weren't the 90s when people stopped listening to rock and started dancing to techno?

Unreleased? I had 'soul kiss' on VHS.

i still love my jane's addiction, don't get me wrong, but considering Ritual debuted in 1990, their only album released in the 1990's, maybe "most influential" is a stretch?

/granted, early Lollapalooza's up the ante much further.

//and if anyone says Nirvana, please go cock-punch yourself

///ok, you win. i can't think of a better alternative

shaft6969: i still love my jane's addiction, don't get me wrong, but considering Ritual debuted in 1990, their only album released in the 1990's, maybe "most influential" is a stretch?

I think they certainly helped break in Alternative to the mainstream. Without Ritual, there wouldn't have been a Nevermind, or at least not nearly as big as it was, nor any Lollapalooza. Now as influential as JA was, I have seen people claim that they were The Band of the 90s, which is a bit of stretch.

how odd that when people refer to the 90s, they are largely referring to no later than 1994.

would The Pixies be considered a 90s band or and 80s band?

The guy's voice is like nails on a chalk...ah forget it.

Obvious Subtroll is obvious.

I plan on putting it under my shirt and walking out the door with it.

nobius: I plan on putting it under my shirt and walking out the door with it.

Would you grab a razor for me?

"The most influential 90s rock band, Jane's Addiction..."

They influenced me to change the channel.

Bukharin: Unreleased? I had 'soul kiss' on VHS.

Came here to say this, I still have mine

FTA: The DVD will include Soul Kiss, the notorious Jane's documentary previously unavailable on DVD.


hey subby, previously unavailable on DVD is not the same as unreleased.

elvisbloom: would The Pixies be considered a 90s band or and 80s band?

Chronologically 80's, philosophically 90's all the way.

Gangway Fathead: elvisbloom: would The Pixies be considered a 90s band or and 80s band?

Chronologically 80's, philosophically 90's all the way.

Thats kinda what I was thinking. The whole grunge thing would not be here if it weren't for the Pixies. Therefore, the title goes to them.

FeedTheCollapse: shaft6969: i still love my jane's addiction, don't get me wrong, but considering Ritual debuted in 1990, their only album released in the 1990's, maybe "most influential" is a stretch?

I think they certainly helped break in Alternative to the mainstream. Without Ritual, there wouldn't have been a Nevermind, or at least not nearly as big as it was, nor any Lollapalooza. Now as influential as JA was, I have seen people claim that they were The Band of the 90s, which is a bit of stretch.

how odd that when people refer to the 90s, they are largely referring to no later than 1994.

Sorry, but not really. JA was part of the LA alt movement that started in the eighties, just as the east coast was doing the same. JA and RHCP were playing on college stations while I was going to high school, and the "Seattle Sound" (I hate the G word) was a different part of the same thing, but not really connected to the alt scene until bands like Alice in Chains and Soundgarden started getting signed to major labels. I'd dare say the Melvins were probably the bigger influence on bands like Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees and such.

JA was a big influence on California 90's alt, but that was after they were established as someone to emulate.

I didn't explain any of that very well, but there's some of it.

For future submissions, subby, naming any band the "most influential" will only gain you scorn and derision.

zappawizard: FTA: The DVD will include Soul Kiss, the notorious Jane's documentary previously unavailable on DVD.


hey subby, previously unavailable on DVD is not the same as unreleased.

??

Hmmm, guess we had a choice in which format we could not watch it.

They had fun music and because it's rock it's not so important that Perry came accross as a whiney transvestite. But yea, it's rock n' roll so...there it is.

Jane's addiction even broke up (1991) before the Pixies did (1993).

Oh my golly!
Oh my golly!

/Pixies ftw
//Lollapalooza ftl

Treygreen13: For future submissions, subby, naming any band the "most influential" will only gain you scorn and derision.

and instant greenlights!


