Underrated bands from the 90's.

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Quench said:
Red House Painters
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Built To Spill
Shellac
Eels
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Just been recently listening to alot of Red House painters albums, very good indeed. Liked them at the time but seem better with age.

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Mansun...
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Always rember hearing "attack of the grey lantern" on a listening post in hmv. Listened to the whole album from start to finish after not knowing what to expect. Blown away by how good it was, still an absolute classic.

In no particular order

Mazzy star,
Galaxy 500,
Lush(early years),
Bettie serveert,
Sebadoh,
Gallon Drunk,
Stereo lab.
 
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The more I think about it, the more I realise the 90's was the end of bands. Between the 60's and 90's, bands dominated music. There have been many bands since but the top 40 consisted of groups and bands and solo artists. Now it's all DJ's and rappers.
Also the money in the industry started to disappear in the 90s. Internet piracy being the main culprit.
 
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gards2 said:
The more I think about it, the more I realise the 90's was the end of bands. Between the 60's and 90's, bands dominated music. There have been many bands since but the top 40 consisted of groups and bands and solo artists. Now it's all DJ's and rappers.
Also the money in the industry started to disappear in the 90s. Internet piracy being the main culprit.
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I agreed with you right up until you said Internet piracy. I disagree that it has had anything at all to do with the decline of music. I use myself as an example - I download fuckloads of "free" music to try it out, but if I like it I go back online and buy the CD so that the artists that "deserve" my money actually receive my money.

The main "culprits" in my opinion have been twofold: 1: the major labels for their monopoly of the airwaves, gradual dumbing down of their output for increased income (style over substance), and subsequent complacency over their position, allowing this deterioration to go on for so long without them making any attempt to stop it, and 2: the affordability of recording technology, allowing more people to create music in their bedrooms that they otherwise wouldn't have had a chance to make on their own. Who needs a band or to spend years honing your songwriting/performing craft to empty pubs in gigs that cost you more money to play than you get in return, when you can just sit at home and make your songs yourself in your bedroom?

I once had a massive argument with producer Stephen Street about this. Unsurprisingly he was of the opinion that those nasty Internet pirates were to blame for it being harder for him to make his money than it used to be, and didn't like it when I suggested that it was primarily the major labels' fault for signing shit artist after shit artist and hiding their shitness behind expensive production and clothing for so many years rather than signing more talented but less commercial artists and allowing them to develop their skills over a multi-album deal.
 
Carter USM seem to have been airbrushed out of music history. You would think whenever you read/ watch anything about the 90's Nirvana saved us from poodle rock then britpop saved us from American shite.
There was some great music early 90's. Carter were massive looking back, number 1 album (when it meant something) headlining festivals, t-shirts everywhere, beating up Philip Schofield. Never get mentioned these days.
 
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