Because I was a teenager through the 1990s, my relationship with the decade’s music differs from other decades. I’d probably appreciate bands like Oasis and Nirvana more if I wasn’t saturated with them. I also think that mainstream rock largely ran out of steam, and the most interesting music is on the fringes or in other genres.
The advent of the compact disc was also problematic. CDs allowed longer running times, but often 40 minutes is the optimum running time for an album. Many albums in the early 1990s dragged on for over an hour.
Major acts that I enjoy and plan to review include Beck, Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, and The Flaming Lips.
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Freedy Johnston seems destined to be remembered as a one-hit…
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San Francisco quartet the Red House Painters (named after the…
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Grant McLennan was taught to play and drafted into The…
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Pavement’s debut album Slanted and Enchanted was recorded in 1991…
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Pearl Jam grew from the remnants of Mother Love Bone,…
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Not to be confused with the Sun Records boss of…
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Portishead formed in the city of Bristol, where a vibrant,…
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Named after a Talking Heads song, Radiohead are the most…
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Introduction Rage Against the Machine were surprisingly successful in the…
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Britt Walford and Brian McMahan met in their pre-teens, and…
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After leaving Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould released a pair of…
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1990s power-pop star Matthew Sweet was born in Nebraska –…
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It’s tempting to write Ween off as a novelty band…
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Rivers Cuomo moved to Los Angeles from Connecticut with his…
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Americana artist Gillian Welch was born in New York and…
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His work in the 1980s with the beloved Replacements left…
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Jeff Tweedy was always the junior partner in the pioneering…
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This page collects miscellaneous reviews for 1990s artists who I’ve…
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