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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: yinzer on February 28, 2006, 01:03:00 pm
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...REALLY shitty bands from the mid-90s like cracker?
they are one of the most irrelevant bands ever, but amazon sent me an "alert" that their DVD (i shit you not) is coming out and it is 10% off!
please name bands from that "genre."
i'll go with "candlebox." i just laughed to myself while writing that name.
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Cracker's "Eurotrash Girl" is a great tune. I would't call them "REALLY shitty".
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well bands like candlebox, stone temple pilots, sponge, got called Scrunge. But, I don't think Cracker fell into that category just basically alt-rock and similiar to Better Than Ezra.
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Originally posted by jdr:
...REALLY shitty bands from the mid-90s like cracker?
they are one of the most irrelevant bands ever, but amazon sent me an "alert" that their DVD (i shit you not) is coming out and it is 10% off!
please name bands from that "genre."
i'll go with "candlebox." i just laughed to myself while writing that name.
Oh,to be 16 again......ever hear of Camper Van Beethoven??...well,that's David Lowery's first band......and both bands are far from "really shitty".......you must be thinking of your former favorite band....Marcy Playground...
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well, maybe "REALLY shitty" bands is my uncreative way of saying, "terrible bands that sold tons of albums, usually of one album, with one FM-friendly cut, never to be heard from again, ever." that is, until today, when I received the offer of the year for the cracker dvd.
kosmo, better than ezra really hits the nail on the head.
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Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Oh,to be 16 again......ever hear of Camper Van Beethoven??...well,that's David Lowery's first band...
Take the skinheads bowling! Take them bowling!
How about:
Gin Blossoms
Meat Puppets
Ugly Kid Joe
Pearl Jam
Alice in Chains (getting back together for some shows too!)
Smashing Pumpkins
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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Are you serious??? Sure, their output in the mid 90's was questionable, but they're a classic American punk band. No one lame hit single would outdo years of classic albums. Meat Puppets II and Huevos are two of my favorite albums ever.
Originally posted by MindCage:
How about:
Meat Puppets [/b]
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<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002WYP.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" alt=" - " />
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I got that same e-mail from Amazon. I would buy the DVD if it included footage of Charlie Nakatestes getting brained with a beer bottle.
Camper van Beethoven is reportedly opening the Built to Spill shows at the 9:30 in May.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Are you serious??? Sure, their output in the mid 90's was questionable, but they're a classic American punk band. No one lame hit single would outdo years of classic albums. Meat Puppets II and Huevos are two of my favorite albums ever.
Originally posted by MindCage:
How about:
Meat Puppets [/b]
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i was just going to say the same thing. dont go putting the Meat Puppets next to Ugly Kid Joe EVER again!!!
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Originally posted by jdr:
...REALLY shitty bands from the mid-90s like cracker?
they are one of the most irrelevant bands ever, but amazon sent me an "alert" that their DVD (i shit you not) is coming out and it is 10% off!
please name bands from that "genre."
i'll go with "candlebox." i just laughed to myself while writing that name.
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Oh,to be 16 again......ever hear of Camper Van Beethoven??...well,that's David Lowery's first band......and both bands are far from "really shitty".......you must be thinking of your former favorite band....Marcy Playground...
well, i do apologize if i ever implied that cracker is of the same strata as marcy's playground. that is an entirely different brand of shit altogether.
well, my "favorite" band is jackyl, but they had already played my county fair by the time that the gin blossoms ruled the charts with their tales of getting laid and things just not working out or whatever. when the hell is jackyl's dvd going to come out? now that was an innovative and original band. maybe they could include a bonus disc on how to play and tune a chainsaw. it's all about the right mix of gas and oil.
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What about Collective Soul?
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tonic!
dishwalla!!
collective soul!!!
i actually like the gin blossom's "new miserable experience" ... pretty good power-pop, and it sounds better returning to it now instead of being bludgeoned over the head every living second of the day with "hey jealousy" on the radio
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Originally posted by jdr:
well, my "favorite" band is jackyl, but they had already played my county fair by the time that the gin blossoms ruled the charts with their tales of getting laid and things just not working out or whatever. when the hell is jackyl's dvd going to come out? now that was an innovative and original band. maybe they could include a bonus disc on how to play and tune a chainsaw. it's all about the right mix of gas and oil.
