The 90s - This Is What the Decade Sounds Like to Me. What's Your Picks?

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hang_that_dj@reddit

Faith No More - Epic

Am lifelong grunge/alternative fan. But now I even have soft spot for those songs we heard a billion times on rock radio like “Walk on the Ocean,” “Found Out About You,” and “Name.” They’re not the cool-guy songs but they sound like the 90s to me too. I heard “Desperately Wanting” (Better than Ezra) the other day. It’s not “Evenflow or “Start Choppin’” but it’s a great song

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classicsat@reddit

Lifelong (well teens at least) classic/hard rock fan.

I grew into the 90s music as it happened, at least what was on the radio and music videos.

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classicsat@reddit

All over the lace, from bohemian post college (Spindoctors), to Spice Girls. Throw in the better EDM, and bar rock.

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S1nnah2@reddit

I want to say a little something that's long overdue

The disrespect to women has got to be through

To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends

I want to offer my love and respect to the end

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

For me personally it was.

Pantera
Metallica
Slipknot
Korn
Mudvayne
Megadeth

I was a bit on the heavier side then 98% of the people I went to school with.

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One-Earth9294@reddit

I'm even heavier than that. Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Immolation. Lots of that stuff mixed in with Primus, David Bowie, and Frank Zappa.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

I have listened to some of that since the 90's. Growing up in a small town you didn't hear about these bands. I opened up more when I went to college.

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Atlantean_truth@reddit

Smashing Pumpkins is a damn good choice. I’d personally pick Cherub Rock off Siamese Dream.

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Jellybeans74@reddit

The Breeders - “Cannonball”

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SayOw@reddit

1998 the greatest live weekend occurred in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Friday the Smashing Pumpkins played a free concert in downtown Minneapolis. It was actually fairly underwhelming as they were in a dispute with their record label (or whatever) but did not play any of their hits that evening. Regardless, by most accounts, close to a million people showed up for that show.

The very next day was the clash of the titans, the Warp Tour and Ozzfest combined to have a mega-festival that was so epic MTV was doing live cut-ins from the show.

I was there and I still say it was a weekend where I had the most fun of my life. I was there with a bunch of friends, we are all under 30. Good times....good times.

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Daetiralso@reddit

I was at that Ozzfest, but didn't learn about the SP concert until I got there and people were talking about it.

That Ozzfest is where I fell in LOVE with Powerman 5000, never heard them until then. And they opened the main stage

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monstertruck567@reddit

This next song is the 1st song in our new album

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spiderfighter1@reddit

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Butterfly_Cat777@reddit (OP)

Love this album ❤️

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Upset_Peace_6739@reddit

Liz Phair - Fuck and Run.

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Awkward-Initiative28@reddit

I've basically accepted that anytime CNN or anyone else brings up THE '90s, you'll hear the opening duhduhduh chords and drums kick in from the opening of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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Butterfly_Cat777@reddit (OP)

😄

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OGREtheTroll@reddit

Nobody mentions Alanis Morissette?

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Hattkake@reddit

Nirvana, Immortal, Hallucinogen, Jethro Tull.

There is much, much more but if I had to pick just a few bands it would be those. Grunge, black metal, trance or whatever it is called and 1970s stuff.

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trUth_b0mbs@reddit

Depeche Mode, Notorious BIG, Classic House, Tribe Called Quest, Mary J. Blige

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Intelligent-Hexagon@reddit

The opening riff from Pearl Jam's "Alive".

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raf_boy@reddit

This

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-Granby-@reddit

Fade Into you for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI&list=RDImKY6TZEyrI&start_radio=1

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ReluctantSeer@reddit

Age point.. she will be 60 in June.

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abombSFCA@reddit

I can get behind this choice.

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Butterfly_Cat777@reddit (OP)

Mazzy Star has always been underrated.

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russromo605@reddit

Pavement, or some other elegant bastards

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Western-Calendar-352@reddit

Elegant bachelors, shurely?

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russromo605@reddit

Korean translation

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Western-Calendar-352@reddit

Can you make a career out of that?

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russromo605@reddit

only if I sell my Seoul

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Awkward-Initiative28@reddit

Nature kids

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Jethro_Pyle@reddit

90’s were full of great music but no one ever seems to mentions British band, so I’ll add the Stone Roses

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Butterfly_Cat777@reddit (OP)

I always thought the Stone Roses got very little love in the U.S. I think they got more exposure on Beavis & Butthead than anywhere else.

