Was thinking back to what we used to get on the radio in the nineties (aka the age of alternative) and wondered how many of y'all would remember these names....
Rockhead
Ruth Ruth
Sugartooth
I Mother Earth
Belly
4 Non Blondes
Dig
Sponge
Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies
Collision
Cry of Love
Brother Cane
Blur
Can anybody think of any others that I might be missing?
I re-bought the Cry Of Love album again quite recently. Its not bad but was a little hyped at the time. It didn't register with me that Audley Freed went on to be in The Black Crowes...
I think you may be on the wrong forum to mention Blur? I saw them live around Song 2 & they were pretty average. Wouldn't have thought people here would be big fans but could be wrong.
<font size="4" face="Arial">What? Are you telling me that this isn't the 'alternanineties' board? Oh crap!!! Damn my crappy reading skills. [img]tongue.gif[/img] lol *smashes Marcus with a chair just for the heck of it* [img]smile.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by Tim73:
I re-bought the Cry Of Love album again quite recently. Its not bad but was a little hyped at the time. It didn't register with me that Audley Freed went on to be in The Black Crowes...
I think you may be on the wrong forum to mention Blur? I saw them live around Song 2 & they were pretty average. Wouldn't have thought people here would be big fans but could be wrong.
Lycan - Marcus probably was gonna need that smash round the head sooner or later lol
<font size="4" face="Arial">Belly - All I remember was them being REALLY bad.Quote:
Originally posted by Cotton Candy Lover:
Was thinking back to what we used to get on the radio in the nineties (aka the age of alternative) and wondered how many of y'all would remember these names....
Belly
4 Non Blondes
Dig
Sponge
Brother Cane
Can anybody think of any others that I might be missing?
4 Non Blondes - One good song on an album of bad ones. She's the main songwriting partner for Pink nowdays.
Dig - I have that one, but can't remember the song for anything.
Sponge - Each album had one good song and that was it. Their original drummer (1st album) was the original drummer for The Trash Brats.
Brother Cane - Really good band that never put out a bad album. The first HIT song was that straight up RnR tune with TONS of harmonica, "Got No Shame". Good band.
Ruth Ruth - Yeah I remember them, the video for Uninvited was on MTV Europe a lot.
Belly - Really liked them, Tanya Donelly was hot.
4 Non Blondes - Only remember the What's Up song.
Sponge - I think I had their cd "Rotting Pinata", bought the singles of Molly and Plowed too.
Cry of Love - Only remember a few pictures of them in Kerrang.
Brother Cane - "Got No Shame...and I got no one to blame" they had a song on the end credits of Halloween 6 too (Theatrical and home video versions)
How about some more names from the past?
Black Train Jack
Hagfish
CIV
Compulsion
Senser
Moist
Baby Chaos
Headswim
Apes, Pigs & Spacemen
and of course Stiltskin
Speaking of the early nineties, I heard Everything About You by Ugly Kid Joe in the pub the other day and it's fucking awful, I can't believe that song was so big.
I remember it was one of those songs that everyone was learning to play on guitar in those days and one of my mates bands even covered it, it makes my flesh crawl just thinking about it (especially his attempt at doing the rap part)
Mine and Ali's band should have been headlining that day at college I tell you!!!
We shall return...one day...oh yes one day.
The Demagogues will rise again!!
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Lycan, The first real band I played in when I was 17 had Steve Jack for a singer. He went onto sing in Rockhead.
I Mother Earth went onto get another singer when Edwin quit to go on his own. He had a successful solo CD, then put out some sorta band called Edwin and the pressure that pretty much tanked.
Hagfish!....Rocks your lame ass, was a great CD!
I have a Rockhead single and also the Ruth Ruth single.
China Drum were a good band that did several albums. They supported Honeycrack a few times.
Does anyone have anyhting by China Doll?
Cheers
Baby Chaos was fucking terrible. I tried like hell to like them, but finally gave up.
Baby Chaos' 'Love Your Self Abuse' hasn't aged
that badly, really. Same can't be said for Moist's
'Silver' though... 5 amazing songs, and the
rest... sub-Hothouse Flowers at best. - Hothouse
Flowers - there's another one for you.
Davy talks about him, 4 Non Blondes singer, and
Christina Aguilera recording 'Beautiful' at his
studio, during the interview on my 'Vain @ Welly'
DVD.
D.
