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mischka · 10-21-2003, 11:34 PM

'90's bands, huh?
i've been racking my brain and i've realized that the vast majority of music that i listen to now was created before i was born...how did that happen? but i still could think of some good ones.
-the cranberries
-smashing pumpkins, of course
-bjork (if she counts as '90s)
-sleater-kinney
-hole (not to ignite the whole courtney love thing)
-the roots
there were also a lot of quality-debatable but certainly guilty pleasure rap, hip-hop, and R&B acts, like TLC, Lil'Kim, Salt & Pepa, Tupac, and OutKast.
for most of the 90s i seem to remember lots of one-hit wonderish pop rock bands, you know, the kind of bands that made theme songs for tv shows and such. and then there were the gin blossoms who always seemed like a one hit wonder band but really weren't, they just had a few songs that were well-known but never really "hits"...

--m

p.s. so, u2 has been around since what, 1978? they're still famous and had a lot of stuff out in the '90s, but most of their good stuff was in the '80s, so do they qualify as an '80s band, '90s band, or one of those bands that defies decade?

10-21-2003, 11:34 PM	#23
mischka Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 3	'90's bands, huh? i've been racking my brain and i've realized that the vast majority of music that i listen to now was created before i was born...how did that happen? but i still could think of some good ones. -the cranberries -smashing pumpkins, of course -bjork (if she counts as '90s) -sleater-kinney -hole (not to ignite the whole courtney love thing) -the roots there were also a lot of quality-debatable but certainly guilty pleasure rap, hip-hop, and R&B acts, like TLC, Lil'Kim, Salt & Pepa, Tupac, and OutKast. for most of the 90s i seem to remember lots of one-hit wonderish pop rock bands, you know, the kind of bands that made theme songs for tv shows and such. and then there were the gin blossoms who always seemed like a one hit wonder band but really weren't, they just had a few songs that were well-known but never really "hits"... --m p.s. so, u2 has been around since what, 1978? they're still famous and had a lot of stuff out in the '90s, but most of their good stuff was in the '80s, so do they qualify as an '80s band, '90s band, or one of those bands that defies decade? __________________ "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."