Underappreciated 90's bands- post them here.

[Beware the Beast Man]

I post this as I listen to Soul Coughing's "Irresistable Bliss" LP, which is really a great disc. I'm sure Mike Doughty never got over the fact that his "Super Bon-Bon" bore a creepy resemblance to "Shake Your Bon-Bon," though.

[magpie]

1. This is a joke, right?

There weren't any bands in the 90's. Were there? :shrug:

[LostinVA]

20. Lots of good bands in the 90's

[magpie]

47. I know...

I forgot to use :sarcasm: or :hippie:
I'm sort of 'stuck' in the late 60's and early 70's.

[XemaSab]

2. It's a fact

How's his new album?

And for underappreciated '90s bands... hmmm... I can't think of any right now that didn't either start in the '80s, continue to the '00s, or see commercial success. :shrug:

[WCGreen]

3. The Sundays......

I know they started in the late 80's...

But had no great success until 1990....

[Common Sense Party]

8. I really like the Sundays...but their songs start to all sound the same

after a while. She has a beautiful voice, even if I can't understand her.

[WCGreen]

12. You should hae seen them in concert...

Way too loud...

[GOPisEvil]

35. The Sundays!! I saw them live. Harriet Wheeler's voice is fantastic!

Lots of people can hit the notes in the studio. Not many can hit the same notes live. Harriet did. :)

[Arugula Latte]

4. World Party.

I really liked "Goodbye Jumbo" and "Bang." I wish that band would come back.

(Undoubtedly, someone will tell me that they're derivative and they suck donkey weenies ...)

[Common Sense Party]

6. Great band! Goodbye Jumbo is irresistably singalongy!

"Put the Message in the Box" is a good earworm that can last for days.

I don't mind Beatlesesque bands.

[WCGreen]

11. Their first big hit was in the 80's......

[rhino47]

17. I agree with World Party but I think of them as 80`s.

Ship of Fools.Good stuff.

[Arugula Latte]