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Awkward-Initiative28@reddit

Love Spreads got some US modern rock play around the time of the first Oasis album. But yeah their most beloved album (first one) was basically ignored in the states.

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reachers_toothbrush@reddit

I have fond memories of Suede.

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GreenlandSharkSkin@reddit

"GET CRAZY WITH THE CHEEZ WIZ!"

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Awkward-Initiative28@reddit

THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE I CAN FEEL IT

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Repulsive_Client_325@reddit

(Drive-by body pierce…)

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DulinELA@reddit

Sprechen Sie deutsch, baby?

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Old_Skool4@reddit

Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike. 2 of the best singers of the 90s collaborating with a very 90s guitar riff.

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Straight-Nerve-5101@reddit

I wish I was special You're so fucking special

But Im a creep I'm a weirdo

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ViolentCaterpillar@reddit

First thing that came to mind was "3 Strange Days" by School of Fish (1991) https://youtu.be/onjaC3A2xjk?si=lSISFJZCbSsIpX0V "And I think I lost myself / When I lost my motivation"

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Lenn_Cicada@reddit

Stereolab, Broadcast, Boards of Canada, Beck, Wagon Christ/Plug, Squarepusher, Cibo Matto, Medeski Martin & Wood…

That type of thing.

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Ej11876@reddit

Early Jane’s addiction, RHCP, Helmet, Soundgarden, Nirvana Mid AIC, Primus, Tool, RATM, NIN, Pantera Late nu Metal,

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wde335@reddit

Offspring - Come Out and Play (the “keep em separated” song)

Natalie Merchant - Carnival

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

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Butterfly_Cat777@reddit (OP)

"Plush" was the first STP song I ever heard, and even though I love so many of their other songs, it'll always be my favorite of theirs.

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Waffuru@reddit

Hmm... for me? Probably either Oingo Boingo or TMBG. Both had albums that were absolutely kick ass in the 90's. I still listen to Flood, Apollo 18, Boingo, and Oingo Boingo's Farewell Tour front to back from time to time. I listen to a lot of their other albums still, too... but these in particular just feel like the 90's XD

If I had to pick one song though? Hm... "Change" by Oingo Boingo.

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Over-Capital8803@reddit

Alice in Chains - Man in the Box. Immediately jumped to mind.

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oomchu@reddit

That's a difficult one. I'll keep it simple and go with No Rain by Blind Melon. However, There are a lot more bands that come to mind.

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reachers_toothbrush@reddit

Garbage

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Fullonski@reddit

Decade split in half for me.

Early 90s was a mix of grunge and blues, Pearl Jam and Stevie Ray Vaughan being the favourites.

Then I got tired of self-indulgent whining and the rest of the decade was house and techno with DJ mixes by Sasha being the favourite.

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t65789@reddit

Crow and Judgment Night Soundtracks.

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Ignignokt73@reddit

(To me) Early: Pantera - Mouth for War

Middle: Radiohead - Street Spirit

Late: Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps

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zica-do-reddit@reddit

Saw them live in São Paulo in 1996, it was epic.

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PastryRoll@reddit

i wish i was a little bit taller.
i wish i was a baller.

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BlueProcess@reddit

Wanna be a balla
Shot calla
20 inch blades on the Impala

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BeDeRex@reddit

That whole album is perfection. Some old school story-telling hip hop. Sucks that he got burned and dropped out of the scene.

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Extension_Chart2641@reddit

"I Swear", "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"! I'm "Truly Madly Deeply" "Amazed" that you'll "Always Be My Baby"..."The Power of Love" is in a "Kiss from a Rose"...now "Kiss Me" cause "This Is How We Do It"...it's a "Beautiful Life"

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Mistervimes65@reddit

Concrete Blonde - “Tomorrow Wend”, Green Day – “Basket Case”, “What’s my Age again?” - Blink 182, “All I want” - The Offspring, “Infected” - Bad Religion.

Just off the top of my head.

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CA5P3R_1@reddit

AIC- Would?

