What's a 90s band you weren't into at the time but now triggers fond nostalgia?

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yeahoksurewhatever@reddit

been blasting Madonna's Ray of Light, mostly the song but also the album which I never heard. Didn't care either way back in the day. It's so good both because of and despite the nostalgia, I say totally subjectively

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Cautious_Artichoke_3@reddit

Daughtry. Family Guy got me into them

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TheVexingRose@reddit

Chumbawamba. When Tubthumping came out, I thought it was the dumbest song I had ever heard. I wanted to smack the kids in my class when they sang it. Now, I quote it weekly.

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Timmonidus@reddit

Alice in Chains, because I was 11 at the time.

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Illustrated-skies@reddit

MTV overplayed Seals “kiss from a rose” so much that I loathed him. My middle-aged self loves Seal now.

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agentmkultra666@reddit

Kiss from a Rose is still too corny for me, but Seal’s Crazy was playing somewhere I was recently and I finally really listened to it and it is a solid banger. I’m gonna go listen to it right now in fact😂

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xRVAx@reddit

I'm the only Seal fan that I know

I listened to first eponymous album (with Crazy on it) on repeat.

I also listened to the second eponymous album (with Kyss From A Rose) on repeat.

It was good music, even before the Batman soundtrack made it famous.

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bootyhole-romancer@reddit

There's two of us then.

I'm the same. Loved his music since first hearing "Crazy" and "Killer."

I've never been able to contain myself when "Prayer for the Dying" comes on. Any time it does I have to (attempt to) sing tf out of it.

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B_Reele@reddit

There are a few of us confirmed Seal fans out there. Been a fan since the first album.

Gotta mention “Don’t Cry”. I’m required to belt that one out when it comes on.

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Illustrated-skies@reddit

Anyone seen him live? I want to.

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petroldarling@reddit

Saaaaame... It was so bad. And yes, now...

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veepeedeepee@reddit

I remember the barber I went to from childhood to high school always had a soft rock station playing in the waiting area, and Kiss From a Rose was always playing. I associate that song with waiting for a haircut!

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goofytigre@reddit

The only two reasons for me to ever listen to 'Kiss From a Rose':

https://youtu.be/aVcxjxLipf0?si=dE2H6EOnVBt64kvA

and

https://youtu.be/G76nKGWRLPU?si=qJ4VOErkwayDDJmJ

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

It also appears twice in Season 1 of Yellowjackets, which is another excellent reason to listen to it. The teen Yellowjackets sing it for their "Doomcoming" dance in the wilderness in S1E09, and it's playing at the class reunion in the adult timeline in S1E10.

Btw, I love Community even more than Yellowjackets (and I love Yellowjackets a lot), and I definitely have to watch the second link you posted. That looks funny!

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adamroadmusic@reddit

This is the video that made me come around on this song: https://youtu.be/awnexOow0pA?si=1dv4-KWomUOydAUD

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Dan_Berg@reddit

I was hoping one of those clips was streets ahead

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Jo_MamaSo@reddit

I always teased my mom for liking Michael Bolton in the early 90's. As a kid I thought he was so lame lol (a thought cemented later by the movie Office Space).

Then about a year ago I was driving and Time Love and Tenderness came on the radio. My 40 year old ass tuned into that Jay Z meme fairly quickly 😂😂. It's a damn bop.

I of course had to call my mom and tell her lol

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JLLIndy@reddit

One of the first CDs I got was Michael Bolton but I was like 10, I think it was Time Love and Tenderness. Anyway, How Can We Be Lovers is a fucking banger.

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eSTARr35@reddit

There are gen z kids on YouTube reacting to “How am I supposed to live without you”, and thankfully they love it! It really is an amazing song - the songwriting and Michael’s voice 😍

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Shhutthefrontdoor@reddit

You must check out the song Jack Sparrow by Lonely Island (if you haven’t already). It was that song, along with his Valentine’s Day special on Netflix, that made me fall in love with him in my middle age.

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adumant@reddit

You ever see videos of him on YouTube joining buskers for a couple songs? Very fun. He’s a cool dude.

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worksnake@reddit

I remember the Kiss From a Rose era of MTV! It was everywhere!

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GreenZebra23@reddit

I heard that song recently for the first time in a long time, and realized it's actually a really good song when you're not hearing it 20 times a day

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Deep-Interest9947@reddit

Kiss from a rose sucks and always has

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wooltab@reddit

I never disliked Seal, but I didn't truly appreciate him until decades post-90s.

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Lotan@reddit (OP)

I'm finding myself reading each reply and just nodding.

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secret_2_everybody@reddit

Toad the Wet Sprocket and Gin Blossoms. At least that's what I'd answer if someone asked "what did the 90s feel like?"

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Illustrated-skies@reddit

Awww, love Toad!

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tec_0707@reddit

Yes!!! Agree!

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Unpainted-Fruit-Log@reddit

Helmet. I completely ignored them and now I’m kicking myself.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Finally saw them live earlier this year and a guy ran on stage, jumped off, and landed on top of me, knocking me on the ground. wtf man we’re in our 40s. Then some kid was like “that’s what happens when you get this close” and I was like no shit twerp, I’ve been going to concerts since before you were born. Anyway, that was the day I officially became old.

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Unpainted-Fruit-Log@reddit

They need to have a separate section for children under 40 at these events.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Agreed, like a little playpen for kids who go to see grown-up bands

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RachelFourie@reddit

Live

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tilifeelsomething@reddit

Mazy Star

Portishead

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platypus_farmer42@reddit

When I was a teenager I never liked Dave Matthews Band, now in my 40’s I have an newfound appreciate for them

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IndependentRooster11@reddit

Bush. I kinda hated them in the 90s. Now every album they put out, I like more than the previous one.

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petroldarling@reddit

Bush was a guilty pleasure for me in HS. I didn't realize they were still making albums?

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audiate@reddit

I wasn’t into Pearl Jam at the time but now I really am.

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petroldarling@reddit

That's one for me now. I wouldn't say I'm into them now, but I do enjoy them. I kind of hated them in high school.

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LatinBotPointTwo@reddit

My mum still calls the singer Jeremy. Any time a Pearl Jam song plays on the radio, she'll go, hey, that's Jeremy. XD

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bootyhole-romancer@reddit

Aw, that is so adorable 😍

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DoctorFenix@reddit

See them while you can. Their lives shows have shorted from 3 hours to about 2:20 but they’re still amongst the best live bands in the industry.

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dadlyphe@reddit

Does Eddie still drink wine and wax on about politics?

Love the band, but never got into him using a show as a place to talk politics.

I wanna hear Black, not politics.

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DoctorFenix@reddit

You probably shouldn’t listen to them at all if you don’t want to hear about politics.

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dadlyphe@reddit

I’m fine with some politics in the songs, it’s when he rambles on between songs and carries on about politics that it gets me.

They do put on a great show and I’ve seen them numerous times over the years.

Even have a shirt from Raleigh a several years ago when they didn’t play because of the NC bathroom laws. It’s got a long letter written on the back and is reminiscent of the old alive shirt that had the yellow sheet “taped” on the back of it

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DoctorFenix@reddit

I don’t mind anyone using their platform to express that soldiers should be brought home safely, childhood disease should be eradicated, and our environment should not be polluted to enrich the already rich.

I hope they keep doing it, frankly.

Some people need to hear it.

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elphaba00@reddit

I got so tired of hearing The Wallflowers and One Headlight back then, but now it’s a “stop everything and listen” song

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RuinsAndRoses@reddit

I loved them back in the day and still listen to them, but I saw “them” in their current incarnation (Jakob Dylan and a random backing band) a couple months ago and it was the most painful concert experience of my life. Just awful.

