vainandy said:

As far as mainstream radio goes, there was a lot of adult contemporary ruining things and slow to midtempo shit hop was rearing it's ugly head also. This is the ONLY kind of stuff I liked in 1991......

Look's like it was enough for you to enjoy 1991 then

rialb said:

MarkThrust said:

I'm curious what was so great about Rock & Roll between 1985 & 1991 to declare it was anything but a mercy killing.

Or when we are going to remember it as such. It's been 20 years! Enough time has passed to determine whether this was the last remotely interesting - whether revolutionary or deconstructive thing - to happen to rock music. I tend to think it is a little of both, and what happened to rock music 'dying' after that has less to do with the bands on the scene than it does with technology and the music industry.

Absolutely, there were a lot of crap bands circa 1985-1991 just like there were a lot of crap bands in the wake of Nirvana's/"alternative" music's break through. The thing that bugged me was that overnight it seemed like every rock band had to sound like Nirvana (grim and not necessarily much fun). I like a lot of the "alternative" bands but I also liked a lot of the "hair metal" bands. Too much of any one genre is not good. It was great that in the '90s we got a different kind of rock music and a lot of people heard it but it was not so great that fun and upbeat rock music virtually disappeared for most of the decade. Thank goodness for Britpop! Otherwise I probably would have topped myself by 1996.

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I love hair metal & grunge & alternative as well. But i think each genre had that issue, there where a TON of throw away hair metal bands overnight...

Strangely some of my favorite hair metal bands like Dokken quit right when hair metal was HUGE and Ratt was consedired hair metal but had there big hit heyday before hair metal got huge, 1987-90 was the heyday or hair metal where it was getting lots of top 40's

And grunge from 1991-95 same thing, to many throwaway grunge bands, then it was the nu metal craze & throwaway nu metal. Then stuff like emo in the 00's was all the rage for a few years.

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Gunsnhalen said:

rialb said:

Absolutely, there were a lot of crap bands circa 1985-1991 just like there were a lot of crap bands in the wake of Nirvana's/"alternative" music's break through. The thing that bugged me was that overnight it seemed like every rock band had to sound like Nirvana (grim and not necessarily much fun). I like a lot of the "alternative" bands but I also liked a lot of the "hair metal" bands. Too much of any one genre is not good. It was great that in the '90s we got a different kind of rock music and a lot of people heard it but it was not so great that fun and upbeat rock music virtually disappeared for most of the decade. Thank goodness for Britpop! Otherwise I probably would have topped myself by 1996.

[Edited 1/2/12 15:52pm]

I love hair metal & grunge & alternative as well. But i think each genre had that issue, there where a TON of throw away hair metal bands overnight...

Strangely some of my favorite hair metal bands like Dokken quit right when hair metal was HUGE and Ratt was consedired hair metal but had there big hit heyday before hair metal got huge, 1987-90 was the heyday or hair metal where it was getting lots of top 40's

And grunge from 1991-95 same thing, to many throwaway grunge bands, then it was the nu metal craze & throwaway nu metal. Then stuff like emo in the 00's was all the rage for a few years.

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I will not stand idle and allow you to besmirch the good names of the likes of Badlands, Bang Tango, Danger Danger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tora Tora and Trixter. They are all fantastic, it is the rest of the world's fault if they can not see the genius of these amazing bands!

rialb said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I love hair metal & grunge & alternative as well. But i think each genre had that issue, there where a TON of throw away hair metal bands overnight...

Strangely some of my favorite hair metal bands like Dokken quit right when hair metal was HUGE and Ratt was consedired hair metal but had there big hit heyday before hair metal got huge, 1987-90 was the heyday or hair metal where it was getting lots of top 40's

And grunge from 1991-95 same thing, to many throwaway grunge bands, then it was the nu metal craze & throwaway nu metal. Then stuff like emo in the 00's was all the rage for a few years.

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I will not stand idle and allow you to besmirch the good names of the likes of Badlands, Bang Tango, Danger Danger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tora Tora and Trixter. They are all fantastic, it is the rest of the world's fault if they can not see the genius of these amazing bands!

Danger Danger fine i will give you that I loved there first album. But for real... there are few bands i highly dislike more then Trixter.... i really just.. i just can't same with PBF & Bango Tango. But i bet you lots of cash if i go to there videos, tons of people young & old will do the usual this is real music, back at a time when music was real

I actually saw someone comment on a Poison video saying how music will never be as good as it was when Poison was around and it got 67 likes

Gunsnhalen said:

rialb said:

I will not stand idle and allow you to besmirch the good names of the likes of Badlands, Bang Tango, Danger Danger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tora Tora and Trixter. They are all fantastic, it is the rest of the world's fault if they can not see the genius of these amazing bands!

