DISQUS

Popdose: The Year in Rock: 1996

  • DwDunphy · 1 year ago
    Oddly enough, none of this makes me terribly nostalgic.
  • Darren · 1 year ago
    I personally think '87 was the last year that could qualify as a great year in music, but hey, that's just me.
  • Beau · 1 year ago
    Good Soundgarden album.

    "King of New Orleans" was always underrated.

    I really, really hated Sublime. I developed a quick release on the buttons of my car radio to skip away from that song after two or three notes.

    I always figured Weezer was committing career suicide with that one, but they managed a mini-revival down the road.
  • allen · 1 year ago
    I think Pinkerton will be looked back on as the most influential (one of) of the 90's. All the elements for emo are there. And just enough experimentation to sound new and original. It takes a few listens and I understand why Cuomo wanted to dump everything after it, but it's one of the best albums I have ever heard. Certainly one of the best of that decade.
    One question. Are all the tracks that you upload live? I ask because I have little or no use for live tracks and these are quintessential.
    I guess I could buy em, but I hate buying stuff that I already purchased once already and can't find cuz I lost em in a divorce or sumpin.
  • Old_Davy · 1 year ago
    Good parts of 1996...
    1. The first Fountains of Wayne album
    2. The "Sheryl Crow" album
    3. Pinkerton

    The rest is crap. But any year that starts off with Genesis breaking up is bound to suck.
  • Ol' Smokey · 1 year ago
    I'll put in a plug for The Refreshments, whose album "Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy" was the ninth best-selling debut album of that year. Huge potential, but another record biz casualty instead.
  • drcastrato · 1 year ago
    the guy died before their album even came out and i STILL hear Sublime's crap on the radio all the time. barf.

    the FOW debut is my favorite album to sing along to.
  • Ashley · 10 months ago
    barf?, Sublime is not only the best band out there but Brad Nowell is one of the best songwriters you'll ever find. take a hard listen to what he's saying and maybe you'll open your eyes Brad Nowell is a god.
  • JohnHughes · 10 months ago
    Barf.
  • Elaine · 1 year ago
    I had never heard that Bryan Adams song before. Does it sound completely like a "Pour Some Sugar On Me" ripoff to anyone else?
  • Darren · 1 year ago
    I'd never paid that much attention, but you're right..also, the album it's from was produced by Mutt Lange, so...make of that what you will.
  • kenny · 1 year ago
    worst part of 96, the death of brad nowell
    best band ever Sublime
  • ana · 11 months ago
    ur website sux
  • keli13 · 1 month ago
    What the hell??? Korn did not singlehandedly define nu-metal!!! Deftones were formed before they were they were the first to bring up nu-metal...korn got signed first but deftones already had songs that ended up in their first album before korn were korn at that time they were LAPD so that's BULLSHIT at least give the Deftones credit here 'cause it was not just korn. GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hate it when people say korn were the first nu-metal bad.
  • maz · 1 year ago
    nice job!