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Ragged Glory
#neilyoung #neilyoungandcrazyhorse #raggedglory #90srock #grunge #garagerock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Shakey releases his 20th (the 6th with Crazy Horse) on September 10, 1990. It's classic Crazy Horse -- rated the 36th best Grunge Album by Rolling Stone in 2019. The album's intense, distorted guitar-driven sound earned Shakey the nickname "Godfather of Grunge" and influenced many of the popular alternative bands at that time…
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#TuneTuesday this week is #WaitingSongs, and since I already did that Rentals one, here's a Weezer one. Always loved this song. My band in the mid 90s used to cover it.
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New Miserable Experience
#ginblossoms #newmiserableexperience #90srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #altrock #alternativerock #powerpop #janglepop August 4, 1992 ~ Gin Blossoms release their breakthrough album. Doug Hopkins, the lead guitarist and main songwriter, was almost fired by the band at the end of the recording sessions due to bouts with alcoholism and depression. Scott Johnson replaced Hopkins for the tour but his work is what made the album what…
https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/04/new-miserable-experience/
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Hints, Allegations And Things Left Unsaid
#collectivesoul #hintsallegationsandthingsleftunsaid #edroland #90srock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #atlanta The debut album that was never meant to be an album at all -- released June 22, 1994. In 1992, frontman Ed Roland recorded songs in his Atlanta basement. He wanted to use the tape as a songwriting demo to get a music publishing deal. He didn't even have a band.
https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/22/hints-allegations-and-things-left-unsaid/
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Human Touch
The Boss releases his first major work without The E Street Band on March 31, 1992. It's famously released with another album -- Lucky Town. Human Touch was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance at the '93 Grammys. That's Randy Jackson on bass and Jeff Porcaro on drums. #brucespringsteen #theboss #springsteen #humantouch #90srock #rockmusic #90smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #jeffpocaro #jonlandau
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Elastica
Elastica's debut album turns 30 today ... released March 14, 1995. It's the only album to feature the original line-up and lead guitarist Donna Matthews. Four singles from the album propelled it to over 1M in sales worldwide .. 500K here in America alone. The breakthrough ear-worm was "Connection" which automatically requires a "turn it up" whenever played. #elastica #90srock #altrock #alternativerock #rockmusic #donnamatthews #justine Frischmann #annieholland…
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Pilgrim
Slowhand releases his 13th on March 10, 1998 ... his first collection of entirely new studio material since 1989's Journeyman. It includes "My Father's Eyes" -- a poignant song about the father Clapton never met. It became a hit and won him a Grammy. #ericclapton #slowhand #pilgrim #90smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #90srock #rock #rockmusic #bluesrock
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Look what turns 30 today …
Gin Blossoms release their third album on February 13, 1996 ... the name in reference to the success of 1992's New Miserable Experience, followed closely by the suicide of the former band member Doug Hopkins, fired by the band in 1993. Check out Congratulations I'm Sorry by Gin Blossoms on Amazon Music #ginblossoms #congratulationsI'msorry #90srock #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rockmusic
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Bobby
Rest in peace ... Listen to my Grateful Bobby playlist on Amazon Music ... #bobweir #rip #gratefuldead #theotherone #bobby #ace #60srock #70srock #80srock #90srock #rock #rockmusic #musicsky #musiciansky
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#NowPlaying one more Static-X for today -- this is another single from their platinum 1999 album Wisconsin Death Trip, but I never heard this one on the radio. This is track two on the record right after "Push It", and I like this one even MORE than "Push It"-- it STILL gives me chills to this day, one of my favorite damn songs. The fucking RIFFS. And WHAT a video. You really get to see where that soundclip is from 😂
#StaticX #90s #90sRock #90sAlbums #90sRecords #Wisconsin #WisconsinDeathTrip #ImWithStupid
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https://rockradio.live - Today at noon and 4 PM is 90s Throwback Tuesday Countdown #90s #rockandroll #music #rockmusic #countdown #rockradio #radio #radiostation #onlineradiostation #90smusic #90scon #grunge #grungemusic #90srock #90srockmusic #90srockband #90skid #90svintage #90skids
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PEARL JAM's Guitarist MIKE McCREADY Is Writing A Rock Opera About The Grunge Years
This should be interesting.#PearlJam #MikeMcCready #GrungeRockOpera #RockOpera #GrungeYears #GrungeEra #90sRock #90sMusic #GrungeMusic #Guitarist #RockHistory
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I have a funny story, it's pretty long, but just - wild things happen in life sometimes.
