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Best Band of the 90's?

Kanabia
20-03-2005, 10:33
Well? What do people think? :D
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 11:30
I'm gonna mention Kyuss, 'cause they probably won't be otherwise. If you don't know Kyuss, you're missing out. Enough said.
Boonytopia
20-03-2005, 11:34
Too hard *desperatley trying to think back through my CD collection*
Patra Caesar
20-03-2005, 11:42
Ahh, such an important time in music for me! Hmm, there are so many, but when it comes to one hit wonders: Chumba Wumba for Tub Thumping and two hit terrors Eiffel 65 with Blue and Move your body.

Edit: Killing Heidi too, there will be more...
Boonytopia
20-03-2005, 11:52
I really like Matthew Sweet, Spiderbait, Pearl Jam, PWEI, Grandaddy, Billy Bragg, The Butthole Surfers & Tool, but I couldn't really say any of them were my fave.
Holmesestad
20-03-2005, 11:59
sublime.....one of the few bands where you hear them..not just listen to them...
ProMonkians
20-03-2005, 12:03
I'd second Grandaddy.
Boonytopia
20-03-2005, 12:12
I'd second Grandaddy.

I'm listening to them now, that's what made me think of it.
Eichen
20-03-2005, 12:13
Nine Inch Nails would be my first choice, but there was so much good music in the 90's it's hard to say.
I don't think I'll be saying the same for this decade, once it's over. :rolleyes:
Falhaar
20-03-2005, 12:24
TOOL!!!!!!

Mogwai, Stereolab, Radiohead, Powderfinger, Rage Against the Machine, Siguer Ross, The Crystal Method, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow, Chemical Brothers, Spiderbait all come in at an equal second place.
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 12:25
Spiderbait

Hell yeah- they rock. I'm surprised, up until recently, there wasn't a scant mention of them on this forum. I guess it's the Aussie influx. :D

And seconded to the Butthole Surfers, as well. :)
LazyHippies
20-03-2005, 12:25
Pearl Jam
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 12:26
Spiderbait

ANOTHER one?

:D
Boonytopia
20-03-2005, 12:30
Hell yeah- they rock. I'm surprised, up until recently, there wasn't a scant mention of them on this forum. I guess it's the Aussie influx. :D

You have to hear them do Old Man Sam, it's a pisser. :p
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 12:35
You have to hear them do Old Man Sam, it's a pisser. :p

I have an original copy (IE. not a reissue) of the "Run" EP with it. :D
British Communists
20-03-2005, 12:38
Radiohead without a shadow of a doubt.
Preebles
20-03-2005, 12:41
My fave 90's band is Live, but I don't see too many people sharing the love!

Other than them, Rammstein, Radiohead, REM (yeah, they go back further but meh) and... yeah... the 3 R's!

Edit: He's not a band, but Beck!
Swimmingpool
20-03-2005, 12:44
I've made my position quite clear on this:

The Smashing Pumpkins!!!
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 12:45
I've made my position quite clear on this:

The Smashing Pumpkins!!!

:D

Which album of theirs do you prefer?
Preebles
20-03-2005, 12:48
I've made my position quite clear on this:

The Smashing Pumpkins!!!
:eek: Forgot them! And Blur. I also like the much underappreciated Kula Shaker. They took Boy George's Hare Krishna niche in the industry. :p
The White Hats
20-03-2005, 12:52
Union Station
Boonytopia
20-03-2005, 12:52
My fave 90's band is Live, but I don't see too many people sharing the love!

Other than them, Rammstein, Radiohead, REM (yeah, they go back further but meh) and... yeah... the 3 R's!

Edit: He's not a band, but Beck!

I liked Live, but there last couple of albums really lost me. I wouldn't rate Kula Shaker at all.
Demented Hamsters
20-03-2005, 13:14
Best from America: TOOL
Best from UK: Radiohead
Both win on best music-videos too.
Saxnot
20-03-2005, 13:23
Pearl Jam.
ProMonkians
20-03-2005, 13:43
Ooh ooh!
The Stone Roses
(1989 onwards so do they count?)
Gooooold
20-03-2005, 15:18
Metallica or Iron Maiden
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 15:25
Ooh ooh!
The Stone Roses
(1989 onwards so do they count?)