<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ December 14, 2005 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>
D. You'll get a kick out of this. When I played in Grandma Moses, we opened for Moist one night at a club called The Big Easy in Vancouver. We were pretty infamous at that point around town, for putting on a bit of a bizarre show. That night I had two hot air popcorn machines gaffed to my kick drum, we had the bubble machine, and I believe we covered the entire stage in crumpled newspapers about ankle deep.
We also did a spoof on U2's Zoo TV. We had a placard saying GOO TV setup behind an old 20inch TV playing Lesbian Porn. With the Popcorn machines going steady for about 40 minutes and several beers sprayed about, mixed with bubbles, the stage was an absolute disaster.
We found out after we finished that Moist was furious with us because we left the stage in utter shambles. They were also showcasing for Capital that night, which they ended up getting signed shortly after, even though I think we were far more entertaining...ha-ha...but I guess being a non conformist sleaze rock band during the beginning of the grunge era wasn't too in vogue eh?
<font size="4" face="Arial">Quote:
Originally posted by Deviant D:
Same can't be said for Moist's
'Silver' though... 5 amazing songs, and the
rest... sub-Hothouse Flowers at best. -
D.
<font color="#FF0099"><font size="1">[ December 14, 2005 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font></font>
<font size="4" face="Arial">I didn't know Davy worked on that song. Has he done a lot with Christina and the like? I should really look at "Pop" liner notes, I think I might be surprised.Quote:
Originally posted by Deviant D:
Davy talks about him, 4 Non Blondes singer, and
Christina Aguilera recording 'Beautiful' at his
studio, during the interview on my 'Vain @ Welly'
DVD.
D.
<font color="#FF0099"><font size="1">[ December 14, 2005 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font></font>
The best band of the nineties in my opinion was FREAK OF NATURE. Their album "Gathering Of Freaks" reflects the whole feeling of a decade both musically and lirically. A masterpiece... so underrated... Shame
4 Non Blondes. IMO they had quite a few good songs on that album. "Spaceman","Dear Mr. President", "Drifting", Pleasantly Blue", and of course "What's Up"
Collision had an awesome song called "Chains". It was the only good song on the album.
Didn't Belly sing the song "Feed the Tree"?
Great song.
Hagfish has a hilarious song called "Stamp" that got played a lot here on our alternative station about chowing box! LOL!
Chorus:
Gimme gimme something to hold onto
Gimme gimme something to hold onto
will you remove my shoes and lift up my skirt
will you eat my box while I work?
Eat it while I work
can't really believe it got played on the radio.
Baby Chaos I think is still around as Deckard.
Dig was one of the first bands I remeber to have 3 guitarist and had at least one hit. Saw the live twice great shows.
Belly had a hot lead singer that was in another band.
Sponge got stuck in the grunge thing even thou they weren't and had 2 great albums.
The lead singer for 4 Non Blondes is racking in the money by writing stuff for Pink and others.
Black Train Jack rocked but just disappeared.
Hagfish was loved by lots of bands I saw but never heard any of there stuff.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Never heard of them. What were they like?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">Hint for Carl....Quote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Mr. Sleazy:
The best band of the nineties in my opinion was FREAK OF NATURE. Their album "Gathering Of Freaks" reflects the whole feeling of a decade both musically and lirically. A masterpiece... so underrated... Shame
Mike Tramp of White Lion was their singer. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Here's some more....
Mindbomb
Kula Shaker
Peter Droge
Green Apple Quickstep
Primal Scream
Damn the Machine
My Sister's Machine
Sister Machine Gun
Tiamat
....I'll have more for you later. [img]smile.gif[/img]
From the 90s I really rated Jellyfish & like the solo work of Jason Falkner from that era too. They were more Glam than most of the Glam scene! ha! ha!
Mind Bomb was a local Chicago band. They were originally called "Daisy Chain" and were friggin' amazing! Full on Glam with a great image. Then they got booked to do a showcase show for Social Act (another good local band). There were majors everywhere, but mainly it was for Mercury records. Well, Daisy Chain took the stage before Social Act and proceeded to pull off a show that nobody could turn away from! Brilliant songs, out of this world look, pillow fights on stage with feathers flying EVERYWHERE, and throwing neon daisy necklaces into the audience.
Then Social Act took the stage. Their show would have been VERY impressive, but it was too late, Daisy had just blown everybody away with one of the most amazing shows I had ever seen.
After the show Daisy was signed to Mercury records, and Social Act fell into obscurity. The main guy last being seen as a backing musician in The Chamber Strings.
