Comments on: The 90s Revival Started in 1998

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:03:44 +0000

Oh god, I can honestly say i would rather listen to Menswear than Acid fucking jazz.

Though not compared to say, the first three massive attack albums, obviously…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:42:02 +0000

Acid fucking Jazz.

By: The Daily Growl

The Daily Growl — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:33:59 +0000

I’m waiting for the ironic re-appraisal of Menswear and Gay Dad.

Also for me, the latter part of the 90s was all about BIG BEAT. A lot of that seems quite dated now. I can feel a blog post coming on…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:24:33 +0000

For which can be eternally grateful!

By: Graeme Anderson

Graeme Anderson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:53:09 +0000

…and nobody has mentioned the Spice Girls yet

By: China

China — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:27:27 +0000

You just reminded me of how much I miss Lush.

By: jc

jc — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:54:21 +0000

When the telly-folk do start taking the piss out of the 90s, they will do so by highlighting some naff acts like Menswear and one-hit gimmicky wonders like Flat Eric.

Most of those doing the reminicising will be London media whores who will wistfully remember the likes of Carter USM, Suede, Saint Etienne, Sleeper, Lush, Elastica, Gomez, and the Boo Radleys, all of who came and briefly conquered for a while.

Not forgetting a special programme all on its own devoted to Trainspotting…

You heard it here first.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:22:15 +0000

If there’s a proper Britpop revival I just hope that the new generation discovers the pure joy of The Popguns. I’ve been listening to them quite a lot lately and this is just the most criminally unrerrated band ever to walk the planet. “Because He Wanted To”? There is no good reason why this song was not the biggest hit of its generation. And the same goes for “Landslide,” “Waiting for the Winter,” “Bye Bye Baby”, etc.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:33:57 +0000

Yeah grunge was definitely a very definable sound that was hugely popular. It was also probably the first real movement in music that I got into at the time it was actually popular – a lot of the stuff I liked up to then was much older.

And I think you’re right that British guitar rock from the 90s didn’t seem to go way out of fashion in the way you’re talking about. After Britpop fizzled out the garage blues stuff from Detroit was big over here, and then the Strokes and the Libs hit, but we’re definitely back in a much more pop-friendly era at the moment. Most of the guitar bands emerging now aren’t anything like a ramshackle and basic as the deliberately low-fi stuff we were all into in about 2001 or so.

Bands like Portishead and Bjork are interesting because they were also very much of that time, although I couldn’t name exactly how I think they will be resurrected.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:31:30 +0000

China, interesting point about the Libertines. It’s fair to say that they did spearhead a new wave of British guitar rock, which had been deeply unfashionable circa 1998-2001 but now sees bands playing massive gigs here. Guess everything goes in cycles…

Edx