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re: I will argue that 311 best defines the 1990s more than Nirvana and grunge music
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:43 pm to mizzoukills
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:43 pm to mizzoukills
It's a good question and an interesting angle to take.
However, I think the same argument could be made for the RHCP, using your reasoning, and they were certainly overall more popular IMO.
However, I think the same argument could be made for the RHCP, using your reasoning, and they were certainly overall more popular IMO.
This post was edited on 10/6/15 at 2:52 pm
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Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:49 pm to DirklasDaDirk
Posted on 10/6/15 at 3:04 pm to mizzoukills
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Land of Confusion
eh I'd go It's the End of the World as more quintessential (although somewhat due to it being in Independence Day).. but then again the video for Land of Confusion creeped me out when I was 5
Posted on 10/6/15 at 3:06 pm to Jonas
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However, I think the same argument could be made for the RHCP, using your reasoning, and they were certainly overall more popular IMO.
RHCP is obviously more popular all time, and has a lot longer staying power than 311, but I think what the OP was saying is that 311 appealed more to and was more representative of the younger generation that grew up and partied in the 90s. RHCP is an all time great rock band, but the mid to late 90s was dominated by the rock/rap/reggae hybrid bands and 311 was arguably the most popular of that breed.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 3:35 pm to 632627
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late 90s was dominated by the rock/rap/reggae hybrid bands
Isnt this kind of what RHCP was? Maybe not to the extent of 311 and Sublime but they are pretty close. RHCP may be a bit light on the reggae side on the hybrid
Posted on 10/6/15 at 3:37 pm to 632627
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RHCP is an all time great rock band,
Mmmh, I´ve been hearing snippets of stuff lately, and they SURE don´t produce the same positive ´feels´in me, that they did in the 90s.
Some important components of their catalogue are beginning to sound dated (again, to me).
Posted on 10/6/15 at 3:39 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
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Phish is by far the most important and greatest band of the 90s
Posted on 10/6/15 at 3:45 pm to mizzoukills
I didn't go to HS/college in the 90s, but I will say I listened to mainstream rock from New Orleans to Dallas multiple times a year, and 311 wasn't even a blip on the radar. Hell, bands like Third Eye Blind, Matchbox Twenty, and Goo Goo Dolls were infinitely more exposed on the radio in the mid 90s and 311 doesn't even come close to touching the early or late 90s. Your rationale seems to be "a ton of drunk college parties I went to played 311, so they define a decade".
ETA: I don't know if you are from the mid-west during that time. I could imagine a band from Omaha being huge in the region when they finally hit big.
ETA: I don't know if you are from the mid-west during that time. I could imagine a band from Omaha being huge in the region when they finally hit big.
This post was edited on 10/6/15 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 10/6/15 at 3:53 pm to mizzoukills
Gross, but possibly true.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 4:06 pm to Menji
311 played to like 10,000 people in Carencro in 1995
Posted on 10/6/15 at 4:10 pm to mizzoukills
I loved 311 in Jr. High & High School. Wen't to multiple 311 Day concerts but after Don't Tread On Me came out it became hard for me to listen to them. I started to realize how cheezy and childish they are. I don't ever listen to them anymore. 311 isn't even in the same conversation with bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, & RHCP.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 4:26 pm to DirklasDaDirk
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Carencro
is this in Louisiana?
Posted on 10/6/15 at 4:32 pm to DirklasDaDirk
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eh I'd go It's the End of the World as more quintessential (although somewhat due to it being in Independence Day).. but then again the video for Land of Confusion creeped me out when I was 5
It's the video I'm talking about. Reagan with his finger on the red nuke button
This post was edited on 10/6/15 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 10/6/15 at 4:35 pm to 632627
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RHCP is obviously more popular all time, and has a lot longer staying power than 311, but I think what the OP was saying is that 311 appealed more to and was more representative of the younger generation that grew up and partied in the 90s. RHCP is an all time great rock band, but the mid to late 90s was dominated by the rock/rap/reggae hybrid bands and 311 was arguably the most popular of that breed.
Once again, RHCP was an 80s band that reinvented itself in the 1990s. Don't forget that RHCP released One Hot Minute with Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction) as guitarist to replace John Frusciante. That album was a commercial failure even though I think it's an excellent RHCP.
Point is that RHCPs were going thru some growing pains in the early 1990s and therefore do not represent the 1990s.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 4:36 pm to ShamelessPel
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I don't know if you are from the mid-west during that time. I could imagine a band from Omaha being huge in the region when they finally hit big.
311 was huge in the Midwest before 311 became mainstream. You're correct.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 4:43 pm to mizzoukills
They were pretty big in South LA before they were mainstream. I know lots of people that still listen to Music today that never bought an album after the self titled one. In a way it was similar to Metallicas black album.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 5:31 pm to mizzoukills
Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails were the best bands from the 90s
Posted on 10/6/15 at 5:55 pm to DirklasDaDirk
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311 played to like 10,000 people in Carencro in 1995
It was 97, I had just graduated high school. Down was a modest hit, they were just starting to get known at the time. I remember hearing about this show from friends. I don't think it was even promoted on the radio. It was some reggae festival I believe.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 7:19 pm to mizzoukills
One of the best bands mid 90s-early 2000s if you grew up then(kid to teen). Can't say it defined 90s music better than grunge. Seems a good bit hate on them but I guess if you don't appreciate their style of music, you won't like it.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:21 pm to AUtigerNOLA
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