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 Post subject: Things about the 90s that didn't suck
PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:28 pm 
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There is some monstrously bad music being mentioned in this thread.


Holy Christ, did the '90's suck..


Ok, yes, a lot of the music the 90s had to offer was crap. But, it also brought us some of the greats....

Quicksand
Pavement
The Jesus Lizard (Goat, Lash, Liar, some awesome singles)
Blur
Sunny Day Real Estate
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

it's too early in the morning for me to really get a comprehensive list going... help me out here

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quicksand, blur, sdre -> awesome in my books

i could never get into jesus lizard
pavement -> that sloppy style i just don't care for....

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I'm afraid I can't help you much. My areas of expertise are the 1980's and the current decade.

I was only an infant in the 70's so my memories from then are hazy while I was drunk during the 90's and my memories from then are, well, hazy too.

Pulp were rather good, were they not?

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conscious hip-hop (Native Tongue, Black Star, et al.)
DJ Shadow
Bristol trimuverate of trip-hop (Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky)
Beth Orton
Sleater-Kinney
Uncle Tupelo
Wilco
Gomez

Most music released in most decades suck, especially when you're focusing on one-hit wonders.
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smashing pumpkins
radiohead
oasis
dinosaur jr
afghan whigs
pixies
nirvana
red hot chili peppers
tool

christ i could go all day long...

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Pearl Jam
Rancid
Bad Religion
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Toasters
The Pietasters
Less Than Jake
Soundgarden
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Beastie Boys
The Chemical Brothers
Prodigy
Aphex Twin
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I think generally that from the nadir of the mid to late 80's we've slowly been improving. Therefore the 90's were a gentle upwards curve. Or something. I know shit about graphs.

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sketch - didnt know you were into ska at one time.....

from 95-98 i was heavy into punk, ska, etc

throw some NOFX in thurr as well

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Being in my 20's didn't suck.
Being at college and having lots of sex didn't suck.
Going to shows every week didnt suck.
Spending all my "spare" (npo such thing, really) money on records and CDs didn't suck

Some of those bands whose records/CDs I spent money on:
Blur
Pulp
Stereolab
Super Furry Animals
Guided By Voices
Neutral Milk Hotel
Shrimp Boat
Uncle Tupelo
The Jayhawks
Beastie Boys
James
Oasis (singles)
Dogbowl
Pegboy
Falstaff
Flavor Channel
Pavement
Cornershop
Apples In Stereo
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Flaming Lips
Sloan

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Timis Wrote:
sketch - didnt know you were into ska at one time.....

from 95-98 i was heavy into punk, ska, etc

throw some NOFX in thurr as well

Awww hells yeah. Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mephiskapheles, Mustard Plug, Skavoovie & the Epitones...
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Wasn't the 90s the year punk broke?

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did you go see pegboy a few weeks ago? i was going to trek down to chi, but i got tied up doing other crap

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did you go see pegboy a few weeks ago? i was going to trek down to chi, but i got tied up doing other crap


The last time I saw Pegboy, I left the Vic and headed straight to the Lounge Ax to see the debut show from Jeff Tweedy's new band - Wilco.

Yeah, I'm old.

So, it's been a while but they are amazing.
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The decade only lasted ten years and is finally over.
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did you go see pegboy a few weeks ago? i was going to trek down to chi, but i got tied up doing other crap


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Larry Damore : Physically intimidating, extremely nice.

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did you go see pegboy a few weeks ago? i was going to trek down to chi, but i got tied up doing other crap


PopTodd Wrote:


Larry Damore : Physically intimidating, extremely nice.


True.
Larry showed up at my pre-HoP band's last show. (We shared the bill with his roommate's band.) And he was genuinely flattered that I loved his band so much. Easy to talk to. But yes, a very big, tough-looking guy.
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Larry showed up at my pre-HoP band's last show. (We shared the bill with his roommate's band.) And he was genuinely flattered that I loved his band so much. Easy to talk to. But yes, a very big, tough-looking guy.



do you get the impression that he likes to eat steak?

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Larry showed up at my pre-HoP band's last show. (We shared the bill with his roommate's band.) And he was genuinely flattered that I loved his band so much. Easy to talk to. But yes, a very big, tough-looking guy.



do you get the impression that he likes to eat steak?


He certainly looks like a meat-eater. But we just had a beer and a very short chat.

I get the feeling that you're not saying something...
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There was lots of good shit in the 90s and every other fucking decade.

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DumpJack Wrote:
There was lots of good shit in the 90s and every other fucking decade.


I could make a huge list of bands/albums, but is that necessary?

This is like people (say, me when I was a teenager) in the '90s saying that the '80s sucked. Or people in the '80s saying that the '70s sucked.

Most of what happened in the '90s just isn't very cool right now. Just wait 5-10 years before people start complaining about how much this decade sucked and start heaping praise on the '90s.
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