Office Debate: Best Band of the 90s....

[Razzy]

There are way too many. If I have to choose, it's the chili peppers. I think ultimately they will prove to be around the longest. In 30 years they'll have VH1 Rock Honor's Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[cookinwithgas]

I would agree with that. Out of all these bands mentioned, RHCP took the best of the existing state or "rock" and took it someplace pretty new.

They are wildly uneven in their success over the years but probably can lay a claim to "best band of the 90's".

To me, a decent 70's analogy for them would be Tom Petty - he took what was becoming excessive over the top rock back into it's roots by having the tightest playing band, keeping things simple, and just distilling it into it's essence. Occasionally he took the big risk but always came out OK from it.

[KillerKat]

F**king PANTERA!!!!!!!

Honorable mention: Fuel and The Offspring

[Darth Urious]

no Weezer reference yet? damn, y'all!

I am also glad Cat mentioned Counting Crows...

I voted for STP though, as to me, they had the best singles, in my opinion, to hit the radio... Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Tool, Pantera, RATM... all good choices as well...

oh and...

[GritsRgreat]

Nevermind that Scott Weiland is the coolest motherfuger on the planet.

STP

[Darth Urious]

I wore out the Crow soundtrack, mainly because of the STP song on it... lol

[Darth Urious]

1. "Burn" - The Cure (Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Boris Williams, Perry Bamonte) – 6:39

2. "Golgotha Tenement Blues" - Machines of Loving Grace (Scott Benzel, Mike Fisher, Stuart Kupers, Brad Kemp) – 4:01

3. "Big Empty" - Stone Temple Pilots (Dean DeLeo, Scott Weiland) – 4:56

4. "Dead Souls" - Nine Inch Nails (Joy Division) – 4:54

5. "Darkness" - Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine) – 3:41

6. "Color Me Once" - Violent Femmes (Gordon Gano, Brian Ritchie) – 4:09

7. "Ghostrider" - Rollins Band (Martin Rev, Alan Vega) – 5:45

8. "Milktoast" (also known as "Milquetoast") - Helmet (Page Nye Hamilton) – 3:59

9. "The Badge" - Pantera (Poison Idea) – 3:54*

10. "Slip Slide Melting" - For Love Not Lisa (For Love Not Lisa) – 5:47

11. "After the Flesh" - My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (Buzz McCoy, Groovie Mann) – 2:59

12. "Snakedriver" - The Jesus and Mary Chain (William Reid, Jim Reid) – 3:41

13. "Time Baby III" - Medicine (Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Jim Putnam, Ruscha, Beth Thompson) – 3:52

14. "It Can't Rain All the Time" - Jane Siberry (Graeme Revell, Jane Siberry) – 5:34

That right thar be a great soundtrack, matey

[Panthro]

no Weezer reference yet? damn, y'all!

Post #2

[bLACKpANTHER]

ratm

[Darth Urious]

Post #2

FML...

I just recently broke out their debut album again, and it is still easily one of the greatest albums of all time start to finish...

[Darth Urious]

I've got the dungeon master's guide...

I've got a twelve sided di...

I've got Kitty Pryde...

...and Nightcrawler too... waiting there for me, yes I do... I do...

[bredy087]

Tough choices but I think Nirvana has to take the cake. Alice in Chains anyone?

[AppStatePanther]

Cuando empecemos, no me dio cuenta,

De que luego, tuviera que pagar,

Pero, se dice tambien,

Me muera acostarme con ti,

con ti.

[OneBadassCat]

You had to be there. If you missed MTV starting up and seeing music change based on what the people wanted to see, you probably won't get it. "New Wave" is incredibly odd to listen to these days but when it came out, not only was the writing and tone of the music different, electronic music became mainstream. I freaking hate "Tainted Love" but the synth sounds on it were something people generally didn't hear back then. Synths were either filler sounds, or oddball melody/rythym tracks like what Townshend did with Teenage Wasteland. I mean, you could turn on your radio and hear these wierdos singing "Puttin on the Ritz". Is radio ever going to do that again?

The end of the 70's was all disco, the conventional rock acts were foundering, there was still segregation in music to a limited extent. MTV changed the way music was sold, for good and for ill. Michael Jackson was not a dead freak, he was a teenybopper turned into a musical force because he was insanely talented and was smart enough to hire John Landis to make a music video with him.

It allowed bands like REM, Talking Heads, B-52's to stop being tiny niche bands and actually make money and become popular.

It also allowed Phil Collins to become a superstar so theres a dark side to all this.

But really, compare what Pink Floyd did in the 60s and 70s and try to find a 90's band that came close to that kind of artistic and commercial success. Nirvana is a pale shadow of what REM did in the 80s, but they hit at a great commercial moment. Do you think that 20 years from now any 90's rock star is going to make the money that the Stones generated this past decade?

Tainted Love is a sick song. The cover of Baby,Baby at the end is the best part.

Hmm of the bands mentioned I would say The Smashing Pumkins were the best. 1979 is one of the best songs of all time. I think RHCP is a little overrated. Nirvana was ok but I think Foo Fighters were better, but they didn't really become a better band until a little later.

Don't forget Soundgarden.

Matchbox 20 was pretty good as was Counting Crows. The Gin Blossoms and The Wallflowers made my 90's experience special and even though they are not as popular as the ones listed I would still take them over most of the ones in the poll.