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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 17, 2020 19:30:30 GMT -5
Probably a tall ask from some of you older gentlemen, but I was 13-23 years old in the 90’s. That’s right when I started playing guitar, and 90’s Alt was the first music that was actually mine.
Even still, one of my favorite genres. Just listened to this song, one of my favorites from the era and of all time. Chris Cornell, gone way too young like so many.
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Post by Bronx on Nov 17, 2020 20:42:49 GMT -5
I'm 63 and love Superunknown. Chris Cornell once played an acoustic version of Black Hole Sun on the Howard Stern show that was just amazing. I also like Nirvana and can tolerate some Pearl Jam.
That being said, nobody will replace The Beatles in my heart.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Nov 17, 2020 20:52:58 GMT -5
I spent most of the 90's listening to 89X in the Detroit area. It was the go to alt music station. There was a lot of good stuff in the genre. I'm 61.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 17, 2020 20:58:40 GMT -5
I'm 63 and love Superunknown. Chris Cornell once played an acoustic version of Black Hole Sun on the Howard Stern show that was just amazing. I also like Nirvana and can tolerate some Pearl Jam. That being said, nobody will replace The Beatles in my heart. Bands don’t replace other bands...you can add ‘em all to your playlist.
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Post by modbus on Nov 17, 2020 21:19:36 GMT -5
Smashing Pumpkins and Alice In Chains were two of my favorites from the era. I'm not sure if you'd call Smashing Pumpkins alternative, though.
The first band I was in covered a lot of Offspring songs.
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Post by MoJoe on Nov 17, 2020 21:38:31 GMT -5
Here. 90s alt. made me happy in my 30s. Lots of roots rock again after the heavily processed 80s bore.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 17, 2020 22:03:32 GMT -5
Smashing Pumpkins and Alice In Chains were two of my favorites from the era. I'm not sure if you'd call Smashing Pumpkins alternative, though. The first band I was in covered a lot of Offspring songs. I would say Smashing Pumpkins counts. My first band used to play Cherub Rock, but could never find a singer who could handle Billy Corgan’s odd vocals.
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Post by MoJoe on Nov 17, 2020 22:44:11 GMT -5
+1 Smashing Pumpkins. Soundtrack of the 90s. And all things Chris Cornell.., - later masterpieces included, right?
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Nov 17, 2020 23:03:41 GMT -5
I love 90s stuff. My band covered STP, No Doubt, Pink, and a bunch of other alt bands. It is all fun music.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 17, 2020 23:17:48 GMT -5
+1 Smashing Pumpkins. Soundtrack of the 90s. And all things Chris Cornell.., - later masterpieces included, right? The first Audioslave album was fantastic!
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 17, 2020 23:18:35 GMT -5
I love 90s stuff. My band covered STP, No Doubt, Pink, and a bunch of other alt bands. It is all fun music. We did some STP, both Plush and Wicked Garden. Miss those days, sitting down and figuring out those songs.
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Post by roly on Nov 18, 2020 5:06:55 GMT -5
What makes it "alternative"? Sounds like a rock band to me.
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Post by MJB on Nov 18, 2020 6:42:50 GMT -5
My stepson's music for sure. He's an audio engineer and occasional geetar slinger (has played House of Blues in Chicago).
I like a lot of it but can't stand when the vocals are nothing but death screams OR get totally lost in the mix. I heard his band live and was often not a fan but really liked the same songs on CD.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 18, 2020 7:29:24 GMT -5
What makes it "alternative"? Sounds like a rock band to me. That was always a good question...alternative to what?? Of course, the late 80’s rock that was prevalent at the time was WAY different, so they had to call it something.
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Post by MoJoe on Nov 18, 2020 7:34:24 GMT -5
roly: Dunno. Feeding from grunge/crossover alternating the mainstream at the times. More of a subconscious thing maybe, connecting the players to their former more radical bands that you can still hear breathing in Audioslave..
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Post by MoJoe on Nov 18, 2020 7:38:08 GMT -5
...crossed. 🙂
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Post by modbus on Nov 18, 2020 7:54:44 GMT -5
I love 90s stuff. My band covered STP, No Doubt, Pink, and a bunch of other alt bands. It is all fun music. We did some STP, both Plush and Wicked Garden. Miss those days, sitting down and figuring out those songs. Sex Type Thing was a good one, but the tricky part was getting everyone to come in at exactly the same time.
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Post by jellybones on Nov 18, 2020 12:22:14 GMT -5
I like it a lot. My band does a lot of material from this period though I don't know what's alternative and what's not. STP, Jimmy Eat World, Gin Blossoms, early Foo, Toadies, Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Filter and Everclear are all on our setlist. Just a blast to play live.
So many good bands from that era.
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Post by stl80 on Nov 18, 2020 12:26:35 GMT -5
"I wish I were like you, easily amused." "And I don't have a gun. No, I don't have a gun." Jim
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Post by modbus on Nov 18, 2020 12:54:17 GMT -5
What makes it "alternative"? Sounds like a rock band to me. That was always a good question...alternative to what?? Of course, the late 80’s rock that was prevalent at the time was WAY different, so they had to call it something.
