list 90s bands that aged poorly and ones that aged well
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: Gay of Hormuz
Aged poorly
RHCP: almost unlistenable
Foo Fighters: same
Barenaked Ladies: gay & sucked ass even back then
The Wallflowers: hate that one song of theirs
Aged well
Deftones: huge w/ zoomers now
Limp Bizkit: cool as hell now & always was
Slipknot: unique sound
Smashing Pumpkins: beautiful melodies
Alien Ant Farm: just did huge sold out stadium tour in Indonesia
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748098)
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:10 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
Rage Against the Machine has aged poorly
Radiohead also sucks ass
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:12 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
Radiohead is cringe my dude
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Date: March 16th, 2026 10:09 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,.
Zombie is great. The Cranberries have that cool jangle pop sound that aged well from the 90s
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:12 PM
Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,
All 90s bands aged well, especially when compared to the slop of today
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748114) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:13 PM Author: peeface
Well:
Alice in Chains - Would from MTV unplugged is POTUS
Nirvana - still bangs
Creed - never been more popular
Semisonic - still closes every bar
Cranberries - ear worms
Stone Temple Pilots
Poorly:
Soundgarden - boring
Pearl Jam - boring and vapid
Green Day - old men pretending they are hip, 90% of their hits unlistenable
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748119)
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:16 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
wow cr my guy
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:17 PM Author: Ass Sunstein
Only a few "big" 90s bands aged well.
Nirvana
Cranberries
Smashing Pumpkins
Oasis
Bush
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748130) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:19 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
that New Radicals song is still cool IMO
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748134) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:25 PM Author: Gay of Hormuz
Aged well: Third Eye Blind
Poorly: Sublime : scummy meth/fent phenotype music now
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748150) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:26 PM Author: dupa
Poorly: Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, RHCP, RATM, Sublime, Blink 182
Well: Alice in Chains, STP, Cranberries, Green Day, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer (limited to albums released in the 90s), Rancid
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:38 PM Author: dupa
maybe i misunderstood the premise of the thread. I interpreted it to be analyzing the music made in the 90s with the benefit of time.
If we are including their later albums (aside from American Idiot), then yeah sure there is a huge quality drop off. Same thing with Weezer.
But that's like saying Iron Maiden is a shitty 80s metal band because Virtual XI sucks.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748188) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:33 PM Author: bomb iver
deftones is more of a 2000s band, white pony came out in 2003 iirc
Tool got started in the 90s even though Lateralus came out in 2001. great music although the fans and even the band itself kinda suck
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,.
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:24 PM Author: AI_concubine
“Loser” sucks. Self defeating 90s pussy slacker culture. “Get crazy with the cheez whiz!” Jesus come on
Devil’s Haircut is ok
Where it’s at is stupid and has only two aspects to it
Think I’m in Love is decent, like a song you’d hear at Target
How was this guy so popular? It seems impossible he’d get popular today among young people
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748475) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:51 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass
Bands playing the casino circuit or clubs with one original member aged poorly.
Bands doing arena tours or their own cruises aged well.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748232) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:55 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
honestly I think Green Day has aged the worst of any 90s band
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748247) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:42 PM Author: peeface
they actually had a few singles like Higher Ground, Give it Away, Under the Bridge and My Friends back then that you can still listen to.
everything from the 2000s sounds like it was designed by an early AI effort to be identical Top 100 radio slop.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748380)
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:42 PM Author: cowgod
All grunge aged poorly compared to how popular and relevant it was in its heyday. Millennials and zoomers both have more reverence for 70s rock/metal/80s punk than grunge. 2 gens in a row. Super unknown sold 9,000,000k lol
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748381)
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:48 PM Author: gibberish (?)
Hootie & THE Blowfish not so great
Sublime for the most part is always chill acceptable at a minimum
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748395) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:52 PM Author: Muscadine wine
With a little love! and some tenderness...
