I can't forget these forgettable 90s alt rock bands

[Hal Jordan]

was about to post refreshments - banditos but that bad boy has WELL OVER 1 million views.

[WeirdJungle]

During the same era described on the previous page I habitually stole promo CDs from issues of Melody Maker at the UIUC music library, which were mostly full of awful flavor-of-the-week UK alt bands. this is one that really embedded itself in my mind for some reason:

[doublethink0]

for this thread like spacehog and our lady peace but idk if many ppl knew of this song, felt like it could have been a local radio hit as well?


been trying to find a vintage poe shirt for awhile now but so far nothin

probably for the trip hop threads but who cares

[Hal Jordan]

this song is still great, surprised it's only at about 500k views



though the strings in the production kinda gives me googoo dolls dated vibes

[hadlex]

this song is still great, surprised it's only at about 500k views



though the strings in the production kinda gives me googoo dolls dated vibes

Mighty Joe Moon is one of my favorite albums. Great band.

[worrywort]

the self song "cannon" was played a lot on my local radio but idk if it was played anywhere else, wish it had a music video

it does!


one funny thing about Self is that they were caught in that period when mp3-sharing was blowing up but before Weezer's green album came out, when every mp3 that vaguely sounded like Weezer was labeled as such, as if they had a secret album they were holding out on all their fans.

[jack]

[came to wreck]

thanks worrywort for the cannon video!

that racing stripe jacket the singer is wearing in the dandelions video was worn by so many 90s alt frontmen lol

[internethandle]

holy shit

[saranclaps]

this song is still great, surprised it's only at about 500k views



though the strings in the production kinda gives me googoo dolls dated vibes

Huh. This sounds like Aimee Mann Save Me. Also, this seems to be a cut above everything else in here?

[Eyeball Kid]

Grant Lee Buffalo's frontman Grant-Lee Phillips is probably best known as the wandering troubadour who occasionally pops up in Gilmore Girls