Well,You've exhausted the late,"great" HFS's playlist for the last 10 years or so of it's "existence"……. :p
whatever happened to those...
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.
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.
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?
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?
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…
did modern rock start in the 80s? weren't the Cure, Depeche Mode considered modern rock…
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Possibly "college rock", but I think at the time "alternative" was the catch-all category for bands like that.
did modern rock start in the 80s? weren't the Cure, Depeche Mode considered modern rock…
well time life thinks modern rock started in the 80s… maybe revisionist thinking on their part…
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:That "nu metal" or "rap metal" shit that still lives on till this day has got to be the worst…..jesus…..
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…
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:yeah, nu-metal is probably a better term for it, but it encompasses the rap-metal shit like limp bizkit
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…
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?
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:"Album most often seen in multiple numbers in any used CD store in America."
gin blossom's "new miserable experience"
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).
Originally posted by Bags:what about hootie's debut album?!
Album most often seen in multiple numbers in any used CD store in America.
I think every single copy of "Monster" by REM that was ever sold has ended up in a used CD store at some point.
quote: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.
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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 like john stewart's quote about rove: "he is the only known man with flesh-colored hair."
in the time i posted my little screed about rem's monster bearman wrote his. maybe monster is the winner.
You've all forgotten the monstrosity that was/is Blessid Union of Souls.
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:Exception reserved for their first album, which is spectacular, almost an entirely different band.
del amitri !!!!!!
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.
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.
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: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"
How about:
Meat Puppets
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
Id call Smashing Pumpkins and Alice in Chains shitty. And Pearl Jam as well, except for their first album.
Originally posted by bearman:http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/castoffs-and-cutouts/index10.shtml
I think every single copy of "Monster" by REM that was ever sold has ended up in a used CD store at some point.
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:Deep Blue Dish, wasn't it? Or am I way off?
deep blue something !!!!!!!!!!
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.