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elphaba00@reddit

My mythology-loving preteen would probably compare it to the Ship of Theseus, a philosophical question that asks if an object remains the same after all of its original parts have been replaced over time. So is it the Wallflowers, or is it Jakob Dylan out there solo and slapping the Wallflowers name on it?

My most painful experience is Cherry Poppin Daddies, but for entirely different reasons.

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B_Reele@reddit

Same for me. Hated it back then and now I love it.

6th Avenue Heartache still goes hard too.

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markltzero@reddit

Three Marlenas is so damned good too

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WillBsGirl@reddit

Josephine is my jam, but that one is a close second.

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Express_Signal_8828@reddit

I completely forgot about this song until it was played in the show Friends from College (about a group of Xennials, I guess), and I basically lost it. Ran to buy the MP3; good song and so much nostalgia.

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BeenCleverForever@reddit

Bringing Down the Horse was the first CD I ever bought after switching from cassette tapes, the whole album is still great.

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Cool_Dark_Place@reddit

Same here. I remember not really liking it too much back then, but now... takes me right back to the beginning of my freshman year at college.

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Phoniceau@reddit

Not an answer to OP, but it seems Gin Blossoms are super popular with everyone… I only know them as basic mid-90s rock, and stars of the Empire Records soundtrack… looks like I need to give them a real listen!

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HailSkins@reddit

Garbage. I liked them OK back in the day, but I fuckin' love them now. New album SLAPS.

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CeruleanCrabbie@reddit

Fucking Shirley is still amazing! Just saw them in concert and they were incredible!!

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rohm418@reddit

I always suspected fucking Shirley would be amazing, you lucky duck.

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CeruleanCrabbie@reddit

🤣

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DifficultyNo9712@reddit

IN SHIRLEY MANSON WE TRUST 💯

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Yeah it does. What’s your favorite track? Mine’s “Love to Give”

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HailSkins@reddit

It's probably "Hold" but "Get Out of My Face AKA Bad Kitty" has been stuck in my head since I posted on this thread, lol. "Love to Give" is a great track, too

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

I have always loved Garbage. I would love to see them in concert.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I’ve seen them 6 times and they’re incredible. If you have a chance soon, go. They’re taking a break from touring

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walter_grimsley@reddit

There’s a new album?!

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, their 8th

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Lotan@reddit (OP)

Oh man. Garbage was my favorite band in college. I saw them live the night that Stupid Girl released.

When Version 2.0 was released a friend and I drove from Phoenix to Hollywood to see a "Secret" show they were putting on ahead of their full tour. We got there really early and just hung out in front of the venue.

At some point Shirley Manson rolled up and everyone flocked around trying to get autographs. I somehow made it to the front of the group and stood face to face with her, opened my mouth and nothing came out. Then I just kind of walked off like an idiot.

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Express_Signal_8828@reddit

LOL. I mean, I get it: that woman has always been and will always be a goddess --and I'm a hetero female but she's pure fire.

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HBKnight@reddit

Just caught them last month and that was a bucket list show for me. So good!

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la_toxica84@reddit

Garbage played KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in 2023(?) at the Forum in LA and there was a pretty big skirmish breaking out on the floor and she stopped their set to cuss them all out 😂😂😂 and unfortunately since there were like 20 bands in the lineup their set got cut short but she still rocked out 🤘🏽

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enters_and_leaves@reddit

New album you say?

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HailSkins@reddit

The first half starts a little slow, but every song on the second half is a banger.

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Geoff-Vader@reddit

YEEEESSS. Pretty much everything from Sisyphus on is great. And Bad Kitty is one of my favorite songs to come out this year.

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Tight_Cheetah_4474@reddit

I just saw them a month ago at a club venue....fucking chefs kiss!!

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CharmCityBugeye@reddit

The first 3 goo goo dolls albums slap

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Kriegerian@reddit

DMX, Snoop, Eminem, Coolio, et al.

I wasn’t really able at the time to separate the musicians from their most annoying fans, or the general vibe of “I’m trying to sound tough or cool by being a middle class or better suburban white kid who talks about rappers all the time”. I hated that mindset as another white kid and I couldn’t mentally split the artists from it, but time has given me the ability to do that.

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Far-Pie-6226@reddit

Not sure it counts but I thought Brian Adams was so lame that I purposely didn't listen to Ryan Adams simply because his name sounded too familiar. Now, I can't hear Summer of 69 without tearing up and I wasn't even alive in the 60s or 70s. I also really like Ryan Adams' music now.

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zoey8068@reddit

Third Eye Blind, hated them as a kid but now it just takes me right back to sitting around with friends listening to the radio.

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veepeedeepee@reddit

I wasn’t into them then because I felt like they were everywhere, but as an adult, I’ve seen them live a few times within the past decade, and they’re really great live.

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DoodleBug179@reddit

I think their first album is one of the best of the 90s.

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IceSmiley@reddit

I always loved them and blasted "Graduate" when I was driving away from my school for my final final exam 😎

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KlassenT@reddit

Their debut was a peak formative album for me, it's a genuine no-skips in my eyes. Even knowing there are nostalgia goggles involved, it still holds up so well with some additional life experience behind it.

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la_toxica84@reddit

I love 3EB

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Capn26@reddit

I have since semi charmed.

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ReiperXHC@reddit

I was going to say this one.

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chachacha3123@reddit

Color Me Badd "I wanna sex you up". I am obsessed

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bootyhole-romancer@reddit

Fuck yeah

The "lead singer" Bryan is apparently a massive piece of shit but holy fuck he can sing.

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Slim_Margins1999@reddit

I didn’t realize I responded to someone other than OP. Classic

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Slim_Margins1999@reddit

Goo Goo Dolls have a lot of great songs. “Long Way Down” from Twister Soundtrack is epic.

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walter_grimsley@reddit

Was hoping Id see this. Track slaps to this day

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theflush1980@reddit

Oasis

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bootyhole-romancer@reddit

Agreed. I hated them back in the day.

But now I listen and think "Damn, they really were that good."

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RGVHound@reddit

Dance music, including from Europeans trying to sound American and producers who didn't properly credit their singers: Haddaway, La Bouche, SNAP!, Black Box, etc.

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Witty-Common-1210@reddit

Took me a long time to really get into Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Pink Floyd

Speaking of Goo Goo Dolls they had a single way before Iris called Long Way Down that was really great. Then Iris came out and I was all “wtf it’s this?!”

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No_Willingness5313@reddit

Dave Matthews Band

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Rhizobactin@reddit

This. They were SO overplayed in the 90’s a girl band. It seemed like the female equivalent of Tool - you just had to love them. I did not…

Coming back, they’re music is great. Not my fav, but they have some talent.

So Much to Say and Too Much still make my ears want to bleed as it has been seared into my brain from 90’s DJ’s

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Masterweedo@reddit

Insane Clown Posse, I liked them in the 90s, but they were one of the most hated groups of the 90s, but now they appear to be getting their flowers. It's kind of odd, nice to see.

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Rhizobactin@reddit

Every once in a while ya gotta play a good ol’ Santa’s a Fat Bitch or Halloween on Military Street for the holidays. Add in some Super Balls for V day lol

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Its_The_Water360@reddit

Got to be Beck. Didn't realize how deep his discography was.

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Rhizobactin@reddit

Beck had some that is downright garbage imho. Then maybe 1-2 songs of the album are like an awakening.

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PeatBunny@reddit

One Foot in the Grave and Stereopathic Soul Manure are great.

Also he did a song on a compilation album called Bogusflow that was awesome.

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Moosyfate17@reddit

Alice In Chains.

