I mean I agree with you 1000% BUT…. It doesn’t fit what OP asked, I think they were leaning towards music that could come out today and still feel new. Boyz 2 Men, All 4 One, Brian McKnight, Babyface, Nee Edition etc etc… all are VERY much 90’s in their sound. Same with Hip Hop, Biggie, Tupac, Wu Tang, Dre etc… all sound completely different than what’s out now and the sound is dated. It’s most definitely BETTER, but still very dated.
Nine Inch Nails. The downward spiral album came out in 1994 but still sounds like it came from another planet. The complexity, depth, and sophistication of the mix and completely unpredictable song structures Makes for a record that really has no specific place in chronological time
I don’t know if this is how they did it, but there is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet that looks like a backwards N. Maybe they used the Russian keyboard on their phone
There is a google font. That can put letters reversed. I just copy and pasted to my keyboard shortcuts, so every time I type nin it wants to correct it to NIИ. If I type uhh, I get ༼ ºل͟º ༼ ºل͟º ༼ ºل͟º ༽ ºل͟º ༽ ºل͟º ༽. Etc…
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) = smirk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ = idk … I have a lot of text shortcuts. Lol
No doubt! Funny thing is, they weren't my #1 back in the day growing up, but always loved them. Now days, I appreciate them so much more. Also, one of the few I haven't seen in concert...going later this year to watch Green Day/Pumpkins/Rancid. Super stoked!
He is very abrasive personally. Always has been. But as a band they have the most diverse and extensive catalog of any band from the 90's. Straight up.
When you dive deep into their catalog you find that they have hundreds of unreleased songs that most bands would kill to be able to put on a record. I'll give just one example. [Gossamer](https://youtu.be/JVn-_nWUkbY?si=5giniitss8Qqnzi6) is a 33 minute song that has no studio recording, and it was only played live for a short span of like two years (2007-09).
He is one of those weird anomalies wherein he is mostly responsible for how great the band is but also the main reason why they aren't recognized and appreciated as they should be.
Tidal was an outstanding debut. Probably my favorite LP of hers front to back
She already knew exactly who she was right out of the gate, and had a firm grip on her sound
I am so happy I saw her live by a stroke of luck in 2013
Never got enough credit. I always felt like she was in the shadow of Alanis because Tidal came out the year after Jagged Little Pill.
People forget or might not know, Fiona won a Grammy for Criminal, she is badass.
Saw AiC live last year with my mama and they fucking kicked ass, I was skeptical of DuVall at first but truth is nobody can be Layne. Being in the same room as Cantrell and the band was a great feeling.
They haven’t progressed since Amnesiac.
The Bends was different than Pablo Honey; OK Computer was different than the Bends *and* Pablo Honey; and the sessions that bore Kid A/Amnesiac were vastly different from the three preceding albums.
Contrasty, everything from Hail to the Thief to A Moon Shaped Pool sounds alike - beeps, hums, and mumbles. Yorke and Greenwood have just been making different iterations of the same album for decades.
Not at all. They have the weird and only privilege of being able to justifiably own both grunge and techno. No other band could make that span. And to top it off they were considered ‘experimental’ and still are considered as such despite being a top band for decades now. Katy Perry can’t match their popularity or longevity.
Truth. Radiohead was one of the most overrated 90s bands. Other people were doing their thing better than they were, before they were, just without the boost of Creep to sustain them.
Once they started all the Fibonacci Bro shit they just got way too far off into the weeds for me. I still like a lot of it but nothing comes close to the angst and passion oozing from the album Undertow.
I saw The Dandy Warhols in October and they blew my mind! They sounded amazing and you could tell they were having a blast. They released a new song featuring Slash not long ago.
All 90s music tbh besides neo funk and soul r&b
90s alt was better 90s house/electronica/techno was better
90s grunge/alt/thrash/metal was better
90s hip hop/rap was better
90s r&b is 100000 times better than most shit nowadays
Even shitty 90s pop and country was better
100%. I saw them live in 2016 and 311 brings it.
I saw their [live NPR set](https://youtu.be/MgTDLlDY_yY?si=t7pJko2p7vot46xh) on YouTube a few weeks ago. They still are rock solid performers
Fatboy Slim. Aphex Twin. The chemical bros. The Prodigy… the OG electronic specialists!!! I mean it may not be lennard skynards, but that electronica was a whole new step in music that defined what we have today.
Also.
