re: I will argue that 311 best defines the 1990s more than Nirvana and grunge music

Posted by JohnZeroQ

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 11:39 am to DirklasDaDirk

So obvious now

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 11:57 am to Powerman

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In retrospect, they were big but they weren't THAT big.

Define ´THAT´. As in Michael Jackson big? Madonna big?

They were pretty damned close....

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:20 pm to Powerman

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In retrospect, they were big but they weren't THAT big.

Hell yeah they were.

Posted by DirklasDaDirk

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:22 pm to RogerTheShrubber

Madonna doesn't get her own day in New Orleans.

This post was edited on 10/7/15 at 12:23 pm

Posted by RockAndRollDetective

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:22 pm to Dandy Lion

If you can measure "big" by completely changing the music industry in an extremely short period of time, I'd say Nirvana have a legit claim as the biggest band ever.

Honestly though, "big" doesn't mean jack shite. Britney Spears is big. Justin Beiber is big. Who cares? Just means there are a lot of people out there with horrendous taste in music.

Posted by Retrograde

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:41 pm to RockAndRollDetective

Best defines the 90s for me?

Stone Temple Pilots
Soundgarden
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers

and somewhere way down the list would be 311. Down and Love Song are the only songs that are still listenable to me today.

Posted by REG861

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:53 pm to HeadyBrosevelt

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311 is fricking horrible

dont act like you didnt have their CDs when you were a teenager

Posted by rondo

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:55 pm to mizzoukills

your terribleness has ventured into every board it seems

Posted by SystemsGo

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 11:17 pm to mizzoukills

I'm not saying 311 is the worst band I've ever heard, I'm simply saying they're in the conversation.

Posted by Sneaky__Sally

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Posted on 10/8/15 at 5:33 am to REG861

Hey bro Amber is the color of your energy

Posted by logjamming

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Posted on 10/8/15 at 6:18 am to mizzoukills

I'd argue that you're trolling.

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Posted by mizzoukills

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Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:18 am to logjamming

quote:
I'd argue that you're trolling.

How so?

Posted by AlxTgr

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Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:21 am to logjamming

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I'd argue that you're trolling.

Have you read his other threads? When is he not?

Posted by Mike Gordon

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Posted on 10/8/15 at 5:15 pm to AlxTgr

Rolling Stone magazine says it's Phish.
"Given their sense of community, their ambition and their challenging, generous performances, Phish have become the most important band of the Nineties."

Deetz

Posted by Spaulding Smails

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Posted on 10/11/15 at 10:39 am to UPT

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Holy frick that band sucked

quote:
UPT

Wait...aren't you a Panic fan?

This post was edited on 10/11/15 at 10:40 am

Posted by 14&Counting

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Posted on 10/11/15 at 1:06 pm to Freauxzen

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If it's not Nirvana, it's REM.

He said 90's not the 80's baw

Posted by PiscesTiger

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Posted on 10/11/15 at 3:38 pm to mizzoukills

The AVERAGE person did not discover 311 until their 3rd album and the summer of 1996. How do they define the 90's when most people not addicted to college radio and not from Omaha had no idea who they even were. You might as well argue that Fiona Apple set the standards.