20 Years Since Many Great 90's Music Debuts

[From_the_NEK]

I'm not the aficionado that some of you guys apparently are but got into a pretty wide range of music during my college days in the 90's.
311
Jurassic 5
Cake
Chemical Bros
Garbage
Foo Fighters (live show in Minneapolis with a sick Dave Grohl blew the co-billed act of RHCP out of the arena).
NIN
Got into Live a bit too.

Toward the end of the 90's you could see the MTV influence of the cookie cutter music being produced in order to get on TRL type shows.

[SKIP IN7RO]

The Breeders
Guru Jazzmatazz
Porno for Pyros
Deadbolt- Tiki Man
Frank Black- Teenager of the Year
Pulp Fiction soundtrack

[BmillsSkier]

Kinda like the Euclid Tavern and the Barking Spider.

Heh.

Check this out: Euclid Tavern will be the focus of an episode of Drunk History

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainme...elated_stories

[SKIORFORGETIT]

i think the first time I heard J5 was on the "lyricist lounge" cd....blew me away

was thinking this am, there was some incredible rap/hip-hop from the 90s

[riser4]

I'm that kid in the corner, all fucked up and I wanna so I'm gonna

[BmillsSkier]

i think the first time I heard J5 was on the "lyricist lounge" cd....blew me away

was thinking this am, there was some incredible rap/hip-hop from the 90s

We have not one but 3 different "classic hip hop" radio stations here that have popped up within the last year. Saw an article over the holidays in the WSJ that this is the fastest growing format in radio.

Hip Hop went to shit after the 90s. Yes, Kanye and his ilk are over produced auto tune shit. Everything else seems to be no talent losers with more bling than brains.

[SKIORFORGETIT]

^hahaa - agree but there's some good stuff if you search

ever hear of Ratking? nyc represent!!!

was listening to GZA "liquid swords" on this bus this am on the way to work...was thinking how 36 chambers & some of the solo projects are incredible...GZA, Meth, Ghostface, Raekwon

interesting fact I just found...To decide who appeared on each song, RZA forced the Wu-Tang rappers to battle with each other. This competition led to the track "Meth Vs. Chef", a battle between Method Man and Raekwon over the rights to rap over RZA's beat; this track was left off the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album but surfaced on Method Man's debut, Tical (1994).

[SKIORFORGETIT]

We have not one but 3 different "classic hip hop" radio stations here that have popped up within the last year. Saw an article over the holidays in the WSJ that this is the fastest growing format in radio.
.

not surprising and glad to hear it (no pun intended)

so much classic stuff that doesn't get recognized by most & I hope more & more people find out about it

on a side note, my son just started watching "Yo Gabba Gabba" and prior to that I decided to beatbox for him & he loved it so when he sees Biz Markie do it, he gets excited

[BmillsSkier]

^hahaa - agree but there's some good stuff if you search

ever hear of Ratking? nyc represent!!!

was listening to GZA "liquid swords" on this bus this am on the way to work...was thinking how 36 chambers & some of the solo projects are incredible...GZA, Meth, Ghostface, Raekwon

interesting fact I just found...To decide who appeared on each song, RZA forced the Wu-Tang rappers to battle with each other. This competition led to the track "Meth Vs. Chef", a battle between Method Man and Raekwon over the rights to rap over RZA's beat; this track was left off the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album but surfaced on Method Man's debut, Tical (1994).

Never knew that, pretty cool!

Listened to Ghostface's Ironman this last weekend. Been too long.

not surprising and glad to hear it (no pun intended)

so much classic stuff that doesn't get recognized by most & I hope more & more people find out about it

on a side note, my son just started watching "Yo Gabba Gabba" and prior to that I decided to beatbox for him & he loved it so when he sees Biz Markie do it, he gets excited

That's pretty funny. Gettin em young!

[irul&ublo]

Drive By Truckers


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[SKIORFORGETIT]

Never knew that, pretty cool!

Listened to Ghostface's Ironman this last weekend. Been too long.



That's pretty funny. Gettin em young!

have you heard the new Ghost? i need to check it out

[grskier]

90s is generally considered the 'golden' age of hiphop.

Anywhere from the transition era... 89-92 ish... looking at eric b. and rakim, etc...

The saturation of EC and WC rappers in the mid 90s, when it got some main stream play..
NWA to Snoop to Pac... on the WC
Nas, Wu, Mobb, Biggie, lords, etc on the EC

As much as I didn't like the narcissism in some of it, I loved the fact how the competition drove the MCs.

