Topic: Track suggestions for a '90s "modern rock" mix (Read 10251 times)

Not An Addict · « **on:** 25 Jun 2005, 18:14 »

Since I remember only the latter half of that decade, and fuzzily at best, I'm looking for some song suggestions for a mix of modern rock/alternative tracks from the '90s. Nothing too obscure, but nothing too overplayed, either. Just throw me some track names.

Here's what I have so far, so you can get an idea of the kind of theme I'm going for:

Fait Accompli - Curve
Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter
The Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Common People - Pulp
Connection - Elastica
Girls and Boys - Blur
Angry Johnny - Poe
6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
#1 Crush - Garbage
Not an Addict - K's Choice
Never Said - Liz Phair
Linger - the Cranberries

KharBevNor · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 18:35 »

I would make suggestions, but my idea of 'decent rock from the late 90's' includes tracks like 'Wolverine Blues' by Entombed.

bucky_2300 · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 19:28 »

Quote from: Not An Addict

Fait Accompli - Curve
Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter
The Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Common People - Pulp
Connection - Elastica
Girls and Boys - Blur
Angry Johnny - Poe
6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
#1 Crush - Garbage
Not an Addict - K's Choice
Never Said - Liz Phair
Linger - the Cranberries

L7 - Pretend We're Dead
STP - Plush

All I can think of.

Merkava · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 20:52 »

Where's the Fugazi, yo?

esacetaminophen · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 21:36 »

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Weezer - Say it Ain't So

other stuff

Johnny C · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 21:46 »

Oh my GOD you need "Undone (The Sweater Song)" like nobody's business.

godbowstomath · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 21:51 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

I would make suggestions, but my idea of 'decent rock from the late 90's' includes tracks like 'Wolverine Blues' by Entombed.

WOW MAN, YOU'RE PRETTY FUCKIN METAL!

Signum_Tenebrae · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 22:13 »

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Quote from: KharBevNor
I would make suggestions, but my idea of 'decent rock from the late 90's' includes tracks like 'Wolverine Blues' by Entombed.

WOW MAN, YOU'RE PRETTY FUCKIN METAL!

You're goddamn right he is! Now move along before he cuts your face off with his battle-axe!

Husker B. · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Jun 2005, 22:22 »

Monster Magnet "Negasonic Teenage Warhead"
Tool "Sober"
Soul Asylum "Somebody to Shove"
Counting Crows "Einstein on the Beach"
NIN "Head Like a Hole"
Alanis Moressette "You Oughta Know"
Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song" (the version off the "Dudes" Soundtrack...I know it's late 80's but they were the Harbinger of the 90's)
Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"
Screaming Trees "Nearly Lost You"

Miroku · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 01:52 »

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NIN "Head Like a Hole"

thats a late 80's song dude

KharBevNor · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 03:15 »

Quote from: godbowstomath

WOW MAN, YOU'RE PRETTY FUCKIN METAL!

I dunno, most late Entombed is really just rock with raspy vocals. Hell, they put 'To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth' on the soundtrack to a Tony Hawks game. If I was truly metal, I'd be spitting on them for selling out, but actually I think 'Inferno' and 'Sons of Satan Praise the Lord' fucking rock, so a poser I am.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 08:33 »

Well you need a little shoegazer I think:

My Bloody Valentine - Loomer
Slowdive - Machine Gun

Kai · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 09:15 »

Primus - Is it Luck/Frizzle Fry/Here Come the Bastards.

Just because Primus rules all of your bands.

Husker B. · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 09:15 »

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NIN "Head Like a Hole"
thats a late 80's song dude

Pretty Hate Machine was released the 3rd Week of November 1989...So Yes, it is a "Late 80's song" by about 45 days...but since it got virtually ZERO airplay for nearly a year after its inital release, I suppose calling it a 90's song really is a HUGE FREAKIN' STRETCH....

Not An Addict · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 09:44 »

Actually, I'd consider HLAH an '80s song, too.

As for My Bloody Valentine, I've always kinda liked "When You Sleep".

saturnine1979 · « **Reply #15 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 11:24 »

I think that "1979" is an excellent choice.

Let's be obvious, shall we?