38. And isn't "Ship of Fools" the perfect song for the Bush years?

These lyrics fit to a "T":

~~~

Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)

We're setting sail to a place on the map
From which no-one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the wormen and lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You will pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
I want to run and hide
Right now

Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history
Traveling the world, you're in search of no good
But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like you knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As your little boat struggles through the warning waves
But you don't, pay

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no

Where's it coming from
Oh, Where's it going now
It's just a, it's just a Ship of Fools

[rhino47]

41. Yeah.It was written to counter the raygun era .

"Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history"

[sbj405]

49. I listen to it everyday on the way to work.

:-)

[Benfea]

5. The Bad Examples

It's a Chicago thing, you wouldn't understand.

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. I think I saw them a couple of times at the Empty Bottle.

If they're whom I'm thinking of (opened up for Thee Headcoats & Headcoatees the last time I saw 'em), I didn't much care for them. But at least they didn't suck -- just kinda bored me.

[Benfea]

40. If that was them...

…like I said, it's a Chicago thing, you wouldn't understand. :)

[Common Sense Party]

7. The Posies. The Connells. Stone Roses. Charlatans U.K.

The Mission U.K. Cause and Effect.

[Arugula Latte]

39. I've really gotten back into Stone Roses and Charlatans.

"The Only One I Know" is a favorite on my iPod, as is "I Wanna Be Adored."

[Common Sense Party]

52. Both great songs. I love that old Manchester beat. n/t

[Maestro]

68. Check out Ian Brown's solo stuff too.

It is quite good. Also I believe the Charlatans have a new album coming out this year.

[Hissyspit]

9. "Sugar-Free Jazz"

[devilgrrl]

10. Elastica

They weren't that bad.

[mdmc]

13. god street wine

:kick:

[asthmaticeog]

14. Hum

Love Battery
Glazed Baby
Craw
Jaks
Hairy Patt Band
Metroschifter
Monorchid
Rex
Dimbulb
Alice Donut
Sweep the Leg Johnny
Unwound
Shorty
Karl Hendricks Trio
Failure
Steel Pole Bathtub
The Conservatives
Drive Like Jehu
Gastr Del Sol
Uzeda
Dirty Three
Grifters
Jacob's Mouse
Morsel
Razak Solar System
Painteens
Karp
Silverfish
The Technical Jed
Long Fin Killie
Jennyanykind
Ui
Starfish
...just off the top of my head. :evilgrin:

[swag]

44. Lordy, I loved them Silverfish.

particularly "TFA."

That woman could sing some pretty songs.

[swag]

45. Never mind

my incorrectly placed post.

Lo siento.

[Lethe]

15. here ya go

Catherine Wheel

because they kick ass and no one remembers them

[liontamer]

65. i do

but you're right they do rock

[enigmatic]

16. Lullaby For The Working Class

Fantastic band from Nebraska that straddled both the alt-country and chamber-pop tags through their existence; I cant't say enough about how beautiful songs like "In Honor Of My Stumbling" and "Hypnotist" are.

Here's the video for "Hypnotist":

http://www.hotget.com/videocode/Lullaby_For_The_Working_Class-Hypnotist--12728.html

Great band that is wildly underappreciated...

[asthmaticeog]

32. Good call. nt

[blondeatlast]

18. Fishbone. nt

[LostinVA]

21. Garbage, Dishwalla, and Everclear

[Atmashine]

23. Garbage is awesome.

[LostinVA]

24. I know! And that Shirley Manson is....yum

[Atmashine]

22. Green Jelly!

Little pig, little pig, let me in!
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!

[CabalPowered]

25. The Stone Roses and The The

[SmileyBoy]

26. Nada Surf

They came up with one of the best songs of all time, "Popular".

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Good call.

[SmileyBoy]

27. Another one: Sponge.

[derby378]

29. Lenny Dee

As in Leonard DiDesiderio. Played a huge role in developing hardcore techno. Helped give Daft Punk their big break on his Industrial Strength Records label. Not bad for a kid who was spinning roller disco at a Brooklyn skating rink in the 70's.

[mitchum]

30. Low and Sweet Orchestra, Backsliders, Geraldine Fibbers

[peekaloo]

31. Shonen Knife

okay they did a lot of covers but they were a fun live band.

[SmileyBoy]

33. THE VERVE PIPE.

Played some very good songs, IMO.

[usedtobesick]

56. The Freshman is still one of my favorite depressing songs!

[usedtobesick]

57. Jackel?

[Maestro]

67. I third that one. Good group

Brian Vander Ark, the lead singer for The Verve Pipe, has a solo album that is pretty good as well.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

34. Skunk Anansie

"Stoosh" was easily one of the best albums of the nineties and Skin's voice is just fucking awesome.

[GOPisEvil]

36. Mike Doughty's solo cd is pretty good, too.

It's called Haughty Melodic. If you haven't heard it, you should check it out.

[RandomKoolzip]

37. Oh man, there's so many.....

Lotion
The Wrens
Bettie Serveert
Shirk Circus
The Multiple Cat
The Hong Kong
Team Dresch
The Dambuilders
Chisel
The Shame Idols
Myracle Brah
Strapping Fieldhands
Starmarket
Soul-Junk
Shudder to Think (THEE underrated 90's band)
Brendan Benson
Jason Falkner
Zumpano
Dog Faced Hermans
Dismemberment Plan
The Mommyheads
The Chiansaw Kittens
Fastball ("You're an Ocean" is a forgotten classic)
High Llamas
New Rob Robbies
Scud Mountain Boys
Pond


and about 600 others I can't remember off the top of my head right now....

[enigmatic]

42. Pond/Scud Mountain Boys

I almost put both into my posts; Pnd's first record is a classic, while I like The Pernice Brothers CD's (and the Chappaquididick Skyline record), I still think the Scud Mountain Boys stuff is the best work Joe Pernice has ever done....

[Beware the Beast Man]

48. I loved Shudder to Think.

[Initech]

43. Faith No More

[swag]

46. Slant 6

[SmileyBoy]

50. Better Than Ezra

Flame away, but I liked them.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

51. The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre

[sendero]

53. My Bloody Valentine..

... and the whole sadly-defunct noise-pop movement :)

[usedtobesick]

54. Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Still love these guys!

[no name no slogan]

55. Swervedriver

The perfect union of shoegaze and noise-rock. Their 3rd full-length Ejector Seat Reservation is a guitar rock classic, but sadly never saw release in the US due to record company politics. :cry:




Honorable mention to Slowdive. Greatest shoegaze band ever (after My Bloody Valentine). And also to Kitchens of Distinction. They were doing dreampop before it even existed, and had an openly gay singer long before it was "cool".

[vikegirl]

58. Nitzer Ebb

Thet toured w/Depeche Mode on their For the Masses and Violator tours. Am I the only one who know who they are? :shrug:

[no name no slogan]

59. I always thought they were 80s

at least that's when I listened to them. I was quite into the electro-industrial stuff from 1988--1991.

[vikegirl]

60. you're probably right

late 80s-early 90s. All I know is that they broke up in '97 :cry:

[no name no slogan]

61. That counts as 90s

Everything post-Smiths breakup kind of blurs together. Maybe because I was in college from 87-91 and I wasn't sober that often.

[Maestro]

70. No. I loved them.

The programmer and guy behind the music has a new band called Maven based in LA. Douglas McCarthy has now teamed up with Terence Fixmer to form Fixmer/McCarthy. It's good material.

[shawmut]

62. Catherine Wheel n/t

[no name no slogan]

63. awesome band

Their first two records are classics.

[tuvor]

64. One Dove

Morning Dove White was their only album. Intense and dreamy at the same time.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003R4E/qid=1141007882/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-7715381-5584755?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

[HughBeaumont]

66. Here're mine -

Sleep
Burning Witch
Acid Bath
Godflesh
Grotus
Grunttruck
This Mortal Coil
Steel Pole Bathtub
Karp
Therapy?
Chemlab
Cop Shoot Cop
Lethargy
Meatjack

[mac56]

69. Fastball

nm