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.
definitely, I spent a lot of time in the 90s listening to alt-country, it was pretty wicked seeing the revival and mixing of trad country & country-rock. whiskeytown was pretty incredible before it imploded and adams went on to become an NPR sort of entertainer. jayhawks delivered some great lyrics and Crazy Horse vibes. for a period, people in a sub-genre actually gave a shit about writing good lyrics. one of the best under-the-radar bands of that era: scud mountain boys.
even further away from most radar screens: neal casal.
great proof of lyrical brilliance in that era: golden smog, a funtime band.
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.
By the time they got to Portland, Wu was replaced by The Roots.
Speaking of 20 years since great 90's debuts; I watched Montage of Heck tonight. The Kurt Cobain movie.
I found it extremely depressing and very sad despite really liking their music. I don't know - the whole storyline about their kid being exposed to heroin and methadone in utero (no pun) and then the two of them completely whacked out on smack while tending to their baby was profoundly disgusting to me.
Short answer is yes. We are old fucks. I suspect by time and looking at the majority of poster here, we attended high school/college in the 90s. If you are like me, you think the early 2000's were a short time ago. I now work with people in their 30's who graduated high school in the mid 2000's. A time when I was already a Mid 30's man with a wife and kids. In fact it hit me like a ton of bricks this past weekend when I watched 4 nieces and nephew all depart for college and thinking it was yesterday when they were born. Not to mention my own kids are not too far behind. Its maddening in a way. Having youtube makes it harder to roll back the clock watching videos and music from my own formative years.
Sorry for the rant, just feeling nostalgic.
Short answer is yes. We are old fucks. I suspect by time and looking at the majority of poster here, we attended high school/college in the 90s. If you are like me, you think the early 2000's were a short time ago. I now work with people in their 30's who graduated high school in the mid 2000's. A time when I was already a Mid 30's man with a wife and kids. In fact it hit me like a ton of bricks this past weekend when I watched 4 nieces and nephew all depart for college and thinking it was yesterday when they were born. Not to mention my own kids are not too far behind. Its maddening in a way. Having youtube makes it harder to roll back the clock watching videos and music from my own formative years.
Sorry for the rant, just feeling nostalgic.
Originally Posted by abraham
The answer is always. For everyone. Don't worry about it
Well, at least we have some good music to listen to along the way.
That's pretty good stuff. I went to college w one of the Dust Brothers and thought at the time he was an idiot wasting his time...can't believe he was on top of the producing world just a couple of years later.
That's pretty good stuff. I went to college w one of the Dust Brothers and thought at the time he was an idiot wasting his time...can't believe he was on top of the producing world just a couple of years later.
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Wow. Paul's Boutique turns 25 today. (yeah, I know, despite it coming out in '89 Beasties were a '90s band to me)
I heard only snippets on the radio during this show but it was fascinating. They played every song for every sample used in the album. It was an all day thing so I heard a few bits. Haven't had a chance to listen to the whole thing yet http://blog.kexp.org/kexp-steps-insi...riday-july-24/
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...
After raging to them years ago, and revisiting their material recently I completely agree. I was noticing for the first time that they have a very unique "wall of sound" style to their music. Fantastically deep and existential lyrics as well. Basically poetry.
Originally Posted by Hohes
I couldn't give a fuck, but today I am procrastinating so TGR is my filler.
Maynard is doing a show at Boulder theater on Nov 26th, looks like s speaking type of thing but you get a copy of his book with each ticket. Missed out on Tool tickets, so this will have to do.
Zamfir?
Boxcar Willie?
Roger Whittaker?
Artis the Spoon Man?
Ok, so you listed 2 folk artists, a country artist and an unconventional rhythm instrumentalist. Though the 90's weren't exactly a breeding ground for folk music like the 60's and 70's I'll counter with this:
Folk--IZ 1993
Folk--Jewel 1995
Country--Garth Brooks, Geroge Strait, Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, Shania Twain, Reba, even Willie and there's plenty more. Country just isn't my thing.
Unconventional rhythm--while it's a stage show I'd say Blue Man Group would fit here...
I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
Short answer is yes. We are old fucks. I suspect by time and looking at the majority of poster here, we attended high school/college in the 60-70s. If you are like me, you think the early 1980's were a short time ago. I now work with people in their 30's who graduated high school in the mid 2000's. A time when I was already a Mid 40's man with a wife. In fact it hit me like a ton of bricks this past weekend when I watched friends kids all depart for college and thinking it was yesterday when they were born. Not to mention my own kids are not too far behind. Its maddening in a way. Having youtube makes it easier to roll back the clock watching videos and music from my own formative years.
Sorry for the rant, just feeling nostalgic.
Fixed it for me.
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Ha! Small world. That was '93 summer after I finished undergrad. Saw a bunch of other shows there from 89 until I left in 00.
I'm a few years behind you - was in Hs then but man the music scene was so damn good then. The Agora was always getting fantastic shows - and it's a phenomenal place to see live music, so much history too.
Between that and Blossom during the summers (original Lollapaloozas come to mind) it was a great time to be young and hitting up shows.
The 90's were a good time for me. I played in a hard core band during the early 90's and played some good shows with some cool headliners. I lost my virginity. I had a couple of good deep winters skiing in Vermont on the weekends and then moved out west to ski powder full time. Before that I was seeing lots of hard core shows in NYC, bands like Into Another, Sheer Terror, Burn, SOIA, and Black Train Jack were some of the regulars. I distinctly remember the day Jerry died. My Mom used to talk about the day that Kennedy was shot and before that day that Jerry passed I didn't really get it. The big January in Steamboat with 260 inches was rad. The late nineties I spent as a couch surfing snow bohemian and closed the 90's with a 500+ inch season in Jackson Hole.
My 90's mainstream picks-
-Mad Season
-Alice In Chains
-Primus
-Biggie
-Janes
-WuTang
and probably a few more I'm forgetting.
Bands confirmed to play on the mountain stage include Suicidal Tendencies, L7, Goldfinger & local heros 3rd Eye Blind. More bands will be announced shortly.
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