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Pearl Jam - Daughter
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Bjork - Human Behavior
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Beck - Loser
Live - Selling The Drama
Weezer - Say It Ain't So
No Doubt - Spiderwebs
Oasis - Wonderwall
Radiohead - Creep (or Just)
Cake - The Distance
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Modest Mouse - Tundra/Desert
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Everclear - I Will Buy You A New Life
Foo Fighters - Hero
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize

Husker B. · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 16:04 »

Quote from: Not An Addict

Actually, I'd consider HLAH an '80s song, too.

That's crazy talk there

I couldn't possibly disagree more...You'd have a better chance of convincing me that Ashlee Simpson was classic rock than in getting me to consider an album that set up a wave of gothic-influenced industrial sounds that lasted throughtout the 1990's that was released 45 DAYS BEFORE THE "90's" STARTED an "80's" album....

NIN is so much more relevent to the early 90's than the late 80's when the last trickles from the hair bands were seeping out. Pretty Hate Machine was released at the very end of '89, and it was completely different than anything else that was going on at the time. It was the harbinger of the new rather than a look back at what was passing.

Honestly, I see the idea of calling PHM an 80's album as about the same as calling the Beatles a 70's band because that was when "Hey Jude" was released, and ignoring everything relevant about them from the 60's...

KharBevNor · « **Reply #17 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 16:09 »

But we're overlooking the fact that all that stuff it spawned was shit.

The 80's rapes the 90's in many ways for the music scene, especially in the mainstream.

Johnny C · « **Reply #18 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 17:22 »

There is no way that a decade in which Poison was not only mainstream but well-liked can be better in terms of mainstream music than any decade.

saturnine1979 · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 17:59 »

Careful Johhny C., the 90's produced crap far worse than that of the mega-shit that is Poison.

The words "Boy Bands" mean anything to you?
How bout C&C Music Factory?
Vanilla Ice?

Case closed.
There's shitty music in EVERY decade.

Johnny C · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 Jun 2005, 18:15 »

Oh shit I forgot about C&C Music Factory. You win this round.

But "Ninja Rap" was fuckin' awesome, man.

Schmung · « **Reply #21 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 09:45 »

You need some Faith No More, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and the like in there methinks.

Not An Addict · « **Reply #22 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 09:53 »

Quote from: Husker B

Honestly, I see the idea of calling PHM an 80's album as about the same as calling the Beatles a 70's band because that was when "Hey Jude" was released, and ignoring everything relevant about them from the 60's...

If it was released in the '80s, it's an '80s album. "But--" No. Really. Release date: 1989. It's '80s.

Remember, I'm just talking about Pretty Hate Machine here, not Nine Inch Nails in general. I would consider NIN more of a '90s band, for obvious reasons, but when speaking of specific tracks and albums, it's irrelevant. (Which is why your Beatles comparison doesn't apply, because I never said NIN were an "80's band".)

It's all a bunch of anal-retentive wankery, but that's what decade-specific mixes are for.

Mnementh · « **Reply #23 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 10:37 »

Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Wilco - Outta Sight Outta Mind
Drill - Innuendo
Lush - Lady Killer
The Refreshments - Banditos
The Eels - Novacaine for the Soul
Gravity Kills - Guilty
Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole
Faith No More - Epic
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (1990 suckers)
Temple of the Dog - Hungry Strike
Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
Forest For the Trees - Dream
Primative Radio Gods - Standing Outside a broken phone booth yada yada
STP - Vasoline/Plush
Beck - Loser
Butthole Surfer - Pepper
I have a huge list at home that I'll share this evening

KharBevNor · « **Reply #24 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 10:45 »

What the hell is wrong with Poison??

Mnementh · « **Reply #25 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 11:00 »

Khar and I agree on something musically!

What the hell is wrong with Poison?

sp2 · « **Reply #26 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 11:05 »

Quote from: Husker B.

Monster Magnet "Negasonic Teenage Warhead"

Ohmygodfuckyes. I mean. Umm. Yeah. Monster Magnet. Yeah. I mean.

Shut up shut up shut up. Everyone's allowed guilty pleasures. I am not ashamed of liking Dopes to Affinity, although I am sort of ashamed of owning Monolithic Baby.

Dave Wyndorf = the best thing that came out of taking too much mushrooms and reading bad sci-fi.

sp2 · « **Reply #27 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 11:07 »

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Alice in Chains - Ava Adore

You sure you don't mean Smashing Pumpkins?

Mnementh · « **Reply #28 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 11:12 »

Damn you! (yes, brain fart)

ElRodente · « **Reply #29 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 12:39 »

stick some early silverchair in

frogstomp is '95

Not An Addict · « **Reply #30 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 13:22 »

Quote

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (1990 suckers)

Actually, the single was released in '89.