Remember Jackyl? I was always fine with 80s hair metal, but it seems like toward the end the bands were all in a contest to out-stupid one another.
And Jackyl won!!!!!
They had some of the most idiotic songs this side of the Black Eyed Peas.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 18, 2020 13:00:34 GMT -5
"And I don't have a gun. No, I don't have a gun." No wonder it’s outside the MT2 demographic...
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Nov 18, 2020 13:02:06 GMT -5
Not sure if it's the same as grunge, but the whole grunge thing was what drove me away from current music in the 90's and I started just listening to the classic rock station. Bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvanna were just plain nasty to me. I was in my 30's, but found that music to be depressing and unpleasant. As an aside, part of it was probably the trend at the time to compress the crap out of everything so that it all hit like a wall of sound with little to no dynamics. That causes major ear fatigue for me. Even as a huge Rush fan, I can't listen to a whole Rush album from that era on due to the compression. Shocked the band let them produce their stuff like that. If it was other stuff on the radio at the time, or more off the beaten track than the radio....nope.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Nov 18, 2020 14:13:35 GMT -5
I still listen to 90s Alt today -- Soundgarden, AIC, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails -- about the only big band from that era that I couldn't warm up to was Nirvana.
My oldest daughter was a teen in the 90s -- we traded and listened to a lot of music together. Still do. I took her to her first concert -- Soul Asylum and The Flaming Lips -- I got second row Orchestra seats. I think she was 14 or 15. Anyway -- that music takes me back to a happy time.
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Post by justin on Nov 18, 2020 14:55:40 GMT -5
I was also 13-23 in the 90s. I started playing guitar at 14, so it was Nirvana and all the other Grunge/Alternative/pop-punk stuff that went along with it. Part of the reason I chose guitar is because there were also a lot of R&B/soul groups out at that time and I just couldn't relate. I wanted to rock out! Eventually I ended my high school days in the Hardcore scene. It was fun but I should have hung out with the band nerds more.
I feel like I missed the boat to be inspired by the classic rock of the 60s-70s. I think I would've been a better player if I was learning to play Led Zepp songs instead of the power chord-heavy stuff of the 90s. I liked STP a lot because they used more interesting chords, and I did learn some of their stuff. I spent my 20s doing a lot of playing/gigging with original songs, but not much learning. I pretty much took a 10 year break after that (graduated-married-house-kid-etc.) but started getting a little more serious again these past few years. Now I incorporate more theory and really try to understand what's going on when I play.
...went on a bit of a tangent there, but yes I do like 90's Alternative. It's very nostalgic to me! The last song I played just yesterday was Would, by Alice and Chains. That one has always been a banger for me!
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Post by windmill on Nov 18, 2020 15:52:44 GMT -5
There was a lot of good guitar based music in that scene
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Post by Leftee on Nov 18, 2020 16:07:54 GMT -5
I likes it.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 18, 2020 16:20:09 GMT -5
I was also 13-23 in the 90s. I started playing guitar at 14, so it was Nirvana and all the other Grunge/Alternative/pop-punk stuff that went along with it. Part of the reason I chose guitar is because there were also a lot of R&B/soul groups out at that time and I just couldn't relate. I wanted to rock out! Eventually I ended my high school days in the Hardcore scene. It was fun but I should have hung out with the band nerds more. I feel like I missed the boat to be inspired by the classic rock of the 60s-70s. I think I would've been a better player if I was learning to play Led Zepp songs instead of the power chord-heavy stuff of the 90s. I liked STP a lot because they used more interesting chords, and I did learn some of their stuff. I spent my 20s doing a lot of playing/gigging with original songs, but not much learning. I pretty much took a 10 year break after that (graduated-married-house-kid-etc.) but started getting a little more serious again these past few years. Now I incorporate more theory and really try to understand what's going on when I play. ...went on a bit of a tangent there, but yes I do like 90's Alternative. It's very nostalgic to me! The last song I played just yesterday was Would, by Alice and Chains. That one has always been a banger for me! I would add, those of us without the ability to play the super fast lead riffs of the 80’s definitely appreciated the darker, more mellow riffs of 90’s Alt. I couldn’t play every Metallica song, but every Nirvana song? That I can do.
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Post by FlyonNylon on Nov 18, 2020 16:25:53 GMT -5
I was 6-16 in the ‘90s and my first true favorite band was Nirvana, although I was obv too young to actually see them before Kurt died.
Def a lot of great music, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Hootie, No Doubt, Counting Crows, Sublime, Offspring et all.
I’ll be honest though I don’t listen to much alt rock anymore.. prefer 60s-70s classic rock, motown, southern rock, classic country, reggae etc. somehow the warmer compression and “groove” back when rock drummers put a little swing in the beat vs playing hard and straight makes me prefer the older productions.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 18, 2020 16:49:07 GMT -5
Wait?!?!!
Kurt is dead?!??
I thought it was Paul.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Nov 18, 2020 17:39:44 GMT -5
Does Sublime count? New to me, a local band plays a lot of their stuff and I have come to really like it.
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