Jar of Flies is my go-to album right now.

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Rhizobactin@reddit

Unplugged is amazing. I think Nirvana Unplugged and Alice in Chains unplugged got me interested in acoustics. Creep on over to Led Zeppelin II, III and Houses of the Holy if you’re digging it!

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GirthyGeoduck@reddit

Recent events have caused me to revisit Chumbawamba in a completely different light.

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Lotan@reddit (OP)

I can't tell if this is a joke or not, but it made me chuckle. This reads like, "I was in a dark place and the only thing that pulled me out was Chumbawamba"

Can you expand on these recent events?

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peritonlogon@reddit

No, because he drank the whisky drink and then the Vodka drink then the lager drink and then the cider drink.

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Rhizobactin@reddit

Yep. Colbert did a blip on his 10/15/2025 show?

Screencap at the time if anyone is bored enough to pull it

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

It makes more sense if you know more about them than just the song "Tubthumping." Admittedly, I haven't listened to much of their music, but I do know that their most popular song was not the one that was most representative of them. From the Wikipedia article on Chumbawamba:

Chumbawamba were at the forefront of the 1980s anarcho-punk movement, frequently playing benefit gigs in squats and small halls for causes such as animal rights, the anti-war movement, and community groups. The band's collective political views are often described as anarchism or anarcho-communist.

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Lotan@reddit (OP)

I had no idea. Appreciate the context.

Seems like there's a real lore dump on Chumbawamba if you dig a little deeper.

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enters_and_leaves@reddit

Political strife in the US if I were to guess.

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Spiritual_Newt_4268@reddit

More likely that he got knocked down and then got back up again. But I suppose we are collectively going through this.

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sattyspritz@reddit

“Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records” is such a good album.

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stucking__foned@reddit

Whatever happened to Mary is criminally underrated

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Deep-Ad4351@reddit

My friends would initially laugh at me when I would tell people how good Chunbawamba is followed by how revolutionary they are. Then they would listen and minds would be blown 🤯

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insteadofahug@reddit

I was an ignorant punk kid back then so I scoffed at those pop anarchists. I then rediscovered them and they've been one of my favourite bands for maybe 20 years now. Both for their musical output aswell as their political activism.

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CrouchingDomo@reddit

I made my friends take a whisky drink, a vodka drink, a lager drink and a cider drink, in time along with the song, one New Year’s Eve. We called it Tubthumping, it was awesome, and I’m not allowed to pick activities anymore.

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Material-Strength-92@reddit

Love this!

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xargos32@reddit

Same, honestly. I only knew them for "Tubthumping," but now. I've heard more of their stuff and find it really relevant to the state of the world.

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Dickrubin14094@reddit

For me it’s Foo Fighters. They weee just kinda there in the background. These days I find myself streaming them a lot. Their latest album is amazing

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mssheevaa@reddit

Somewhat recently heard K.D Lang's Constant Craving again. Never cared for it much then. Now, what a heart-rending and sensual song. The way she draws it out gives me chills.

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Fraggle247@reddit

Third Eye Blind

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Mostly indie bands I’d never heard of in the 90s: Tsunami, Unwound, Bunnygrunt, Heavenly, Crayon, Mystery Machine…

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Jayrandomer@reddit

Nada Surf: 90s novelty band really grew up

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therealpopkiller@reddit

They were never a novelty band, they just had a novelty song. The rest of their discography, including High/Low is incredible

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NoFriendship7681@reddit

Letters to Cleo.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I just saw Kay Hanley come on stage to sing “Feed the Tree” with Belly a couple weeks ago. New LTC album coming next year!

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BulkyPole@reddit

Prong. I now appreciate Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck and other groove metal like Pantera more vs the industrial tastes I had then

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therealpopkiller@reddit

That song is such a banger

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SagsMcSaggerson@reddit

Dude. Cleansing was a bomb ass album.

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C0BRA_V1P3R@reddit

R.E.M. and Pearl Jam

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whattheduck02@reddit

Same. Especially with REM. I liked them when they were really popular but wasn't super into them. Then 2005ish and I realized they are amazing. Now, they're my favorite band.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I was into them in the 90s but it wasn’t until the last 15 years that I really dug deep into the catalog and same thing happened to me: all-time favorite band

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RaygunMarksman@reddit

I didn't dislike them, but wasn't a fan yet I find myself needing some Michael Stipe from time to time now.

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drdidg@reddit

Collective Soul

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rexallia@reddit

I was obsessed with them in high school. Not so much anymore but still enjoy a throwback once in a while. Disciplined Breakdown is underrated imo

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Dan_Berg@reddit

Their s/t sophomore album is the underrated classic of the 90s

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dietoilette@reddit

Me too, lol, they kind of thrash

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flowbkwrds@reddit

This one for me too. I went to their concert a couple years ago and really enjoyed it. I knew a lot more of their songs than I realized. They were always on the radio and like the background soundtrack of the 90s.

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CertifiedBA@reddit

Ed Roland is a pop rock genius.

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RedDawnWlvrines@reddit

Smashing Pumpkins..was indifferent to them at the time but enjoy the singles now for the memories

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realoctopod@reddit

A friend of mine doesn't like them because he says Corgan is whiny sounding. He is also a GnR fan when apparently hasn't heard Axl sing lol

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Express_Signal_8828@reddit

I see it the same way: like Axl and love Placebo's Molko, who sounds very whiney, but cannot stand Corgan. The first two make their whines sound musical; Corgan not at all.

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RedDawnWlvrines@reddit

Need to measure his whine threshold

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TheEndoftheBottle@reddit

Funnily enough I absolutely loved them as a teenager but can't stand them now

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a_few_flipperbabies@reddit

There's two of us!

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RedDawnWlvrines@reddit

Billy Corgan doesn’t help..

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TheEndoftheBottle@reddit

He certainly doesn't.

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kramer1980_adm@reddit

Mellon Collie is a masterpiece, and their 2012 album Oceania is amazing. Most of their new stuff is pretty hit and miss though.

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KlassenT@reddit

I was also indifferent because of the singles, but then I was introduced to Siamese Dream, and realized how much I dug that era of their sound.

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marcusdj813@reddit

I didn't come around to them until "1979" came out.

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RedDawnWlvrines@reddit

A friend introduced Gish to me but they didn’t pop up on my radar until they were at Lollapalooza and promoting Siamese Dream but even then it was just a flash among a ton of other new bands. Mellon Collie was their tipping point with me

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PonchoCrazeof84@reddit

Jon Secada

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Express_Signal_8828@reddit

Whatever happened to him? His first hit was HUGE in Latin America, to the point that everyone got sick of it.

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DevilsLettucePrey@reddit

Nice!!! Thank you for this memory!! My brother won his cassette tape through a radio contest! I was introduced at an early age. 10 year old me (and current me) loves "Do you believe in us"

I know that we belong Do you believe in us!!

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Capn26@reddit

Wow!!! I thought I was the only one. I got SICK of him back then.

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Trick-Session2388@reddit

I still have that CD!

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meatee@reddit

My CD collection was mostly Ministry, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, NIN ... Gin Blossoms? How did that get in there?? 🤣

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pebbles_temp@reddit

Hey jealousy is quite a depressing song. Signing about sad things in a poppy upbeat way is kind of metal.

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rexallia@reddit

When I was in high school we would sing Hey Jealousy before musicals. I’m not sure why? But it was fun

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thepuncroc@reddit

I just wrote about the content of a lot of their songs.

Most are dark, incredibly subversive, antisocial, maladaptive, and completely unfit for public consumption.

I'm a huge fan.

