I was in my early 20s during this time. Things started to change for my really in 88. Before then, I was all about the hair metal. Then I heard Appetite For Destruction, and then a few months later, …And Justice For All. That's was it. My friends started introducing me to other weird and heavy stuff. I started going to club shows for bands like Mudhoney and Helmet. My friends went to school with the guys from Local H, so I was going to (and helping haul gear for) their local gigs at the community college and VFW halls. But I think the big turning point for me was seeing Alice in Chains open for the Clash of the Titans tour in 1990. They were practically booed off the stage, but man I found them to be so damn compelling. They are still not only my favorite band of that era, but top three all time for me. It was such a weird time too. I saw Soundgarden 3 times on the Badmotorfinger tour. Once in a club with Swerevedriver and Monster Magnet and then opening for Skid Row and Guns & Roses. I saw Pantera open for Love/Hate, Megadeth and Skid Row. The Smashing Pumpkins were booed mercilessly when they opened for GnR in Chicago. Things were changing, and the old guard hated every minute of it, but I was there 100%.
As to Pearl Jam, maybe it's because I'm from Chicago and see them sell out multiple shows every year at Wrigley Field, but they still feel relevant to me. They may not be churning out chart topper after chart topper, but they have released 11 albums in the last 33 years, with number 12 scheduled to drop in about a week, and none of them have placed lower than #5 on the charts. Just sayin'.
Pretty huge year. Cool that there were so many different styles that were all huge. Funny about the uyi albums as I was one of those people who were in line waiting for the record store to open,only had enough coin for one…thankfully my buddy bought 2 and I bought 1. Great times.
PJ has transcended past caring if the media talks about them, they have enough fans. Jack White, Ben Harper, The Strokes, Sleater-Kinney.. just some bands influenced by PJ.
Just another awesome, awesome episode. Crushed four episodes on the treadmill this morning and cannot wait to watch more! Your style of video-making is incredibly entertaining, informative, and not to mention, addictive. I think the history of W.A.S.P. would fit perfectly within your videography and I believe you could do them better justice than just about anyone else!
I was in high school 91 remember the change super well because seriously everything changed nothing was the same it was crazy I have so much to say about 91 to much so I won't lol back then r.e.m was considered the greatest rock band of the 90s funny how there not spoke about anymore because back then everyone was saying there music was timeless I never liked them but yu left out the biggest selling album I think of the decade and was probably more influential and popular then pearl jam and nirvana he actually was awarded the artist of the decade easy the most important star of the 90s that's garth brooks
Definitely the greatest year in rock history for me. I was 17 and living in Olympia, WA at the time. I never had any money and still wound up seeing SO many amazing bands in concert. I saw Soundgarden do the material from Badmotorfinger live for the first time at the Capital Theater in Oly. and the ticket was $7. If I made a top 50 albums of all time list, at least 10 of them would be from 1991. That's crazy. 😂
Grunge is what you get when you have a generation who raise themselves feral on 7-11 burritos and cheap shoplifted beer while the family unit implodes around us. To say we were a little cynical and jaded is an understatement. We were also the Jr enlisted for the biggest deployment in a long long time. We were watching the wheels fall off the empire.
You should do a video on Paula Abdul. Outside your normal genre's, but the false plane crash story is absolutely wild, and she's had tons of ups and downs in her life and career.
touched a bit of the fashion from kurt, he popularized younger adults/teens to wear cardigans, the the thing where he put a hole in the sweaters to stick his thumb through – clothes come with that by default now.
If I was to do a poll which album is better Nevermind or BSSM I don’t think Nevermind would be the runaway winner like yes it would win but it be a lot closer then you think. Literally no album could survive being released same day as Nevermind except BSSM that’s how freaking 10/10 BSSM is like in every way BSSM is better then Nevermind except for emotion every single song on Nevermind is a thousand times more emotional then any song on BSSM except under the bridge. Which is why Nevermind is more loved but two of the top 50 albums ever made coming our same day is insane
I welcomed in 1991 in Saudi Arabia, war followed. I got out that August with unemployment, divorce, and an economic recession on the front burner. My world was on FIRE.
@ThePunkRockMBA
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
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@anthonymaravola3966
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I was in my early 20s during this time. Things started to change for my really in 88. Before then, I was all about the hair metal. Then I heard Appetite For Destruction, and then a few months later, …And Justice For All. That's was it. My friends started introducing me to other weird and heavy stuff. I started going to club shows for bands like Mudhoney and Helmet. My friends went to school with the guys from Local H, so I was going to (and helping haul gear for) their local gigs at the community college and VFW halls. But I think the big turning point for me was seeing Alice in Chains open for the Clash of the Titans tour in 1990. They were practically booed off the stage, but man I found them to be so damn compelling. They are still not only my favorite band of that era, but top three all time for me. It was such a weird time too. I saw Soundgarden 3 times on the Badmotorfinger tour. Once in a club with Swerevedriver and Monster Magnet and then opening for Skid Row and Guns & Roses. I saw Pantera open for Love/Hate, Megadeth and Skid Row. The Smashing Pumpkins were booed mercilessly when they opened for GnR in Chicago. Things were changing, and the old guard hated every minute of it, but I was there 100%.
As to Pearl Jam, maybe it's because I'm from Chicago and see them sell out multiple shows every year at Wrigley Field, but they still feel relevant to me. They may not be churning out chart topper after chart topper, but they have released 11 albums in the last 33 years, with number 12 scheduled to drop in about a week, and none of them have placed lower than #5 on the charts. Just sayin'.