Only 5 Left!! Order Soon!!! (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002WZTF2/qid=1141148726/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/104-7463884-8703947?n=130)
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del amitri !!!!!!
dog's eye view !!!!!!
deep blue something !!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
i actually like the gin blossom's "new miserable experience" ... pretty good power-pop, and it sounds better returning to it now instead of being bludgeoned over the head every living second of the day with "hey jealousy" on the radio
I agree.
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i've played this game many times.
seven mary three
the verve pipe
fuel
days of the new
is it just me, or is anyone else expecting badsushi to appear any moment now and start defending everyone of these bands?
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At my pre-college "club day" (you know, where you listen to each club talk about what it offers and why you should join), I spoke with people from the CAPBoard, which organized our on-campus activities.
A really "balls too big for his pants"-type theatre nerd told me that joining CAPBoard was great because "you get to meet bands like Deep Blue Something...if you even know who they are."
I didn't join CAPBoard.
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
del amitri !!!!!!
dog's eye view !!!!!!
deep blue something !!!!!!!!!!
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Are we forgetting the poster children here?
Matchbox 20
Hootie & the Blowfish
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Originally posted by jdr:
well, my "favorite" band is jackyl, but they had already played my county fair by the time that the gin blossoms ruled the charts with their tales of getting laid and things just not working out or whatever. when the hell is jackyl's dvd going to come out? now that was an innovative and original band. maybe they could include a bonus disc on how to play and tune a chainsaw. it's all about the right mix of gas and oil.
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Only 5 Left!! Order Soon!!!
i can't believe that exists. i'll get that for the friend of mine who saw fit to give me r. kelly's "trapped in the closet" for christmas. d'you want to talk about disturbing yet oddly compelling? it is painful.
have you seen the t-shirt with r. kelly on it wearing paul stanley's KISS makeup? it says PISS in KISS lettering over his head. it took me a second or two to "get it."
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Well,You've exhausted the late,"great" HFS's playlist for the last 10 years or so of it's "existence"....... :p
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I have a friend who goes on and on about what a great band Better than Ezra is. He almost flew to New Orleans to see them on New Years Eve.
I've actually never heard them...are they as bad as I imagined?
The mid to late 90's were a terrible time for rock music. That's why I pretty much stuck to alt-country....although I do admit unashamedly to liking Cracker back in the day.
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so let's run down what has been considered "modern rock" or "alt-rock" since nirvana:
91-93: grunge and its derivatives
94-97: "college" pop/rock like hootie/better than ezra
98-00: rap-rock
01?-06?: pop-punk
it can't be that easy, right?
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nu-metal needs to be in there or is that rap-rock...
did modern rock start in the 80s? weren't the Cure, Depeche Mode considered modern rock...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
did modern rock start in the 80s? weren't the Cure, Depeche Mode considered modern rock...
Possibly "college rock", but I think at the time "alternative" was the catch-all category for bands like that.
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well time life thinks modern rock started in the 80s... maybe revisionist thinking on their part...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
nu-metal needs to be in there or is that rap-rock...
did modern rock start in the 80s? weren't the Cure, Depeche Mode considered modern rock...
That "nu metal" or "rap metal" shit that still lives on till this day has got to be the worst.....jesus.....
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
nu-metal needs to be in there or is that rap-rock...
did modern rock start in the 80s? weren't the Cure, Depeche Mode considered modern rock...
yeah, nu-metal is probably a better term for it, but it encompasses the rap-metal shit like limp bizkit
i always think of "alt-rock" and "modern rock" as a result of nirvana ... "smells like teen spirit" changed EVERYTHING, if i had more time to opine i would ...
has pop-punk really been the dominant style of modern rock for the last 5 years or so? i'm guessing that pop-punk revival on the radio was led by blink182 circa 99-01, but what else was on then?
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
gin blossom's "new miserable experience"
"Album most often seen in multiple numbers in any used CD store in America."
I hate Cracker myself, but don't think that translates to them being shitty. Meat Puppets -- now that's shitty (but that's a personal statement of the band members).
