the half-forgotten alt-rock chicks from the 90es appreciation thread!

[hylas]

inspired by the shirley manson thread... feel free to feel nostalgic, fellow children of the 90es!






my personal darling, skin. along woth björk she was my big teenage idol... i wanted to be like her!






imani coppola... picking up hot rednecks while biker-daddys are sissy-dancing in the background...




elastica... is "car song" the sexiest track of the 90es?




bif naked... love the surpreme cheesiness of "lucky"






meredith brooks, a morissette-clone, and republica, a garbage-clone... they still had some decent tracks, though:






and the thread wouldnt be complete without those two:






and im intentionally not including pj harvey... because pj is not half-forgotten! she is still rocking the worlds socks off, bitches!

who did i forget?

 

[That70sJoe]

(Throwing Muses aside, Belly is a 90's incarnation)

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[Hello-Good-Bi]

I love The Breeders!



Fun summer song!



Kim as a flying nun? Awesome.

 

[bostonboy20]

still one of my all time favorite albums...Leah Andreone - Vieled

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzX8OMgkjQ[/ame]

and from her fantastic second album "Alchemy"

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDabNh6ICnc[/ame]

Lauren Christy who is now a member of the hit pop songwriting team The Matrix (Avril, Katy, Jason Mraz, etc.)

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Hp-8WWrO8[/ame]

and totally NOT FORGOTTEN in my life at least...cause I saw them on their reunion tour 2 yrs ago and still live for everything Kay Hanley does (new band Palmdale is fantastic)

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALHe12x_I0U[/ame]

a bit more pop than alt-rock but still include her in the Lean Andreone/Meredith Brooks era of pop/rock chicks. Merril Bainbridge

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YIIM1EVDqg[/ame]

and even though she still plays all over all the time...she really hasn't had a hit since this song...Tracy Bonham

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xi8NvSetZc[/ame]

 

[bostonboy20]

oh and totally forgot this track...it was all over MTV and modern-rock radio in the 90's

Sneaker Pimps

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrvk1bmTayg[/ame]

 

[knotty223]

Fiona Apple - Criminal

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFOzayDpWoI[/ame]


Portishead (Beth Gibbons) - Glory Box

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxsopQLZpCI[/ame]


Bjork - All Is Full Of Love

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA[/ame]


Cardigans (Nina Persson) - My Favorite Game

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=styYbRWQYP8[/ame]


Everything But The Girl (Tracey Thorn) - Missing

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hu1cYDW1FY[/ame]

 

[bokan800]

I live for this women! I'm a 90's child!

Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother



Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

 

[ShavedBare87]

Came here looking for Dance Hall Crashers.

Leaving disappointed....

 

[bostonboy20]

Well if we are gonna go the ska route too with the Dance Hall Crashers

how about

Save Ferris
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCzWPBR30Nk[/ame]


and here's a few more I thought of
Liz Phair
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM60GAPIXTY[/ame]

Lisa Loeb
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffLg_3O1KyA[/ame]

 

[bostonboy20]

^Save Ferris is probably the only TRUE ska group to come out of the 90's period that i really, really LIKE(to a lot of purists, No Doubt doesn't count - don't ask me why).

I'd say No Doubt on the first 2 albums (Beacon St. Collection and No Doubt) they were true ska...but once Tragic Kingdom hit they were just pop/rock

 

[bostonboy20]

I never even heard of the first album - i'll have to check that out.

oh yeah...gotta for sure! I actually got them reversed...No Doubt is the first one and Beacon St. is the 2nd

but Beacon St. has some of my favorite songs on it..."Greener Pastures" "Total Hate '95" feat. Brad Nowell of Sublime "Open The gate"

 

[ShihTzuTylenol]

In No Doubt's defense; they were crushed under the wheels of Grunge and were never the same after that. Bless their hearts.

But at the end of the day, I love me some Gwen! To hell with superficial tags and labels!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZktNItwexo&ob=av2e"]leave a message and I'll call you back [/ame]

Martinis
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuS91ccdRv8"]Free[/ame]

Sleater Kinney
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTHpfZhfQbk"]yeah! whoa-yeah! whoa-yeah whoa-yeah![/ame]

Innocence Mission
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA4ZfLzy1VM&ob=av2e"]bright as Yellow-warm as yellow[/ame]

Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVYn8N1rX5I"]Patty Smith cover of a Bruce Springsteen classic[/ame]

 

[hylas]

mostly remembered for her fucked-up-ness, but she used to be really good: sinéad o'connor




and if were including trip-hop chanteuses, then we mustnt forget the fantastic roisin murphy:




and the dreamy martina topley-bird:




dont know wether shes "alt" enough, but shes pretty cool: sheryl crow




and another one-hit-wonder with a hit worth remembering: olive

 

[ShihTzuTylenol]

The Distillers
Brody Dalle is brilliant!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9HJvUvTpDc&feature=related"]LA Girl[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_8U93SvVyY"]City of Angels[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuVtkf491jo"]CALL ME! (Blonde Cover)[/ame]





[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yqru5UXWGY&feature=related"]x-girlfriend[/ame]

 

[bostonboy20]

The Distillers
Brody Dalle is brilliant!

LA Girl

City of Angels

CALL ME! (Blonde Cover)





x-girlfriend

I don't know if I'd really call The Distillers a 90's band...their debut album came out in 2000 (they did have an EP out in 99 but...)

but on the other hand....I loved them....saw them on that tour you posted a vid from No Doubt, Garbage, Distillers....freakin fantastic