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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
I mean, nothing in the 90s is touching Nrivana. They are easily the best band of the 90s. Radiohead were the UK's best effort, Muse were incredible too in the early days. But the 90s was a great era for music... electronica came to maturity, indie was popular, pop was unpopular, there were some truly great bands of the 90s. I'm surprised you dis Portishead, I'm kinda guessing you didn't listen to it because that's not the kind of music people tend to hear and think "boy this is shit". It's the kind of music even old people like.
The thing with the 90's is that the bands that were shit were so shit that they spoil the average: Silverchair, Creed, Kid Rock, Limp Biscuit, Bloodhound Gang, Nickelback, and all of New Metal as a genre.
Growing up in the 90's I still like a lot of 90's bands that I realize are not very good, but music is better when you're young and I still remember them fondly.
There was also the musical equivalent to the so-bad-it's-good movie, which could only have gotten air time in the 90's... Gillette (Mr Personality, Short Dick Man), Kelis (Milkshake), as well as David Hasselhoff's entire music career.
Rock as a genre really took a nosedive in the 90's and I guess that's what people remember the most. You start with Metallica's Black Album marking a high point in 91, followed by a long slope of christian rock and white guys rapping until you end up with Limp Biscuit as the main and final act of Woodstock 99.
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