Of course they count.

I apparently look like their lead singer. Heh.
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 16:15
Well, Nirvana is the obvious choice for me (and I'm surprised that no one has mentioned them yet) and even though I feel they are the best band of the '90s (or of anytime) I will say something more obscure like Local H or Therapy?
Very Angry Rabbits
20-03-2005, 16:19
There were bands in the 90's?
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 16:23
Well, Nirvana is the obvious choice for me (and I'm surprised that no one has mentioned them yet) and even though I feel they are the best band of the '90s (or of anytime)

Of course, I would have mentioned them, though I knew someone else would eventually. :)
I V Stalin
20-03-2005, 16:25
Manic Street Preachers and/or Radiohead.
Honourable mention to: Smashing Pumpkins.
Oh...and Kyuss? No....NO NO NO NO NO. No. NOOOOOO!!!!!! (I don't like them).
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 16:28
Oh...and Kyuss? No....NO NO NO NO NO. No. NOOOOOO!!!!!! (I don't like them).

You're the first person I know that doesn't, but that's not saying much, because people that know them at all are few and far between. :p
Glugs
20-03-2005, 16:29
Too much good music.....Can't decide.....Going into panic mode :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
Battery Charger
20-03-2005, 16:30
Well, Nirvana is the obvious choice for me (and I'm surprised that no one has mentioned them yet) and even though I feel they are the best band of the '90s (or of anytime) I will say something more obscure like Local H or Therapy?It's hard to imagine the 90's without Nirvana. I don't think we would've got past 1992. Their impact was so huge, every other band named is the wrong answer. If you gave the wrong answer, you're either just trying to be cool or you don't get it and might as well listen to country. The 90's, especially 93-97, was an awesome time for music. There were so many good bands, there wasn't enough popularity to go around. A lot of 1 and 2-hit wonders of that time were actually really good bands. There will never be another Nirvana, and there will never be a period quite like that.
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 16:32
It's hard to imagine the 90's without Nirvana. I don't think we would've got past 1992. Their impact was so huge, every other band named is the wrong answer. If you gave the wrong answer, you're either just trying to be cool or you don't get it and might as well listen to country. The 90's, especially 93-97, was an awesome time for music. There were so many good bands, there wasn't enough popularity to go around. A lot of 1 and 2-hit wonders of that time were actually really good bands. There will never be another Nirvana, and there will never be a period quite like that.
How eloquent, and true. :D The Butthole Surfers are a good example of one hit wonders that are quote good bands. (Although their stuff since that one hit sucks.)
Falhaar
20-03-2005, 16:33
There will never be another Nirvana, and there will never be a period quite like that.

Frankly I'm surprised it happened at all. The 80's pretty much killed rock.
Sdaeriji
20-03-2005, 16:35
It's hard to imagine the 90's without Nirvana. I don't think we would've got past 1992. Their impact was so huge, every other band named is the wrong answer. If you gave the wrong answer, you're either just trying to be cool or you don't get it and might as well listen to country. The 90's, especially 93-97, was an awesome time for music. There were so many good bands, there wasn't enough popularity to go around. A lot of 1 and 2-hit wonders of that time were actually really good bands. There will never be another Nirvana, and there will never be a period quite like that.

Nirvana may have been groundbreaking, but musically, they weren't as talented as other grunge bands like Alice in Chains or Soundgarden. And the question is "best band", not "most influential band".
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 16:35
It's hard to imagine the 90's without Nirvana. I don't think we would've got past 1992. Their impact was so huge, every other band named is the wrong answer. If you gave the wrong answer, you're either just trying to be cool or you don't get it and might as well listen to country. The 90's, especially 93-97, was an awesome time for music. There were so many good bands, there wasn't enough popularity to go around. A lot of 1 and 2-hit wonders of that time were actually really good bands. There will never be another Nirvana, and there will never be a period quite like that.

Well said!

How eloquent, and true. :D The Butthole Surfers are a good example of one hit wonders that are quote good bands. (Although their stuff since that one hit sucks.)

Indeed. The Butthole Surfers were (are?) great. Monster Magnet are really good too.