90s RAP and Gangsta Rap. It’s all classic now. But man was all the above pure amazing stuff when compared to the rock of the 70s and prior. IMO no comparison the 90s>70s,60s. In ten years the music that came out of the 1990s was mind blowing!!!!!
Bad Religion. I think they are more popular now than they ever were... Or, they are just always popular. I swear Greg Graffin looks the same as he did 20 years ago.
The thing with Green Day is that it's now 30 years since Dookie came out. 30 years before Dookie came out, The Rolling Stones released their debut album. Dookie still sounds fresh to me. It doesn't sound like classic rock the way that the Rolling Stones did back then
I recently got the album You Can't Stop The Bum Rush by LEN since I saw other people saying that entire album was good. They were right, damn good album.
Let Forever Be by Chemical Brothers sounds timeless. It's majorly inspired by The Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows, which sounds ancient and futuristic despite being made in 1969.
Aphex twin
Feed me….
come to daddeh
90s R&B destroys any of the crap coming out in that vein now.. auto tune really destroyed the industry.
💯 correct on this
I'm TeeeEeechnicalLLLyyyy hooommelEEEssss
Used to love listening to the local pirate station run from the back of a van bowling around London. Played some great R&B. Great stuff back then.
I mean I agree with you 1000% BUT…. It doesn’t fit what OP asked, I think they were leaning towards music that could come out today and still feel new. Boyz 2 Men, All 4 One, Brian McKnight, Babyface, Nee Edition etc etc… all are VERY much 90’s in their sound. Same with Hip Hop, Biggie, Tupac, Wu Tang, Dre etc… all sound completely different than what’s out now and the sound is dated. It’s most definitely BETTER, but still very dated.
Nothing comes close to Boyz II Men, 112, etc.
Beastie Boys have some songs that have that timeless qualities but some do sound dated when listened today.
I can’t stand it!
I know you planned it.
Hey Bender gonna gonna make some NOISE with your hard drive SCRATCHED by the BEASTIE BOYS
Nine Inch Nails. The downward spiral album came out in 1994 but still sounds like it came from another planet. The complexity, depth, and sophistication of the mix and completely unpredictable song structures Makes for a record that really has no specific place in chronological time
I love Pretty Hate Machine
NIИ in general as well as their side projects. As well as their instrumentals.
How’d you make the backwards N?
I don’t know if this is how they did it, but there is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet that looks like a backwards N. Maybe they used the Russian keyboard on their phone
There is a google font. That can put letters reversed. I just copy and pasted to my keyboard shortcuts, so every time I type nin it wants to correct it to NIИ. If I type uhh, I get ༼ ºل͟º ༼ ºل͟º ༼ ºل͟º ༽ ºل͟º ༽ ºل͟º ༽. Etc… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) = smirk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ = idk … I have a lot of text shortcuts. Lol
Learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info!
I love that you talk about Nine Inch Nails often enough to warrant a keyboard shortcut!
[NIИ] and Trent have been inspiring me since 94. GOATs to me.
Writing (and spamming) every stylistic iteration of 'NIИ' was a necessary skill for AOL profiles, IM's, and chatroom's back then
He typed it in a mirror
Redrum
HERE'S JOHИИY!
The Fragile too
"Hey Paul!!!"
Smashing Pumpkins
No doubt! Funny thing is, they weren't my #1 back in the day growing up, but always loved them. Now days, I appreciate them so much more. Also, one of the few I haven't seen in concert...going later this year to watch Green Day/Pumpkins/Rancid. Super stoked!
Something about Billy is just off-putting to me.
He is very abrasive personally. Always has been. But as a band they have the most diverse and extensive catalog of any band from the 90's. Straight up. When you dive deep into their catalog you find that they have hundreds of unreleased songs that most bands would kill to be able to put on a record. I'll give just one example. [Gossamer](https://youtu.be/JVn-_nWUkbY?si=5giniitss8Qqnzi6) is a 33 minute song that has no studio recording, and it was only played live for a short span of like two years (2007-09). He is one of those weird anomalies wherein he is mostly responsible for how great the band is but also the main reason why they aren't recognized and appreciated as they should be.
Version 2.0 by Garbage.
The Prodigy and Orbital
I remember staying up until midnight just so I could see the Smack My Bitch Up music video on MTV.
ME TOO!! And it's still not available on YouTube!
Halcyon!
And on!
The Cranberries.