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dumpstersquirrel19@reddit

Doug Hopkins

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thepuncroc@reddit

I've been drunk with some of his friends and drinking buddies, sounds like he had a good heart when not consumed.

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dumpstersquirrel19@reddit

I only know his music. Creative, beautiful, genius.

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DrewBaron80@reddit

I love how their lyrics tend to be dark in a particular way - as a teenager I was the kind of guy who fell in love with any cute girl who made eye contact with me, and I was a somewhat attractive kid myself, so I had all sorts of ill-fated high school relationships.

Songs like Found Out About You (and others) really put me in the shoes of 17 year old me...a place I'd rather not be, but it's cathartic too, since I'm able to look at how far I've come (I celebrated my 20th anniversary over the summer).

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Adventurous_Web_6958@reddit

That was one depressing album. Lost Horizons was a great opening track, also depressing as hell.

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banality_of_ervil@reddit

I was the same, but somehow I find myself turning up The Way by Fastball when it comes on. Hits harder now that my parents are struggling with their mental health

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Professional_Milk783@reddit

They are just a solid pop group - no shame in making quality music.

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kermitcooper@reddit

Alternative rock becoming pop rock was so gradual I didn’t even notice.

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GmaninMS@reddit

Hootie takes credit for killing grunge.

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Professional_Milk783@reddit

Backstreet Boys: hold my light beer.

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GmaninMS@reddit

Yeah, but Hootie is at least rock. You cant say that about Backstreet Boys. We had boy bands before them.

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Professional_Milk783@reddit

You are, my fire.

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harbinger_of_haggis@reddit

My one

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DifficultyNo9712@reddit

...desire (I can't believe I let that slip. Damn!)

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

Yep, I went to a New Kids on the Block concert in 1990.

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kermitcooper@reddit

Coincidentally with OPs choice I blame Goo Goos and Sugar Ray for releasing hard rock albums with their debut and then, whathaveyou, with their follow up.

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Dan_Berg@reddit

But they both started out mainly as hard rock/alt-metal and included pop songs amid their heavier songs that became hits, and ultimately decided to ~~sell out~~ focus more on that sound.

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KittySwipedFirst@reddit

Lemonade and Brownies is still a straight up banger of an album.

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LucyRebar@reddit

Yes it is and I'm proud to die on this hill.

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spaceporter@reddit

I call it "grocerycore". I have a friend whose Spotify playlist is basically just songs of the supermarket, and Gin Blossoms pop up regularly.

It's a bit pejorative, I suppose, but it's a particular type of pop/easy listening where most people know most of the lyrics and don't hate the song.

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thepuncroc@reddit

If people knew the lyrics to most Gin Blossoms songs they wouldn't listen to them,.and wouldn't grocery core them.

Stalkery obsession of porn stars and getting all fucked up for murder bc of possessive obsession (Kellie Richards), suicidal depression on an alcoholic slide to becoming past tense (Lost Horizons), battling the DTs (idiot summer), misogynistic sorority girls are all sluts (angels tonight), slut shaming your ex (found out about you), death of innocence after the guilt of knowing you had an active role in driving your friend to suicide while you financially profited from the shtick he invented (until I fall away).

I think, oddly enough, "it ain't cheating 'cause she reminds me of you" is probably their most PG grocery core song. Because that's the one where it's clearly tongue in cheek.

RIP Doug Hopkins

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CSATTS@reddit

I worked at a Safeway when I was 21 and got so sick of the "grocerycore" music because it was mostly 70s and 80s pop and light rock. Now when I go into the store I love most of the songs since it's mostly 90s hits and I realize the kids working there now probably feel the same way about my music.

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jcduwrong@reddit

I’ll probably get heat for this, but this is how I feel about Foo Fighters.

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Capn26@reddit

That’s the perfect term for it.

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vanity1066@reddit

Omg Grocery Core! When I DJ my goal is to have people singing along to my set like they do at the Grocery Outlet nearby that has the BEST Playlist. I'm a Grocery Core DJ hahaha

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toasterb@reddit

Yeah. I hated them at the time. Now I find myself singing along when they come up in my Spotify auto-90s mix.

I don’t go as far as including them in my curated 90s mix though.

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MyNameis_bud@reddit

Yeah same stuff you listed plus hardcore, punk, underground hip hop. Subculture genres in general but yeah Gin Blossoms! Guess all that background radio music sunk into my psyche!

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PIG20@reddit

Better Than Ezra's first album somehow keeps popping up in my shuffle? Funny how the skip button doesn't work when those songs come on...

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detective_bookman@reddit

That was actually my very first cassette believe it or not. Courtesy of Columbia house

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ToastyWonder@reddit

Deluxe was on constant repeat in my car when I started driving.

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Subtlelikeatrex@reddit

Gin Blossoms for me too. Found Out About You is one of my favorite songs ever. This happened about 12 years ago and I don’t know why. I listen to it all the time!

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Trick-Performance178@reddit

It’s Gin Blossoms for me too lol I did not appreciate them then but I do now

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LoveCompetitive7986@reddit

I saw Gin Blossoms at a free concert in Albany, NY circa 2005 and HOLY SHIT what a great band with some many good hits...

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OldJames47@reddit

Tulip Fest?

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LoveCompetitive7986@reddit

Brooooo!!! Yes!!!!

I was at UAlbany 02-06.

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Jay-Dubbb@reddit

I saw them in 1995 and again 2025 when they opened for Blues Traveler. They're still awesome and brought a ton of nostalgia.

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graveybrains@reddit

It's never stopped being weird to me how diverse their audience was back then. Everybody I knew had New Miserable Experience. Didn't matter if they were into metal, rap, boy bands, techno or Bulgarian deep house, they all had a copy.

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Yaden@reddit

Who doesn't have Collective Soul right next to their Pantera CD!?

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

I saw Collective Soul open for Our Lady Peace this year, and I enjoyed them immensely. "The World I Know" was my Covid "theme song"—I hadn't listened to it in years and years, and had never thought much about that particular song, but it came up on a '90s playlist during lockdown. I'd been seeing footage of a completely empty Times Square, and the world was very different from the "world I knew," so I listened to it a lot in 2020 and 2021. It was really good to see it performed live, since it had meant a lot to me during lockdown.

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Yaden@reddit

Very cool, I missed out on seeing CS a couple years ago due to a rain-out.

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emcoffey3@reddit

I love all of those bands (including the Gin Blossoms).

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--AncientAlien--@reddit

I LOVE the Gin Blossoms. They sing sad songs disguised as upbeat jams.

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TheVelcroStrap@reddit

Gin Blossoms before they kicked out Doug Hopkins who wrote their best songs is awesome.

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Dan_Berg@reddit

They got in there by being fucking awesome

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SeaBuffalo9641@reddit

lol right, it’s like a guilty pleasure sneaks in and you just roll with it

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edwardturnerlives@reddit

I was a death metal lover and gin blossoms lover back in the day :D. Still am, but was back then too.

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Noisechild@reddit

I got the same exact lineup, but Madonna's "Ray of Light" make me scratch and say, "One of these things is not like the other"

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Finallyfreetobe2020@reddit

Same here! I saw gin blossoms with blues traveler this summer and they put on a great show. I bought a seat instead of GA for the first time, my age is beginning to show....

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Physical-Name4836@reddit

That list is like looking at a handful of precious gem, diamonds rubies, emeralds, and a kidney stone.

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MechanicalDruid@reddit

I was supposed to see them live in like 2003 but the venue, The Vanderbilt, was sold to the local OTB company and was converted into the "Race Palace".

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Puzzleheaded_Ant6653@reddit

90's dance music

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DifficultyNo9712@reddit

Haddaway fucking SLAPS.