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xBobaFattx@reddit

This is it

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aran_maybe@reddit

KMFDM - Light

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Ride the Mindway

This Ascension - Ill met by Moonlight

Lycia - Pray

OMC - How Bizarre

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TheInternetHeel@reddit

Honestly, and this might get flack...but "You Get What You Give" by the New Radicals. Releasing near the end of the decade in 1998, I just feels like the song that encapsulates.

If I'm splitting the decade in 3 parts though

The beginning - "3 Strange Days" - School of Fish
The middle - "1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
The end - "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals

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HenryInRoom302@reddit

Honestly, and this might get flack...but "You Get What You Give" by the New Radicals. Releasing near the end of the decade in 1998, I just feels like the song that encapsulates.

That song is always gonna get cranked if it comes on while I'm in my car. I fell like it's one of the best driving songs for our generation. Can't say I'm a huge fan of the song in general, but whenever I hear it, it gives me such a nostalgia boost because that song was everywhere in the late 90s and it always takes me back to my misspent youth.

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FancyRise@reddit

Definitely not my favorite but Closing Time gives me the 90’s feels.

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abombSFCA@reddit

The Breeders Last Splash.

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Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit

Yes. That song reeks of the 90s. In a good way of course.

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abombSFCA@reddit

Ooops I meant the whole album. Did t realize we were doing just songs…. Cannonball if so

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Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit

Either way. The whole album rocks. Listened to it last week.

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FishheadTXGTI@reddit

You coastal cut throat, you dirty switch

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MattJC123@reddit

You have excellent taste.

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PilotKnob@reddit

Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

Blaze of Glory - Bon Jovi

End of the Road - Boyz II Men

I Like Big Butts - Sir Mix-A-Lot

Tubthumping - Chumba Wumba

Somewhere mixed in there towards the end is Alanis Morrissette.

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niff007@reddit

Couldn't possibly pick one. And it changed throughout the decade as new bands came out or bands i was already into put out new albums or who i was hangin out with. For me the 90s in 3 parts:

Early 90s -

Slayer Fugazi Ice Cube Sick of it All Suicidal Tendencies RHCP Quicksand Jawbox Jane's Addiction Tool Fishbone RATM Cypress Hill Mother Love Bone Bad Religion Murphy's Law

Mid 90s -

Smashing Pumpkins Wu Tang Bosstones Helmet Phish Bush Primus Offspring

Late 90s -

The Toasters The Slackers The Specials Hot Water Music Face to Face Built to Spill Propaghandi Shai Hulud Refused Alkaline Trio Pennywise

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Warhammer517@reddit

Breathe by Prodigy

Santeria by Sublime

Fly by Sugar Ray

Would by Alice In Chains

Calling To You by Robert Plant

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Adept_Yesterday6917@reddit

World Party, Blind Melon, Dave Mathews, Trainspotting soundtrack

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napalmthechild@reddit

Pharcyde - Passin' me by

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NarrowLie8125@reddit

“Possum Kingdom” by The Toadies

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eternallycynical@reddit

I club djayed from 1992 through 2004.

Alternative and dance early and then hip hop and dance later.

I cant pick

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ReluctantSeer@reddit

Chumbawumba.

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NarrowLie8125@reddit

God I hated that song, but it had its place I guess

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rogozh1n@reddit

Garbage is the most 90's band imo. Not the best, not the worst, but the most typical.

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eternallycynical@reddit

Stupid girl

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vodeodeo55@reddit

Odelay by Beck

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83VWcaddy@reddit

Face To Face - Don’t Turn Away

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HenryInRoom302@reddit

Browsing through some of my faves in the 90s playlist on my iPod (yes, it's still kicking since 2007 and I will continue to use this baby until it completely dies).

The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson Self Esteem - The Offspring Santa Monica - Everclear Your Woman - White Town Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith Malibu - Hole Ready To Go - Republica Scatman - Scatman John Rocket - Smashing Pumpkins Linger - The Cranberries

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UrsaMajor7th@reddit

Portishead and Massive Attack.

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joelav@reddit

Close, but Siamese Dream from start to finish. Followed by Core from STP

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johntwoods@reddit

You son of a bitch.

Yes.

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Mourtality@reddit

The '90's always smelled like Teen Spirit.

Like it or not, that song in 1991 really set the stage (musically) for the decade.

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Butterfly_Cat777@reddit (OP)

lol. I love both of those dearly. But the world really is a vampire. :p