There was a *lot* of talent in grunge rock.
I V Stalin
20-03-2005, 16:37
It's hard to imagine the 90's without Nirvana. I don't think we would've got past 1992. Their impact was so huge, every other band named is the wrong answer. If you gave the wrong answer, you're either just trying to be cool or you don't get it and might as well listen to country. The 90's, especially 93-97, was an awesome time for music. There were so many good bands, there wasn't enough popularity to go around. A lot of 1 and 2-hit wonders of that time were actually really good bands. There will never be another Nirvana, and there will never be a period quite like that.
Yes, they had a big impact. I still don't really like them. And they're massively overrated - one of the 3 most overrated bands of all time, in my opinion.
Falhaar
20-03-2005, 16:38
Oh and BTW, I don't like Kyuss either. :D
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 16:40
Nirvana may have been groundbreaking, but musically, they weren't as talented as other grunge bands like Alice in Chains or Soundgarden. And the question is "best band", not "most influential band".

That's a fair point. Kim Thayil is an awesome guitarist, I can only wish I could play like that.

However, Nirvana were the band that got me into music. I wouldn't have picked up a guitar if they hadn't been around. The problem with both Soundgarden and AIC for me is that their work wasn't always consistent (IMO). There are some Soundgarden songs that are simply craptacular (mostly Cornell's fault). While AIC aren't quite that extreme, they have a fair number of mediocre songs. Nirvana, on the other hand, don't have very many songs that I don't like at all.
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 16:41
Oh and BTW, I don't like Kyuss either. :D

Justify that, then ;)
Kaiju Shadows
20-03-2005, 16:42
I second both Pearl Jam and Kyuss, and add Corrosion Of Conformity :D
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 16:45
I second both Pearl Jam and Kyuss, and add Corrosion Of Conformity :D

Woohoo!! :D

Weren't CoC more 80's, though?
Sdaeriji
20-03-2005, 16:47
That's a fair point. Kim Thayil is an awesome guitarist, I can only wish I could play like that.

Is he doing anything now? I know Chris Cornell is in that abomination known as Audioslave, but I haven't heard anything from Thayil. I would have thought he'd have a new project by now.
Falhaar
20-03-2005, 16:48
Justify that, then

I DON'T HAVE TO JUSTIFY MYSELF TO YOU!!!!!

Ok, three reasons:

1) Very boring lead singer - Kyuss suffers the same problem as Interpol, with a crap-tacular lead vocalist who not only can't write, but frankly can't sing.

2) Droning - Every single Kyuss song I've ever heard is just endlessly droning and essentially sleep-inducing.

3) Inconsistent - About as reliable as Robbie William's sexuality in terms of delivery. For every semi-decent piece they make, there's about ten that strive for new levels of brain-drilling.

HOWEVER, I should point out that Kyuss is really Drug Rock, and I do admit to enjoying it more when I dropped acid.
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 16:50
Is he doing anything now? I know Chris Cornell is in that abomination known as Audioslave, but I haven't heard anything from Thayil. I would have thought he'd have a new project by now.
The last I heard, he was on the No WTO Combo, with Jello Biafra, Krist Novoselic, and Gina Manowail. They play at the Seattle demonstations in '99, and released an EP of what they played.
Sdaeriji
20-03-2005, 16:52
The last I heard, he was on the No WTO Combo, with Jello Biafra, Krist Novoselic, and Gina Manowail. They play at the Seattle demonstations in '99, and released an EP of what they played.

Seriously? Cool. I'll have to try and get my hands on it. Have you heard it? Is it any good?
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 16:53
Incidentally, I've never heard anything by Kyuss. Which album should I buy first?
Sdaeriji
20-03-2005, 16:53
Incidentally, I've never heard anything by Kyuss. Which album should I buy first?

Neither have I, actually.
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 16:54
Seriously? Cool. I'll have to try and get my hands on it. Have you heard it? Is it any good?
Yes, on both counts. It does have some Jello Biafra spoken word on it, though, so if you don't like spoken word, you might not like it. They do a cover of "Let's Lynch the Landlord" on it, also.
Staunch
20-03-2005, 17:03
NIRVANA, i don't think anyone else comes close.. THey paved the way for most of the guitar bands around today..
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 17:05
1) Very boring lead singer - Kyuss suffers the same problem as Interpol, with a crap-tacular lead vocalist who not only can't write, but frankly can't sing.