I know, I know. Anal.

Johnny C · « **Reply #31 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 13:59 »

Quote from: Mnementh & Khar

What the hell is wrong with Poison?

C.C. DeVille.

Mikintosh · « **Reply #32 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 14:01 »

The Smashing Pumpkin - The End is the Beginning is the End
Weezer - The Good Life

Husker B. · « **Reply #33 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 16:03 »

Quote from: Not An Addict

Quote from: Husker B
Honestly, I see the idea of calling PHM an 80's album as about the same as calling the Beatles a 70's band because that was when "Hey Jude" was released, and ignoring everything relevant about them from the 60's...

If it was released in the '80s, it's an '80s album. "But--" No. Really. Release date: 1989. It's '80s.

Remember, I'm just talking about Pretty Hate Machine here, not Nine Inch Nails in general. I would consider NIN more of a '90s band, for obvious reasons, but when speaking of specific tracks and albums, it's irrelevant. (Which is why your Beatles comparison doesn't apply, because I never said NIN were an "80's band".)

It's all a bunch of anal-retentive wankery, but that's what decade-specific mixes are for.

Um...yeah...But seriously..Pretty Hate Machine Sold like 3,000 copies in the 80's...and like 3 million in the 90's...Using the exact calander date of release as opposed to the time of importance is just dopey...but each of these wasted keystrokes brings me one step closer to carpal tunnel surgery, so I'll just end this here and ponder the pointlessness of using logic on the internet...

thehoopiestfrood · « **Reply #34 on:** 27 Jun 2005, 17:49 »

Radiohead - Just
Muse - Muscle Museum (or Unintended, or Sunburn)
Pulp - Mis-shapes
Manic Street Preachers - Design for Life (Or Life Becoming A Landslide)

Psiogen · « **Reply #35 on:** 28 Jun 2005, 02:57 »

Dismemberment Plan - "Back & Forth"
XTC - "Easter Theatre"
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - "Ounce of Prevention"
TMBG - "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
Super Furry Animals - "Do or Die"
Martin Newell - "The Jangling Man"
Pavement - "In the Mouth a Desert"

sp2 · « **Reply #36 on:** 28 Jun 2005, 09:08 »

At the Drive In - Napoleon Solo
Cake - Friend is a Four Letter Word
Jawbreaker - Ashtray Monument/Condition Oakland (yeah, so it's a little punk, big deal)

If you want something by Nirvana, you should go with Aneurysm. Not overplayed, but still just as good as any of the singles.

If you want anything by Soundgarden, the singles are all obvious (Spoonman, Fell on Black Days, Black-Hole Sun, Outshined, and Pretty Noose) but also, there are a bunch of other good songs on Superunknown (specifically Mailman, Limo Wreck, 4th of July).

Hope that helps.

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #37 on:** 28 Jun 2005, 16:51 »

Toadies-Possum Kingdom
Spin Doctors-Two Princes
aw man I think I like more BAD 90's music than good music.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #38 on:** 29 Jun 2005, 05:16 »

Marilyn Manson - Cake and Sodomy

No, seriously. Good track.

crazybritishsteve · « **Reply #39 on:** 29 Jun 2005, 05:21 »

Feeder - High

That's my soundtrack for the 90's, right there.

Not An Addict · « **Reply #40 on:** 29 Jun 2005, 13:54 »

Wow, lots of suggestions. I'll have to make another one of these.

heretic · « **Reply #41 on:** 29 Jun 2005, 14:04 »

WOAH!
definitive-must-be-on-there track.
Lump- Presidents of the united states of america (or Peaches)

Gryff · « **Reply #42 on:** 29 Jun 2005, 16:20 »

A few that you may have overlooked:

Pavement - Cut Your Hair
The Breeders - Cannonball
Afghan Whigs - Debonair

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Author Topic: Track suggestions for a '90s "modern rock" mix (Read 10251 times)

Not An Addict

Merkava

esacetaminophen

godbowstomath

Signum_Tenebrae

Husker B.

Praeserpium Machinarum

Husker B.

Not An Addict

saturnine1979

Husker B.

saturnine1979

Schmung

Not An Addict

Mnementh

Mnementh

sp2

sp2

Mnementh

Not An Addict

Husker B.

thehoopiestfrood

Psiogen

sp2

crazybritishsteve

Not An Addict

heretic