90s rock bands no one cares about; pick one

Well, Nickelback is definitely a "00s" feeling.

Since I grew up in AZ in remember the Gin Blossoms less as a two-or-three hit alt.wonder than as part of the Desert Rock scene. As xhuxk said it was jangle-rock but mixed with Crazy Horse style guitars. I think I saw them play with the Meat Puppets and the Sidewinders/Sandrubies and there wasn't a lot of difference in the bands' sounds.

had no idea vertical horizon was from the 90s. ummm i liked "hey jealousy" so i'm voting for gin blossoms.

gin blossoms are total classic, rest are pretty bad

I like 'closing time' tho

i always liked this semisonic song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1BHPX0Vwto

actually once the drums kick in its p rockin

man this shit is kinda hard

voted semisonic

^^^minnesotans stick together

collective soul had the best singles. gin blossoms had the best LP (educated guess).

^^^minnesotans stick together

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'ND ALL YOUR WEIGHT, IT FALLS ON ME-EE, IT BRINGS MEH DOWN

collective soul's soft pop radio chartbusters will haunt me forever in a bad way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPvQY9LMnZ4

I feel really wrong voting for any of these, even Semisonic who are probably the least offensive.

Practically a Hall of Fame for my old fanzine--I of course shed a tear for Sister Hazel, Blues Traveler, and Matchbox 20 (and about 50 others). The Gin Blossoms are just slightly too credible, so Semisonic.

Sister Hazel

kill me

You just can't turn and walk away.

Voted Gin Blossoms since they could've been a poor man's Soul Asylum or watered down Smithereens if they had stuck to their roots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OurHnqWp0

where is silverchair, authors of the most lyrically genius song of the 90s

Voted Gin Blossoms since they could've been a poor man's Soul Asylum or watered down Smithereens if they had stuck to their roots.

yeah, in fact i always kinda assumed hey jealousy was a soul asylum or a (er, SORRY, THEY ARE ONE OF THOSE CANONICAL-ISH BANDS I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY REALLY LISTENED TO!) replacements song until i learned probably from reading it via ilm who done sung it

I'm a fan, but it's easy to notice that seemingly every band that's ever claimed to have been influenced by the Mats and has made it big has only ever listened to Don't Tell A Soul.

gin blossoms obv

collective soul had the best singles.

Huh?

Gin Blossoms are obviously going to win this since they're not nearly as hated as some may suspect.

Besides them, I never really got why people hate Marcy Playground so much.. although I'm guessing in the majority of cases they're being entirely judged by 1 song.

if they had stuck to their roots.

aka if that dude didn't kill himself

yeah dude was all about being alive then he sold out imo

That Sex and Candy song brings back memories of some very dark times.

i bet soul collective is secretly living large off of those royalties. those singles still get played on dentist's office radio stations. i'm sure they invested their money intelligently and cautiously too, they just seem like that kind of band.

They refer to music as "the music biz."

btw i hate this poll for reminding me of that terrible year where we had to watch the ENTIRE video for 3 Doors Down's "Citizen Soldier" before every movie at the theatre.

soul asylum made a lot of money when they sold their company, Frustrated Inc.

they made misery, iirc

btw i hate this poll for reminding me of that terrible year where we had to watch the ENTIRE video for 3 Doors Down's "Citizen Soldier" before every movie at the theatre.
ugh holy shit this was the worst thing ever.

i would argue that silverchair's true lyrical masterpiece is 'pure massacre.'

Semisonic's "All About Chemistry" album is straight up great new wavey power pop, and I suspect that not many people in this thread know it. Maybe I'm wrong, but it sure makes the premise seem dumb. Drummer's book is pretty good too. I am not from, and do not live in, Minnesota.

then again i'm going to have to cut them some slack b/c they were like thirteen or whatev

xp

Gin Blossoms. They don't belong in this list.

Seven Mary Three were douches in their college days and douches when they left. Cumbersome fucking douches.

I hate the Gin Blossoms. Watered down version of actually good music.

So, I guess, Semisonic? I don't hate "Closing Time".

