Who owned the 1990s?

hutch wrote:
Surprised nobody thought to mention Fugazi


Repeater came out in 1990

As my wife would say, total music snob band. Like Sleater-Kinney, except with angry, ugly boys. Not music mainstream people would like, outside of one or two of their popiest ditties.

I was trying to agree with and support your point


I just can’t win for losing (I hope this is an actual phrase)

Ok - obviously-but you could say the same about the Velvet Underground…


Fugazi/IAN/ Dischord had an outsized influence on the 1990s…Eddie Vedder worshipped them..the DC scene’s tentacles reached into riot girl etc…


If you are just looking at it from the standpoint of who sold more records you’re doing it wrong…everyone agreed Bowie owned the 70s and he hardly sold anything 1975-1979!!

hutch wrote:
Ok - obviously-but you could say the same about the Velvet Underground…


Fugazi/IAN/ Dischord had an outsized influence on the 1990s…Eddie Vedder worshipped them..the DC scene’s tentacles reached into riot girl etc…


If you are just looking at it from the standpoint of who sold more records you’re doing it wrong…everyone agreed Bowie owned the 70s and he hardly sold anything 1975-1979!!

And my wife *does* say the same thing about the Velvet Underground, lol. Difference is now i'd probably agree with her to some extent about Fugazi, whereas I'll still listen to VU, though I'd rather listen to Luna.

I loved Fugazi when they first came out. You could like them not just because it was cool to like them like it was cool to like Minor Threat, but also because their music was pretty good. But i was in my early 20's. Loud with a little bit of tunefulness was good enough for me then. Now I need hooks with my loud guitars, like the Hold Steady.

I guess it depends on *who* the artists are owning. Yes, Fugazi had an outsized influence on music snobs and other musicians. Same with Velvets and Bowie, though that's harder for me to say, because that was during my Bay City Rollers period. I didn't discover either of them until i became a pseudo music snob.

You call it pseudo music snob I call it having some taste


But it’s a side issue you are introducing as you do all the time which makes it impossible to have a conversation

Focus dude

I believe Fugazi had like a ton of preorders for their stuff…they were bypassing radio, MTV and selling quite a bit…

It’s just not true to say they were a music snob band

Has anyone mentioned another terrible band, Smashing Pumpkins?

Pumpkins aren’t even a real band as far as I am concerned

hutch wrote:
Pumpkins aren’t even a real band as far as I am concerned

Definitely not a music snob band, except maybe during the Gish era.

who owned  the 90's?

bill clinton.

I don’t know man I have a cd of him “playing” sax in Prague and it ain’t Coltrane

Y'all forgot?

(I think I had an autographed promo copy of this at some time)

So Roger not Bill owned  it!

Apparently the correct answer is Celine Dion

https://pudding.cool/2020/07/song-decay/

I'd say that it wasn't a particular band per se, but more of a movement…and I'd call it the Lollapalooza decade, even if Lolla only lasted 7 years and burned itself out by 1997. Nirvana single-handedly created the footprint that would impact the decade commercially and musically, but it was Jane's Addiction that really started to draw over the metalheads to alternative music and that became important to how many records a band could sell, and Perry who brought the flood of "college" rock to the masses. (I'd love to know how many people bought Use Your Illusion and the Black Album, but also Nevermind and Core. I'm guessing quite a lot.) But most of the biggest bands of the decade played Lolla. Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, Tool, Metallica, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Sonic Youth, Hole, Pavement…and there was also a representation of hip hop, which needs to be highlighted. A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube, Ice T, Snoop Dogg, and Cypress Hill. By the late 90's, pop was ruling again as well as nu metal. I can't really say that there was a Prince or a David Bowie, artists who constantly evolved and released record after brilliant record.

bearman🐻 wrote:
Garth Brooks

FTFY

I think Janes was important as was Faith No More in paving the way…


I wish I had a list of all the MTV buzz bin  videos in 1990….that’s what set the stage

FNM Epic was huge on buzz bin as was Janes Been Caught Stealing

I will say 1997 was a really good year, I'm sure there are a few off this list.  I still listen to 7-8 of these regularly

SPIN's 20 Best Albums of 1997
20. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
19. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
18. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
17. Geraldine Fibbers - Butch
16. Daft Punk - Homework
15. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
14. Various Artists -Various Artists - Return of the D.J. Vol. II
13. Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms
12. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
11. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
10. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
9. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
8. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
7. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
6. Portishead - Portishead
5. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
4. Björk - Homogenic
3. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
1. Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time


Had never heard this and quite enjoying it
14. Various Artists -Various Artists - Return of the D.J. Vol. II