i found out yesterday that primal scream are playing in san francisco in november! so psyched to go.
alasdair
alasdair
I don't like saying "5 favourite albums" or bands or songs...because i have such a wide ranging taste that it's entirely about my mood as to what i think is great.
I love Nirvana's Nevermind. It's a great record.
I also agree love Sonic Youth's Washing Machine. They made a lot of great records, but that one is my favourite of the 90s.
I spent years obsessed with Beck's Mellow Gold,
Ween...well, i love me some Ween, but The Mollusk is probably the album of theirs that changed how i listened to music.
I must say though, that there was somd amazinc Australian music in the 90s, and a lot of my favourites are things most non-aussies (and probably most australians, haven't heard of.
One such is Black Milk by the legandary Beasts of Bourbon. This came out in 1990 - before the "grunge" explosion pushed all the underground rock music into the mainstream, which smoothed all the rough edges off, was safe and packaged neatly for the masses.
Actually, now that i mention, the Beasts of Bourbon - i'm reminded that guitarists and songwriters on that record, Kim Salomon, is credited for coining the term "grunge" to describe his own band (the Scientists) in something like 1982.
So, the Beasts are from the same lineage - a "supergroup" of Australian gritty rock'n'roll a bit ahead of the curve, with a few of its (many members) being part of the first waves of Australian punk rock (like Stu Spasm, who was a member at one point) that inspired and cross-pollinated with a lot of the bands that became associated with the term 'grunge' in the 90s.
But i digress.
Great album, i love it.
i don't even know the names of the music i hated in the 90s. Ricky Martin is one name that does spring to mind.
But at least boybands and pre-fab pop bands - overproduced as they were - didn't have auto-tune or that over-compressed, homogenous production that plagues contemporary pop.
But there was some very bad shit. So instead i'm going to break the rules and say some of the artists i think also made great records then; Tom Waits, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Butthole Surfers, Nick Cave, Rowland S Howard, Half Japanese, the Flaming Lips, Bjork, REM, Blur, Yo la Tengo, the Pixies, and as ali said - Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub.
Also, Beastie Boys, Run DMC...and so many others. Cypress Hill
Oh, but yeah - Limp Bizkit. Fuck they were awful. I hated that "nu-metal" era.
Yeah one of Neils Best. That and Freedom announced that he was back after pissing off David Geffen with experimental albums after Geffen sued him for making un Neil Young like albums LOL. My personal fav Neil album is On The Beach. No hit songs but every song is just killer. Seen him 3 times and he is always amazing. Still doing it too.awesome album. the opening riff from country home gives me chills.
alasdair
ritual de lo habitual - janes addiction(maybe the best rock album of the century )
gish - smashing pumpkins - way better than Siamese dream
everyday - widespread panic - not for everyone
loveless - my bloody valentine - this album was pretty popular among other musicians