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cortesoft@reddit

Cranberries. Used to think the vocals were super whiney, and would make fun of them all the time. Now they make me happy.

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DifficultyNo9712@reddit

Not exactly super-whiny, just heavily accented. You just had to love Dolores O'Riordan's harsh Irish lilt...

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anchises868@reddit

I get nostalgic when I hear 311, though I didn’t care for them at the time. Transistor is a pretty ok album.

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rifunseeker@reddit

Not a band but group - Wu Tang Clan. They’ve been bringing the motherfuckin ruckus with me lately.

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Capn26@reddit

They ain’t nothing to fuck with.

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DifficultyNo9712@reddit

I'm gonna repeat that, I don't care...

Wu-Tang ain't nothin' to fuck with.

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Difficult_Phase1798@reddit

Bands come and go. Wu Tang is forever.

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Soma2710@reddit

Wu Tang is for the children.

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ducksinarowboat@reddit

Ah yeah again and again!

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Edgarmustavas@reddit

Wu-Tang again!?!

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Habanero_In_My_Eyes@reddit

Bear Hill off Raekwons new album goes hard

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Professional_Cheek16@reddit

Suuuuuuuuu!!!

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noonesaidityet@reddit

I wish I could go back and have that feeling of hearing Ghostface for the first time again. Scratched an itch in my brain I didn't realize I had.

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B0b_a_feet@reddit

CREAM

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Slim_Margins1999@reddit

gif

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CrouchingDomo@reddit

It’s for the children 😌

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nudave@reddit

They ain't nothin' to fuck with.

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higgy98@reddit

Green Day. I'm not sure why I did not really like them back then. But I absolutely love them now.

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rohm418@reddit

I saw Goo Goo Dolls maybe 10-12 years ago live in concert. My brother in law gave us the tickets because he broke up with the chick he was supposed to go with. I was dreading it because I, too, was not a fan. Imagine my surprise when I came out of that concert genuinely liking the Goo Goo Dolls. They put on a great show.

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grilledstuffed@reddit

Here’s the playlist for a show they did for July 4th in their hometown 20 years ago in the pouring rain (including the stage).

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBlWtuARgaXBLwek44QeDUCIUFfL_9a9S&si=FJ5P3vh6F-dYtdZA

They fucking kill it

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tec_0707@reddit

So many responses here I agree with! However, like so many others here, the Gin Blossoms are a band that I liked ok as a tween and teen, but now automatically comes to mind if someone asked me to describe the '90s without adjectives. Just saying "the Gin Blossoms" is how I'd do it. How that happened I have no clue. Maybe the movie Empire Records has something to do with it? Anyway, I happily listen to them now and my inner '90s girl wants to go back in time.

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Socko82@reddit

-Kiss from a Rose by Seal

-You Get What You Give by New Radicals

-Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind

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tec_0707@reddit

Ugh, I feel the same big time about You Get What You Give! I always liked the song, but it makes me feel so much nostalgia now it's almost unbearable.

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Overall-Bullfrog5433@reddit

Where I worked in the 80s and 90s there were younger people playing Talking Heads and R.E.M. constantly. The music was not really bad but I always winced at David Byrne as well as Michael Stipe and what struck me as their manufactured, performative weirdness. But these days I find the music more enjoyable and it is partly nostalgia because I liked the folks I worked with then and we are all out of each others lives these days.

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Skywren7@reddit

I thought Counting Crows was annoying, same with Blues Traveler. But now if I hear Mr.Jones or Runaround, I am singing along. Haha

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Soma2710@reddit

I’m pretty sure I aced a Bio exam today (going back to school for Nursing).

General practice in our house to celebrate is a “Hot Stepper Dance Party”.

Kudos to Pat Finnerty.

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nocrisistoday@reddit

I’m late to the party, but Silverchair. Dismissed them as Nirvana wannabes right off the bat, but later someone whose taste I respected insisted I give Diorama a listen. How wrong I was! They’re now one of my favorite bands, and I celebrate their entire catalog.

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Oomlotte99@reddit

The Smashing Pumpkins. I liked them well enough but in the last few years I’ve really gotten into them.

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Meander86@reddit

When Blink-182 first started taking off I was so into them. Enema of the State was one of my first CD purchases, but sometime towards the end of grade school and beginning high school it was not cool to like them. I desperately wanted to be cool and be into the most obscure indie folk bands, and underground punk. So I shunned Blink for years and years. Now almost 40 I’m so incredibly nostalgic for that early pop punk sound. I’m not ashamed.

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DougMasterz@reddit

Third Eye Blind for me.

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Pita_Girl@reddit

Came to say this. Everything but Semi Charmed Life. That one still gets on my last nerve.

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TheNaughtyDragon@reddit

Nirvana and Bush

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

I hadn't listened to Bush in years and years, but I had the opportunity to see them this year, and I went. Beforehand, I listened to the '90s albums again and some of the more recent ones. I wasn't expecting Sixteen Stone to hold up and was surprised when it really, really did. Now I'm wondering why I didn't listen to Bush in such a long time!

The concert was good, I went with my brother (born in 1983, so also a Xennial), and we both agreed that the best performance that night was "Little Things," although it probably isn't in either of our top five favourite Bush songs. Well, it might be now.

Also, Gavin Rossdale is still really hot!

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cropguru357@reddit

I saw them two years ago, opening for Alice In Chains. They really overdelivered. Great show, and agree that the old tunes held up well.

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YoohooCthulhu@reddit

Absolutely. I found Nirvana and all the grunge bands annoying at the time, but nostalgia and my evolving sense of music appreciation makes me love them now.

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DoctorFenix@reddit

90s: Hated Gin Blossoms

Now: Love Gin Blossoms

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AdoptedBySmurfs@reddit

They put on a fun show, I loved seeing them a few months ago. They can still do it.

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goofytigre@reddit

90s: Hated Gin Blossoms

Now: ~~Love~~ Has a Gin Blossom~~s~~

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DoctorFenix@reddit

That too. 😂

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RaygunMarksman@reddit

Same. What the hell is that phenomenon? Guessing just the youthful angst out of the way now.

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DoctorFenix@reddit

I wanted heavier riffs when I was younger.

Youthful angst.

Then I fucking relaxed and learned to enjoy a good pop song.

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peritonlogon@reddit

40s,: have Gin Blossoms /s I really don't, I swear

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Homelessavacadotoast@reddit

Rage Against the Machine.

I liked them in the like cool edgy way in middle school; the album cover featuring Thích Quảng Đức was badass to me at the time.

But now, having read some history, there’s a lot more to their music than I remembered, and it’s far too prescient in being perhaps more applicable today than in its day.

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_Internet_Hugs_@reddit

"Fuck You I won't do what you tell me" has been on a loop in my head since January. Now it's called "not complying in advance" but it's the same thing.

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socialmediaignorant@reddit

I think I scared my kids the first time I let them hear that song with how passionately I feel that lyric. I was an angsty teen but I am a raging bitch of an adult due to our country’s situation lately.

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redditydothis@reddit

It was relevant in the early 90s and it even more relevant today.

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IllustriousHistorian@reddit

Was relevant in late 90s. “Sleep now in the fire” video was great

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redditydothis@reddit

Oh yeah. Not sure why I thought high school was early 90s.

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_its_a_SWEATER_@reddit

Rage never left my rotation since 95, but their entire collection hits even harder in our current climate and rotating on more frequently again.

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mid_1990s_death_doom@reddit

Bone Thugs.

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littlekatie3@reddit

Folk Implosion

Remember them?

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TeddyDBer@reddit

Darn skippy we do! Lou Barlow is lo-fi genius.

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littlekatie3@reddit

Yes I forgot his name was Lou Barlow!