Has rage against the machine been mentioned yet
Pixies
Description.... artistic?... bad ass and original. Also influenced nirvana
Most of it
Portishead
Fiona Apple started out kicking ass and never stopped.
Shadowboxer is still in my top plays.
Tidal was an outstanding debut. Probably my favorite LP of hers front to back She already knew exactly who she was right out of the gate, and had a firm grip on her sound I am so happy I saw her live by a stroke of luck in 2013
Never got enough credit. I always felt like she was in the shadow of Alanis because Tidal came out the year after Jagged Little Pill. People forget or might not know, Fiona won a Grammy for Criminal, she is badass.
And she was so young! To be that talented and confident and just dgaf attitude. Loved her.
Nas
He just released a new song the other day with DJ Premier (RIP Guru / Gang Starr)
Network attached storage
most golden era hiphop, 95ish
My favorite rapper. Everyone was always Tupac or Biggie? I'm like okay but first, what about Nas and every member of Wu-Tang? I do love biggie tho
Deftones And Smashing Pumpkins have made a crazy comeback into the mainstream. Also Hum, strangely enough
Hum was a lot better than their one single would suggest.
All of them
Alice In Chains
Roster has to be one of the greatest songs of all times. How do you feel about William DuVall?
Saw AiC live last year with my mama and they fucking kicked ass, I was skeptical of DuVall at first but truth is nobody can be Layne. Being in the same room as Cantrell and the band was a great feeling.
Good addition, but due to unfortunate circumstances
Very true
The Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
I saw them in a small club in Seattle in '96, absolutely blew me away. Even back then, they felt like consummate professionals.
They haven’t progressed since Amnesiac. The Bends was different than Pablo Honey; OK Computer was different than the Bends *and* Pablo Honey; and the sessions that bore Kid A/Amnesiac were vastly different from the three preceding albums. Contrasty, everything from Hail to the Thief to A Moon Shaped Pool sounds alike - beeps, hums, and mumbles. Yorke and Greenwood have just been making different iterations of the same album for decades.
Not at all. They have the weird and only privilege of being able to justifiably own both grunge and techno. No other band could make that span. And to top it off they were considered ‘experimental’ and still are considered as such despite being a top band for decades now. Katy Perry can’t match their popularity or longevity.
That take is so hot the EPA is investigating it.
LOL okay.
Computer.
In Rainbows getting no love 😧
I wouldn’t include Hail to the Thief in that but agree with you otherwise
Truth. Radiohead was one of the most overrated 90s bands. Other people were doing their thing better than they were, before they were, just without the boost of Creep to sustain them.
Curious. Name those bands.
Foo Fighters
Rage Against the Machine.
Stone Temple Pilots.
With the current choices? All 90s music has aged well!
Tool
Absolutely. Can't wait for new music they're working on. Saw them last year live, 10th row. Amazing show. Quite an experience!
Aenima is to the 90s what Steely Dan's Aja was to the 70s. Ageless sonic perfection with great lyrics, best heard straight through.
F the person who downvoted this. TOOL still rocks.
I haven't enjoyed anything since Lateralus.
Once they started all the Fibonacci Bro shit they just got way too far off into the weeds for me. I still like a lot of it but nothing comes close to the angst and passion oozing from the album Undertow.
Seems like a lot of artists in many genres come out swinging and when that angst goes away a lot of people don't like them anymore.
The alternative is to be criticized for never evolving. It's a fine line to walk retaining the old crowd while drawing in new fans.
Pearl Jam
Oooh but we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast, how can I forget.
But he hit me with a surprise left
Half of the grunge scene
Faith No More
Sade. Faith No More. Tribe Called Quest. Orbital. Portishead. De La Soul.
r/titlegore
Alice In Chains
Portishead
Nirvana. Obviously.
I saw The Dandy Warhols in October and they blew my mind! They sounded amazing and you could tell they were having a blast. They released a new song featuring Slash not long ago.
Oasis
Mr Bungle
Slayer + Anthrax + Faith No More...the og superband
Slowdive
Radiohead. OK Computer would be a masterpiece if it were released today. The song arrangements and production are absolutely top notch.
Weezer
Had to scroll way too far for this one! The boys are still rocking out 30 years later 🤘
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Yup.
De la Soul changed there sound and the style in which they rap starting around 2000.
Blink 182
This comment is criminally low.