Daisy Chain hit the studio, changed their entire sound, fired the bassist who didn't like the changes, and they turned into that strange Glam/Industrial/House Music band and changed their name to "Mind Bomb". I was bummed. From what I have been ablt to find Daisy never put out any demos, so there is no record as to how friggin' great they were. Mind Bomb was O.K., but they were nothing compared to Daisy Chain.
Mind Bomb turned into Pivot Man. Now the vocalist (main guy behind it all) is a producer and appears to still be involved with writing and playing. He was known for his ego, BTW.
http://www.mattmercado.com/
Primal Scream had their moments, but never fully embraced their RnR/70's Glam hearts. Shame, they could have been one of the best had they stuck to that stuff.
Tiamat? Death Metal Opera? Yuck.
hahaha.... mykii... one day.. when i can get out of nappy changing duties for long enough!!! haha
Apes Pigs and Spacemen RULE... i love their first album (apparently there are two more, but i've not heard them!)
Blur. a band i am currently loving to pieces.
The lemonheads are another awesome 90s band.
Bullet LaVolta are cool..
The Demagogues ruled.. haha.. two gigs... and outta there.. hard n fast!!!
I liked The Lemonheads until they went major. I should really say that I love their album CREATOR. I saw them once while they were still a minor band. They did their cover of "Luca". I hated the original song, but their live version was friggin' amazing.
Bullet Lavolta was such a great band! Few bands knew how to use two guitarists as well as them!
Which brings me back to Al. First 3 guitar band? Have you never heard Molly Hatchet? Come on Al, I know you know of them. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
<font size="4" face="Arial">"The Lemonheads" - incredible pop, "Shame About Ray" recorde with Juliana Hatfield; genius ( Evan still does a solo act, with some of the old songs)Quote:
Originally posted by alidamnit:
hahaha.... mykii... one day.. when i can get out of nappy changing duties for long enough!!! haha
Apes Pigs and Spacemen RULE... i love their first album (apparently there are two more, but i've not heard them!)
Blur. a band i am currently loving to pieces.
The lemonheads are another awesome 90s band.
Bullet LaVolta are cool..
The Demagogues ruled.. haha.. two gigs... and outta there.. hard n fast!!!
a very Boston based list-
"Bullet Lavolta" gravitated towards the unlikely Lemonheads camp. Core members became "The Juliana Hatfield 3", and recorded and toured on her first major label release( included the hit I hate "my sister" she's such a bitch)
Anybody remember what may be the best post grunge band of any of em -
Campfire Girls??
<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ December 14, 2005 03:42 PM: Message edited by: suicide junkie ]</font>
<font size="4" face="Arial">Never heard of them. What were they like?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">Hint for Carl....Quote:
Originally posted by Cotton Candy Lover:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Carl I.:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Mr. Sleazy:
The best band of the nineties in my opinion was FREAK OF NATURE. Their album "Gathering Of Freaks" reflects the whole feeling of a decade both musically and lirically. A masterpiece... so underrated... Shame
Mike Tramp of White Lion was their singer. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Here's some more....
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">They were very different to White Lion, didn't like them much though. They were based in Bradford for a while, bizarrely enough. One of my mates nicked one of their amps while they were loading out of Rio's one night. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Here's a few more....
Lucy's Fur Coat
Caroline Spine
Marcy Playground
Wow, did that decade suck for the mainstream bands. lol
Is Marcy Playground the band that did "Sex And Candy"? Is so, yeah, they sucked bigtime.
Of all the decades of RnR (1951 until now lets say), the 90's were by far the worst. The music in the 80's was decent, but the productions sucked (who needs anything but a tom, even for the snare and bass drum?). But the 90's were full of shit bands. The distortion of the word "Alternative" and the style that killed off the REM-like "College Rock". It got to the point where if somebody said something was "Alternative", I kept on walking.
Ugh, the 90's.
no one remembers Campfire Girls?
<font size="4" face="Arial">Never heard of them. What were they like?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">As Lycan said, it was Mike Tramp's attempt to stay hip after White Lion. They put out an S/T and 'Gathering Of Freaks', continuing the kinda-political slant Tramp attempted on later White Lion tracks (Little Fighter, Cry For Freedom), with a 'grungy' sounding band backing him.Quote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Mr. Sleazy:
The best band of the nineties in my opinion was FREAK OF NATURE. Their album "Gathering Of Freaks" reflects the whole feeling of a decade both musically and lirically. A masterpiece... so underrated... Shame
Not a patch on White Lion's 'Pride'.