When I hear folk implosion in movies or tv shows I’m like transported.

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Jimmy_McAltPants@reddit

I’m a mid-40s man. I had a Jewel CD that I kept hidden in high school, for fear any of my other guy friends would find it. Jewel had some bangers, and I still enjoy listening to her when I find her on the radio. My daughter enjoys her music, too.

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knivesofsmoothness@reddit

Tom petty and counting crows.

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RachelPalmer79@reddit

Space Hog and Collective Soul.

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DylzPickelz@reddit

The Tragically Hip

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Remy0507@reddit

What do you mean "nostalgia"?! That music is still current and relevant...right? RIGHT?!

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shmelse@reddit

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CrouchingDomo@reddit

Shhh, shhh, yes of course it is luv, don’t you fret 😘

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double_psyche@reddit

Despite playing piano, I never heard of Tori Amos until the early 2000’s. She’s been my favorite since then.

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rjdswoosh@reddit

Beastie Boys. Listened to sone of them back then but I throw them on all the time at get togethers now and friends always get down hard

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--AncientAlien--@reddit

Sabotage is my vote for best song on the 90s

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nememess@reddit

Their instrumental is some of my favorite chill music.

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Lotan@reddit (OP)

I never cared for them too much one way or another, but Sabotage always gets me out of my seat.

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AbsentbebniM@reddit

COINS - Daft Science (Beastie Boys & Daft Punk Mash-up)

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pilates_mama@reddit

This was my answer too. No sleep til Brooklyn goes hard for my old self.

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Ohfuscia@reddit

Same. I really grew to appreciate them in the last 10 years.

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Professional_Cheek16@reddit

They were a punk band before all the radio play.

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JungleRose4@reddit

Jamiroquai! Teenaged me did not appreciate that funky beat. I’ve since learned.

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

That isn't really a thing for me. Instead, there are '90s bands and musicians that I really liked at the time, but I hadn't listened to them in years and I thought I was kind of over them. Then I listen to them again, and I realize I'm definitely not over them.

I was a huge Sarah McLachlan fan as a teenager, but it's been a very long time since I've listened to her. I went to my first Sarah McLachlan concert a few weeks ago, the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th anniversary tour, and I found out that I have definitely not outgrown her. It was awesome. I loved hearing my favourite Sarah album in its entirety, as well as a few songs from Surfacing, and a couple of others.

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themaninthemaking@reddit

Not a band but a singer. Selena. I grew up in San Antonio and am Mexican American, so there wasn't a single wedding or quinceñera that I went to that didn't play her music. I wasn't a fan then but now I love her music. It fills me with such nostalgia and it is a part of my cultural identity.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

No Doubt and Alanis Morisette. I was a big time hater when they were actually out. Now I tolerate them!

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ArthurUrsine@reddit

The Tragically Hip. They were on the radio all the time growing up in Michigan, since the best stations in the area operated out of Windsor. So I knew a ton of their songs, but they weren't really any American teenager's idea of a cool band. Unfortunately, it wasn't until Gord Downie's cancer diagnosis that I decided to give them a proper listen, and now I'm a big fan.

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

I'm Canadian and am so sad that I only ever went to one Tragically Hip show. I just expected that they would always be there, you know?

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y2k2009@reddit

The real cheezy stuff like LIVE - Lightening Crashes, and that style of singing has really got me in the grips.

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

I will always love Live. I've seen them twice, and I've also gone to an Ed Kowalczyk solo show where he did an acoustic performance of the full Throwing Copper album.

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kramer1980_adm@reddit

I know tons of people have changed their tune on Limp Bizkit, especially after they opened for Metallica this past summer. Their shows are a blast.

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CertifiedBA@reddit

I hadn't listened to LB for years .....listened to their new (2021) and the first track hits pretty hard, undeniably good.

I'm not leading the charge on LB being all over the place again, but their music has a place.

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

Hmm, I will have to listen to that 2021 album, then! I did enjoy their first two albums at the time, and that's one of the very few things that I tend not to admit to liking. For the most part, I agree with this Dave Grohl quote: "I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it."

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BloodyPaleMoonlight@reddit

Backstreet Boys.

I grew up solidly into alternative rock and grunge, but Andy Samberg's love for boy bands have rubbed off on me.

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ItsADarkRide@reddit

I have never liked the Backstreet Boys... except for "I Want It That Way," which I love so embarrassingly much that it makes up for me not liking any of their other songs.

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LACna@reddit

Oh god thank you! I'm not alone!

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frumperbell@reddit

You wouldn't catch me dead listening to any of that boy band crap (except Everybody and it pissed me off how catchy it was). I was too busy being Not Like Other Girls and listening to music That Meant Something (and Primus)

Now? BSB and Nsync are in regular rotation. NKOTB is still corny.

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seanalltogether@reddit

I came here to say the same. I would never have listened to them intentionally growing up, but I feel like I know half of their songs through sheer osmosis of late 90s radio/mtv. Now when I hear them it brings me right back to high school parties.

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SteveEcks@reddit

As a white band kid from Indiana, it was very easy for me to write off rap and hip hop as not something that was for me.

About 5 years ago I was listening to KDAY in Los Angeles and they were just playing song after song after song that I could not turn off and I was just jamming.

Since then I have become a very big fan of Ludacris, Outcast, Jay-Z, Dr Dre, Busta, Biggie... Looking back Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, Atmosphere, and Eminem we're the investigators for me. I got into then in the mid 00's. I found a fantastic playlist on Spotify called kid-friendly hip hop and it has opened my freaking eyes.

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_its_a_SWEATER_@reddit

Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, Atmosphere

Now that’s correct.

Also, Atmos doing a mini fest in LA soon with Sage Francis and Kool Keith

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gingersnap0309@reddit

Awh I forgot about Jurassic 5! Now I gotta listen lol

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SteveEcks@reddit

Saw them at a Lollapalooza decades ago, they were so fun

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FoofaFighters@reddit

Fellow white band kid here; I have SXM in my car and the Rock the Bells channel is at the top of my rotation. My wife, who is black, does a lot of sighing and shaking her head when stuff comes on that I know the words to. 😁

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MagnificentBastard-1@reddit

Radiohead. I don't know what planet I was on but I didn't listen to them then. But now, it weaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars.

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_its_a_SWEATER_@reddit

About 24 years ago, I had a college roommate who had a massive CD collection of different rock/punk/metal albums. Found the whole discography of Faint No More. I remembered hearing them in the early 90s, and a couple other tracks around 95 on the radio, but around that time I was heavy into hip hop and dismissed a lot of rock bands. That day I burned those albums onto my PC and just went through the discog from beginning to end.

Fucking blew my mind.

They became my favorite band of all time that year, and I felt so stupid for not following them in their prime as a kid. And to my luck, I got to see them twice when they reunited in 2009. Really wish they could get back together again soon.

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Possible-Jerk0138@reddit

Stone temple pilots

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FoofaFighters@reddit

Toad the Wet Sprocket and Local H come to mind.

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Dan_Berg@reddit

Clutch. Never even knew they existed in the 90s, now they're my favorite band

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_ism_@reddit

honestly toad the wet sprocket, i had a small moment with them again in like 2018

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Bastard1066@reddit

James. Honestly pretty great band that wasn't on my radar.

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Big_Gorgoth@reddit

Wah Wah is one of my favourite albums of all time. I dust off that CD every year or so.

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TheVelcroStrap@reddit

I guess Spice Girls and Britney Spears type pop which I kind of rejected but sort of liked. GooGooDolls are still not to my liking.