I originally had that impression too- I thought he is secondary to the instrumental work. Eventually he grows on you and he becomes part of the music.

2) Droning - Every single Kyuss song I've ever heard is just endlessly droning and essentially sleep-inducing.

While I can see your point with some songs, it's not universal at all. Eg. "Gardenia", "50 Million Year Trip."

3) Inconsistent - About as reliable as Robbie William's sexuality in terms of delivery. For every semi-decent piece they make, there's about ten that strive for new levels of brain-drilling.

I disagree again. I tend to listen to the whole albums in one hit, and they come together a lot better.

Doesn't work, obviously, for their greatest hits album. :)

HOWEVER, I should point out that Kyuss is really Drug Rock, and I do admit to enjoying it more when I dropped acid.

I enjoy it even when sober, actually.

Seriously? Cool. I'll have to try and get my hands on it. Have you heard it? Is it any good?

The No WTO Combo stuff isn't bad at all. It sounds very Dead Kennedys-ish, from what i've heard. :)

Incidentally, I've never heard anything by Kyuss. Which album should I buy first?

"Welcome To Sky Valley" is the first I heard, and I still think it's their best.

"And The Circus Leaves Town" is probably a little easier to find in stores and is almost, but not quite, as good. (There is a secret track on it that is supposedly a tribute to Nirvana :))
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 17:17
"Welcome To Sky Valley" is the first I heard, and I still think it's their best.

"And The Circus Leaves Town" is probably a little easier to find in stores and is almost, but not quite, as good. (There is a secret track on it that is supposedly a tribute to Nirvana :))
Okay, thank you. (Making note of this.)
Kanabia
20-03-2005, 17:25
Okay, thank you. (Making note of this.)

You're welcome.

Seeing that you voted for Black Sabbath in the "best band of the seventies" thread, i'm pretty confident that you'll like them. :D It's similar at times.
QuentinTarantino
20-03-2005, 17:28
Oasis
Salutus
20-03-2005, 17:29
Soundgarden
Rage Against the Machine
Emdeee
20-03-2005, 17:29
OASIS
Barkur
20-03-2005, 17:37
RATM
Nirvarna
Radiohead
Vittos Ordination
20-03-2005, 17:47
Beck

Radiohead

Nirvana
Squared Circles
20-03-2005, 17:51
Even though they did most of their best work in the 80s, I still have to respect Sonic Youth for all the great work they did in the 90s, especially on the more avant-garde end of the musical spectrum. The SYR series may not be for everyone, but it contains some of SY's most consistently intriguing instrumental work. Washing Machine was arguably their best since Daydream Nation, and Goo and Dirty are extremely underrated in respect to the rest of their discography. Listen to them free of context, and you'll find a pair of wonderful experimental rock albums with little to no evidence of blatant commercial pandering, which seemed to account for most of the criticism levied against them upon release.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Pavement yet, either. Slanted and Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain are both simply genius, and Wowee Zowee and Brighten the Corners more than hold their own.

Guided By Voices, who have written more amazing songs in the past decade than likely any other, even if only half of them are any good? Take into account all the side projects, too: Airport 5, Go Back Snowball, etc., and it's a body of work to be reckoned with.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor? Mogwai? Bjork? Beck? Yo La Tengo? Built to Spill? Aphex Twin? Boredoms? Don Caballero? There are just wayyyy too many great bands in the decade to mention here. I can't decide.
Vittos Ordination
20-03-2005, 17:54
I don't know about bands, but Garglebladder is the best manager ever.
Sesquipedalianism
20-03-2005, 17:56
3 words my friends:

Nirvana Nirvana Nirvana
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 18:00
Even though they did most of their best work in the 80s, I still have to respect Sonic Youth for all the great work they did in the 90s, especially on the more avant-garde end of the musical spectrum. The SYR series may not be for everyone, but it contains some of SY's most consistently intriguing instrumental work. Washing Machine was arguably their best since Daydream Nation, and Goo and Dirty are extremely underrated in respect to the rest of their discography. Listen to them free of context, and you'll find a pair of wonderful experimental rock albums with little to no evidence of blatant commercial pandering, which seemed to account for most of the criticism levied against them upon release.
Sonic Youth is a good pick. I do have to make the comment that I don't know why Daydream Nation is rated so high, as I don't feel it's their best album, or even their best of the '80s.
Amelikan
20-03-2005, 18:04
Nirvana.
Respect and Freedom
20-03-2005, 18:06
Spice Girls (so kill me!) ;)
Dakini
20-03-2005, 18:06
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters
Dandy Warhols
System of a Down
Green Day
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 18:08
Spice Girls (so kill me!) ;)
I wouldn't kill you, I'd just look at you funny.
Dakini
20-03-2005, 18:13
It's hard to imagine the 90's without Nirvana. I don't think we would've got past 1992. Their impact was so huge, every other band named is the wrong answer. If you gave the wrong answer, you're either just trying to be cool or you don't get it and might as well listen to country. The 90's, especially 93-97, was an awesome time for music. There were so many good bands, there wasn't enough popularity to go around. A lot of 1 and 2-hit wonders of that time were actually really good bands. There will never be another Nirvana, and there will never be a period quite like that.
Just because they had a lot of influence doesnt' make them a great band.

Personally, I'm getting sick of people Ooo-ing and Ahh-ing over Nirvana, hell, Rolling Stone put Smells Like ATeen Spirit as #11 in their top 500 songs (it's not even the best Nirvana song and it somehow beat out anything by say, the Who, which is just sacrilidge) and they put Kurt Cobain in the top 20 of best guitarists.... A great song writer he may have been, but a great guitarist? Certainly not. Not on a list that Tony Iomi didn't make and that John Frusciante and Tom Morello placed outside the top 20. They are overrated, if Cobain hadn't blown his brains out (or if Courtney hadn't done it for him, whatever) and they continued to make music, no one would give a rat's ass about them anymore.
Squared Circles
20-03-2005, 18:17
Sonic Youth is a good pick. I do have to make the comment that I don't know why Daydream Nation is rated so high, as I don't feel it's their best album, or even their best of the '80s.

Yeah, I actually prefer Sister, then it's a toss-up between Evol and Daydream Nation.
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 18:21
Just because they had a lot of influence doesnt' make them a great band.

Personally, I'm getting sick of people Ooo-ing and Ahh-ing over Nirvana, hell, Rolling Stone put Smells Like ATeen Spirit as #11 in their top 500 songs (it's not even the best Nirvana song and it somehow beat out anything by say, the Who, which is just sacrilidge) and they put Kurt Cobain in the top 20 of best guitarists.... A great song writer he may have been, but a great guitarist? Certainly not. Not on a list that Tony Iomi didn't make and that John Frusciante and Tom Morello placed outside the top 20. They are overrated, if Cobain hadn't blown his brains out (or if Courtney hadn't done it for him, whatever) and they continued to make music, no one would give a rat's ass about them anymore.
No, but because they're a great band makes them a great band.

Wow "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was rated as low as #11? They should've removed one of the 1s
I do agree that Kurt Cobain wasn't a great guitarist, if you're talking about technical playing, as his style was rather simplistic. I'm not sure what criteria they were using. I do have to agree that Nirvana wouldn't be rated so high if Kurt weren't dead, not because they're undeserving, but because people don't know what good music is.
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 18:22
Yeah, I actually prefer Sister, then it's a toss-up between Evol and Daydream Nation.
Yeah, I'd have to say either Sister or Confusion is Sex is their best '80s album.
Like minded Baldricks
20-03-2005, 18:22
the Butthole Surfers, as well. :)
yeah they were good but also 'James' they ruled! ... oh wait - that was 80s*checks* oh no they were eary 90s too - hurrah! go listen! best album probably 'laid' do iiiit!
QuentinTarantino
20-03-2005, 18:26
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters
Dandy Warhols
System of a Down
Green Day

I agree with all but green day
Dakini
20-03-2005, 18:33
No, but because they're a great band makes them a great band.

