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Asked at Massachusetts Street on December 7, 2009

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“Bush. It was alternative rock. It was the first CD I ever bought.”

— Tony Bonacci, photographer, Omaha, Neb.

“Bruce Springsteen, though I hated the ‘Tunnel of Love’ album. ”

— Luke Thompson, graduate student, New Haven, Conn.

“Jane’s Addiction … they pretty much shaped the music I listened to in the ’90s. I still have a crush on Perry Farrell.”

— Christina Johnson, hairstylist, Lawrence

“Waterdeep, a local band. I was hardcore in college … I spent a summer (in Wichita) helping them plan a festival.”

— Angie Dykshorn, photographer, New York City

Nineties nostalgia: Love for decade’s trashy TV, grunge style resonates in Lawrence

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punkrockmom 3 years, 5 months ago

Wow, Bush was that guy's first album? I was buying albums way before the 90s and he's probably my age. And Waterdeep? Hardcore what? You can like who you want, I don't care, but in that context, hardcore should be an adjective with a noun to describe. Usually if you are talking about music, hardcore does not make me think of anything like that.

I would have to pick Beastie Boys. IF I was forced to pick, that's what I'm saying now. It could be someone else in an hour. My favorite local band would probably be Stick followed by Paw. And, yes, I'm aware that none of these bands go with my screen name.

WereAllMonkeys 3 years, 5 months ago

Trip Shakespeare.

conservativepunker 3 years, 5 months ago

Cher UK

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years, 5 months ago

Kinda sorta maybe a 3 way tie between; The Divinyls, The Spice Girls, Kris Kross, and/or Hanson.

WereAllMonkeys 3 years, 5 months ago

Donnuts, I am pretty sure I have more recordings of Random Aztech than anyone else on the planet! I really need to convert them to digital form before the tapes turn to dust.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years, 5 months ago

I'm thinking UPS should have Hanson do a couple of cameo commercials...

3 boys with lady hair drawing stick figures on a whiteboard

zettapixel 3 years, 5 months ago

Belly! The Sundays were good too... and then it'd have to be Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

kansasfire911 3 years, 5 months ago

Yeah I would have to go with Nirvana. Anyone remember when 311 used to play the Bottleneck in the 90's before they got big. That was awesome.

punkrockmom 3 years, 5 months ago

Tenderloin was a little too naked too often for my tastes. Speaking of that though, Billygoat was also a favorite.

wacipimo 3 years, 5 months ago

Where did Nirvana play in Lawrence? Was it the Bottleneck? Did Kurt Cobain really visit William S. Burroughs at his house one Learnard ave?

Sagecasey 3 years, 5 months ago

TOB, is there a link to that story?

mom_of_three 3 years, 5 months ago

I don't remember bands in the 90's. Too old to care and too busy raising kids.

hujiko 3 years, 5 months ago

Radiohead

flux 3 years, 5 months ago

Alice in Chains

rosben 3 years, 5 months ago

Blind Melon. So underrated.

grammaddy 3 years, 5 months ago

BBD(Bell,Bivens, Devoe after New Edition broke up) No Doubt w/Gwen Stefani.

cleavageview 3 years, 5 months ago

I love Fishbone and was lucky enough to see them with Primus at an SUA sponsered event in the old ballroom. Best Halloween EVER! Nirvana played there just as Nevermind was hitting it big but they had also played the Outhouse on their earlier Bleach tour. Fugazi, Pixies, Camper Van Beethoven...they all rocked. Lawrence had the best shows in the 90's. Glad I got to be a part of it...

gphawk89 3 years, 5 months ago

Dream Theater

And like autie, I've never heard of (or at least never payed any attention to) most of the bands listed in the thread so far.

My favorite Lawrence shows (from the 80's) were LA Guns at the union and Metal Church at (I think) the Bottleneck.

wierpann 3 years, 5 months ago

Smashing Pumpkins...Siamese Dream was the first CD I ever bought. Excellent album.

readit 3 years, 5 months ago

Third Eye Blind and Pearl Jam

CWGOKU 3 years, 5 months ago

Mariah Carey. Now that the 90's are over, I wish she would drop the restraining order.

fabian_zimbabwe 3 years, 5 months ago

The Samples

acg 3 years, 5 months ago

Chili Peppers, hands down. I also used to love a little local band called Speed Dog Champion. I also loved the Beasties and oh yes, my Metallica phase, can't forget that. And the Bosstones! Ah, the list goes on...

meggers 3 years, 5 months ago

I'd have to pick the Dave Mathews Band, although I can think of several bands that were around prior to the ninety's, but gained more notoriety and a larger following during that time. Widespread Panic, The Flaming Lips, and Phish to name a few.

Celeste 3 years, 5 months ago

Radiohead, the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins and the Stone Roses. I don't think I could choose "just one" ;P

Jcjayhawk1 3 years, 5 months ago

Tool

Agnostick 3 years, 5 months ago

"Band from the '90s." To me, this seems to have a limiting factor, in that we're talking about bands that started or hit it big in the '90s, and didn't survive into the next decade.

Soundgarden started in the '80s, but didn't really hit it big until the next decade--and then suddenly, they disbanded. What they did put out during the '90s was really good music, in my opinion.

I guess I could also say No Doubt, since they've now become almost an afterthought for Gwen Stefani. They were supposed to release a new album this year, but it's been pushed back to early next year.

I've yet to see anyone mention Royal Crown Revue, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, or any of the other ensembles that pushed that brief, intense revival of swing music. That was a real flash in the pan, wasn't it? If nothing else, it got some folks to strip off their grunge-y flannel, revive their personal hygiene, and put on nice clothes for a night out.