I also liked 1 song from Sponge, and a couple from Blur. The rest, I either didn't know or didn't like.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Never heard of them. What were they like?Quote:
Originally posted by Mr. Sleazy:
The best band of the nineties in my opinion was FREAK OF NATURE. Their album "Gathering Of Freaks" reflects the whole feeling of a decade both musically and lirically. A masterpiece... so underrated... Shame
Senser are still doing the rounds, saw them live around 2 months ago and they were as good live as they were 10-12 years ago.
Carl would ya like to hear Freak of Nature? I have their albums.
At the start Sugartooth were mentioned, does anyone know anything about them or what they were like?
I remember hearing Dave Fortman who later joined Ugly Kid Joe was in them.
And for extra geek fact, Dave Fortman is now producer extraordinaire and produced the Evanesence album amongst others..
<font size="4" face="Arial"></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">Lesbo porn, bubbles and popcorn - that's all youQuote:
Originally posted by Hazardous:
D. You'll get a kick out of this. When I played in Grandma Moses, we opened for Moist one night at a club called The Big Easy in Vancouver. We were pretty infamous at that point around town, for putting on a bit of a bizarre show. That night I had two hot air popcorn machines gaffed to my kick drum, we had the bubble machine, and I believe we covered the entire stage in crumpled newspapers about ankle deep.
We also did a spoof on U2's Zoo TV. We had a placard saying GOO TV setup behind an old 20inch TV playing Lesbian Porn. With the Popcorn machines going steady for about 40 minutes and several beers sprayed about, mixed with bubbles, the stage was an absolute disaster.
We found out after we finished that Moist was furious with us because we left the stage in utter shambles. They were also showcasing for Capital that night, which they ended up getting signed shortly after, even though I think we were far more entertaining...ha-ha...but I guess being a non conformist sleaze rock band during the beginning of the grunge era wasn't too in vogue eh?
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Deviant D:
Same can't be said for Moist's
'Silver' though... 5 amazing songs, and the
rest... sub-Hothouse Flowers at best. -
D.
<font color="#FF0099"><font size="1">[ December 14, 2005 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font></font>
really need for a good night out, innit. Or night
in, come to that. LOL
I think Moist were signed partly because of the
singer's good looks - lucky bastard.
D.
<font size="4" face="Arial">I didn't know Davy worked on that song. Has he done a lot with Christina and the like? I should really look at "Pop" liner notes, I think I might be surprised.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">I've just noticed on Davy's Sludge 20Qs, that heQuote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Deviant D:
Davy talks about him, 4 Non Blondes singer, and
Christina Aguilera recording 'Beautiful' at his
studio, during the interview on my 'Vain @ Welly'
DVD.
D.
<font color="#FF0099"><font size="1">[ December 14, 2005 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font></font>
mentions it there, too. What you don't get from a
webpage, though, is Davy pointing to the camera
saying, 'My mum was really proud of that!' (referring
to the Grammy Aguilera won for 'best vocals').
Vain, as a band, on the day of recording, were
very cagey about their 'day' jobs.
D.
Here you go! Mind Bomb before they were Mind Bomb!!! This is a Daisy Chain promo pic:
http://www.chicagorocker.com/images/DaisyChain.JPG
The guy with the boots is the guy that got kicked out.
<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ December 17, 2005 11:56 PM: Message edited by: Carl I. ]</font>
<font size="4" face="Arial">UMMM they are all wearing boots.Quote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
Here you go! Mind Bomb before they were Mind Bomb!!! This is a Daisy Chain promo pic:
http://www.chicagorocker.com/images/DaisyChain.JPG
The guy with the boots is the guy that got kicked out.
<font color="#FF0099"><font size="1">[ December 17, 2005 11:56 PM: Message edited by: Carl I. ]</font></font>
Anyone remember Spacehog? A glammy pop/rock British band who had a couple of hits. They had 3 albums, all pretty good. The singer is married to Liv Tyler I think.
East west were looking at my old band(kiss the bride) and a friends band at the same time as Baby chaos(they were called something else but i can't recall what). They told us we were to melodic signed what would become B C and stuck them on tour with the Wildhearts. Impressed i was not. And yeah they were shit then and from seeing them support the Wildhearts a few months ago they're still shit but i'm biased.
H
<font size="4" face="Arial">Yeah. They were awesome!!! Loved those guys, at least for the first album. The Chinese album (is that what it's called?) was pretty poor. But Resident Alien was alright.Quote:
Originally posted by andy_lad:
Anyone remember Spacehog? A glammy pop/rock British band who had a couple of hits. They had 3 albums, all pretty good. The singer is married to Liv Tyler I think.