Best Band/Artist Of The 90s

[Thorngrub]

Hey cookie guess what. YOu guessed it. Thin Wild Mercury Music is DONE! I've got the covers xeroxed, folded, & taped on, I wanted at least to preserve the sweet ass cover art & liner notes for you. So it's goin in the mail TODAY, bro'

[Thorngrub]

*(Same goes 4U, fuzznutty;)

[Paul]

thorny said:

Hey cookie guess what. YOu guessed it. Thin Wild Mercury Music is DONE! I've got the covers xeroxed, folded, & taped on, I wanted at least to preserve the sweet ass cover art & liner notes for you. So it's goin in the mail TODAY, bro'

Awesome, thanks thorny ;D

[Proud]

Picking the top artist of the best/second-best decade in recorded music is like picking a favorite son.

How can you do it?

[Thorngrub]

^ the man speaks sense

[upinkzeppelin2]

docdrum said:

Who am I? Just some foolish fucking middle-aged git (44 years old) with a sorry predilection for spending time on the internets.

BTW, Ryo, that was funny.

And yes, welcome back, er, PinkZep. Last night's post was mostly just goofin' around, so no worries on your list, man. Slightly more dubious of tying things up into neat lists right now, is all. Though I'm sure I'll get over that...

Regarding The Rheos and The Hip, definitely two of the top bands of the 90s in this part of the northern hemisphere, at least. Album-wise, I'd pick Fully Completely as the top disc by The Hip (and no less than the core of their mythos). Riley would probably go with Day for Night – both are great.

As for the Rheos, you need to hear both Melville (4½ stars) and Whale Music (the big 5.0). Introducing Happiness, The Blue Hysteria and The Story of Harmelodia are all great 90s discs, too, and all in the 4 – 4 ½ range IMHO.

While I'm at it, a plug for the The USA Rheostatics Page by the great (bless him) Rusty Spell. Check it out!

Yeah, I've seen you mention Whale Music quite a few times. I think I'll start with that one and get to the Hip later. 5 stars always grabs my attention. Btw, your rating or some prominent publication? Or both?

[upinkzeppelin2]

Radiohead still with one vote??? No votes for TOOL or the Peppers yet??? Wouldn't have guessed that.

[skvorisdeadsorta]

Um, Fugazi for me, please.

[riley]

Pavement

[Weeping_Guitar]

I voted Radiohead, but the Pumpkins were a close second.

[kool]

I voted U2, but after giving Siamese Dream a spin last night, I realized I should've voted for the Pumpkins. Achtung Baby aside, U2 really peaked in the 80s. The 90s was the Pumpkins' decade.

[Ryosuke]

luke said:

Well I listened to every single band from the 90s, Adam, and the Smashing Pumpkins were better than all of them.

Blankey Jet City were even better and you know it

I voted Pumpkins, btw, partly just to spite all the haters. In a less spiteful mood I probably would've voted Radiohead (in the absence of BJC or Sunny Day Service).

[Kensterberg]

Nirvana. Three five star albums. The most influential single/video of the decade. Great tours and MTV appearences. And we spent the rest of the decade gossiping about Courtney Love and the "shady" circumstances of Kurt's death. If a single band can define the nineties, then that band is Nirvana.

As much as I love Pearl Jam, U2, and R.E.M., none of them can match Nirvana's artistic and cultural impact on the decade.

[limitdeditionlayla]

I voted Nirvana also. Its my teen angst alter ego breaking out.

If we're deciding this on:

popularity
credibility
influence
inspiring pop culture (heroin chic anyone*)
& becoming iconic before your very decade of existence is even up

then its Nirvana, clear & simple.


* granted, Nirvana didn't single-handedly inspire grunge fashion, but their popularity sure set it up. As I recall, Pearl Jam started out the decade in wife-beaters & basketball shorts -bless.

[Galactus]

What Layla said.