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TrixieLaBouche@reddit

Radiohead. Just a foot note in my indie listening in the 90s, now I realise just how subtly brilliant they were. Street Spirit (Fade Out) is just a classic for me.

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Dan_Berg@reddit

Throw in Ween and Modest Mouse and you have my slept-on alt rock trifecta

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thepuncroc@reddit

The Darkness cover.of that is epic.

And also the only way I can listen to Radio Head.

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hi984390@reddit

So good. But damn they depress the hell out of me if I listen to them too often. Weird fishes is my favorite at the moment.

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karmannbg@reddit

This is mine too. Liked a few of the big hits back then, but now I'll listen to their albums front to back and love every second.

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goofytigre@reddit

Got into Radiohead because of a girl. Got into loving Radiohead because they are fucking amazing!

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GonePhishingAgain@reddit

I refused to like Radiohead because I thought not liking them was cool. Now I realize I was a damn fool.

They are one the most played artist in my collection now.

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j_dick@reddit

Mostly Gin Blossoms. It was always a band I wasn’t mad hearing but actually enjoy it now.

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GrandMoffJed@reddit

Modest mouse. I was too "punk" for them back in the day. Now I love them and they bring me back to a few awesome parties where they were being played

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Edgarmustavas@reddit

The Lonesome Crowded West is amazing.

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WikiGleaks@reddit

Dirty fingernails!

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RaygunMarksman@reddit

That's funny, their first couple albums were pretty heavy on punk spirit.

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Open_Pineapple1236@reddit

It shocked me to find out they were putting out albums like '95. I didn't really listen until 2005. All their albums were great up to the last one I haven't liked as much. The Golden Coffin.

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lessthanpi79@reddit

Beck got really good out of nowhere in the 2000's after I'd dismissed him as something akin to a novelty act. I didn't hear those albums, Sea Change in particular, until a few years ago.

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Yeahwrite11@reddit

Too edgy? Goo Goo Dolls first few albums were basically punk rock.

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

Was thinking that too, I was edgy and bought A Boy Named Goo. But I suppose it's everything after that most people think of when they think of Goo Goo Dolls.

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Impressive_Owl3903@reddit

Yeah, I think for a lot of people, their knowledge of Goo Goo Dolls starts with Iris.

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NerDai@reddit

Better Than Ezra.

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kramer1980_adm@reddit

Norm Macdonald on Weekend Update:

"And in music news, #1 on the college charts this summer was Better Than Ezra. And at #2...Ezra."

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silversunshinestares@reddit

I just got into Korn in the past couple of years (and saw them live this summer).

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bsbsbsbsaway@reddit

Still not seeking them out, but if I’m radio surfing and get them, I’m cranking and grunting along

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Disastrous-Tourist61@reddit

If only they had broken up after their first album.

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nicunta@reddit

Korn changed my life!!

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LACna@reddit

Just saw that Tiny Desk & it kicked major ass! Tiny Desk is the new Unplugged version we all need.

🤫 Ssshhhh don't tell anyone... But probably Backstreet Boys.

I absolutely positively fucking hated them in the 90s/20s, but when I hear early BSB songs I can't help but sing along.

My mom & sis LOVED & adored them so much & I was forced for many yrs to endure car rides, precious MTV time & bbqs, all while bleeding my ears out with their music. I would deface my sis posters & I recorded over her dubbed music vids.

But now I honestly had no idea I would ever learn their lyrics enough to fucking sing along now in my old age. It's horrifying!

I think it's because it their music reminds me of my mom & I get nostalgic over that.

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Entire-Order3464@reddit

'Old person' smell isn't because your sheets need to be washed (please by all means people wash your sheets). Very old folks like octogenarians plus are quite literally decaying so they can smell differently. New soap won't generally fix the problem.

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Lotan@reddit (OP)

Is that a band I'm not aware of?

(Is this a reply to a different thread?)

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symonym7@reddit

Probably Bush. I mean, I still don't like the band, but it's not-terrible nostalgia.

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JRS___@reddit

Gin Blossoms

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Any-Tour4589@reddit

Tool

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dj_aaron311@reddit

Hootie & the Blowfish. Cracked Rear View was played so much that I lost interest fast. But nowadays I’m choosing to play it on Apple Music and relishing the nostalgia.

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m8k@reddit

Nirvana. I was never into them when I was younger but I have come to appreciate them more in my 40s.

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i_drink_wd40@reddit

Boy bands. NSync and Backstreet Boys are karaoke staples when I'm with my friends.

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jibegirl@reddit

Back then I despised Creed

But now, the yarling hits me deep

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Taterbuggin2thebank@reddit

Creed

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jesusmansuperpowers@reddit

Goo goo dolls get exactly as much respect from me as that name deserves

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megangaygan@reddit

Nirvana.

In high school, in the midwest, I thought they were overrated and stayed away because everyone I knew who liked them was a creep or jerk.

Then I moved to the PNW and watched a screening at MOPOP of a recording of their live Halloween show at the Paramount. I finally got it.

Huge fan now.

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Miss-Construe-@reddit

I didn't care for Boyz II Men and also any rap or RnB music in the 90s. At some point 15 years later it clicked with me and I have a playlist absolutely played to shreds last 10 years still going strong

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reapersritehand@reddit

Not necessarily a group but a song, mmmbop by Hanson, absolutely hated it way to poppy, now for some weird stroke of luck (I guess) I sing along, googoo dolls concert was a first date for me and my first gf

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runicrhymes@reddit

Britney and the Spice Girls.

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Life_Fox7953@reddit

Hootie

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thrust-johnson@reddit

The Briefs The Accidents Groove Ghoulies Teen Idols

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Kylie_Forever@reddit

Texas

They were actually Scottish. White On Blonde is one of The best albums ever!

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MightyCaseyStruckOut@reddit

Sunny Day Real Estate

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Cactilily@reddit

Rage Against the Machine

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denverblazer@reddit

Blues Traveller was annoying af to 16-year-old grungey me, but now I think they're pretty fun and Popper us otherworldly. What has happened to me?!

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Solo4114@reddit

Pretty much all of late 80s to mid 90s hiphop was stuff I was not really into at the time, but now I really dig it. I mean stuff like Ice-T, NWA, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Eric B. & Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest, etc.

I was largely unaware of the Pixies in the 90s, as well, and now love them, too.

Mostly, this was because I was deep into classic rock and modern rock at the time (which has now also become "classic rock," fuck you very much).

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Bennely@reddit

Honestly? 90s EDM. I hated it back then and called it “gunch” music. Now, I enjoy it. And I enjoy less of the edgy stuff I liked back then.

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Dazzling-Pace-7134@reddit

Gin Blossoms.

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ExtremelyOnlineTM@reddit

702.

The only song I ever heard from them back in the day was Where My Girls At, which I hated then and hate now. But I was down a YouTube hole on 90s girl groups, and literally every one of their other singles is amazing, and the music videos are peak.

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jp7755qod@reddit

Not 90s, but I feel this very deeply about several 80s bands that I dismissed as synth-pop/new wave. The Cars, Psychedelic Furs, the Cure, Duran Duran, and stuff like that.

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Scary-Ad9646@reddit

Hootie and the Blowfish.

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karaloveskate@reddit

Creed

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ihave10toes_AMA@reddit

Goo Goo This is my answer too. That performance in the rain and then their episodes of Song Exploder & Songs That Made the 90s.

We were too cool for things in the 90s and deprived ourselves of so much lol

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StillhasaWiiU@reddit

Gravity Kills.

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Susie4ever@reddit

I wasn't into Rage Against The Machine. It wasn't till in my early 20's that I got the hype.