Danger Danger fine i will give you that I loved there first album. But for real... there are few bands i highly dislike more then Trixter.... i really just.. i just can't same with PBF & Bango Tango. But i bet you lots of cash if i go to there videos, tons of people young & old will do the usual this is real music, back at a time when music was real

I actually saw someone comment on a Poison video saying how music will never be as good as it was when Poison was around and it got 67 likes

Darm it, once again my attempt at humour fails. I just tried to pick some random crappy '80s bands and pretended to be upset that anyone would dare suggest that they were crap.

I promise I will try harder next time.

rialb said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Danger Danger fine i will give you that I loved there first album. But for real... there are few bands i highly dislike more then Trixter.... i really just.. i just can't same with PBF & Bango Tango. But i bet you lots of cash if i go to there videos, tons of people young & old will do the usual this is real music, back at a time when music was real

I actually saw someone comment on a Poison video saying how music will never be as good as it was when Poison was around and it got 67 likes

Darm it, once again my attempt at humour fails. I just tried to pick some random crappy '80s bands and pretended to be upset that anyone would dare suggest that they were crap.

I promise I will try harder next time.

No i did laugh actually that was good

But it is true... if you go to ANY band from the 80's it will be younger people saying how much better this music is then modern ahhaa

JoeTyler said:

1991 not only was the best year for popular music since 1987: it was also, propably, the last GREAT year for popular music.

1992 and 1993 were very good, but not as good as 1991. The downhill slowly started in 1994, and despite some occasional great quality in 1998, 2000 and 2001, the industry hit rock bottom in 2005/06...

now (since 2004) we have some good albums, but not great/good years anymore...

my opinion, of course

^^

'91 was also a pivotal year for me - old enough to be interested in pop music and buy it w/ my allowance. The Symbol album the next year was what got me into Prince.

Lots of exemplary albums posted here - like the ones posted by OP.

But I also liked this one, and it was quite huge:

artist76 said:

'91 was also a pivotal year for me - old enough to be interested in pop music and buy it w/ my allowance. The Symbol album the next year was what got me into Prince.

Lots of exemplary albums posted here - like the ones posted by OP.

But I also liked this one, and it was quite huge:

Not a fan of Mr.Garth i'm afraid

But yes!@ true this album was HUGE in 91

vainandy said:

As far as mainstream radio goes, there was a lot of adult contemporary ruining things and slow to midtempo shit hop was rearing it's ugly head also. This is the ONLY kind of stuff I liked in 1991......

I don't know if this came out the same year, but let's not forget about this one. Classic!

Bet no fucker's mentioned Massive Attack's Blues Lines, or Slint's Spiderland.

elmer said:

Bet no fucker's mentioned Massive Attack's Blues Lines, or Slint's Spiderland.

Actually ''fucker'' i did it is in my album covers at the begining if you took the time to look

^That, Sir, was in the highest degree discreditable to you, and offensive to me, and should you venture to repeat it, we can settle matters in whichever manner you so choose.

*sneers*

elmer said:

^That, Sir, was in the highest degree discreditable to you, and offensive to me, and should you venture to repeat it, we can settle matters in whichever manner you so choose.

*sneers*

Your cute when you try to be angry

Looking back, it was indeed a great year of music. My top 25:

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. U2 - Achtung Baby
4. Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said

5. Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind
6. Cranes - Wings Of Joy
7. Fields Of The Nephilim - Earth Inferno
8. Lisa Stansfield - Real Love

9. The Primitives - Galore
10. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Superstition
11. Fishbone - The Reality Of My Surroundings
12. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead

13. Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black
14. Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha

15. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

16. Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls

17. Rosetta Stone - An Eye For The Main Chance

18. Book Of Love - Candy Carol
19. Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
20. Diamanda Galás - Plague Mass

21. Ex-Girlfriend - X Marks The Spot
22. Strange Boutique - The Loved One
23. Shadow Project - Shadow Project
24. Type O Negative - Slow Deep And Hard
25. Pearl Jam - Ten

sextonseven said:

Looking back, it was indeed a great year of music. My top 25:

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. U2 - Achtung Baby
4. Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said

5. Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind
6. Cranes - Wings Of Joy
7. Fields Of The Nephilim - Earth Inferno
8. Lisa Stansfield - Real Love

9. The Primitives - Galore
10. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Superstition
11. Fishbone - The Reality Of My Surroundings
12. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead

13. Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black
14. Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha

15. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

16. Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls

17. Rosetta Stone - An Eye For The Main Chance

18. Book Of Love - Candy Carol
19. Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
20. Diamanda Galás - Plague Mass

21. Ex-Girlfriend - X Marks The Spot
22. Strange Boutique - The Loved One
23. Shadow Project - Shadow Project
24. Type O Negative - Slow Deep And Hard
25. Pearl Jam - Ten

I Am shocked there is another Diamanda fan besides myself on her & glad Fishbone is getting love.