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Originally posted by Bags:
Album most often seen in multiple numbers in any used CD store in America.
what about hootie's debut album?!
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I think every single copy of "Monster" by REM that was ever sold has ended up in a used CD store at some point.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
gin blossom's "new miserable experience"
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"Album most often seen in multiple numbers in any used CD store in America."
I hate Cracker myself, but don't think that translates to them being shitty. Meat Puppets -- now that's shitty (but that's a personal statement of the band members).
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i have always seen a ton of rem's "monster" in the used racks. gin blossom surely has them beat. there should be a gin blossom cover band named "turd blossom" all disguised like karl rove.
i like john stewart's quote about rove: "he is the only known man with flesh-colored hair."
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in the time i posted my little screed about rem's monster bearman wrote his. maybe monster is the winner.
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You've all forgotten the monstrosity that was/is Blessid Union of Souls.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
del amitri !!!!!!
Exception reserved for their first album, which is spectacular, almost an entirely different band.
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the gin blossoms went downhill when their chief songwriter left the band due to being an miserable drunk, their biggest song "Til I Hear It from You" was co-written with Marshall Crenshaw.
I still own "Monster", I think all those "Losing My Religion" fans bought it expecting more the same and got a bit of shock.
Nivrana was indeed what help catapult Modern Rock Radio, although at least in Detroit one radio station 89x already adopted the format in 91 prior to "Nevermind". Early modern rock was Janes Addiction, Beastie Boys, etc.
Maybe those with younger minds can remember, but I'm pretty sure 89x had a different rock format on the air in the late 80s and I can't recall what they called it.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Are you serious??? Sure, their output in the mid 90's was questionable, but they're a classic American punk band. No one lame hit single would outdo years of classic albums. Meat Puppets II and Huevos are two of my favorite albums ever.
Originally posted by MindCage:
How about:
Meat Puppets [/b]
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You all got all worked up! Do you really think I'd put Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, AiC, and Meat Puppets in there with "shitty"
And that's funny that someone posted that Republica album. I've actually been on a kick of it and have been listening to it last week.
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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Id call Smashing Pumpkins and Alice in Chains shitty. And Pearl Jam as well, except for their first album.
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Originally posted by bearman:
I think every single copy of "Monster" by REM that was ever sold has ended up in a used CD store at some point.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/castoffs-and-cutouts/index10.shtml (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/castoffs-and-cutouts/index10.shtml)
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
deep blue something !!!!!!!!!!
Deep Blue Dish, wasn't it? Or am I way off?
Man, lots of crap in this thread. I always blamed my job at the time for sucking the life out of me and my becoming almost completely uninvolved with music for almost a decade. After reading this thread, I realize now that it was a 2 part deal.
Mind Cage, I still kind of like the Republica album too and have it in my collection. Guilty pleasure? Maybe. I liked Monaco too. But for the most part, I can't stand most of what made it to mainstream Alternative and Modern Rock radio during the 90s.
Strangely enough, now I'm really into a lot of bands from the 90s but almost none of them ever made it to our radio thanks to the sludge otherwise known as Grunge, which I've never liked.
Kosmo, Modern Rock was coined in the 80s with Modern English, OMD, Ultra Vox and the like.
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deep blue something - "breakfast at tiffany's"
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No, there was a band called Deep Blue Something.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
deep blue something !!!!!!!!!!
Deep Blue Dish, wasn't it? Or am I way off?
Man, lots of crap in this thread. I always blamed my job at the time for sucking the life out of me and my becoming almost completely uninvolved with music for almost a decade. After reading this thread, I realize now that it was a 2 part deal.
Mind Cage, I still kind of like the Republica album too and have it in my collection. Guilty pleasure? Maybe. [/b]
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so then, OVERALL, was the late 90s (95-99), the worst 5 year period for AMERICAN music ever? there was some great british music during that timeframe. but what about american music? not just goofy, popular bands, but overall? i remember being completely uninspired by most music i came across during that time.
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4 Non Blondes
Da Da
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I would argue it was the heyday of alt-country. If alt-country wasn't your thing, I would indeed argue that it was a pretty fucking dark period for American music. Though I reckon there was probably some good indie stuff I wasn't aware of.
