The 90s Thread

Radiohead has first hit with Creep off their inconsistent first album Pablo Honey and are associated with grunge.
Bowie has first hit with Space Oddity off his inconsistent first album and is associated with folk/psychadelica.
Both acts are writtten off as one hit wonders.
Radiohead have hit with consisten album The Bends and are associated with grunge backlash movement britpop.
Bowie has hit with consistent album Ziggy Stardust and is associated with folk/psychadelica backlash movement glam.
Both acts move on to release a series of albums heavily influenced by experimental music.
Both acts release career summing albums, Bowie with Scary Monsters, and Radiohead with Hail to the Thief.

I have to admit that I love where this is leading to for Radiohead.

I also admit that there are a couple of million holes you can find in this analogy, so please don't waste your time.

Starring on Broadway in The Elephant Man?

I'm not going to argue with you on Bowie Mr. Raggett, especially since after writing the above post I went to all music guide and noticed your song capsules on Bowie. Instead i'll go downstairs and listen to Stay and Look Back in Anger.

That might actually be one of the greatest opening lines ever. :-)

There seemed to be such a sharp divide between synthetic 80s and the grunge explosion that happened in 91.

I agree that there isn't An Artist, but that's not new. I mean, seriously, Prince?

spanning set: Nirvana, Pulp, Oasis, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Underworld, Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack

More specifically the first three/four, as an answer to the question "Who will kids be dressing up as in 2020 for the 90s flashback party?"

1- Hip-hop becoming a major force in mainstream music with newcomers such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Notorious BIG, Wu-Tang Clan, Tupac, etc..

Though most likely everyone will continue ripping on the early 90's dance stuff like Vanilla Ice & MC Hammer, maybe less so for Young MC and Tone Loc - but that was more a carry-over from the 80's (all but Vanilla had already released hits before 1990).

2- The beginning of underground electronics making the shift from clubs & parties to bedrooms & coffee shops. Artists like Aphex Twin, Autechre, Squarepusher, The Orb, Bjork, and from the "trip-hop" camps of MoWax/Shadow/NinjaTune records we had Portishead, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Tricky, Massive Attack, and lots more..

The Nineties Revival

Blessid Union of Souls has my new favorite banner ad:

http://blessidu.com/images/banners/bookbanner.jpg

It looks even more half-assed in context!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93Tir6l5FA

For whatever reason this video, to me, is like looking at the early-90s music video aesthetic and the late-90s aesthetic kiss.

Maybe it's because this song and video could've been realized at any point in the 90s that makes it look like a mixture of different mini-eras.

Did anyone care enough about grand royal for it to be hated? I liked the magazine pretty well.