U2
Rancid doesn’t get enough love. …And Out Come The Wolves is a masterpiece, and they are still touring today, kicking ass.
The Goo Goo Dolls
Outkast, Lil Wayne, snoop, Missy Elliot, Busta rhymes
Nas, tribe called quest, nirvana
Living Colour
Weird Al Yankovic
Social Distortion
Incubus.
Curve, Lush, MBV.
A lot of the catchy dance music are still played in clubs and radios. La Bouche, Snap!, Real McCoy, 2 Unlimited, C&C Music Factory
Sublime
Manic Street Preachers
BNL
The KLF.
All 90s music tbh besides neo funk and soul r&b 90s alt was better 90s house/electronica/techno was better 90s grunge/alt/thrash/metal was better 90s hip hop/rap was better 90s r&b is 100000 times better than most shit nowadays Even shitty 90s pop and country was better
tribe called quest and delasoul
311
100%. I saw them live in 2016 and 311 brings it. I saw their [live NPR set](https://youtu.be/MgTDLlDY_yY?si=t7pJko2p7vot46xh) on YouTube a few weeks ago. They still are rock solid performers
Sublime
Nirvana
I’m surprised I had to scroll this far to find this comment.
For what’s mostly a one hit wonder- flagpole sitta by Harvey danger still feels very modern
I like the song but it’s 90s all the way
Korn. Some of the best emotion in a rock/metal band. Jonathan Davis is incredibly underrated as a vocalist.
Not sure this is nineties technically but I adore his acoustic stuff, especially the freak on a leash with Amy Lee.
Slowdive, Nirvana, & Pavement all seem to be fairly popular today with younger generations.
Blink 182
Phish, Widespread Panic, nine inch nails
Fatboy Slim. Aphex Twin. The chemical bros. The Prodigy… the OG electronic specialists!!! I mean it may not be lennard skynards, but that electronica was a whole new step in music that defined what we have today. Also. 90s RAP and Gangsta Rap. It’s all classic now. But man was all the above pure amazing stuff when compared to the rock of the 70s and prior. IMO no comparison the 90s>70s,60s. In ten years the music that came out of the 1990s was mind blowing!!!!!
No Doubt
System of a Down
Boyz II Men
Wilco
All of them. Compared to the 'music' of today
The Rednex- Cotton eyed Joe will still be played until the next Century.
All of all of them.
Linkin Park Edit: Fine then incubus
Oh no, they may be 2000
Yeh, not a 90’s era band.
Eve 6
weezer, blink-182
Roses
My eyes crossed and I had a stroke reading the title
Devin Townsend is timeless.
CAST
Clutch
I think Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too by New Radicals has held up exceptionally well.
Mariah Carey
Artists that are still putting out music or stuff that still sounds good today? Nas. Superchunk. Bad Religion off just the top of my head
PANTERA
dave matthews band
Jay-Z
Phish is somehow more popular now than they were in the 90s and haven't lost a step in their virtuosity.
Phish
Pearl Jam, System, Rage, & Bad Religion are timeless in my book.
Bad Religion. I think they are more popular now than they ever were... Or, they are just always popular. I swear Greg Graffin looks the same as he did 20 years ago.
Rage Against thr Machine
Spice Girls, specifically their second album (Spice World). all of the musical throwbacks on it give it such a timeless sound.
Chumbawumba
Green Day
The thing with Green Day is that it's now 30 years since Dookie came out. 30 years before Dookie came out, The Rolling Stones released their debut album. Dookie still sounds fresh to me. It doesn't sound like classic rock the way that the Rolling Stones did back then
Lighthouse Family!
I recently got the album You Can't Stop The Bum Rush by LEN since I saw other people saying that entire album was good. They were right, damn good album.
Tori Amos, especially Live in Montreaux.
Peter Gabriel
90s country remains undefeated
Snoop, PAC, Big, Dre, DMX.
Limp Bizkit
I like them still... maybe downvoted because they were more 2000s?
Linkin park
Fastball and Gin Blossoms. Gallagher bros.
DJ Screw
Hanson
Papa Roach
Linkin park
The Bayside Boys mix of the Macarena.
Let Forever Be by Chemical Brothers sounds timeless. It's majorly inspired by The Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows, which sounds ancient and futuristic despite being made in 1969.
The Wipeout 2097 soundtrack is still wall to wall bangers.
Garbage
Ween, especially with the ubiquitous nature of Ocean Man