whatever happened to those...

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

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.

[BookerT]

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?

[nkotb]

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 !!!!!!!!!!

[kevhender]

Are we forgetting the poster children here?
 
 Matchbox 20
 Hootie & the Blowfish

[yinzer]

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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."

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Well,You've exhausted the late,"great" HFS's playlist for the last 10 years or so of it's "existence".......  :p

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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.

[HoyaSaxa03]

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?

[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...

[Bombay Chutney]

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.

[kosmo vinyl]

well time life thinks modern rock started in the 80s... maybe revisionist thinking on their part...

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

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.....

[HoyaSaxa03]

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?

[Bags]

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).

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Bags:
 Album most often seen in multiple numbers in any used CD store in America.

what about hootie's debut album?!