Favorite 90s Bands

[weirdo0521]

Maybe I should give a shout out to local boys Darius, Mark, Soni, and Dean, that's right kids, Hootie and the Blowfish. They sold a few CDs in the '90s, and if they hadn't gotten so big they might not have faded so fast. I know a lot of people will come down on Hootie, but all I ask is that before you knock them, you go ahead and hide your copy of Cracked Rearview. Say what you will, but they stayed on the charts for several years with the same album, and everyone I know loved them at one point.

I worked with a guy who went to UNC..he was always talking about the bands he used to see at school..Dillon Fence, Hootie.a few others...he takes me to see Hootie in the fall of 94. I think "Cracked" had just come out. I remeber thinking, theses guys are pretty good.they might sell a few albums....about 6 months later they were everywhere.....and my friend Dave must of told the story how Hootie played at his frat house when he was a freshman to everyone he met......

[weirdo0521]

To bad to hear of yet another person that isn't willing to look beyond what commerical radio has to offer when it comes to seeking out good music.

In all honesty, I gave up on looking to radio for good music some time ago, stupid Clear Channel. Every now and then I catch something on XM that gets my attention, but I just don't have the time to seek out the good stuff these days, and I really hate that about the modern music industry. I think we're starting to see a backlash as local radio stations with less format structure and no corporate playlist mandates are popping up again and online stores, like iTunes, are contually expanding their indepent label partnerships. Who knows, in the next 10 years we could see the big record companies implode as the real talent flocks to the smaller more interesting labels. Wouldn't that be something?

I hope so.........

[a1aara]

Todd Snider
Tim Easton
Bobby Bare Jr.
Tommy Womack
Will Kimbrough
the Bisquits
Paul Westerburg
Whiskeytown
Uncle Tuplelo
Son Volt
Wilco
Steve Poltz/Rugburns
Jewel
Iguanas

[diamonddan]

I've seen Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band's love (not together) and thought they were as good as any show I've ever seen - And I was not a hhuge fan before I attended.