Originally posted by jdr:
so then, OVERALL, was the late 90s (95-99), the worst 5 year period for AMERICAN music ever? there was some great british music during that timeframe. but what about american music? not just goofy, popular bands, but overall? i remember being completely uninspired by most music i came across during that time.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I would argue it was the heyday of alt-country. If alt-country wasn't your thing, I would indeed argue that it was a pretty fucking dark period for American music. Though I reckon there was probably some good indie stuff I wasn't aware of.
Originally posted by jdr:
so then, OVERALL, was the late 90s (95-99), the worst 5 year period for AMERICAN music ever? there was some great british music during that timeframe. but what about american music? not just goofy, popular bands, but overall? i remember being completely uninspired by most music i came across during that time.
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i discovered alot of great indie power pop in the late 90s...
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Stuff that came out in the late 90's, or that's when you discovered it?>
If the former, please enlighten me on what I was missing.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I would argue it was the heyday of alt-country. If alt-country wasn't your thing, I would indeed argue that it was a pretty fucking dark period for American music. Though I reckon there was probably some good indie stuff I wasn't aware of.
Originally posted by jdr:
so then, OVERALL, was the late 90s (95-99), the worst 5 year period for AMERICAN music ever? there was some great british music during that timeframe. but what about american music? not just goofy, popular bands, but overall? i remember being completely uninspired by most music i came across during that time.
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i discovered alot of great indie power pop in the late 90s... [/b]
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Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
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Yeah, unfortunately those were my college years.
Of the above list...
I stand by the Gin Blossoms' first album. Groups like Tonic and Dishwalla (one hit wonder?) I thought made decent enough radio tunes for me not to drive my car into a tree, though I never liked them enough to buy their albums. I don't own any Pearl Jam records either but clearly they're a cut above Ugly Kid Joe and company.
Originally posted by jdr:
so then, OVERALL, was the late 90s (95-99), the worst 5 year period for AMERICAN music ever? there was some great british music during that timeframe. but what about american music? not just goofy, popular bands, but overall? i remember being completely uninspired by most music i came across during that time.
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Harvey Danger
Chumbawumba
The Proclaimers
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late 90s power pop included Myracle Brah, Splitsville, Cherry Twister, Sugarplastic, Loud Family, Starbelly, The Shazam, Tommy Keene
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by any objective standard, pearl jam is about 10 cuts ahead of ugly kid joe. christ, i mean, i understand that some people don't like pearl jam(too anthemic or whatever), but they are not even playing the same sport as ugly kid joe and deep blue something. can those other bands even really play their instruments?
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Actually, the Proclaimers only released one unremarkable album in the 90's...in 1994.
I remember being in London in 1989 and having some person come up to a club in London speaking Scottish, telling me her female friend fancied me and thought I looked like the Proclaimers. Not really the best pickup line, one might argue.
Originally posted by vansmack:
Harvey Danger
Chumbawumba
The Proclaimers
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Bush
Nothing can ever go right with a name like that.
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Presidents of the United States of America. :cool:
Spin Doctors. :confused:
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
has pop-punk really been the dominant style of modern rock for the last 5 years or so? i'm guessing that pop-punk revival on the radio was led by blink182 circa 99-01, but what else was on then?
You've forgotten about the... fuck if I know what to call it... "Nickelback-3 Doors Down-Chevelle-Seether" type rock. It seems to have dominated quite a bit in the past few years, too.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
late 90s power pop included Myracle Brah, Splitsville, Cherry Twister, Sugarplastic, Loud Family, Starbelly, The Shazam, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene??......I remember buying Tommy Keene albums...yes,vinyl...from Skip at Yesterday & Today in Rockville.....back in the early 80's....you mean you started listening to Tommy in the 90's??
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Were you buying multiple copies of the same album? Allmusic says his second album wasn't release until 1986.
I remember hearing Tommy Keene quite a bit on my college radio station circa 1987.
Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
late 90s power pop included Myracle Brah, Splitsville, Cherry Twister, Sugarplastic, Loud Family, Starbelly, The Shazam, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene??......I remember buying Tommy Keene albums...yes,vinyl...from Skip at Yesterday & Today in Rockville.....back in the early 80's....you mean you started listening to Tommy in the 90's?? [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Were you buying multiple copies of the same album? Allmusic says his second album wasn't release until 1986.
I remember hearing Tommy Keene quite a bit on my college radio station circa 1987.
Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
late 90s power pop included Myracle Brah, Splitsville, Cherry Twister, Sugarplastic, Loud Family, Starbelly, The Shazam, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene??......I remember buying Tommy Keene albums...yes,vinyl...from Skip at Yesterday & Today in Rockville.....back in the early 80's....you mean you started listening to Tommy in the 90's?? [/b]
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Here you go.....
Select Discography
Strange Alliance LP (Avenue 1981)
Places That Are Gone EP (Dolphin 1984)
Back Again (Try...) EP (Dolphin 1984)
Places That Are Gone EP (Dolphin 1984)
Songs From The Film LP (Geffen 1986)
Run Now EP (Geffen 1986)
Based On Happy Times LP (Geffen 1989)
Sleeping On A Roller Coaster EP (Matador 1992)
The Real Underground LP (Alias 1994)
Ten Years After LP (Matador 1996)
Isolation Party LP (Matador 1988)
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Originally posted by amnesiac:
Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
HA, that was going to be my next poast until I saw that. I'm not sure if these fall into the category, but I'm willing to bet their cd's are next to Deep Blue Somethings in the discount bin.
The Cranberries
Toad the Wet Sprocket
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Were you buying multiple copies of the same album? Allmusic says his second album wasn't release until 1986.
I remember hearing Tommy Keene quite a bit on my college radio station circa 1987.
Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
late 90s power pop included Myracle Brah, Splitsville, Cherry Twister, Sugarplastic, Loud Family, Starbelly, The Shazam, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene??......I remember buying Tommy Keene albums...yes,vinyl...from Skip at Yesterday & Today in Rockville.....back in the early 80's....you mean you started listening to Tommy in the 90's?? [/b]
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Tommy goes back much further than '87. We long time locals use to rock out to his live music all the time in the late '70s and early '80s. He was actually much, much more fun back then.
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They Might Be Giants
Local-H (who just released a new album that I have no interest in)
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[[/qb][/QUOTE][/qb][/QUOTE]Tommy goes back much further than '87. We long time locals use to rock out to his live music all the time in the late '70s and early '80s. He was actually much, much more fun back then. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Exactly my point.....100% correct you are,Miss Jaguar...
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Local-H (who just released a new album that I have no interest in) [/QB]
They are excellant live though.
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Originally posted by jdr:
so then, OVERALL, was the late 90s (95-99), the worst 5 year period for AMERICAN music ever? there was some great british music during that timeframe. but what about american music? not just goofy, popular bands, but overall? i remember being completely uninspired by most music i came across during that time.
there were some REALLY good indie releases around this time (pavement, built to spill, magnetic fields, death cab, afghan whigs, d-plan, GBV, neutral milk hotel, modest mouse, superchunk, sebadoh, luna, yo la tengo, red house painters, etc)
and emo's heydey was right around there too, there were some great albums (sunny day real estate, jimmy eat world, get up kids, promise ring, weezer, etc)
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Didn't mean to imply that he wasn't around before 1987, that's just when I first heard him.
Besides, I was in elementary school in the 1970's, so my life revolved around top 40 radio at that point.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Were you buying multiple copies of the same album? Allmusic says his second album wasn't release until 1986.
I remember hearing Tommy Keene quite a bit on my college radio station circa 1987.
Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
late 90s power pop included Myracle Brah, Splitsville, Cherry Twister, Sugarplastic, Loud Family, Starbelly, The Shazam, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene??......I remember buying Tommy Keene albums...yes,vinyl...from Skip at Yesterday & Today in Rockville.....back in the early 80's....you mean you started listening to Tommy in the 90's?? [/b]
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Tommy goes back much further than '87. We long time locals use to rock out to his live music all the time in the late '70s and early '80s. He was actually much, much more fun back then. [/b]
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Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
late 90s power pop included Myracle Brah, Splitsville, Cherry Twister, Sugarplastic, Loud Family, Starbelly, The Shazam, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene??......I remember buying Tommy Keene albums...yes,vinyl...from Skip at Yesterday & Today in Rockville.....back in the early 80's....you mean you started listening to Tommy in the 90's?? [/b]
i know of tommy when he first come out, but was diggin' his 90s indie output..
other "good" acts in the late 90s Jason Falkner, Brendan Benson, Weezer, Ben Folds Five, Semisonic, while not really a fan the Elephant 6 collective was active then
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Originally posted by jdr:
so then, OVERALL, was the late 90s (95-99), the worst 5 year period for AMERICAN music ever? there was some great british music during that timeframe. but what about american music? not just goofy, popular bands, but overall? i remember being completely uninspired by most music i came across during that time.
there were some REALLY good indie releases around this time (pavement, built to spill, magnetic fields, death cab, afghan whigs, d-plan, GBV, neutral milk hotel, modest mouse, superchunk, sebadoh, luna, yo la tengo, red house painters, etc)
and emo's heydey was right around there too, there were some great albums (sunny day real estate, jimmy eat world, get up kids, promise ring, weezer, etc) [/b]
I fully agree with you though I'm sure we could have some good ol' knock down, drag 'em all out battles on who belongs on which list. Due to my internmit at the local institution of lower learning, I missed out on so much of the better music back then. But I'm making up for a lot of lost time now and fully enjoying it.
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Other inspired American music from 95-99: Flaming LIps Soft Bulletin; Son Volt Trace.
And for you consideration as another shitty band of the mid-90's:
Silverchair
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
so let's run down what has been considered "modern rock" or "alt-rock" since nirvana:
91-93: grunge and its derivatives
94-97: "college" pop/rock like hootie/better than ezra
98-00: rap-rock
01?-06?: pop-punk
it can't be that easy, right?
can't you stick pop-punk in the mid-90s too with the likes of green day/rancid/offspring/etc?
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Bush
Nothing can ever go right with a name like that.
that band is utter shit. i have no idea how people can/could like that derivative drivel.
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Tommy goes back much further than '87. We long time locals use to rock out to his live music all the time in the late '70s and early '80s. He was actually much, much more fun back then.
He is still a lot of fun now, I saw him 2 nights ago playing lead guitar and keyboard for Robert Pollard. He was having a blast.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
4 Non Blondes
Da Da
Woah easy on the Dada :) Last time I did see Dada was two summers ago out in Herndon (Ouch!)
I think Bush was the last show I saw at the old F St 930 Club back in 94 when the Toadies opened up for them.
Shitty bands that were even shittier live...some one already mentioned two of them:
Spin Doctors
Pres of the USA
Should also throw in Everclear!
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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What's interesting to me about this thread is that it seems like there were quite a few folks who didn't follow music as closely during that time as they might have before and after. I absolutely fall in to that camp -- I chalked it up to losing my in town concert friends (I didn't even LOOK at the 9:30 Club listings for about 5 years). Maybe it had something to do with the overall scene as well. Really interesting....
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Originally posted by Bags:
What's interesting to me about this thread is that it seems like there were quite a few folks who didn't follow music as closely during that time as they might have before and after.
You can add me to that list. I didn't pay attention at all from around 90-95. I'm pretty sure I was the very last person to hear about Cobain's death - nearly a week after it happened.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Are you serious??? Sure, their output in the mid 90's was questionable, but they're a classic American punk band. No one lame hit single would outdo years of classic albums. Meat Puppets II and Huevos are two of my favorite albums ever.
Originally posted by MindCage:
How about:
Meat Puppets [/b]
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Review of Curt Kirkwood's album (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/k/kirkwood_curt/snow.shtml)
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by Bags:
What's interesting to me about this thread is that it seems like there were quite a few folks who didn't follow music as closely during that time as they might have before and after.
You can add me to that list. I didn't pay attention at all from around 90-95. I'm pretty sure I was the very last person to hear about Cobain's death - nearly a week after it happened. [/b]
Me three. I had started getting into avant garde and jazz; very little 90s rock piqued my interest.