@josephpullen1153
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I love that you mentioned DEATH “HUMAN” and played Flattening of Emotions!!!! RIP Chuck!
@darrenmcmackin330
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Pretty huge year.
Cool that there were so many different styles that were all huge.
Funny about the uyi albums as I was one of those people who were in line waiting for the record store to open,only had enough coin for one…thankfully my buddy bought 2 and I bought 1.
Great times.
@sicdyna
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
PJ has transcended past caring if the media talks about them, they have enough fans. Jack White, Ben Harper, The Strokes, Sleater-Kinney.. just some bands influenced by PJ.
@alexsadler4278
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
1994 was a cool and crazy year for music
@riccarrasquilla379
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
thanks for the video
@hobbycorp1996
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Just another awesome, awesome episode. Crushed four episodes on the treadmill this morning and cannot wait to watch more! Your style of video-making is incredibly entertaining, informative, and not to mention, addictive. I think the history of W.A.S.P. would fit perfectly within your videography and I believe you could do them better justice than just about anyone else!
@thomasstunts
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Wow… This one really brought me back. I didn't even like most of those grunge bands at the time but their presence was undeniable
@JPPW1982
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
You acknowledged something no one is willing to. We are still living in a post Nirvana Era.
@delanoarts3703
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I was in high school 91 remember the change super well because seriously everything changed nothing was the same it was crazy I have so much to say about 91 to much so I won't lol back then r.e.m was considered the greatest rock band of the 90s funny how there not spoke about anymore because back then everyone was saying there music was timeless I never liked them but yu left out the biggest selling album I think of the decade and was probably more influential and popular then pearl jam and nirvana he actually was awarded the artist of the decade easy the most important star of the 90s that's garth brooks
@alexdonovan1974
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Definitely the greatest year in rock history for me. I was 17 and living in Olympia, WA at the time. I never had any money and still wound up seeing SO many amazing bands in concert. I saw Soundgarden do the material from Badmotorfinger live for the first time at the Capital Theater in Oly. and the ticket was $7. If I made a top 50 albums of all time list, at least 10 of them would be from 1991. That's crazy. 😂
@purplerocker76
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Ahh! My 9th grade year! Thanks for the nostalgia 🖤💜
@blueyedmule
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Grunge is what you get when you have a generation who raise themselves feral on 7-11 burritos and cheap shoplifted beer while the family unit implodes around us. To say we were a little cynical and jaded is an understatement. We were also the Jr enlisted for the biggest deployment in a long long time. We were watching the wheels fall off the empire.
@pigbat85
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Spiderland, Slint
@liamtitterington5451
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Blue lines by massive attack also
@davidzindler5858
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
You should do a video on Paula Abdul. Outside your normal genre's, but the false plane crash story is absolutely wild, and she's had tons of ups and downs in her life and career.
@deephouse733
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Jungle happy hardcore and other types of rave
@dennislogan6781
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I turned 17 in 1991. The 90's were so good that in The Matrix people saw the world as it appeared in the 90's.
@MikeDunne
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I was born in 1991.
@christophershoup7488
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
1991-1997 was an amazing time for music!
@Jay_R_S
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Then in ‘92, Alice In Chains released an absolute masterpiece “Dirt”. What a dark, beautiful album
@borknagar666
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
touched a bit of the fashion from kurt, he popularized younger adults/teens to wear cardigans, the the thing where he put a hole in the sweaters to stick his thumb through – clothes come with that by default now.
@megankwisdom
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
"When pop culture got weird, edgy, and dark" that's why I love the 90s lol
@thewoundedcrow7846
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
92 had some monsters
Fnm angel dust
Tragically hip fully completely
Tom waits bone machine to name a few
@RyanSchilling-fg9qn
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
If I was to do a poll which album is better Nevermind or BSSM I don’t think Nevermind would be the runaway winner like yes it would win but it be a lot closer then you think. Literally no album could survive being released same day as Nevermind except BSSM that’s how freaking 10/10 BSSM is like in every way BSSM is better then Nevermind except for emotion every single song on Nevermind is a thousand times more emotional then any song on BSSM except under the bridge. Which is why Nevermind is more loved but two of the top 50 albums ever made coming our same day is insane
@nicolaebreaban8154
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I fully agree, '91 was a crazy good year for music. Thank you for giving some love to Sepultura -Arise and Death – Human.
@blueyedmule
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I welcomed in 1991 in Saudi Arabia, war followed. I got out that August with unemployment, divorce, and an economic recession on the front burner. My world was on FIRE.
@danevertt3210
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
It actually started in 1981
@danevertt3210
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Get it the ring
@imperfectstillworthit
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Shout out to my fellow 1991ers!
@roryfunkedub
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
Primal Scream's Screamadelica is a top 5 1991 album for me.
@dust921
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
boy bands🤮corpo garbo🧐
@ShaneWiggins-ew4qw
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
In 1991 I was 8yrs old and even at that young age I could tell that something big was at foot. Plus having two older sisters helped out big time lol.
@StickandPoke44
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
GANGSTARR …thank you
@dillydealilly3823
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
I know you can admit it but factor is garbage
@abhilekhsarma2297
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
What about pantera?
@evanoglesby9504
April 17, 2024 at 4:58 am
ICP (yes, that ICP) names Pearl Jam as an influence (lol)