Wow "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was rated as low as #11? They should've removed one of the 1s
I do agree that Kurt Cobain wasn't a great guitarist, if you're talking about technical playing, as his style was rather simplistic. I'm not sure what criteria they were using. I do have to agree that Nirvana wouldn't be rated so high if Kurt weren't dead, not because they're undeserving, but because people don't know what good music is.
?!?

This was best songs of all time. It wasn't some stupid "best songs of the 90s" garbage... Even then Smells Like Teen Spirit shouldn't even place #1 in a top 10 of Nirvana songs.

This is Nirvana competing with greats like Led Zeppelin, the Who, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan et c. They placed Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone as #1 (not his best song either) And there's no way in hell Kurt Cobain could compete with Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Santana again, I must bring up Tom Morello (that guy's amazing) John Frusciante et c. Anyone can play power chords.
Squared Circles
20-03-2005, 18:33
Yeah, I'd have to say either Sister or Confusion is Sex is their best '80s album.

Confusion is Sex borrows too liberally from Branca's work for my tastes. Not to say that I don't enjoy it once in a while, as it's a prime piece of early 80s New York no-wave/noise rock, but it lacks a distinct identity.
Jello Biafra
20-03-2005, 18:35
Confusion is Sex borrows too liberally from Branca's work for my tastes. Not to say that I don't enjoy it once in a while, as it's a prime piece of early 80s New York no-wave/noise rock, but it lacks a distinct identity.
I do have to say it could be mixed a hell of a lot better. And I suppose I rate it so highly because the "Kill Yr. Idols" EP is included with it on CD, so I tend to think of both of them as the same release.
The Darkness Faerie
20-03-2005, 18:36
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters
Dandy Warhols
System of a Down
Green Day

I second/third SOAD!! My favorite band. *claps* :p
Sloatyourthrit
20-03-2005, 18:42
Personally, I'm getting sick of people Ooo-ing and Ahh-ing over Nirvana, hell, Rolling Stone put Smells Like ATeen Spirit as #11 in their top 500 songs (it's not even the best Nirvana song and it somehow beat out anything by say, the Who, which is just sacrilidge) and they put Kurt Cobain in the top 20 of best guitarists.... A great song writer he may have been, but a great guitarist? Certainly not. Not on a list that Tony Iomi didn't make and that John Frusciante and Tom Morello placed outside the top 20. They are overrated, if Cobain hadn't blown his brains out (or if Courtney hadn't done it for him, whatever) and they continued to make music, no one would give a rat's ass about them anymore.

Amen.

And mine would be:
tortoise
tool
ratm
soad
failure
radiohead
sigur ros
Lries
20-03-2005, 18:48
This is a pretty tough one, and it goes between At the Drive-In and Sunny Day Real Estate.

But ATDI had amazing instrumentalists, a brilliant vocalist and arty song structures, as well as better spawns. Besides the fact that SDRE had a Neo-Christian vocalist with some very strange ideas, even if he was brillaint at conveying emotion.
Nonconformitism
20-03-2005, 19:03
Nirvana, though they did start in the '80's. Still they are they greatest.
Soviet Haaregrad
20-03-2005, 19:45
Saetia.
Bolsania
20-03-2005, 19:57
Nirvana may have been groundbreaking, but musically, they weren't as talented as other grunge bands like Alice in Chains or Soundgarden. And the question is "best band", not "most influential band".
I'm going to go to my bed and cry now. You smelly mollops! Nirvana only influenced shite like alice in chains and all the rest. The real influence and clearly one of the best bands of the 80s 90s and 00s is the melvins :headbang: :headbang:
Clarkestan
20-03-2005, 20:01
In Flames, At The Gates, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, The Haunted, Children of Bodom.

