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[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.

[Jaguar]

They Might Be Giants
 Local-H (who just released a new album that I have no interest in)

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

[[/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...

[Guiny]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
 Local-H (who just released a new album that I have no interest in) [/QB]

They are excellant live though.

[HoyaSaxa03]

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)

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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]

[/b]

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]

[kosmo vinyl]

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

[Jaguar]

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.

[Mobius]

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

[distance]

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?

[distance]

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.

[ratioci nation]

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.

[MindCage]

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
 Deep6 Productions

[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.  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....

[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.