The pixies made it to '93? I thought they were done before that.

nicoffeine: Sorry, but not really. JA was part of the LA alt movement that started in the eighties, just as the east coast was doing the same. JA and RHCP were playing on college stations while I was going to high school, and the "Seattle Sound" (I hate the G word) was a different part of the same thing, but not really connected to the alt scene until bands like Alice in Chains and Soundgarden started getting signed to major labels. I'd dare say the Melvins were probably the bigger influence on bands like Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees and such.

my point was more that JA helped break down the doors for such bands to actually make it into the mainstream, not that they had a direct influence on Nirvana or anything.

The most influential 90s rock band,

FAIL

Green Jelly, Geggy Tah, The Spin Doctors, Nada Surf, White Town, Eve6 and the guy that wrote that shiatty "Rockabye" song would like a word with you subby.

irockalot: The most influential 90s rock band,

FAIL

Green Jelly, Geggy Tah, The Spin Doctors, Nada Surf, White Town, Eve6 and the guy that wrote that shiatty "Rockabye" song would like a word with you subby.


3/10.

shaft6969: i still love my jane's addiction, don't get me wrong, but considering Ritual debuted in 1990, their only album released in the 1990's, maybe "most influential" is a stretch?

Probably, but the 90's were a vast wasteland when it came to influential music.

The Melvins were pretty influential I'd say. Arguing who was the most influential, while fun to do, is kinda of a silly argument to have. It all depends on the individual band.

I'm sorry. I know it is hip to like these guys, but Janes Addiction sucks. "Jane said" is one of the most grating pieces of shiat this side of "Ironic."

irockalot: The most influential 90s rock band,

FAIL

Green Jelly, Geggy Tah, The Spin Doctors, Nada Surf, White Town, Eve6 and the guy that wrote that shiatty "Rockabye" song would like a word with you subby.

thanks for proving my point.

/green jelly?
//really?

That means no Jane's, no early 90s alt-rock takeover, which means most of the people reading this would still be jamming Huey Lewis and Peabo Bryson in 2009.

Huey is still cool, and one of the better shows I ever saw. The original lineup were, anyway. Plus, Huey used to hang out with Phil Lynott. Google him, kids.

Always dug the JA stuff. So much that I already have most of the stuff that is on this box, which I will buy anyway.

Great_Milenko: waste

They have more going for them than the 2000s. They brought us Nickleback and a return of Disney plastic chicks and boybands.

barneyfifesbullet: Huey is still cool, and one of the better shows I ever saw. The original lineup were, anyway. Plus, Huey used to hang out with Phil Lynott. Google him, kids.

Quiet you square, edgy alt rockers are trying to speak.

One word: Nirvana.

shaft6969: i still love my jane's addiction, don't get me wrong, but considering Ritual debuted in 1990, their only album released in the 1990's, maybe "most influential" is a stretch?

/granted, early Lollapalooza's up the ante much further.

//and if anyone says Nirvana, please go cock-punch yourself

///ok, you win. i can't think of a better alternative

Must have missed your post. So to clear things up before you make me cock-punch myself... I don't love Nirvana by any means... but influential? you better believe it. they've had a huge influence on modern rock.

GnR, Nirvana, The Wu-Tang, Dr. Dre, Pantera, Korn (I said influential, not that I like them), Metallica, Alice n Chains, Sublime, 3 White Men and a Goat, Liz Phair, Biggie Smalls, Tupac, P Diddy, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Satan's Finger Monkeys would like to dispute that claim.

Pearl Jam are the most influential band of the 90's, hipsters be damned.

Stone Temple Pilots, Creed and others copied Pearl Jam's sound. And, I have heard far more Pearl Jam covers than I have Nirvana.

Great_Milenko: irockalot: The most influential 90s rock band,

FAIL

Green Jelly, Geggy Tah, The Spin Doctors, Nada Surf, White Town, Eve6 and the guy that wrote that shiatty "Rockabye" song would like a word with you subby.

thanks for proving my point.

/green jelly?
//really?

Can we go back to calling them Green Jello yet?

barneyfifesbullet: Pearl Jam are the most influential band of the 90's, hipsters be damned.