They all got their start in the 90's.
Nadkor
20-03-2005, 20:35
Nirvana, Radiohead or Muse
Nadkor
20-03-2005, 20:37
Personally, I'm getting sick of people Ooo-ing and Ahh-ing over Nirvana, hell, Rolling Stone put Smells Like ATeen Spirit as #11 in their top 500 songs (it's not even the best Nirvana song and it somehow beat out anything by say, the Who, which is just sacrilidge) and they put Kurt Cobain in the top 20 of best guitarists.... A great song writer he may have been, but a great guitarist? Certainly not. Not on a list that Tony Iomi didn't make and that John Frusciante and Tom Morello placed outside the top 20. They are overrated, if Cobain hadn't blown his brains out (or if Courtney hadn't done it for him, whatever) and they continued to make music, no one would give a rat's ass about them anymore.
Sure, he wasnt the best guitarest...and Teen Spirit is the most overrated song ever....but they made some great music, just because they are overhyped doesnt mean that they arent good anyway
Tagmatium
20-03-2005, 20:44
Rancid
The Tribes Of Longton
20-03-2005, 22:03
Frankly I'm surprised it happened at all. The 80's pretty much killed rock.
*punches*

Wait, are you including metal in that little statement of yours?

*retracts punch*


Also, I'd like to ask: Why the fuck haven't Pantera had at least an honorary mention? So good it hurts, really.
Linguicism
20-03-2005, 23:05
Best band of the 90s...

always will be...

Savage Garden
I V Stalin
20-03-2005, 23:13
Rancid
DUDE!!! :D :D
Einsteinian Big-Heads
21-03-2005, 02:07
Ben Folds Five
The Verve
Red Sox Fanatics
21-03-2005, 02:16
Two words: Jane's Addiction

I can't believe this thread is seven pages long, and I'm the first to mention Jane! *shakes head in disbelief*
Swimmingpool
21-03-2005, 02:31
:D

Which album of theirs do you prefer?
In order of preference

1. Siamese Dream
2. Adore
3. Mellon Collie
4. Machina
5. Pisces Iscariot
6. Gish
Ramspam
21-03-2005, 08:31
Pearl Jam!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kanabia
21-03-2005, 08:35
In order of preference

1. Siamese Dream
2. Adore
3. Mellon Collie
4. Machina
5. Pisces Iscariot
6. Gish

Cool! About the same as mine, but switch Mellon Collie with Adore. :)
Kanabia
21-03-2005, 08:49
Personally, I'm getting sick of people Ooo-ing and Ahh-ing over Nirvana, hell, Rolling Stone put Smells Like ATeen Spirit as #11 in their top 500 songs (it's not even the best Nirvana song and it somehow beat out anything by say, the Who, which is just sacrilidge) and they put Kurt Cobain in the top 20 of best guitarists.... A great song writer he may have been, but a great guitarist? Certainly not. Not on a list that Tony Iomi didn't make and that John Frusciante and Tom Morello placed outside the top 20. They are overrated, if Cobain hadn't blown his brains out (or if Courtney hadn't done it for him, whatever) and they continued to make music, no one would give a rat's ass about them anymore.

Ha! You actually give Rolling Stone any credence? I have that issue, actually, and I have to say that the list was complete bullshit- Wasn't there no mention of Zeppelin until no. 22, or something? And I don't recall seeing RATM in there at all. And no, SLTS isn't their best song. But they *are* one of the best bands of all time, in my opinion.
Falhaar
21-03-2005, 09:40
Savage Garden
I really hope you're joking.
Potaria
21-03-2005, 09:53
Ha! You actually give Rolling Stone any credence? I have that issue, actually, and I have to say that the list was complete bullshit- Wasn't there no mention of Zeppelin until no. 22, or something? And I don't recall seeing RATM in there at all. And no, SLTS isn't their best song. But they *are* one of the best bands of all time, in my opinion.

Remember their list of the 50 (or was it 100) best guitarists of all-time? Johnny Ramone was #16 (WTF!?) and Joan Jett was #12 (double WTF!?).

Rolling Stone's got some issues.
Ramspam
21-03-2005, 11:58
I'm going to go to my bed and cry now. You smelly mollops! Nirvana only influenced shite like alice in chains and all the rest. The real influence and clearly one of the best bands of the 80s 90s and 00s is the melvins :headbang: :headbang:
Green River created grunge and featured Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam.. it was not Nirvana that began grunge.. do your research before insulting bands that inspired Nirvana... Alice in Chains is far from shite.. and was not inspired by Nirvana but by heavy metal and punk music and have a far heavier sound than most of the grunge bands, people just refer to them as grunge as they came from seatle durring the grunge era.
Potaria
21-03-2005, 12:18
Best band of the 90's? I'm gonna have to go with the Ramones.

