody would call Nine Inch Nails an 80's band but Pretty Hate Machine was released in '89.
I have grown up not knowing about Layne Thomas Staley. Don´t make that mistake. I think it is so powerful.
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Nutshell
Provided to YouTube by ColumbiaNutshell · Alice In ChainsJar Of Flies℗ 1993 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music EntertainmentReleased on: 1993-11-02Ac...
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River Of Deceit
Provided to YouTube by ColumbiaRiver Of Deceit · Mad SeasonAbove℗ 1995 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music EntertainmentReleased on: 1995-03-07Vocal: ...
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Mad Season - Wake Up (High Quality)
Mad Season - Wake up. Track No. 1 'Above' album (1995).Label: ColumbiaBit rate: 320 Kbps MP3HD version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM8vIawOfekLyrics:Wake...
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It was truly the last great decade for rock music, and for popular music in general. I was glued to MTV for most of the early to mid 90s. I'd say a plurality if not an outright majority of the albums I have were from the 90s. It was my generation's music, the music of Generation X. It's one of many things that makes me miss the 90s.
And yeah, it does make me feel old to hear 90s rock being played on classic rock stations. It makes me realize that more time has passed between now and the release of Nirvana's Nevermind than between the release of Nevermind and the appearance of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. More time has passed between now and the release of Soundgarden's Superunknown than between the release of Superunknown and the original Woodstock festival.
When you're a kid, you think about the time from before you were born and it seems like this unfathomable gulf of time, but when you grow up you realize that it actually wasn't that long ago. I'm 40 now. The moon landing was 11 years before I was born. 11 years ago was 2009, the year Obama took office and the year after the MCU began. World War II ended 35 years before I was born. 35 years ago was 1985, when I started kindergarten. Realizing that makes you realize how short life is, not just your own but those that preceded you, and how many major historical events weren't all that long ago.
And yeah, it does make me feel old to hear 90s rock being played on classic rock stations. It makes me realize that more time has passed between now and the release of Nirvana's Nevermind than between the release of Nevermind and the appearance of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. More time has passed between now and the release of Soundgarden's Superunknown than between the release of Superunknown and the original Woodstock festival.
When you're a kid, you think about the time from before you were born and it seems like this unfathomable gulf of time, but when you grow up you realize that it actually wasn't that long ago. I'm 40 now. The moon landing was 11 years before I was born. 11 years ago was 2009, the year Obama took office and the year after the MCU began. World War II ended 35 years before I was born. 35 years ago was 1985, when I started kindergarten. Realizing that makes you realize how short life is, not just your own but those that preceded you, and how many major historical events weren't all that long ago.
They're still around. Bandcamp. Fuck tons.
Anyone else ever download "Freshmen" off Limewire but it was always mislabeled as being by Third Eye Blind?
ahem. the second goat right behind nirvana would like a seat at the table
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Local H - California Songs
Not the live version.This shit's worth $8.https://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Happened-P-J-Soles-Local/dp/B003INXU3K
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I'm pretty sure that was some bands quote in a VH1 show. I just skipped to the end of "When Metal Ruled The World". It wasn't that one. I do remember some quote like that.
Even though it was the right age for it [teenager], I never really cared for the Alternative 90s rock. I was more fond of it then, than I even am now.. My favorites, KISS, Def Leppard, etc. did release some of their most interesting albums during this time though. Whether it was a push from record companies or they had artistic freedom to do so.
Yeah I've been rediscovering some 90s stuff lately after seeing the HUF x Smashing Pumpkins collab.
I really like Partner, a modern band that I think has a 90s Weezer like sound. But isn't bad like present say Weezer lol.
I will say Songs: Ohia got bigger post 90s, but Farewell Transmission (technically released in 2003) remains one of the most haunting songs ever Imo.
I really like Partner, a modern band that I think has a 90s Weezer like sound. But isn't bad like present say Weezer lol.
I will say Songs: Ohia got bigger post 90s, but Farewell Transmission (technically released in 2003) remains one of the most haunting songs ever Imo.
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Easily my favourite decade for rock music, and I'm still going back and finding great bands that I somehow missed before now. There's loads of music from the last two decades that a love, including plenty of my favourite artists, but that's the era I go to for rock. Pumpkins, Nirvana, AIC, NIN, Pearl Jam, Hole, Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers, Soundgarden, Kyuss, Faith No More, Rage Against the Machine, Garbage, Tool, Marilyn Manson, Nick Cave's best era imo, etc, so much good stuff.
No mention of the Breeders ?!
They were among my favorite bands back then...Kim Deal is very talented (the pixies were also so good)
It is astonishing how many artists manage to achieve commercial succes while maintening a certain level of artistic integrity and without relying too much on commercial tropes.
But it is also kind of sad to see how few are still relevant today...
They were among my favorite bands back then...Kim Deal is very talented (the pixies were also so good)
It is astonishing how many artists manage to achieve commercial succes while maintening a certain level of artistic integrity and without relying too much on commercial tropes.
But it is also kind of sad to see how few are still relevant today...
Pavement, Guided by Voices, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, My Bloody Valentine, the list goes on.
Such such such such such a good song, oh my god yes.
I grew up on this shit. Pumpkins were the kings. Soundgarden, Nirvana, NIN, Rage, yes yes. I DGAF if it wasn't really properly alternative, I found all that stuff later on anyway. My youth, my youth!
Morphine are fucking incredible. Wish they were more well-known.
Some of the best 90s rock was coming from bands you didn't hear much on the radio. Not trying to be some elitist hipster with this take, but here's some stuff that wasn't huge but is still really good (and if you pay/paid attention to rock you probably know these bands at least).
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Just a few selections from my days prowling through used CDs at record stores in the late 2000s.
Dig Me Out
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Cat Power - Nude as the news (live)
Live . Here's the link. Enjoy! http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PX90XW9A
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Here Come the Rome Plows
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesHere Come the Rome Plows · Drive Like JehuYank Crime℗ 2009 SwamiReleased on: 2002-03-12Auto-generated by YouTube.
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Just a few selections from my days prowling through used CDs at record stores in the late 2000s.