Brother, CRV is still playing on heavy at the bars in SC
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748399) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 1:58 PM Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
RHCP is The Band of Our Generation. Sorry, weird fag.
Dat 90s sound -- whether it's a strummy middle-American Gin Blossoms song or a DANCE POP jam by a nasally female vocalist replaced late in the song by an Eastern Euro bass dude belting out verses phonetically in a language he can't understand (they were all like this: the Real McCoy, La Bouche, Aqua) -- has, emanating from it, the halo of Greatness of a bygone age, a country lost.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748408) |
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Date: March 17th, 2026 12:35 AM Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
I TAH-, I TALK, I TALK TO YOU
IN THE NIGHT, IN YOUR DREAM, OF LOVE SO TRUE
I TAH-, I TALK, I TALK TO YOU
IN THE NIGHT, IN YOUR DREAM, OF LOVE SO TRUE
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49750114)
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:07 PM Author: michael doodikoff
Limp Bizkit is ironically looked back on fondly now
Slowdive - considered genius today. my 13yo niece disclosed to me that she had been listening to Souvlaki-era Slowdive and I was so proud. She claims she discovered it herself, but I suspect she has been snooping around my spotify playlists. She also loves radiohead, tame impala, mac demarco, etc etc
The Sundays sound great today
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748421)
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:09 PM Author: Waingro
well: ace of base
poorly: smash mouth
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748429) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: cooked unc
Poorly: Green Day, RHCP, Duncan Sheik, EMF, Tripping Daisy
Well: Toadies, Fine Young Cannibals, Sugar Ray, St. Etienne, Nirvana
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748445) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 2:17 PM Author: Todd Driskill
All the late 90s/early 2000s "butt rock" bands have aged pretty poorly: Nickleback, Creed, Limp Bizkit, etc. Nobody listens to that shit anymore.
The artists that were popular in the 93-96 time frame still sound great though: Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Third Eye Blind, Oasis, Gin Blossoms, etc. I don't particularly like Green Day but they're still selling out stadiums so they must be doing something right as well.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748451) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:47 PM Author: equities propaganda
Disarm, Muzzle, Today, Cherub Rock, Mayonnaise, Landslide (cover), Tonight, Tonight to name a few. Just a couple of massive hits. You know Mellon Collie went Diamond. Pretty rarely feat. I would say that along with Nirvana, SP is so central to the ethos of Grunge and Alternative they're literally a Sine Qua Non of the entire space. There's not even a debate. If you don't like SP, you don't like 90s rock. I would even say Pearl Jam is likely in this category too but they're more polarizing because they were more of a pop sound. But SP is literally unimpeachable. If you don't like them, you don't like the whole concept. You don't like the whole idea of alternative rock.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748978) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: .,..,,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,..,..,
got comped tickets to Green Day/Smashing Pumpkins two years ago. Pumpkins were great.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49749206) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 2:52 PM Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
Aging better than expected:
—The Cranberries
—No Doubt
—Jamiroquai (I don’t know why Spotify suddenly decided that I should listen to them, but it was a good nostalgic surprise)
—Blues Traveller
—Collective Soul
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748582) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: .,..,..,.,,..,..,,,,,,,,..,...,.,.,.,
I never realized Jamiroquai was a band. I thought it was just the guy with the hat.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49749580) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,.
Candlebox
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: .,.....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..,
stop having the worst takes on every topic you retarded fag
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748722) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 3:34 PM Author: animeboi (.)
