Rock Genres In The 90

′S Essay, Research Paper

Rock music was decaying in the late 80 s. The rock scene was suffering from a repetetive

pattern of big hair, flashy clothes, long guitar solos, and lyrics that weren t relating to the

listeners. The music industry was begging for something new. This is the beat up state that rock

was left in during the early nineties. But little did anyone know what was in store for rock in the

90 s. What was about to come would redefine the meaning of rock forever.

In the early 90 s a band called Nirvana had made it s debut into the mainstream. This band

had bred the first genre of the 90 s, Grunge . After the fall of Grunge a new genre had to take

place. So once again the music industry was in need of something new. And so dawned the era of

Alternative Punk, the second genre. Leading the scene were Green Day and Offspring. The punk

scene brought on a whole new vibe of raw energy and anarchy. When the punk scene started to

die down, a new breed of rock was surfacing to the mainstream. The Metal/Hardcore was the

final genre of rock in the 90 s. It consisted of bands such as KoRn, Limp Bizkit, and Rob Zombie.

This genre was the hardest of the genres and could definantly cause the hugest mosh pit.

The first genre of rock was called Grunge. It was named this simpley because of it s lack

of interest in fashion and the growling barked out vocals. It couldn t have came at a better time

then it did. The later 80 s were emerging and there was no sign of something new. That is untill a

three piece band called Nirvana (spiritual place of peace) from Seattle led by guitarrist/vocalist

Kurt Cobain landed their first album tittled Bleach in 1989. This album errupted into the

underground music scene like fire, which had top notch record labels knocking on their door. It

wasn t untill their sophmore album (Nevermind) that they achieved extreme mainstream success,

bringing Grunge to its climax. It came out in 1992 and so did their first video Smells Like Teen

Spirit . This video marked the beginning point of Nirvana s success. The moment this video hit

MTV it became an instant commercial success. The common reaction to this song was either to

crush a can over your head or punch a hole threw your wall. Nirvana s strength wasn t in their

appearance, but in their music. Their lyrics were extremely powerful, they reflected on topics such

as isolation, angst, school, womans rights, and various other social topics. Nirvana had reached its

peak with this album, selling over ten million albums in the United States. Other bands such as

Peal Jam and Silverchair were also involved in the Grunge era, but none of them had the same

impact as Nirvana. Another album was produced by Nirvana, it was called In Utero , which had

reached four million in sales. By this time the original effect of Grunge was starting to wear thin

and so was the life of Kurt Cobain, as he indulged in heroin. In 1994 Kurt Cobain ended his life

and the first era of the 90 s, Grunge.

After the depressing wrath of Grunge had swarmed the music scene, people were tired of

self loathing, depressive music. The trio known as Green Day answered the peoples call, bringing

about the second genre of the 90 s, Alternative Punk. Green Day helped bring about Alternative

Punk with the help of another band named Offpsring. In 1994 Green Day came out with their

third album Dookie . They landed their first song on MTV, it was called Longview . It was an

instant hit, the lyrics revolved around suburban boredom, which many kids could relate to. Later

they released the classic radio hits Basket Case and When I Come Around . They gave off a

silly, crazy, and fun vibe that everyone could get into. The guitarrist/vocalist Billie Joe couldn t

read music and only knew three chords, but still managed to make awesome music. During this

same year Green Day appears on Late Night With Conan O Brien , The Jon Stewart Show ,

and 120 Minutes on MTV. Later that year they played Woodstock. They became known as the

Mud Throwing Nudists because they got in a mud fight with the crowd and they ran around

naked. During this time the masses of fans were taking on this punk attitude. Millions of kids

started dressing in punk attire and aquirring a punk attitude of not caring, which for a brief

amount of years made it the trend for loser-cool . It was almost impossible at the time not to see

some one skating, spray painting on walls, or wearing a Green Day shirt. In late 1995 Green

Day s album started to lose its world wide rush. However by this time Dookie had already

pulled in twelve million album sales word wide. Green Day decided it was time for another album,

it was made in 1996 and it was called Insomniac . Insomniac wasn t a Dookie 2 , it wasn t full

of poppy power punk melodies. Insomniac had a more self destructive vibe to it, but still

maintained that raw energy that attracted so many fans. With MTV hit songs such as Geek Stink

Breathe , Bra

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