i was never totally into the grunge but garbage,cranberries and gin blossoms … green day offspring nofx,
But Bad religion still holds up …
I’m not objective as a super fan, and it’s arguable how rock she is, but Tori Amos stands the test of time. The first four albums (Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink, Boys for Pele, From the Choirgirl Hotel) still make have a rainbow of feelings. I air piano along, I sing, I dance, I lose myself in them.
I still like to hear “No Rain” on occasion. If they’ve got any other songs I don’t know them.
What does it say about how well a band has stood the test of time, if the thing most people remember them for is the little girl dressed like a bee in their video?
Everyone always ignores Y Kant Tori Read. With good reason, I think…
I’ve been making gifs for a different forum because the gif host had so few Tori ones and I did The Big Picture last night and I have been singing it ever since and laughing. It is the absolute worst. But technically it was A Band in the 80s, so I give it a pass when considering her a Solo Act in the 90s. (and excepting Scarlet’s Walk, everything after the change of the century is nearly YKTR in quality in at least parts.)
Three Day Stubble?
Bob Log?
The Advantage?
Canned Ham 
Nah, I wouldn’t call any of that grunge, especially NOFX.
I always liked Spiritualized for some laid back tunes mixed some energy and I kind of had in my head they broke up after Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space. I have their first albums and songs on a regular playlist it just didn’t occur to me to see what they had been up to. Based on this thread I went and checked them out and it turns out Jason Pierce has made 5 more albums since.
I worked through them and was disappointed as the same songs / melodies keep reoccurring, so I guess they stood the test of time my remaking 3 great albums over and over .
Electricity off of L&GWAFIS and Good Times off of Pure Phase are probably good contenters for the Motivational songs thread.
Tones of Home and Drive off the same album are really good, although I think the whole album is great so ki d of biased.
Wow, I haven’t heard or thought about “Tones of Home” for decades now. I remember buying that Blind Melon album at a Coconuts music store based simply on the cover art. I had not see the video or anything, but Coconuts was hyping up the album with displays at the store, and I bought it on a whim, completely unheard, no knowledge of the band or any of their songs (I don’t think “No Rain”) was getting any play on the radio yet.
It was a reasonable album, but the music didn’t quite resonate with me back then. I should probably give it another spin and see what I think now.
Hehehe, I’m pretty sure that blues punk dance party will never go out of style. Ok, maybe if people stop drinking beer - then it might.
I think his previous band that broke up in the 90’s (come back and play that beer box and film reel, Thermos!) still holds up, too. Turns out really noisy, crazily frenetic country blues holds up real well.
The dearly departed, Doo Rag:
Bob Log III?
Who’s II?
Slint’s Spiderland will last fuh-evaaaaa…
I was just putting a playlist together for a road trip ( taking daughter over to Flagstaf for a recon of NAU which she starts in Aug7st so daughter dad road trip with alternating playlists*)
Anyway turned up Buffalo Tom when trawling amazon, I remember I used to have Big red letter day and Let me come over on regular rotation, and just listening again excellent road trip music
And I know you didn’t ask but its Houston to Albuquerque for a stop over , then to flagsatff via meteor crater, a day or so in Flagsatff then two days back, still haven’t decided on what to checkout on the return route.
- I hope
Most of the trip hop genre still sounds fresh and new to me, since much if today’s pop is also fusiony hiphop beat stuff. Massive Attack, Portishead, Cibo Matto, Morcheeba, etc
That’s a good point. If I listen to “Blue Lines” today, it still sounds fresh and modern, though it’s been more than thirty years.
In fact, after Tiesto put out Jackie Chan it really seemed little had changed.