whatever happened to those...

[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.

[yinzer]

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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."

[yinzer]

in the time i posted my little screed about rem's monster bearman wrote his.  maybe monster is the winner.

[Lamb007]

You've all forgotten the monstrosity that was/is Blessid Union of Souls.

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  del amitri !!!!!!

Exception reserved for their first album, which is spectacular, almost an entirely different band.

[kosmo vinyl]

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.

[MindCage]

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
 Deep6 Productions

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Id call Smashing Pumpkins and Alice in Chains shitty. And Pearl Jam as well, except for their first album.

[ggw]

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

[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. 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.

[kosmo vinyl]

deep blue something - "breakfast at tiffany's"

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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]

[yinzer]

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.

[vansmack]

4 Non Blondes
 
 Da Da

[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.