--Ag

Mel Briscoe 3 years, 5 months ago

mint condition. i'm probably one of the only posters up in here who didn't think of a rock band.

fleeba 3 years, 5 months ago

It's a tie between Nirvana and Alice N Chains, for national bands.

I was lucky and got to see Nirvana at the Union, that was so cool, they were just barely popular at the time and a few weeks after they played here in Lawrence they exploded on the radio.

For local Lawrence Bands: Stick, Mu330 and Slackjaw where always my favorites..

Unix_Admin 3 years, 5 months ago

Kill Whitey was one of the best local acts.

lctchr1 3 years, 5 months ago

'vana. Hands down.

Jcjayhawk1 3 years, 5 months ago

2 pac lacked creativity

OzChicklet 3 years, 5 months ago

Buckethead

oscarfactor 3 years, 5 months ago

The Psychotic Pineapples.

Google it.

somedude20 3 years, 5 months ago

Just a few of the worst of the 90's: Limp Bizkit NSYNC Backstreet Boys NSync Blink 182 Metallica (they jumped the shark big time in the 90s) Korn!!!!!!!!!!!! All emo needs to go, really!!!

Some of the highlights of the 90's: Cranberries Sublime STP Beck Spoon Lemonheads Liz Phair

raerae 3 years, 5 months ago

I really like Blues Traveler. I could listen to them for days, although in the 90s, I was usually listening to World Music such as Agricantus, Tarkan, Alabina and Loreena McKennitt. I didn't care much for anything I heard on the radio.

snap_pop_no_crackle 3 years, 5 months ago

Mutant Fish (best band in the Fayetteville punk scene in the early 80s)

tubs_of_love 3 years, 5 months ago

Nirvana Mudhoney Pearl Jam Soundgarden Beck Chili Peppers

Agnostick 3 years, 5 months ago

Some names that haven't been mentioned, oddly enough...

Sarah McLachlan Jewel Shawn Colvin Paula Cole Joan Osbourne Fiona Apple Alanis Morissette

Agnostick 3 years, 5 months ago

The Lemonheads The Soup Dragons Cracker

parrothead8 3 years, 5 months ago

Agnostick and tubs_of_love already mentioned them, but I loved Soundgarden. Still do, actually. Me and my buddy Rube called them "angry rock".

We once spent a week together on the trail in Italy, and were about two hours outside of civilization (on foot) when we realized we'd packed the Walkman but no tapes. Soundgarden's "Badmotorfinger" album was in the Walkman, so that was the only album we listened to for a week. Never got tired of it.

Cappy 3 years, 5 months ago

XTC, Trip Shakespere, Soundgarden, Camper Van Beethoven.

Random Aztech, Kill Whitey, Dashboard Buddha, Tenderloin, Red Hammer, Ricky Dean Sinatra, Sin City Disciples. (Might be some '80's in there)

looza 3 years, 5 months ago

Collective Soul & Dave Matthews Band are my favorite bands of the 90's. Todays music blows! Rap is crap!

tangential_reasoners_anonymous 3 years, 5 months ago

Already noted... Camper and Cracker, Pixies, Radiohead.

Afghan Whigs, The Chameleons, The Fall, Wire(?).

Twilight Singers (conceived just before the turn of the century, favorite band of the new century).

( Neil Young, always. )

tangential_reasoners_anonymous 3 years, 5 months ago

Yes. Radiohead. Honestly.

And this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EbKDK9TExE

guppypunkhead 3 years, 5 months ago

Frogpond! Sublime, Blur, Weezer, Eels, Veruca Salt, Liz Phair, Cake, Ben Folds Five....

labmonkey 3 years, 5 months ago

NIN, Rammstein, NIrvana, Alice N Chains, Gun N Roses (their best song was made in the 90's...You Could be Mine), Tool, Cake, and Fiona Apple. My favorite band of all time is Metallica, but I am not a big fan of most of their 90's efforts.

As for regional bands, The Sound and the Fury, and Dudn't Matter.

Uhlrick_Hetfield_III 3 years, 5 months ago

Gov't Mule.

Bradford Hoopes 3 years, 5 months ago

Hmmm... maybe this counts because it has Dave Grohl on drums!

Them Crooked Vultures http://www.themcrookedvultures.com

Well, actually, they just released their first record. John Paul Jones on bass, Dave Grohl on drums and Josh Homme on guitar and vocals.

Rock Lives Again! Don't Delay!
Tell Your Friends!

BigPrune 3 years, 5 months ago

Sublime
here's a good cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcaDXY...

corduroypants 3 years, 5 months ago

Saw Pearl Jam with Urge Overkill in Wichita in '93. Probably the best show I've ever seen.

jonas_opines 3 years, 5 months ago

Metallica until their second album in the '90s. The Offspring, Reverend H. Heat, Soundgarden. I liked the Urge a lot too, thanks for bringing that up.

The top spot, though, as always, goes to Tool. Best band of this generation, hands down.

LoveThsLife 3 years, 5 months ago

Rage Against The Machine put on a good show....I really liked silverchair in the 90's....Tool was good...I used to listen to Deftones "Around the Fur" a lot... It's fun to see what everyone remembers...there are bands/artists listed here that I honestly have forgotten about.

I would like to include WTH? moments from the 90's too though... Does anyone remember when Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page teamed up? I randomly found the soundtrack with Puff Daddy's rendition of a Led Zeppelin song one day...eek.