We’ve seen several of these groups in the last few years. Some of the shows, like My Bloody Valentine, were a weird time warp in a good way. Others sounded great but you would look up to the stage and see a “kinder, gentler” version of the stalwarts (see Teenage Fanclub) and it altered the experience.
Fastball headlined a festival out here just as their wave died down. Decent enough show with their two “hits,” got friggin’ ripped on cheap beer (the Marine base hosted the festival), and then the ‘Ball came back for a one song encore and dominated “Life on Mars?” Were they hip-hop I’d be giving props or respek’ or whatever means it was bad-ass.
Far be it for me to get all pince nezzy, but both Pop Will Eat Itself and The Lemonheads are 80s bands which continued into the 1990s. And the Meat Puppets? They’re a quintessential 80s band. I have only a vague idea what most of the rest of the list sounds like since I stopped listening to commercial radio c. 1990. My guess is this list was compiled by thirty year olds.
Nada Surf’s “Popular” was a song that I found (and still find) to be utterly worthless and irritating. So I was surprised years later to hear that they were still around and to hear some friends singing their praises. I gave them a second chance and what do you know? Some of their stuff is very good if you can stomach emo-ish guitar pop.
The Verve Pipe put out a really good kids album last year. I’ve seen them twice with my four-year-old and he got his first concert shirt. He wanted me to play the thing every day, but we finally had to give it a rest.
Veruca Salt without Nina Gordon? That would spoil all my fun.
I have a love/hate relationship with the 90’s bands.
I worked for RCA/BMG in 1996/7 and so these were the bands I was promoting, going to see, getting free CDs of etc.
Verve Pipe were cool guys, liked their CD and they opened for KISS for a bunch of the “reunion / makeup” shows. We tried like hell to break them in the south, but it didn’t really work until “The Freshmen” (4th single from that record BTW) and by then the record was over a year old and RCA kinda moved on.
Went on a few dates of the Verve Pipe tour with Republica (also on RCA). They played in Atlanta the night of the Olympic Bombing (we were at the show only a mile or so from the Olympic park) what a crazy night that was.
Saw Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven just last Friday night, They did their “hit” albums in their entirety (Kerosene Hat and Key Lime Pie) Great show BTW. You can download all of their shows for free at http://www.archive.org (including the full album live)
Also saw the Urge Overkill Reunion show (2004?) and thought they sounded very strong – they may be my favorite 90’s band (it was not a drummer that they had back in the day and they added a touring bassist). Sadly they played to about 100 people that night at a club that held 150. I think that was a one-time reunion tour.
Overall, I’m surprised by how little I care about this list. I’d see The Posies if they were in town, maybe Teenage Fanclub.
My lady and I were watching an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (theme song by Nerf Herder) and saw The Breeders playing at the show’s hangout. In an earlier season, they featured Cibo Mato (with bassist Sean Lennon). For a show in the 00s, they featured an awful lot of 90s bands.
I noticed that CVB wasn’t on the list, and they are 90’s favorites that I still listen to constantly and have seen live several times (play list obtained). They play with Cracker every September at Joshua Tree for the Camper Van Campout weekend. We may be going this year if anyone wants to join us.
Oddly, and randomly, I recently thought of Kula Shaker. Huh.
You could throw Veruca Salt and Blind Melon together for a solid 20-minute bill.
We’ve seen several of these groups in the last few years. Some of the shows, like My Bloody Valentine, were a weird time warp in a good way. Others sounded great but you would look up to the stage and see a “kinder, gentler” version of the stalwarts (see Teenage Fanclub) and it altered the experience.
Fastball headlined a festival out here just as their wave died down. Decent enough show with their two “hits,” got friggin’ ripped on cheap beer (the Marine base hosted the festival), and then the ‘Ball came back for a one song encore and dominated “Life on Mars?” Were they hip-hop I’d be giving props or respek’ or whatever means it was bad-ass.
The band doesn’t count if somebody died or they broke up. Blind Melon? DQ. Now I want to see the list of bands you didn’t realize had broken up.
Far be it for me to get all pince nezzy, but both Pop Will Eat Itself and The Lemonheads are 80s bands which continued into the 1990s. And the Meat Puppets? They’re a quintessential 80s band. I have only a vague idea what most of the rest of the list sounds like since I stopped listening to commercial radio c. 1990. My guess is this list was compiled by thirty year olds.
Nada Surf’s “Popular” was a song that I found (and still find) to be utterly worthless and irritating. So I was surprised years later to hear that they were still around and to hear some friends singing their praises. I gave them a second chance and what do you know? Some of their stuff is very good if you can stomach emo-ish guitar pop.
Guster?! Spare me!
The Verve Pipe put out a really good kids album last year. I’ve seen them twice with my four-year-old and he got his first concert shirt. He wanted me to play the thing every day, but we finally had to give it a rest.
Veruca Salt without Nina Gordon? That would spoil all my fun.
I have a love/hate relationship with the 90’s bands.
I worked for RCA/BMG in 1996/7 and so these were the bands I was promoting, going to see, getting free CDs of etc.
Verve Pipe were cool guys, liked their CD and they opened for KISS for a bunch of the “reunion / makeup” shows. We tried like hell to break them in the south, but it didn’t really work until “The Freshmen” (4th single from that record BTW) and by then the record was over a year old and RCA kinda moved on.
Went on a few dates of the Verve Pipe tour with Republica (also on RCA). They played in Atlanta the night of the Olympic Bombing (we were at the show only a mile or so from the Olympic park) what a crazy night that was.
Saw Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven just last Friday night, They did their “hit” albums in their entirety (Kerosene Hat and Key Lime Pie) Great show BTW. You can download all of their shows for free at http://www.archive.org (including the full album live)
Also saw the Urge Overkill Reunion show (2004?) and thought they sounded very strong – they may be my favorite 90’s band (it was not a drummer that they had back in the day and they added a touring bassist). Sadly they played to about 100 people that night at a club that held 150. I think that was a one-time reunion tour.
Overall, I’m surprised by how little I care about this list. I’d see The Posies if they were in town, maybe Teenage Fanclub.
My lady and I were watching an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (theme song by Nerf Herder) and saw The Breeders playing at the show’s hangout. In an earlier season, they featured Cibo Mato (with bassist Sean Lennon). For a show in the 00s, they featured an awful lot of 90s bands.
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CVB’s Telephone Free Landslide Victory is one of my all-time favorites.
“Overall, I’m surprised by how little I care about this list.”
That was my thought as well — it’s no wonder I listened to a lot of alt-country in the 90s.
Sloan is currently on a tour marking their 20 years together. I am old.
I noticed that CVB wasn’t on the list, and they are 90’s favorites that I still listen to constantly and have seen live several times (play list obtained). They play with Cracker every September at Joshua Tree for the Camper Van Campout weekend. We may be going this year if anyone wants to join us.
I don’t think they belong on the list; they’re an ’80s band.