And I can't find a video on youtube, but Semisonic's "Wishing Well" from an early EP is a pretty jaw-dropping prog track that starts off sort of like Dream On, then goes into vintage Queen territory. I'm surprised it doesn't get referenced more. Possibly the best thing they ever did.

look if you have beef with the list, take it up with Alex in NYC

I only report on what is written

It's weird accusing Gin Blossoms of ignoring their "roots," especially since (a) they were good at what they recorded (b) minor bands don't get to be churlish about roots (or maybe they do; that's what makes them minor).

Everclear belongs here way more than G.Bloss

About 10 years back, I got involved in a 30 minute make out session to this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjfpyiyVQ00

Everclear smokes everything on this list.

Lifehouse?

Everclear smokes everything on this list.

I will never understand what people like about Everclear.

Now here's a review of recent show taking place in one of the outer circles of Hell:

http://connected-i.com/2011/07/02/art-alexakis-canyon-music-review/

with the exception of "Santa Monica" .. their one decent single

Art Alexakis is a tiger hoping he doesn’t maul the crowd. Formidable and dangerous. He teases, plays, and at times, even insults them. And it only leaves these 20- , 30- and 40- somethings wanting more.

Art Alexakis balances incredible musical gifts with a damaged human edge that makes us all look deeper into our souls. While we raise our aims, sway back and forth, and thank him for the messages of both hope and despair that he shares.

Wait, all but one did totally suck. The one that didn't was actually pretty OK.

You know who are on the sndtrk though (apparently)? The Gin Blossoms. It all comes full circle.

yes!

little known fact about the movie Empire Records: it really fucking sucks

that not so little-known bsj

Oh yeah its a horrible, horrible movie but that doesn't mean I won't watch it every time I come across it on cable.

I don't think there's any one who doesn't know yr little fun fact there bsj. You can still love things that really fucking suck.

Especially if you're young and have a big crush on Ethan Embry (sub Tyler, RZ etc.) at the time said movie comes out.

i know i know.. wasnt tryin to kill anyones buzz, sorry

ENBB OTM re: crushes. But Tyler's mismatched underwear on the day she knew (and put tons of prep into) she was gonna seduce Rex Manning always bugged me.

OH REXY YOU'RE SO SEXY

omg

I had forgotten about a lot of this movie.

Although on my bus home the other night the Charles looked really pretty and there were some crew teams rowing and it reminded me of something someone said in ER about Harvard being where guys row boats and eat ivy or something like that.

... who told

lol

My favorite was in college we played a prank on this older guy (mid-40s) in our design studio who kept trying to be "hip" and keep up with bands we were listening to. Anyway, we spent about a month talking up this Rex Manning and how amazing he was. Finally this dude begged us to dub him a tape of Rex Manning to hear what the fuss was about. I spent two nights crafting a tape full of excised Dead bootleg and Sonic Youth guitar solos. Kinda wishing I still had that tape, tbh.

lol

School of Fish to thread.

Haha, oh man, "Three Strange Days," right?

You know who are on the sndtrk though (apparently)? The Gin Blossoms. It all comes full circle.

Yeah, that tune was co-written with Marshall Crenshaw and it's A+++++.

otm

How about Nixons? My Head? Reacharound? I could go for days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZUfZnbfCMk&ob=av2e

we're done talking about Empire Records?! :(

I wanted to talk about my Rory Cochrane TS: Lucas vs. Slater from Dazed and Confused

I like My Head but bands no one has heard of is different from bands no one cares about.

How'd Better Than Ezra escape mention? I guess no one truly cares about them...

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

Better Than Ezra = another band who had two songs I liked

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/21/showbiz/three-doors-down-bassist-charged/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130421043742-three-doors-down-todd-harrell-story-top.jpg

CNN) -- Police have charged the bassist of the rock band 3 Doors Down with vehicular homicide after they said his speeding car clipped a pickup truck, sending it down an embankment and killing the driver.

If there was a church of douches that picture would be in stained glass.

When did the whole fedora on rockers thing start up? Is it some leftover from late 90s ska culture or something?

Yeah, I think that's where they picked it up.

King’s X!

wow, three doors down guy got two years in prison for that car wreck. if he served all his time he should be out right about now.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/18/ex-3-doors-down-bassist-gets-prison-deadly-crash/77284292/