# Great band, No hits of the 90s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838 "2001-10-06T22:33:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BuddhaDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@BuddhaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddhaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/41 "2001-10-09T23:50:16Z")
Tres Anastasion is in a band with Les Claypool (primus sucks) called Oysterhead. They dont have anything you can buy BUT you can download MP3’s if you know how to search for them. BTW they kick arse! ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/42 "2001-10-10T00:15:11Z")
I must say I’m shocked to not have seen **Fugazi** by now. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/43 "2001-10-10T01:14:58Z")
Damn, how did I forget this one? **Robyn Hitchcock** ---
**Author:** ![reveille](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@reveille](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reveille)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/44 "2001-10-10T12:41:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Just because you haven’t heard it on the radio, does that mean it isn’t so? I’ll repeat again, I’ve heard both “American Jesus” and “Twentieth Century Digital Boy” on the radio. no, just because i haven’t heard it, it doesn’t mean it isn’t so. but just because you’ve heard them on the radio, doesn’t make them “radio hits”. ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/45 "2001-10-10T12:48:34Z")
Dpends on your definition of a “hit”. I think if a song gets regular airplay for a short while it should be considered a hit. Minor or major is irrelevant to me. Consider that musical tastes can be regional. A band may recieve airplay in one market and not in another. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/46 "2001-10-10T13:01:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by frock75 \* > \*\*Dpends on your definition of a “hit”. I think if a song gets regular airplay for a short while it should be considered a hit. Minor or major is irrelevant to me. Consider that musical tastes can be regional. A band may recieve airplay in one market and not in another. \*\* In that case Tori Amos **definitely** doesn’t qualify…I’ve heard “Silent All These Years,” “Crucify,” “Cornflake Girl” and that one with the “God, sometimes you just don’t come through” line about a zillion and a half times each, all on the radio, all on pop stations, and all in Richmond Virginia where, if it ain’t popular, they ain’t playing it. (Like the run-on sentence?) ---
**Author:** ![TheOtherOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TheOtherOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOtherOne)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/47 "2001-10-10T16:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by BuddhaDog_ > Tres Anastasion is in a band with Les Claypool (primus sucks) called Oysterhead. > > They dont have anything you can buy BUT you can download MP3’s if you know how to search for them. Oysterhead has a CD out, I forgot the title. It’s really not too amazing, but they put on a hell of a show. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838/48 "2001-10-10T21:24:56Z")
OK, here’s one that definitely doesn’t hold true here in Canada where you can’t go _anywhere_ without hearing them but **The Tragically Hip** are woefully underexposed in the US. They’re a wonderful antidote to that **Barenaked Ladies** pap. Also, check out **Godspeed You Black Emporer!** an experimental orchestral spacerock outfit, **Tortoise** who tend towards abstract soundscapes, and **The Flaming Lips’** richly arranged modern psychadelica. I highly recommend their CD, **The Soft Bulletin**. Hodge [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-band-no-hits-of-the-90s/85838.md?page=2)