Sure, they broke up in 1996, but so what? They were great, even at the very end.
Popcorn Pimps
21-03-2005, 12:20
NIRVANA
Potaria
21-03-2005, 12:23
NIRVANA

No.
New Cnaan
21-03-2005, 12:24
Morrighan and Rhea's Obsession, though that's quite late 90's.
Tiralon
21-03-2005, 12:25
It's not my personal choice but I would choose objectivly Nirvana. A martyrs death and forever glory.
Kanabia
21-03-2005, 12:25
No.

Yes.
Potaria
21-03-2005, 12:26
Yes.

Why?
Kanabia
21-03-2005, 12:37
Why?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8485134&postcount=41

:)
Potaria
21-03-2005, 12:42
I see. But the first song I ever really liked was "God Save The Queen" by the Sex Pistols. My sister had it on a demo CD from a magazine (or something of the sort). I was in her room, and she decided to play it. The song ended, and I asked her to do it again. And again. And again.

That was in 1990... I was only 2 years old, and I remember it vividly. And oddly enough, the song's not gotten the least bit stale. It was 13 years old when I first heard it, now it's 28 years old. Not even dull. Not in the least.
Squared Circles
21-03-2005, 12:43
It's not my personal choice but I would choose objectivly Nirvana. A martyrs death and forever glory.

Media manufactured martyrdom should not be part of the criteria for determining the best band of the 90s. Nevermind and In Utero are fine albums, but their value is more than overinflated, due to rags like Rolling Stone, obsessed with the past and clueless about the present, much less the future, needing a spokesman for this or that, someone they can easily package as a marketing tool for a demographic, and sell more magazines. We all know that's the last thing Kurt would have wanted to be, anyway.
Lethal Dosage
21-03-2005, 12:44
Radiohead
Popcorn Pimps
21-03-2005, 12:46
No.

Why not?
Anarchoctopodes
21-03-2005, 13:24
There were bands in the 90's?

You rock :cool: !!!
Majsju
21-03-2005, 13:31
Primal Scream
Nirvana
Morphine
Suede
Mano Negra
Smashing Pumpkins
Blur
Popsicle
Soundgarden
Sonic Youth
Delator
21-03-2005, 14:22
#1 would have to be Nine Inch Nails (New album comes out soon!!! Yay!)

Honorable mentions to Tool, In Flames, Mudvayne, Rammstein and SOAD
Boodicka
21-03-2005, 15:22
Radiohead without a shadow of a doubt.
Radiohead

make me cry ( )
give me tingles ( )
inspire me more than any other band ever has ( )

Tick all.
:D
Kotilla
21-03-2005, 15:26
Pearl Jam And Smashing Pumpkins!!!!
Linguicism
21-03-2005, 16:03
Best band of the 90s...
always will be...
Savage Garden
I really hope you're joking.

No, Darren Hayes writes amazing songs with original sounding melodies.
The Darkness Faerie
21-03-2005, 19:41
No, Darren Hayes writes amazing songs with original sounding melodies.

True that. :D I love his voice too. I don't know about Savage Garden being the best though.
DandylionEaters
21-03-2005, 20:02
I cant believe no-one has mentioned U2 or REM yet...

Although I would probably go for Nirvana purely based on them being the most influential band of the 90s imo.
Majsju
21-03-2005, 20:16
I cant believe no-one has mentioned U2 or REM yet...

Although I would probably go for Nirvana purely based on them being the most influential band of the 90s imo.

Well, in U2's case it's probably because they didn't do anything good in the 90s, except for a few songs on Achtung Baby. On a list over 80s bands on the other hand...
Squared Circles
21-03-2005, 22:03
I cant believe no-one has mentioned U2 or REM yet...

Although I would probably go for Nirvana purely based on them being the most influential band of the 90s imo.

Same for R.E.M. The bulk of their good work, barring Automatic for the People, was released on their first 5 albums, from '83-'87.