![]() ![]() Who knew what the internet could bring, what phones and technology would become? Korn, Godsmack, Slipknot, Disturbed, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, anyone?īut even with those anxieties, there was a sense of possibility. Grunge was the clearest example of youthful rebellion, and it held hands with the nu-metal scene that took hold in the early 2000s. ![]() You could hear it in those acid house beats, the all-night escapism of the 90s rave culture. ![]() There was still an anxiousness back then. It just seemed like a more curious time, and decidedly less burdened without the 24/7 media onslaught we have today. I was a toddler for the end of the 90s, so my impressions of that time are largely through old photos, media, some cursory research and what folks have told me.īut I grew up listening to and have a soft spot in my heart for the music of that era, especially “Lost and Gone Forever,” by Guster, the heaviest-played album on my Discman. I keep wanting to describe it as somehow defined by optimism, or a time of increased inspiration, but neither seem like totally fair characterizations. Looking back on those scenes above and the thumping, bass-heavy, acid house tracks that accompanied them made me think deeper about the inspirations of the 90s and where we’ve gone from there. ![]()
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