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1990s: The Rise of Alternative Rock
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on May 25, 2017 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
progressive, Magik, indies, Nirvana, Staley, metal, suicide, Grohl, Cornell, Ticketmaster, Nevermind, grunge, major, Beatles, Stefani, visual, punk, college, breakthrough, Real, Idiot, Corgan, DIY, Vetter, blueprint, Teen, alternatives
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the rise of alternative rock in the 1990s was sparked by the commercial success of 's album in 1991
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a album of alternative rock
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similar to the appearing the Ed Sullivan show in 1964
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this watershed event of Nevermind didn't come all at once
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arose out of the rock seen of the 1980s and hardcore punk seen
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R.E.M.
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1987 Document
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"The One I Love"
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became the for alternative groups
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toward the end of the 80s, smaller groups getting signed by labels
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but part of their pride was that they were alternative and so it was an issue of being a sell-out as well
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alternative rock
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the attitude
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got away from the big money corporations
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played on stations
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gained momentum in the
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what was indie in the 80s was alternative in the 90s
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Nirvana
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important band for launching
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Seattle sound
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Kurt Cobain
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Dave Grohl on drums
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1989 Bleach
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Sub Pop
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$606.17 to record the album
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1991 Nevermind
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"Smells Like Spirit"
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1993 In Utero
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1994 Unplugged in New York
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1994 Kurt Cobain committed
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Pearl Jam
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Eddie
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1992 Ten
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Nirvana was more of the pop band of the two
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Pearl Jam more influenced
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anti-commercial aesthetic
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fighting with who were charging more than $20
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Soundgarden
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Chris
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Kim Thayill
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1994 Superunknown
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Seattle
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signed with A&M
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Alice in Chains
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Layne
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1992 Dirt
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Faith No More
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Mike Patton on vocals
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1989 The Thing
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Epic
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1992 Angel Dust
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Flea on the bass
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1991 Blood Sugar Sex
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produced by Rick Ruben
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did also Run D.M.C. and Aerosmith
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Under the Bridge
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Give It Away
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innovative by MTV standards for the day
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effects were stunning
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Stone Temple Pilots
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grunge band coming out of San Diego
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1992 Core
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Smashing Pumpkins
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Chicago
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led by Billy
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tried to deny their affiliation with the scene
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brought in other influences that the other bands of their time didn't
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including rock
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e.g. Mellotron keyboard
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1993 Sieamese Dream
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1995 Mellon Colile and the Infinite Sadness
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other alternative groups
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Live
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York, Pennsylvania
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1994 Throwing Copper
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a Christian bent
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Creed
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Tallahassee, Florida
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2000 With Arms Open Wide
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a Christian bent
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Lifehouse
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2001 Hanging by the Moment
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Foo Fighters
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after Nirvana, Dave formed this group around himself.
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Weezer
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Rivers Cuomo
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Los Angeles based band
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comedic self-conscious
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1995 Buddy Holly
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punk-like groups
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Green Day
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Billie Joe Armstrong
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punk acting and punk sounding
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1994 Dookie
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1994 When I Come Around
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2004 American , was also a musical
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The Offspring
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Orange County
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Blink-182
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Ska Revival
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Reggae and punk
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Sublime
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Long Beach, CA
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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Cambridge, MA
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No Doubt
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led by Gwen
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1995: Tragic Kingdom
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Just a Girl
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Don't Speak
Ideas and Concepts:
The meaning of music, via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class: "Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit played in unison by a stadium full of thousands of people on drums, guitars and microphones, yeah!"
Refreshing anti-commercial and political activism aesthetic via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class:
"Eddie Vedder of the 1990s grunge band Pearl Jam was a not only a talented singer with powerful baritone vocals, he was also know for incorporating social commentary and political criticism into his lyrics and performances.
He would often comment on politics between songs, e.g. criticizing U.S. foreign policy. During Pearl Jam's 1992 appearance on MTV Unplugged, Vedder stood atop his stool, took out a marker pen, and wrote "pro-choice" down his arm in large letters when the band performed the song Porch.
During Pearl Jam's 2007 Lollapalooza headlining show, Vedder and the band played a song telling the crowd in Chicago to boycott the oil company B.P. Amoco because they had been polluting Lake Michigan.
Pearl Jam was is also known for fighting Ticketmaster who was charging more than $20 for concert tickets, something Pearl Jam wanted to prohibit in order to keep their concerts affordable for anybody."
"Eddie Vedder of the 1990s grunge band Pearl Jam was a not only a talented singer with powerful baritone vocals, he was also know for incorporating social commentary and political criticism into his lyrics and performances.
He would often comment on politics between songs, e.g. criticizing U.S. foreign policy. During Pearl Jam's 1992 appearance on MTV Unplugged, Vedder stood atop his stool, took out a marker pen, and wrote "pro-choice" down his arm in large letters when the band performed the song Porch.
During Pearl Jam's 2007 Lollapalooza headlining show, Vedder and the band played a song telling the crowd in Chicago to boycott the oil company B.P. Amoco because they had been polluting Lake Michigan.
Pearl Jam was is also known for fighting Ticketmaster who was charging more than $20 for concert tickets, something Pearl Jam wanted to prohibit in order to keep their concerts affordable for anybody."
Hitherto unknown 1990s music genre via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class:
"Ska Punk is a fusion genre that combines punk rock music and ska music, a precursor to rocksteady and reggae originating in Jamaica.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are often credited as the main progenitor of the genre of ska punk and the creators of its subgenre ska-core a form of music which mixes elements of ska with punk rock and hardcore.
The band found resistance from ska purists who did not like that the band were not playing traditional ska while hardcore fans were against the ska and heavy metal elements in the music.
The combination of a kind of big band trombones and saxophones, a reggae twang with punk rock is hard to wrap your mind around, but the music has a full-throttle punk joy to it with a touch of class."
"Ska Punk is a fusion genre that combines punk rock music and ska music, a precursor to rocksteady and reggae originating in Jamaica.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are often credited as the main progenitor of the genre of ska punk and the creators of its subgenre ska-core a form of music which mixes elements of ska with punk rock and hardcore.
The band found resistance from ska purists who did not like that the band were not playing traditional ska while hardcore fans were against the ska and heavy metal elements in the music.
The combination of a kind of big band trombones and saxophones, a reggae twang with punk rock is hard to wrap your mind around, but the music has a full-throttle punk joy to it with a touch of class."
More refreshing ska punk via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class:
"No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, that formed in 1986, but it was the 1995 single "Just a Girl" that allowed the group to achieve mainstream commercial success, peaking at number 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
The song itself was written by lead singer Gwen Stefani in her exasperation over female stereotypes which portray women as weak and in need of a man to look after them.
In this live performance, Gwen's provocative and sexy theatrics heats up the crowd as they join in en masse, showing the kind of intensive concerts that made No Doubt one of the best live performance bands of the 1990s."
"No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, that formed in 1986, but it was the 1995 single "Just a Girl" that allowed the group to achieve mainstream commercial success, peaking at number 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
The song itself was written by lead singer Gwen Stefani in her exasperation over female stereotypes which portray women as weak and in need of a man to look after them.
In this live performance, Gwen's provocative and sexy theatrics heats up the crowd as they join in en masse, showing the kind of intensive concerts that made No Doubt one of the best live performance bands of the 1990s."
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