1:00 in, see what grungers really think

for some unfathomable reason, we as a society, after putting up with years and years of disco, gave in to a decade of bands made popular more by appearance than music. hair bands had very little to offer in terms of sound, despite totally nailing infeminite sex appeal and proving once and for all that women really just want to love another woman.

suddenly, around christmas of 1991, an album unexpectedly sold like a gajillion copies, even though the band looked like they rolled out of bed every minute of the day.

some people love kurt cobain and nirvana, some despise them, but no one can deny nevermind made record companies for a brief moment realize that people will actually spend money on quality music. they opened the door to the entire seattle music movement. what followed was a brief couple of years when seriously good bands got a hell of a lot of air play.

usually when a band makes it big, record companies sign a bunch of similar and really crappy bands. somehow, during this period, those knock off bands were actually good. ever heard of stone temple pilots? red hot chili peppers? the smashing pumpkins? weezer? these are all bands whose popularity came on the heels of nevermind, and whose music still rocks ass. then somehow between 1995 and 1996, music sucked again. i don’t get it, but it happened.

here’s a theory: silverchair’s frogstomp was released june 20, 1995. coincidence?