Re-Learn Me Early Alternative Music

You guys are doing a great job here.

I'll include a few.

Mazzy Star- Fade Into You  Well known, but not mentioned yet.

My Bloody Valentine- Only Shallow One of those bands that went on to implode but influence a bunch of other people

Now, since you sounded young at that time and weren't able to go out drinking, dancing and other things, here are some things you'd hear at clubs but probably not on the radio:

Apotheosis - O Fortuna - If you went anywhere to dance in the early 90s, you heard this.
 
LA Style - James Brown Is Dead  - ditto this

Front242 - Headhunter  Am I in the right decade? It's fuzzy

Lords of Acid - NSFW, not safe for kids  - I Sit On Acid  another club staple

Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar  more club staples

Prodigy was on the radio. Not sure if I saw them in the thread yet, but also at the clubs-  Firestarter

And I won't link the Genitorturers, but go ahead and look them up.

In reply to Brett_Murphy :

oh man, Sneaker Pimps!   i kinda forgot about them.

also, unsure of date, but Stone Roses:

Anyone remember Daisy Chainsaw?

The Breeders - Cannonball

You linked one of the worst Stone Roses songs, but good on you for including them.

 

This came a bit later in the 90s, but you may enjoy this lady-fronted rock group:

Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out

Brett_Murphy said:

Front242 - Headhunter  Am I in the right decade? It's fuzzy

Lords of Acid - NSFW, not safe for kids  - I Sit On Acid  another club staple

Front 242 was 80s.  Great song though. :)

I saw Lords of Acid at a club in Palo Alto in the late 90s.  They were... loud.

Along these lines, KMFDM:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy6Y3jTWY90

The Sisters of Mercy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RVJyNpfDk

1000 Homo DJs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjho-zVgDXo

Codrus- great additions. You forgot My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 

Lucifer's Flowers   

Devil Does Drugs

And my car caught the nickname "Devilbunny" as a joke  Devilbunnies

Birthday by Sugarcubes

Liz Phair

Friends of P.  by the Rentals 

Possum Kingdom by the Toadies 

Thunderkiss  65 by White Zombie 

Appleseed said:

Birthday by Sugarcubes

Liz Phair

Friends of P.  by the Rentals 

Possum Kingdom by the Toadies 

Thunderkiss  65 by White Zombie 

 

I posit that Tyler is the better Toadies song off Rubberneck. Even though the lyrics are creepy as hell.

Toad the wet sprocket

Soul Asylum

Guster

Sum 41

Primus

Sebadoh

Juliana Hatfield

Jesus Jones

Local H

Appleseed said:

Birthday by Sugarcubes

Liz Phair

Friends of P.  by the Rentals 

Possum Kingdom by the Toadies 

Thunderkiss  65 by White Zombie 

 

I always think of Concrete Blonde, too, whenever I hear Liz Phair.  A friend of mine in college gave me a copy of her tape - one side was Concrete Blonde and the other Liz Phair.  Wore that tape out, both great albums.  

John Welsh said:

In reply to Mndsm :

Boy, I hate that song.  Since CTDunmmies were Canadian, that song got a ton of air play on the Canadian Station that my '90's music came from.  You see, Canadian stations are required to play a certain percentage of Canadian artists so they were usually starved for anything Canadian.  

Its how I feel about nirvana. Kurt cobain's legacy has been beaten to death for so long that even if I was still into them, all I can do is change the channel when lithium comes on. 

1988RedT2 said:

Very much in the 80's, but:

Repo Man soundtrack!  Particularly Burning Sensations "Pablo Picasso"-- still one of my most favorite songs of all time!

That was a (very awesome) cover of a Modern Lovers song from 1974

And yeah I am a fan of it 

Laid- James

(Man now I see codrus had it on the 2nd page) 

I have shows from most of the mentioned on DAT. I may have to throw FLAC files onto a 2TB external to bring down to the challenge. Bring thumb drives or an external HD if you're interested. 

Three pages and nobody mentions Faith no More?

Mike Patton is disappointed in all of you.

 

I graduated HS in 92 which was a brilliant year for music.  Pearl Jam came out with their album "Ten,"  Nirvana had "smells like teen spirit," and everyone had a CD of Shaggy and Shabba Ranks.  A few of us *cough cough* had Snow's "12 inches of snow"

Nine inch nails Closer.  Technically I think that was 1989, but NIN really fit in with 90s stuff.  (video is NSFW - nips and cursin')

Marilyn Manson.

Knapsack
Pushmonkey
Tripping Daisy
White Town
Fastball
 

Actually.... better yet, I found this kick-butt playlist on Youtube.  Scroll through it.  Not all is alternative, but much of it is.

Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:

1988RedT2 said:

Very much in the 80's, but:

Repo Man soundtrack!  Particularly Burning Sensations "Pablo Picasso"-- still one of my most favorite songs of all time!

That was a (very awesome) cover of a Modern Lovers song from 1974

 

And yeah I am a fan of it 

Thanks for that!  I've heard that song for 30 years, and I never knew it was a cover.  LOL.

Empire Records soundtrack has a lot of good stuff in one disc:

1. Til I Hear It From You - Gin Blossoms
2. Liar - The Cranberries
3. A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins
4. Free - The Martinis
5. Crazy Life - Toad The Wet Sprocket
6. Bright As Yellow - The Innocence Mission
7. Circle Of Friends - Better Than Ezra
8. I Don't Want To Live Today - Ape Hangers
9. Whole Lotta Trouble - Cracker
10. Ready, Steady, Go - The Meices
11. What You Are - Drill
12. Nice Overalls - Lustre
13. Here It Comes Again - Please
14. The Ballad Of El' Goodo - Evan Dando
15. Sugarhigh - Coyote Shivers

Mallrats Soundtrack as well (snoochee boochees):

A1     –Jason Lee (2) & Jeremy London     Love & Sharks (Dialogue)     0:22
A2     –Bush     Bubbles     3:03
A3     –Weezer     Susanne     2:45
A4     –Priscilla Barnes, Jason Lee (2) & Jeremy London     Freeing One's Mind (Dialogue)     0:10
A5     –Sponge (3)     Seventeen     2:43
A6     –Jason Lee (2) & Jeremy London     Kryptonite Condoms (Dialogue)     0:37
A7     –Elastica (2)     Line Up     3:16
A8     –Jason Mewes     Mission Impossible #1 (Dialogue)     0:19
A9     –Wax (10)     Mallrats     2:39
A10     –Shannen Doherty     Taken With A Grain Of Salt (Dialogue)     0:30
A11     –Belly     Broken     4:03
A12     –Girls Against Boys     Cruise Your New Baby Fly Self     3:11
A13     –Jason Mewes, Jason Lee (2), Jeremy London & Joey Lauren Adams     A Very Uncomfortable Place (Dialogue)     0:53
B1     –All (2)     Guilty     3:19
B2     –Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee (2) & Jeremy London     That Ski Trip (Dialogue)     0:16
B3     –Archers Of Loaf     Web In Front     2:04
B4     –Thrush Hermit     Hated It     3:50
B5     –Jason Lee (2) & Shannen Doherty     Post Coital Techno Boogie (Dialogue)     0:34
B6     –The Goops     Build Me Up Buttercup     2:38
B7     –Jason Lee (2) & Brian O'Halloran     Cousin Walter (Dialogue)     0:45
B8     –Squirtgun     Social     3:35
B9     –Jason Mewes     Mission Impossible #2 (Dialogue)     0:19
B10     –Sublime (2)     Smoke Two Joints     2:39
B11     –Silverchair     Stoned     2:46
B12     –Jason Mewes     Last Words (Dialogue)     0:11

Belly - Star (hell I still like this album and Tanya Donelly still rules)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqGXUgCDrCs&list=PL07Ywg0qUnARHFIQYuGc7FYQl653SLBgo

Better Than Ezra

Dishwalla

Lemonheads

Weezer

Blind Melon

Fuel

Gin Blossoms

Collective Soul

Oasis (too ... mainstream?)

So, if you use Pandora you can get this thread in musical form by running a Cake/Weezer/Temple of the Dog playlist. You’re welcome.

logdog said:

You guys wanna go deep in the 90s?  Do you like bad recordings transferred from old cassette tapes?  Boy do I have a treat for you!

Bad 90s Warren* High School Garage Bands

Joe Bakes 9 - Why Not Me?

Joe Bakes 9 - Gotta Figure Out

Pusher - Dadadada

 

*Christian metal band ZAO came out of here around the same time, but if memory is correct, once they got signed to Tooth and Nail pretty bunch all the original members were replaced.  

Oh, ZAO was awesome, I saw them play with Focused,  The crucified, Stavesacre and Six Feet Deep at a hall in Rock Island. Wow

Cracker was probably mentioned a few times, but “the golden age” is a great album start to finish. 

And not sure how faith no more got missed. Epic was a vacation song as a kid. Still love em. 

And megadeth!

Yeah, this thread had me humming and singing songs from my 20s.

I'll say it again: My Bloody Valentine is great (for me at least) to listen to in the garage while I'm working on stuff.

So is the Knife, but they're a 1999 band, so they won't get included with a link.