I was 19 and my friends and I were in a band in Maryland in 1999 (as I had been since around 1993. I played bass and was one of the band's 3 singers, along with the other guitarists). The drummer was driving his truck to take us all to see Fuel (just looked up the date/venue, thanks, internet - it was May 21, 1999, and we were going to Recher Theatre in Towson, Maryland).
We dug Fuel but weren't familiar with the other bands opening. So we see Fuel, and Finger Eleven opened for them also (who we liked as well, maybe more later? I'm not sure if we did by then?) and also this other band that I didn't know.
So after this first band plays, I see them sitting over at their merch table. Their show had been really good! So I walk up and I'm looking at their stuff. And one of the guys in the band points at the CD on the table (his own album) and just calmly goes, "you should buy it. It's good". And I laughed, and was like, okay. But only if all you guys sign it. And they're like, HELL yeah! They all signed it. I still have it.
That band was then called Virgos Merlot (originally called The Devine, and eventually just Virgos). I later heard them a little on the radio ("Gain" mostly). The lead singer and main songwriter for The Devine, Virgos Merlot AND Virgos was a dude named Brett Hestla. The album was good. DAMN good (for the late 90s).
But keep in mind that Brett Hestla can fucking SING. And he can fucking WRITE GREAT SONGS. And keep in mind, they are BETTER live-- Virgos Merlot could PLAY these songs. The recording is great, and pretty solid, but really doesn't even fully capture how cool they were live. (If you wanna hear the full Signs of a Vacant Soul album, the link is at the end of this post - even just the first song.. the dynamics - check the end of the song, it's a sonic ASSAULT. And the album has a couple decent ballads, too.)
(Also, another YouTube link below- Virgos Merlot did a demo for Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry" and it RIPS. Just a demo. But it's worth a listen.)
Flash forward a few years. I'm in another band in the mid-2000s, another STATE, as I now lived in Florida. (The band I was in at that point sounded kinda more like Fuel -- the one in 1999 didn't, we sounded more like Weezer).
Anyway, my band in the early/mid-2000s often played this club in Fort Lauderdale and Virgos (what they're called then) comes to town. And my band opens for them! Wild. (Couldn't find the date of the show and I don't even remember the name of the venue then to look it up- just a club. My old bands have all been scrubbed from the internet by time, and so have this venue's dates, apparently.)
Back then, Virgos had recently done another album called The Path of Least Resistance (that was REALLY damn good- the FIRST link below is just to "Ammunition", probably my favorite song on the album -- it has a real STP feel).
Path only has that one link on YouTube, the songs aren't even split off haha. Ah, the 2000s. And check that soaring vocal hook RIGHT off the bat in "Collapse", the album's first song, if you listen - the album is GREAT.
Brett was around doing other stuff for a while (I think he was friends with one of the guys in Creed- they were from Florida too). I think even Path gets a little Christian-y (I'm not sure) - but it sounds STELLAR. Just love the guy's voice and songwriting. If you want a SOLID rock band, man, this stuff is ridiculous.
Brett might still put stuff out, I should look it up. Or he might just produce more now. What a singer and songwriter though. Like, WAY better than Creed. Frustrating that bands like this got overlooked and stuff like Creed got so big.
Anyway, if you've read this whole thing, kudos, and hope you dig these tracks.
Links:
"Ammunition"
https://youtu.be/F3Dq5NhnaW4?si=rbwTtSzU45ueoeY8&t=1115The Path of Least Resistance (full album):
https://youtu.be/F3Dq5NhnaW4?si=upRKeyP-fy0UvnypVirgos Merlot demo - "Voices Carry" 🤯 :
https://youtu.be/rLNinm6qKYE?si=40pbnUMKc0e7Bl0CThe first Virgos Merlot album, Signs of a Vacant Soul: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kq0SVdiAefeq5ux2CNvsLWfMKT7UhQI9c&si=xTmXnRUOCxxlpuaD
#90s #90sRock #90sBands #VirgosMerlot #Virgos #FingerEleven #00s #00sbands #music #RockMusic #RockAndRoll #TilTuesday #VoicesCarry
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10 brilliant but obscure late 80s and early 90s hard rock bands that everyone should know about
Vega frontman and melodic rock connoisseur Nick Workman salutes the unsung geniuses of the late 80s and early 90s scene#HardRock #80sRock #90sRock #RockYourWorld #RockLegends #GlamRock #HairMetal #PostGrunge #SleazeRock #AlternativeRock #JumpOnTheRockTrain