Stone Temple Pilots, Creed and others copied Pearl Jam's sound. And, I have heard far more Pearl Jam covers than I have Nirvana.

I would say that stylistically, this is true. I think Nirvana had more of an influence on the record industry at the time in that it actually made them pay some attention to the indie community.

barneyfifesbullet: Pearl Jam are the most influential band of the 90's, hipsters be damned.

Stone Temple Pilots, Creed and others copied Pearl Jam's sound. And, I have heard far more Pearl Jam covers than I have Nirvana.

You may be right, but stylistically, Alice in Chains is copied the most. Look at Godsmack, Creed, Three Doors Down and a lot of horrible bands that populate the airwaves. It is a shame as AiC rules.

Yeah, the success of Nevermind, and MTV's shoving it down everyone's throat, started those Alt Rock sections in the mall record stores. Back when there were still record stores in every mall.

I remember when it came out, because I already had the Bleach record and I was hanging out in an indie record store at the time. So, I had already heard the Nevermind promo.

MTV played the Spirit video at the top of the hour for days. It basically killed hairband metal on the spot. Of course, this was when MTV played videos and there was only one MTV.

whoa...
a Bauhaus/Dylan mashup??
this i gotta hear!

Alice in Chains were my favorite Seattle band from that era.

Curious to hear their new stuff with the new singer because Jerry's solo records are great. Won't be the same without Layne Staley of course, but it's still gotta be pretty cool.

Great_Milenko: irockalot: The most influential 90s rock band,

FAIL

Green Jelly, Geggy Tah, The Spin Doctors, Nada Surf, White Town, Eve6 and the guy that wrote that shiatty "Rockabye" song would like a word with you subby.

thanks for proving my point.

/green jelly?
//really?

How in the world could you take that post seriously?

/These guys are unavailable to respond to subby's retarded headline

If you've listened to modern rock radio in the past decade, you'd know that Pearl Jam and Nirvana were clearly the 2 most influential bands of the 90's. Because every rock singer anymore tries to sound like a shiatty Eddie Vedder, or a shiatty Kurt Cobain, and most bands are still pumping out a bunch of PJ/Nirvana influenced post-grunge bullshiat.

And for the record, it isn't Pearl Jam or Nirvana's fault that they influenced so much shiatty music.

Bravo, Subby.

NorCalLos would like a word with you however.

In the influential column, these guys deserve an honorable mention too, whether you like them and what they spawned or not. I do, but I can see how others wouldn't. Still, from Bonnaroo to scores of noodly college bands, there have been lasting effects.

AdolfOliverPanties: Bravo, Subby.

NorCalLos would like a word with you however.

Nice. Why don't you go back and read the thread you're referring to here. I said FNM was the most influential band of the mid-late 90s.

Again, like the pixies and the melvins, more of an 80's band, but infinitely more influential than JA on 90's music

I don't care how influential they were/are. They are a great farking band. If the rumors of a summer tour are true, I am there. Also gonna buy the box set.

/Phish? Really? How many shiatty jam bands do you hear on the radio?
Me thinks you're higher than Trey.

She's like jellyroll like sculpture...way way down in this subbacultcha

Nemo's Brother: barneyfifesbullet: Pearl Jam are the most influential band of the 90's, hipsters be damned.

Stone Temple Pilots, Creed and others copied Pearl Jam's sound. And, I have heard far more Pearl Jam covers than I have Nirvana.

You may be right, but stylistically, Alice in Chains is copied the most. Look at Godsmack, Creed, Three Doors Down and a lot of horrible bands that populate the airwaves. It is a shame as AiC rules.

I'll agree and put my vote in for Alice in Chains. To my ears just about every major rock act in the 2000's is a derivative of AiC.

AiC is directly copied by Godsmack, Creed, Nickleback, 3-doors down, and Hinder. Those are all the top selling rock bands from the last 10 years and all of them (to my ears) are copying AiC way more then STP, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or Jane's Addiction.