[BmillsSkier]

Don't forget the other two points on the compass, North Coast - Bone, and The Dirty South - Outkast

[grskier]

Don't forget the other two points on the compass, North Coast - Bone, and The Dirty South - Outkast

Sure.. If you must




Dirty South started coming into it's own in the late 90s... sure there are some anomalies. .. outkast... who are just legendary at this point.

[BmillsSkier]

I'd wager you could rattle off the lyrics to The First of the Month right now if pressed.

[HankScorpio]

Lots of good 90s music here, brings me back to my long hair high school days.

Don't forget:

Hum - Stars
Down - Stone the Crow, Lifer - short lived Pantera side project
Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot, Dose or anything off Short Bus
Incubus - their first 2 albums, Fungus Amongus and S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

[SKIORFORGETIT]

NWA "Straight Outta Compton" released 1988.

I remember buying the tape in Oregon when I was in ski camp. Played it non-stop and still just blows me away every time I listen to it now.

"You're about to witness the strength of street knowledge!!! "


Goodie Mob "Soul Food" released 1995. I forgot if I had even heard them before I bought the cd, but when I listened to it, I was glad I did. Classic.

And well said on Eric B & Rakim and Outkast.

have i mentioned how much I love hip-hop/rap?

[grskier]

I'd wager you could rattle off the lyrics to The First of the Month right now if pressed.

Oh, loved that ish... also loved the colab with biggie.

so get up, get up, get up....

[irul&ublo]

NWA "Straight Outta Compton" released 1988....


have i mentioned how much I love hip-hop/rap?

Does that correlate to your poor reading comprehension?


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[senior researcher]

TAD -Inhaler,*8 way santa

[undertow2]

Expanding my life from mostly metal-head loving the bay area thrash scene to tuning in more and more to Live105 and all that jazz. If I realized how big this show would be looking back, maybe I would not got as blindly fubared as I did. I remember Eddie diving into the crowd, but most other parts are pretty damn missing.

Holy shit that had to have been one of the absolute best shows ever...! I was lucky enough to see both Nirvana and PJ in 2 small venues in college before they blew up... Kurt was one of the absolute best...

To this day music and my obsession for this band changed when I got to see TOOL live in support of their Undertow album... Maynard was completely lost in his music and never saw anything like that... Music and live shows are like a drug for me and this band and their show is second to none...

Still fucking pissed I never got a chance to see Rage before they split...

[BmillsSkier]

Saw Rage and Wu Tang at Blossom Music Center sometime in the summer of 1997. Awesome show. Rage rocked really hard. Only about 2/3 of Wu Tang showed up though which I guess was pretty common for the tour, something about them getting way too fucked up at the previous show and missing their own damn bus to the next one. It was still awesome.

[Flounder]

Drive By Truckers

After grunge took off, I kind of got sick of the scene. 90's were the golden age of alt-country. Uncle tupelo, old 97's, silos, jayhawks, golden smog, wilco, son volt, et al.

Also locally Burlington had a decent acid jazz scene with baby's nickel bag, viper house, belizbeha, and others.

[BmillsSkier]

Heh, I forgot how much I enjoyed the Jayhawks.

Was unfamiliar with Drive By Truckers until moving to ATL, seems they've got quite the following here, maybe I'll give em a go.

[SkiBall]

I saw Soundgarden open for Faith No More at the I-Beam in SF in '89 if I remember right.
I remember going to house parties at Primus' road manager's house and they played in the backyard.
Day on the Green with Metallica, Faith No More and Soundgarden.
Too many more good shows from that era.

FNM is one of my top if not top live acts. Always put on such a great show. And yeah, lots of Primus shows at places like the Omni and the like. So good.
I went to that DOG and I actually still have that shirt. Sad, but I really like it. Don't have my DOG shirt from the Metallica show with Cliff.
I don't know about anybody else, but the thought of standing out all day at a festival is just not that appealing anymore unless I could lounge on a blanket for half the day. Fuck all that standing.

Holy shit that had to have been one of the absolute best shows ever...! I was lucky enough to see both Nirvana and PJ in 2 small venues in college before they blew up... Kurt was one of the absolute best...

To this day music and my obsession for this band changed when I got to see TOOL live in support of their Undertow album... Maynard was completely lost in his music and never saw anything like that... Music and live shows are like a drug for me and this band and their show is second to none...

Still fucking pissed I never got a chance to see Rage before they split...

With a name like Undertow, I can see why.
I bought that album and liked it and then saw them on the side stage at Lollapalooza and holy shit. I was completely blown away and have been a huge Tool wonk ever since. Lot of good bands at those Lolly shows, always got turned on to at least one new band...didn't go to that Hole/Beck one though.