What is the best 90s band and why is it Pavement?

What is the best 90s band and why is it Pavement?

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It's Tocotronic.

it's objectively spastic ink.

*Blocks your path*

Gastr Del Sol?

It's nirvana and it's not even arguable. Hate on them all you want, but it's true.

Spiritualized > Verve any day

The greatest =/= the best

They're both average af.

What? Those are literally synonyms. Maybe you meant most popular =/= the best

Great band but guided by Voices and mbv have more good albums

I love Malkmus/Pavement, but i feel uncomfortable calling them the absolute best of the 90's bands. Best alt/indie rock for sure though.

>Spiritualized
>average

Not really

FUCK PAVEMENT! NO ONE REALLY LIKES THEM! POSERS POSING AS POETS! NO ONE WILL BE LISTENING TO THEM IN 20 YEARS! THEY'LL BE LISTENING TO BANDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING! PUMPKINS! HOLE! NIRVANA!

HOW WAS LOLLAPALOOZA '95 INDIEFAGS?!

>can't be average because it's intent was so large!
yea it's average bub

I've only discovered them a while ago and am obsessed, I can't think of any other 90s artist i like this much and keep coming back to

I listened to Slanted and Enchanted for the first time last week and only one track really stuck with me, should I bother going through the rest of their catalog?

Slanted had to grow on me. Try listening to their Best Of... see what you think. Then try Crooked Rain Crooked Rain.

You should, since their others albums are pretty different from SAE, and better IMO.

MBV had one release in the 90's

GBV are in the discussion with Pavement.

Also, Ween.

Listen to Slanted again, it's a lofi album with a lot going on, it'll reveal itself more on a second listen. Their other albums are also good and more polished, but don't quite have the rock energy of S&E.

It's Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Good Son, Henry's Dream, Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman's Call, how can anyone deny?

Yes, because the subsequent albums are better.

Oasis. Objectively

unwound
i don't write for the av club i swear
i just agree

Nah they're probably the best grunge band but not the best band

Reclamation is pretty good. First time I heard it yesterday

plebs


The correct answer is Royal Trux

True

official 90s bands rankings

1. Royal Trux
2. Lungfish
3. Pavement
4. Unwound
5. Fugazi

Blumfeld was better

I've listened to Unwound's whole discography but nothing stuck with me
Super cool band in theory but in practice they do nothing for me idk why

Billy and Jeff look like Sims

might not necessarily agree w/ the order. But strong list.

>Diskurspop
You may continue sucking dicks now.

they weren't even the best grunge band. just the most pop-inspired grunge band. which is why they got huge.

Lol. He pretty much said that exactly on Twitter I think.

The whole Pavement/Pumpkins feud is hilarious. It's the irl equivalent of a Youtube comments battle.

>Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (Official Video)

>MalkMan66: smashing blumpkins sux lol
>LordCorgan: hey douche, Smashing Pumpkins are regarded as one of the greatest bands ever. Have some respect, this was my wedding song.
>MalkMan66: rofl, was it a gay wedding?
>LordCorgan: why don't you try writing music that's as good as Billy's, Moron
>MalkMan66: you seem upset
>Lord Corgan: You seem like you're banned. Reported. Enjoy asshole.
>MalkMan66: :^)

The ban of course being Pavement kicked off the Lollapalooza 94 bill. The whole thing was just Malkmus being a jackass, and Corgan took it way to seriously and got legendarily assblasted about it.

the only contender

Being the greatest at something means you are the best at it.

>Diskurspop
What?

I think all y'all mean the Jesus Lizard

Why the fuck do so many british bands have to have the one completely out of place big bald dude? Like it's always a bunch of young looking long haired cool dudes and then one guy who looks like a fucking truck driver or garbage man or someone's dad. Do they not care about their perception? It's embarrassing.

Jesus Lizard would be in the running if Shot and Blue didn't exist.

>best 90s band
Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden or Nirvana.Pick any of those.

>Pavement
yeah you[re a funny guy

Can't believe I've only just noticed this, Jesus fuck.

No one even knows what grunge really is.

every band needs a bouncer-type in case shit goes down, usually the drummer.

go back to wherever you come from

u wot m8?

Polvo, Drive Like Jehu, Cows, Fugazi, U.S. Maple, Unsane, Don Caballero, Nine Inch Nails and Alice in Chains for me, Slanted and Enchanted is probably the best 90s release tho.

Holy fuck was Oasis hideous

dam

>Cows
>Unsane

Jesus fuck, theses kind of noise rock bands all sound the same. Just like the first couple Unwound records.

whats wrong with Shot and Blue?

Soundgarden. Objectively.

If you're talking commercially successful, its Nirvana.

Hmm. Dave wasn't bald, nor did he look like a dad, but he looked out of place next to guys like Damon and Alex.
But you're definitely onto something.

>Cows
>Unsane
>similar at all
>similar to Unwound
I'll give you Unsane and Kittens and maybe Cherubs, but Cows definetly has it's own sound.

Only thing embarrassing here is you.

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pavement are not even good

This, but A Storm In Heaven > Lazer Guided Melodies

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How could you not think these sound the least bit alike? It's all the same fucking chug with shitloads of distortion. Unwound is obviously ripping off more Slint on their later records but they all come from the same place.

90s noise rock is the most samey genre next to stoner rock.

Listen to the full Cows album and say that again.

It's either them, Fugazi or Unwound

They sound as similar as Radiohead and Blur. Maybe the genre is not for you.

Pretty sure it was a marketing ploy. Bands are supposed to be young sexy and hip but they still needed someone who could help them appeal to complete betas. So either someone overweight or bald would do. Or at the very least a total dork.

Sooo much filler goddamn

What? No way. GBV hits consistently on this one.

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Why is Tito always posted in Pavement threads? I don't get it...

It's actually Yo La Tengo

ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space is overrated as fuck and is actually average but the earlier spiritualized stuff is brilliant, better than anything spacemen 3 or the verve ever did

Tito worked at the Shore Shack for Raymundo. Shore Shack was on the pier in Ocean Shores, which was made of pavement.

im gonna have to disagree with you bud.
Spacemen last three albums are vastly superior than anything spiritualized has released except for lazer guided melodies

Blue Hawaiian

>roughly 1 out of 4 men lose their hair in their 20s
>"Why is there a bald guy in this 4 piece band?!"

Do u happen to play the lottery often?

How did Thom go from definitely balding to having long hair and no bald spot?

Best 90s bands (in no particular order)

Born Against/Men's Recovery Project
Nation of Ulysses/Make Up
Royal Trux
Pulp
Dirty 3
Lungfish

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I agree with Unwound

Modest Mouse.

Phil served as Toms hair transplant donor for the good of the band.
Ah. Pavement pictionary then? Easy mode.

Little harder

Keep on going. I wasn't too interested in that album at first either but it all grew on me.

Wowee Zowee is killer

Alright, this one is a deep cut.

was this your attempt at being funny?