Lesser known 90's bands

TeleCat · 04-23-2005, 06:15 AM

In the wake of grunge a few bands emerged in the 90's I really related to. Cry of Love and The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies. They got back to a classic rock sound IMO. No down tuned guitars with angst ridden lyics. Too bad they faded. I believe Audley Freed from Cry of Love did a stint w/ The Black Crowes prior to the Jimmy Page experiment.

AboutAGirl · 04-24-2005, 12:12 AM

I dunno, I like the tuned down guitars and angst ridden lyrics - Alice In Chains manages to do it in a poetically beautiful fashion.

There's a lot of music out there that has a lot of connection to the classic rock sounds, but I haven't heard anything major yet that I think would actually be completely at home in the early seventies. I'll check out Cry of Love and Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, they sound pretty sweet.

Hanasían · 08-17-2005, 05:49 PM

I liked the indie bands Sometime Sunday & Grammatrain, & think Nirvana Unplugged is an excellent disk.

kvcoty · 08-22-2005, 05:09 PM

I like Collective Soul i guess you would consider them 90's. I also thought Robert Plant's 90's music on Fate of Nations and Now and Zen was very good. I liked his version If I Was A Carpenter on one of those ( can't remember of the top of my head) Much better than his new stuff, which he spent most of the time playing when I saw him live this summer. I was very disappointed. And I am a huge fan and have all his music even solo albums.

Martha Washington · 08-23-2005, 06:44 PM

there was this band called 'Medicine' that was signed to American Records in the mid 90's. They made two really swell records that sounded a lot like "My Bloody Valentine" having a picnic with Sonic Youth in the Cocteu Twin's backyard.

American TRIED to shove them down america's collective throat but it just didn't take. They even went so far as to be featured (briefly) in the crow movie but nothing ever happened for them. The critics didn't help either.

they did these poppy little catchy tunes but under a great WALL of clangy whizzy noise that either made you run from the room or jump with joy.

I guess you can figure which camp I fell into.
They tried too hard to 'clean up' their sound and soon it was all over before it really got started. Two albums and half an EP still make me jump with joy.

but, not as high.
Old Martha's getting old.

Martin Q. Blank · 10-19-2005, 01:15 AM

The Magnetic Fields and The Divine Comedy take the cake, as far as I'm concerned.

Joey Self · 10-21-2005, 04:24 PM

In the '90's, I ventured into the Christian Rock field a bit. I liked what I heard of The Newsboys, Sixpence None The Richer, Jars Of Clay, Steve Taylor and a few others. PFR was the cream of the crop, though. I opined in an article listing the best albums of the 90's that they sounded like what the Beatles would have been had they (the Beatles) gone to Bible classes.

Ok, it was a bit of hyperbole, but those guys were (and are, when they get together) good!

JcS

newdawnfades · 10-21-2005, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by kvcoty

I like Collective Soul i guess you would consider them 90's.

Collective Soul was a really good band. Great guitar riffs, good songs. I always wondered why they didn't get more press.

kath · 10-21-2005, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by newdawnfades

Collective Soul was a really good band. Great guitar riffs, good songs. I always wondered why they didn't get more press.

i am a major collective soul fan. major. i saw em live last year, but it was the last night of a festival, so i only got about an hour and a half (curfew at this particular fest. ptooey.)

i think all of their albums are good, altho dosage is my personal fave.

kath
here iiii liie motionless
catch me if yew cannnnn

Music Wench · 10-21-2005, 10:15 PM

I didn't think Collective Soul was not well known. They're all over the rock stations in my area. I do like that band a lot.

Also I recall hearing Jars Of Clay and liking them. Gotta look into them more. Any recommendations, Joey?

kath · 10-22-2005, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Music Wench

I didn't think Collective Soul was not well known. They're all over the rock stations in my area. I do like that band a lot.

there are a few great songs on their latest... and the rest, easily listenable.

of course, whatever that commerical is, it's overplaying em. (ohhh i'm feelin better nowwww....)

kath
who will refrain from going off on ed roland's munch factor.

eccentric man · 12-09-2005, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Martha Washington

there was this band called 'Medicine' that was signed to American Records in the mid 90's. They made two really swell records that sounded a lot like "My Bloody Valentine" having a picnic with Sonic Youth in the Cocteu Twin's backyard.

American TRIED to shove them down america's collective throat but it just didn't take. They even went so far as to be featured (briefly) in the crow movie but nothing ever happened for them. The critics didn't help either.

i was all over that tune from the crow soundtrack but i've never been able to find anything else by them.

another 90s bands that i think should have gotten a lot more attention...

the gandharvas - i've seen them lumped as a jane's addiction clone which isn't necessarily a bad thing but hardly accurate once you actually listen to the band. they were only around for 3 albums and the first one has some weak moments but the next two are great. the 2nd one 'kicking in the water' could almost be called a concept album or just too many variations on the same theme. the last one, 'sold for a smile' had a good mix of tunes and should have gotten a lot bigger but from what i heard the singer's head was getting a little too large for the rest of the band.

Joey Self · 02-15-2006, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by Music Wench

I didn't think Collective Soul was not well known. They're all over the rock stations in my area. I do like that band a lot.

Also I recall hearing Jars Of Clay and liking them. Gotta look into them more. Any recommendations, Joey?

The second album, MUCH AFRAID was one I named as a favorite in an article I wrote at the close of the decade. Here's what I said (edited to make sense in this context):

"MUCH AFRAID by Jars of Clay. A Christian rock band, but these guys get more mainstream exposure than PFR did [earlier in the column, I referenced PFR] . A song from their newest album was featured in the movie "Drive Me Crazy." The first album was great, but this, the follow-up, avoided the sophomore slump. "Overjoyed" and "Frail" are the highlights."

For a fan of REM, as I know you are, I think you'd find THE ELEVENTH HOUR to be to your liking.

JcS

Music Wench · 02-15-2006, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by Joey Self

The second album, MUCH AFRAID was one I named as a favorite in an article I wrote at the close of the decade. Here's what I said (edited to make sense in this context):

"MUCH AFRAID by Jars of Clay. A Christian rock band, but these guys get more mainstream exposure than PFR did [earlier in the column, I referenced PFR] . A song from their newest album was featured in the movie "Drive Me Crazy." The first album was great, but this, the follow-up, avoided the sophomore slump. "Overjoyed" and "Frail" are the highlights."

For a fan of REM, as I know you are, I think you'd find THE ELEVENTH HOUR to be to your liking.

JcS

Thanks, Joey. I'll be off on another music buying spree shortly. They'll be on my list.

Drummer Chris · 02-16-2006, 01:49 PM

Age Of Electric...a Canadian rock band had some cool stuff in the 90's....I think you can still find them on the net...
All I See Is Ugly is a catchy tune with some good rock guitar