Twenty years ago, a little movie about the early 1990’s music scene in Seattle helped spawn an entire movement. Cameron Crowe’s “Singles” wasn’t the film director’s most famous flick, but it boasted one of the best soundtracks of the ’90s — and some iconic rock star cameos. Here are ten things to know about the ...
Radiohead, Green Day or Offspring in the 90s were the contemporary Gods of a universal religion called alternative rock music. Performing under independent record labels, alternative groups produced subversive music, full of ground-breaking sounds, explosive guitar riffs, and gloomy atmosphere. To my view, some of the best 90s alternative songs (in alphabetical order) are: BAUHAUS ...
Musicians love to cover each others songs, but some turn out better than others. Nothing is worse than a bad remake and there are plenty of those out there (think Dolly Parton’s “Stairway to Heaven”). Here are a few of the best rock song remakes of all time. “Hurt”-Johnny Cash (2002). The legendary Johnny Cash ...
Nirvana, the hard-hitting grunge band out of Seattle, belted out so many great hits it is difficult to choose just ten. Of course, the band ended its legendary run in 1994 when troubled lead singer Kurt Cobain took his own life with a shotgun. While fans of Nirvana continue to mourn the loss of Kurt ...
10. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo – This is a cool song, but unfortunately it suffers from what other great bands get with some of their songs; overpopularity. Nirvana had it with Smells like Teen Spirit; KoRn had it with Twisted Transistor. Hell, Silverchair had it with Freak. Nothing pisses a true fan off more than ...
