Late Gen X'ers - Who did you listen to?

[Patroclus]

I am a little curious about this question. As of last year, all of the Gen X'ers are fully legal adults (the official terminating year of Gen X is '81). For those of us Xer-come-latelies, the nineties were our time to listen to our music and look down on those who disagreed with us.

What did you all listen to?

[Em7add11]

I'm just a rock kid. I gave up on Nirvana here in the last couple of years cause it's so depressing, but I still listen to Smashing Pumpkins from time to time.

I've only heard one Fiona Apple song, but I liked it a lot. I think it's called "Fast As You Can."

[efta777]

I've always liked Nirvana, though I never thought of them as groundbreaking. I am however still a big Fiona Apple fan.

[Alden]

I was a bit of an odd duck when I was younger. The Pumpkins were on the radio and , while I did listen to them somewhat, I was busy listening to Queen, Clapton, and Hendrix. As far as 90's bands/people go, I listened to (and still do):

STP
Soundgarden
Nirvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Live
Jeff Buckley
Blind Melon
Beck
Pavement
Weezer
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Elliot Smith
Ben Folds Five
Sunny Day Real Estate

There are others, but I can't remember them, nor do I think that you would want the full list :smile:

[flipper]

The Orb, Massive Attack, Orbital, Primal Scream, Guy Called Gerald, that nice Mr Digweed, the inestimable Messrs Sasha and Oakenfold, LTJ Bukem, any number of faceless DJs, bedroom tunesmiths and other unknown heros of the digital music revolution. I was a lucky bunny to be alive and in the right places at that time.

[HemofHisGarment]

Nirvana sucks! Soundgarden and Smashing Pumpkins became too moody for me after awhile (I'm moody enuf already:hrm: )
But I can't give up Siamese Dream
~Pearl Jam, I can't live without
~Live is totally (oh sorry that's an 80's term) best heard live! ~Weezer and Ben Folds Five were/are fun.
~Radiohead cannot be denied despite the melancholy.
~Blind Melon is in the car now....
~Others? Temple of the Dog... Cranberries...

[yxboom]

In the 90's I was listening to the Rastafarian Irie Vibrations!

[Patroclus]

In the 90's I was listening to the Rastafarian Irie Vibrations!

Stone him! I mean... give him drugs! No, wait. Hmmm

[Rubia Warren]

I liked Soundgarden. Chris Cornell was/is a major babe and a half.

[Jin-Roh]

My favorite 90's bands would've been...

Smashing Pumpkins (probably my favorite out of the era)
Soundgarden
Weezer
Stone Temple Pilots (at least for two albums)
Pearl Jam
Live
Alice in Chains

Today still sticks out in my mind as a classic 90's song. The video for it was very Gen-x as well.