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sak3rt3ti@reddit

Silverchair

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Maximum-Aardvark9467@reddit

Alanis Morisette - I didn't dislike her in the 90's, but definitely didn't appreciate her like I do now. I also now have some perspective on how incredibly young she was at the height of her career.

It probably has something to do with algorithm loops, but also some other gals that I glanced over in the 90's that I've been enjoying lately: Tracy Chapman, Mazzy Star, Whitney Houston.

Really there isn't much from the 90's that I can't at least have some appreciation for in that it all allows me to travel in time for a moment.

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Accomplished_Book427@reddit

I am perhaps much less ashamed than I should be about the fact that I have always loved Goo Goo Dolls and matchboxtwenty. Even my boomer dad loved matchboxtwenty.

So many guilty pleasure songs from the '90s that I wouldn't have admitted I liked back then, that I would now absolutely BELT at karaoke if given a chance. Live and Creed come to mind 🤣

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Illustrious_Low_4672@reddit

Tori Amos. Instant 90s cool girl nostalgia.

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SuccessfulOwl@reddit

Lately I’ve been on an INXS binge.

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postscarcity@reddit

Redman. His newest album is straight 🔥🔥🔥

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joshhupp@reddit

I'm the opposite. I liked just about everything, but now I get extremely agitated when I hear Blink 182 and some Green Day

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ejrhonda79@reddit

I think for me a lot of music from the entire decades of the 90s that I shunned trigger fond nostalgia. I'm talking bubblegum pop, some rap, country music. Each genre from that era has it's own 'feel' that when I listen now I can pick out those 90s sound vibes.

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Warm-Comfortable501@reddit

Never into Smashing Pumpkins back in the day. Not bad now...

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goofytigre@reddit

Rage Against the Machine. I have no idea why I never got into them; arguably I should have loved them with my musical proclivities. Now, when I hear a RAtM song, I'm instantly in the mid/late 90s/early 00s.

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OkCardiologist2492@reddit

311 really grew on me.

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dishwasher_mayhem@reddit

Ben Folds.

Didn't like Ben when I was younger. Wasn't my vibe. Now, though, I'm Rockin' the Suburbs right there with him.

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SplakyD@reddit

Cake. It's not that I hated them back in the day, but I thought their lead singer sounded a little weird. Holy shit! Now I absolutely love them.

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HowOtterlyTerrible@reddit

Radiohead. I wasn't a fan. Still not a fan exactly but I appreciate their music more now than I did back then.

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todbodman@reddit

Blink 182

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DougMasterz@reddit

Matchbox 20 for me.

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cheribom@reddit

Honestly, practically anything. I absolutely had my faves back then, but now I can hear just about any songI ised to dislike or be sick of, and it just brings me back to a more peaceful state. (Except boy bands; still not a fan).

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schindigrosa@reddit

90s dance and pop.

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CraigGrade@reddit

Deftones. Didn’t gaf about them at the time but they aged really well. My college aged cousin and I talked about how a lot of their songs are really more shoegaze and that lumping them in with nu metal was a super weird choice back in the day.

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PoopyMcpants@reddit

Gin blossoms.

I found out about you especially

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ridinbend@reddit

Tool

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Entropy907@reddit

I’m still way too edgy and cool for the Goo Goo Dolls.

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Door_Number_Four@reddit

Every time I hear the GooGoo Dolls, I am reminded that the Mats did it better- the hooks, the home run swing lyric.

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

I'll sign onto this.

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HratioRastapopulous@reddit

Weezer.

Didn’t know what the fuss was all about but then went to a concert in 2011 where they played Pinkerton start to finish and it blew me away.

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Background_Title_922@reddit

I saw GGD this summer. The crowd was glorious.

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agentmozi@reddit

More aughts than 90s but I can't believe I used to turn my nose up at Brittany Spears. She's pretty amazing and so much fun to sing along with.

Other find-agains include NIN, B.I.G., Janet Jackson, Beastie Boys, Fugees and Laueyn Hill, lots of hip-hop stuff.

Weirdly I can't anymore with Live, Pearl Jam, any of those drama rock groups I used to be really into.

I was such a snob as a teenager, thank god I discovered weed in my late twenties 😅😅

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MoistPerception@reddit

They’ve been name dropped a couple times already, but I will throw another shout out to Gin Blossoms. I primarily listen to ‘90s indie and first and second wave emo, but I do also dig some ‘90s jangle rock, and Gin Blossoms have a few songs that scratch that itch.

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ccroy2001@reddit

Radiohead.

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anakusis@reddit

The entire rap or hip hop genre. I was a goth kid.

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bikeonychus@reddit

Nirvana for sure - my brother was into them when we were younger, but I didn't like the albums he had. I'm starting to find the gems I really like.

There's quite a few bands i'd either skipped over, or hadn't heard of because I was in the wrong country, and I actually love discovering them now (and learning the names of songs I've liked for years)

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EarlBeforeSwine@reddit

Yeah. I didn’t come to appreciate them until quite recently. I always dismissed them as simplistic crap, and imagined myself as too much of a music snob to stoop to listening to them.

I’ve come to appreciate (some of) their music recently. There is a lot more sophisticated stuff going on there than I ever gave them credit for.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Smashing pumpkins

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RoyalZeal@reddit

Their song from the City of Angels soundtrack lives rent free in my head, and not in a good way. You couldn't escape it on any of the radio stations in '98.

Green Day does this for me. I don't care for them (never have) but for some reason hearing them takes me back. Buddy of mine at the time was a big fan, maybe that's why. Hope he's doing ok these days.

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dead_investigator@reddit

I never listened to the lemon heads in the 90’s but I listen all the time now.

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RaygunMarksman@reddit

That's funny was just musing on this. I used to think they sucked at their peak but damn those songs have aged very well.

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reddiculed@reddit

Goo Goo Dolls (also). And Britney and David Bowie. That is all.

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AmanitaMikescaria@reddit

Dinosaur Jr.

I guess they’re not strictly a 90s band but a good portion of their work was in the 90s.

I was and am mostly into metal but the older I get, the more I appreciate bands like DJ and The Cure, various jazz musicians, ambient stuff.

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Out-There1013@reddit

Never cared about Blink-182 or Tom DeLonge at all but suddenly couldn't get their songs out of my head when they announced that tour. Just didn't fall hard enough for them to pay those ticket prices and went back to not caring about them just as fast. Was willing to pay a lot but not THAT much.

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EastTXJosh@reddit

In the 90’s, I was really into grunge, rock, alternative played on commercial radio. I had no time or patience for indie music. I get to college and my friends are into a ton of indie bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Texas is the Reason, Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, etc. At first, I couldn’t get into those bands at all. It took a couple of years of pretending to like the music and going to shows with friends for me to fall in love with it. It was about the turn of the century, when I officially came around on these bands and I’ve loved them ever since.

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JKolodne@reddit

Rage Against the Machine. Not sure why I wasn't into them back then.

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Ippus_21@reddit

MCR

Never heard of them until my ... early 30s, I think?

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Cool_Dark_Place@reddit

I actually kinda liked the Black Parade album, even though I was probably about a decade older than their target demograph when it came out. My Gen Jones dad was a big '70s prog. rock fan, so I grew up listening to lots of Pink Floyd, Yes, and Gabriel-era Genesis, so I kinda appreciated the music they were paying homage to.

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Zelengro@reddit

All of them, to be honest. I was never a boy band follower but I find any music now takes me back, even music I didn’t like at the time. I still don’t like all of it exactly, but yeah there’s definitely a nostalgia there. The weirdest thing is now defending corny boybands from people who think they’re corny. Like wtf do I care? But nevertheless there I am saying, ‘No you don’t get it, they were huge. Like, global. You think One Direction was big? No. Nooooo.’

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