Aged better:
Alice n Chains
Primus
Melvins
Burzum
Aged badly:
Green Day
The Offspring
Cake
Toad the Wet Sprocket
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748719) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 3:35 PM Author: equities propaganda
These are the only rock bands in the top 200 monthly listeners on Spotify:
8. Coldplay
43. Arctic Monkeys
45. Linkin Park
48. Imagine Dragons
53. Queen
76. The Neighbourhood
77. Tame Impala
80. Red Hot Chili Peppers
89. Radiohead
93. Gorillaz
105. Twenty One Pilots
106. The Police
121. Green Day
132. Nirvana
133. AC/DC
141. The Goo Goo Dolls
149. Guns N Roses
156. The Beatles
167. Paramore
172. Creedence Clearwater Revival
177. The Killers
178. Metallica
181. Bon Jovi
Reality, sorry fags. If your favorite 90s rock band isn't on this list, they might not be doing so hot. If you think a band is unlistenable but millions of people are listening to it, you're just wrong. Data don't lie.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748720) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 4:28 PM
Author: .,..,,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,..,..,
Stone Temple Pilots were not really taken seriously during the grunge era for being later to arrive, not from the PNW, derivative of other acts. With the benefit of time, they've been properly reassessed.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49748869) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: .,..,,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,..,..,
I was never a fan at the time but objectively I can say that their greatest hits record can hang with any other band from the era.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49749182) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,.
the wallflowers seem like a total forcememe in retrospect. stuff like 'one headlight' is just kind of a slog.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49749494) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:15 PM
Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,.
fastball had three notable hits. one was a rather dull track called 'the way' which somehow became a big radio hit. the other was a better mopey pop song called 'fire escape,' though it wasn't as successful as the inferior 'the way.'
the third was called 'out of my head' or something and was pretty bad.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49749660) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,;
I really wish there was regional data more readily available from Spotify on these kinds of questions. Eg Sublime nationwide is extremely dated, but it’s basically folk music in SoCal on the level of what Dylan was for east coast/Jewish boomers. Like you expect to hear it ambiently if you go out anywhere near the beaches in LA or SD. I always laugh at the Limp Bizkit Stans on here who seem completely delusional by any mass media standard of measurement and influence, eg you never hear them on Sirius and they haven’t had eg a song included in a massively viral tiktok or the like, but they are still clocking 20M+ streams a month for years now, 2x-ing RATM (which is especially funny given the Kanye style hissy fit the bassist threw at the VMAs). It would be so funny to find out that like 4M of those are just in Florida and 2M are just in Jacksonville.
But the main thing about the Spotify monthly counts is that they are wildly skewed toward post-Napster music, and obviously Spotify’s own algorithm is going to push certain bands/songs because the rights cost different amounts. Via my sons I can observe which 90s bands are still relevant to Gen Z/Alpha and this thread correctly clocks the Cranberries weird resurgence, but eg Nirvana and Radiohead are massively more relevant and well known/actively listened to than RHCP, but if you look at monthly streams RHCP gets more. It’s a certainty that Spotify can sell way more expensive ads on their free tier for Nirvana, let alone Bad Bunny or whoever.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49749554) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 9:31 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,
Well:
Blink 182 - they were a joke and now their songs are literal anthems at sports stadiums and things kids are dancing to at weddings
Smash Mouth - I think they're like the 90s version of Journey - they were over exposed but their music is just so pop they'll always show up in movies. Even outside of All Star, if you put the 90s station on they have "Come On Come On", "Im A Believer" and "Walkin On the Sun". That shit is going to play on film / TV soundtracks for decades for that 90s sound.
Not Well:
Smashing Pumpkins / Pearl Jam - they just haven't had many relevant moments in the past 10-15 years.
--I think the lesson here is that if you're a truly important band like The Beatles and Nirvana, you'll be remembered forever. But if you're not the definitive band, then the people who used to argue about how important your records just end up getting real jobs and kids and stop caring.
Conversely, the pop bands that critics shat on will endure because the music is still really catchy, and now it's retro. There's no one who has the energy now to explain why Creed/Blink 182/Smash Mouth sucks. They're all going to be remembered the same way Journey is now remembered.
If an 18 year old kid likes Blink 182, there's no longer another kid to tell him why he should be listening to Bad Religion instead.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2...id.#49749707) |
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