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Michael Toland
50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 01:12PM
...according to the NME, which explains why American classic/alternative rock staples Stone Temple Pilots and Gin Blossoms are considered "forgotten."

I've heard a bunch of these (as has everyone here), heard of a bunch more and never heard of some. Checking out My Drug Hell right now.

The article.

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Michael Toland
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 01:13PM
Dammit, the link didn't post. Trying again.

Article.
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Michael Toland
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 01:13PM
Nope. The <a> function doesn't appear to be working. Here's the long-ass URL for cutting and pasting.

[www.nme.com]
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zwirnm
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 01:23PM
That's a really inefficient way to say "American." Well, actually a lot of Britpop also-rans, but the American bands maintained a pretty high profile over here.



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BCE
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 01:30PM
Curve has quite a 'cult following' (for lack of a better word) on both sides of the pond. Not forgotten YET for them.
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zoo
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 01:48PM
The only group on this list that I listen to even semi-regularly is Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. I haven't heard of half of them.
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Delvin
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 02:06PM
Most of the North American bands on that list have been, IMO, quite justifiably forgotten. Most of the UK acts are mysteries to me, but I intend to check 'em out. I counted at least ten of 'em who've landed on my radio setlists, thanks largely to Rhino's Brit Box.

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nosepail
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 03:12PM
Man, Idlewild was really really good for a few years there. And then, as the article says, got very bland very fast. I think the singer didn't really like rocking out, because he always seemed a little uncomfortable live, and first chance he could he put out a bland folksy solo album.
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Michael Toland
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 22, 2014 03:38PM
I saw Idlewild at SXSW around the time of their...second album? The one with "Roseability" and "These Wooden Ideas" on it. They were really good that night. I used to have the album, but I never heard any of their others.
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HollowbodyKay
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 23, 2014 01:43AM
:::shudder:::

Geneva. I recall that there was at least one halfway decent tune on the debut CD. Nothing to write home about ... and I got the disc for free.

Saw Curve open for The Jesus And Mary Chain. Good show, but anyone who names a record "Pubic Fruit" deserves to get beat within an inch of their lives.

Belly got quite a lot of play in my circle of friends back at the time. You can get their albums in the $0.99 bin these days. Can you say "overstocked?"

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That's a pretty dismal list.
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M. Johnson
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 24, 2014 06:50AM
I got a sealed copy of Belly's STAR in 1999 for 2.99.
Worth it for "Feed The Tree" plus the next best song: whatever it may have been.
Helium is my favorite of forgotten bands, though Timony's MOUNTAINS is the best of her work before WILD FLAG.
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hoip chiggs
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 23, 2014 10:53AM
Hey, anybody remember Aldo Nova? Can you tell me where he's gone?
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Michael Toland
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 23, 2014 09:58PM
Last I heard he moved into production and writing for other Canadian artists - I believe Celine Dion is one of his regular clients.

I've always dug "Fantasy," as ridiculous as it is. I've never heard another note he's played or recorded, though.
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STEVE
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 24, 2014 01:43AM
me?
i liked (i still do) new zealand/aussie shoegaze bands.

the clean-vehicle
able tasmans- hey spinner!
the church-metropolis (bloody ripper single that: jay dee daughtery-drums)
tall dwarfs- on homestead records
jean paul sartre expereience- bleeding star
straightjacket fits-melt
verlaines
3D's
cruel sea
someloves

the vaselines/breeders/tackle box trifecta cir '93 remains the best of the genres lot.



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STEVE
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 24, 2014 03:26AM
90's revisited (again),


fer got georgia's BIG FISH ENSEMBLE
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HollowbodyKay
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 24, 2014 10:27PM
I snagged by cassette of "Vehicle" for one thin dime. Perhaps I've mentioned that before?

No matter. I'm still more than happy to dwell on the particulars with senile rapture.
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breno
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 25, 2014 08:06PM
The best forgotten '90s bands are Rollerskate Skinny and their offspring, Kid Silver. Horsedrawn Wishes and Dead City Sunbeams are the best albums from that decade to only have been heard by about 13 people each.
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STEVE
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
September 06, 2014 05:55PM
and while were still kicking this rusted can around, i've yet to be convinced that ZUMPANO had to die for the New Pornographers.



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HollowbodyKay
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 24, 2014 02:02AM
Quote

Hey, anybody remember Aldo Nova? Can you tell me where he's gone?

I heard he's forming a super-group with Einar Orn.

...

It's probably not true.
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Delvin
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 25, 2014 08:37PM
> Hey, anybody remember Aldo Nova? Can you tell me where he's gone?

Wikipedia says he's in Vancouver, blowing sailors for spare change and candy bars.

It's probably not true, but it's more plausible than the supergroup-with-Einar-Örn theory.

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Paganizer
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 25, 2014 10:54PM
Now we know who's been editing Nova's wiki page...


Rollerskate Skinny had to be known first to be forgotten.


Unrest (big deal for a short time - the players are remembered more than the music)
Strapping Fieldhands (critic darlings forgotten)
Soul Asylum (Hang Time, one of greatest LPs, is still the worst seller in their catalog; 80s album but 90s band)
Pale Saints (shoegaze forgotten in the US by fans but certainly not bands)
Jesus Jones (seems like somebody that would be remembered more)
#1 Cup (Possum Trot Plan, indie classic)
Ned's Atomic (they still play occasionally; grebo is due for nostalgia blowup)
Lush (should be revered like placemats or stooges)
King Missile (I totally respect Weird Al, but...)
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BCE
Re: 50 forgotten 90s bands...
August 26, 2014 01:26AM
I could be mistaken, but Jesus Jones' "Right Here Right Now" was actually licensed as the lead-in to the evening news in several markets. Which means they're not entirely forgotten by the suits who buy the teleprompters and makeup for the anchors on TV.
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Paganizer
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August 26, 2014 01:35AM
That makes sense. And it's probably still played in some radio markets, too, and movie soundtracks.

I was thinking of the deeper cuts, the band as a whole, seems like should be remembered more, rather than the one hit wonder remembrance. But that would really be a different category. (One hit wonders that really aren't, like DeVo).
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