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list 90s bands that aged poorly and ones that aged well
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary 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
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:44 PM Author: Metal Clear Stain Turdskin The problem with Billy Corgain is that he's almost as good as he thinks he is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748969) |
Date: March 16th, 2026 12:09 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Aged poorly: Matchbox Twenty, Sugar Ray, Live, Collective Soul, Green Day Aged well: Korn, Filter, Alice in Chains, Nine Inch Nails |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:10 PM Author: Glassy chest-beating institution Rage Against the Machine has aged poorly Radiohead also sucks ass |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:11 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Agree on Rage and I used to love them lol
Radiohead still has a lot of great songs imo |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:12 PM Author: Glassy chest-beating institution Radiohead is cringe my dude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748115) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:14 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary They seem to have real staying power with the younger gen. A lot of crossover appeal. "All I Need" is a big song among the zoomim (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748121) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:49 PM Author: Titillating locus They're the 8th most popular rock band in the entire world. You might not like it but that doesn't mean their 44 million monthly listeners are wrong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748758) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:12 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary People really love The Cranberries now. I always thought they were kinda gay. Zombies is a stupid ass song (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748113) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:03 PM Author: duck-like heaven beautiful singer and voice. zombies is a great song. they are solid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748412) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:50 PM Author: Titillating locus Yeah Zombie and Linger are really good songs wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748760) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 10:09 PM Author: Crimson hateful round eye Zombie is great. The Cranberries have that cool jangle pop sound that aged well from the 90s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749789) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 10:11 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle Zombie is like Sweet Caroline, one of those songs you will get 100% of the people in the room to stop what they are doing and sing along
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:12 PM Author: bearded shrine personal credit line 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`#49748114) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:13 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Gin Blossoms sucks worse than anything in 2026 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748117) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:14 PM Author: electric carnelian range main people F u man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748120) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:16 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary 🎶follow you down but not that far🎶 *tamest guitar riff ever created* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748124) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:13 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle 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
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:15 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748123) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:16 PM Author: Glassy chest-beating institution wow cr my guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748126) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:17 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary What happened to the band Cracker? their song Low is one of the best of the decade and way ahead of its time. Don't know anything about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748129) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:20 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Lowery is critical of the internet era and says that things may be worse now for working musicians than they were under the old record system. In 2012, he gave a widely shared talk called "Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss"[12][13] in which he criticized Pandora Radio for low songwriter royalties, claiming to have made less than $17 from a million streams of his song "Low."[14] (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748137) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:08 PM Author: Titillating locus Pandora royalties are the absolute cheapest of all royalty types. There's a law that says basically if your song is in some sort of shuffle queue it's not the same as if the listener specifically requested that song, so the royalties are extremely minimal. Spotify pays way more than Pandora, and obviously terrestrial radio pays 50x more than Spotify. All top 40 artists get a bigger check from the radio than from streaming or shuffling. But yeah Pandora is going to be the worst. You have to do it anyway as part of your business model because hype and fame is what leads to revenue. You essentially need to get your music to as many people as possible even if it's for free so you can sell them tickets and merch. This guy should quit whining and go on tour. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748805) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:17 PM Author: Soul-stirring purple legal warrant foreskin Only a few "big" 90s bands aged well. Nirvana Cranberries Smashing Pumpkins Oasis Bush |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:27 PM Author: Supple plaza (Gavin Rossdale) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748158) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: Soul-stirring purple legal warrant foreskin Glycerine, Machinehead and Swallowed can go up against any band's top 3 songs, brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748271) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:04 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748283) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:06 PM Author: duck-like heaven not a fan of swallowed, but he has at least 5 other songs that could fill that spot. bush's recent stuff is not great, though. it's like he had a ghost writer who died |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:30 PM Author: Supple plaza Stop (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749245) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:19 PM Author: Glassy chest-beating institution that New Radicals song is still cool IMO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748134) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:20 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Hated it then & still do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748136) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:15 PM Author: Deep Sound Barrier Gaming Laptop I bet you hate that Len song too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748320) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:14 PM Author: heady place of business legend the whole album is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748664) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:25 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Aged well: Third Eye Blind
Poorly: Sublime : scummy meth/fent phenotype music now |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:55 PM Author: Titillating locus Sublime wrote the greatest song of all time about human trafficking of a minor and you're just gonna sit there and mock them? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748772) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:05 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary I love sublime brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749639) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:56 PM Author: Ultramarine famous landscape painting "Now". Sublime still rules. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749003) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:26 PM Author: Violet Parlour Love Of Her Life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748152) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:27 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748160) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:11 PM Author: Titillating locus Counterpoint: glorified singles band. The albums are unlistenable. 1-2 hits per album and they had a million albums. No one goes for the deep cuts though. But they get points for having the coolest music videos. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748813) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:33 PM Author: Violet Parlour Love Of Her Life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749254) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:26 PM Author: Supple plaza 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 12:27 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Snuck Green Day in there ouch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748157) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:27 PM Author: Supple plaza their first 4.5 albums are all irresistably good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748161) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:32 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Yeah even if true (I liked the Dookie album back in the day) they are way too cringe & libtarded & low-T now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748172) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:38 PM Author: Supple plaza 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. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:40 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Well its like are they still relevant today or is their music dated and cringe. Are they chopped and mogged or do they have aura I don't see a lot of Green Day discourse |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:46 PM Author: Supple plaza Again do you mean is their music from the 90s well received today or are you asking whether a group of guys in their mid-50s are still making cutting edge rock n roll music 35 years after the release of their first album? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748214) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:48 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Why do jews quibble like this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748223) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:33 PM Author: insane prole 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 2:02 PM Author: Self-centered jade stage clown Around the fur came out in 1997 you fucking dunce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748411) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:21 PM Author: Fluffy arousing resort trust fund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748691) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:22 PM Author: insane prole correction White Pony was 2000. they only had one good song before that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748696) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:55 PM Author: Violent buff menage Incredible album cover (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749617) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:00 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Around the fur had 2 all time goated songs on it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749628) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:34 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Goo Goo Dolls somehow got big again due to an old video of the lead singer performing in the rain making zoomer pussies tingle but I dunno if it translates to $ now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748178) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:47 PM Author: snowy spectacular pistol parlor They just did an NPR tiny desk show and seem to still be riding the fame wave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748572) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:35 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Oasis aged well I guess, did a massive reunion tour recently. What were that all about m8 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748183) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:55 PM Author: Soul-stirring purple legal warrant foreskin Brits miss the 90s even more than we do because things have gotten even shittier there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748246) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:33 PM Author: Deep Sound Barrier Gaming Laptop I think they only aged well because they did the breakup/reunion thing.
Had they been putting out mediocre albums (like their last ~4) all this time, they would not be playing stadiums. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:48 PM Author: Titillating locus They were a huge deal, then went on hiatus for 15 years. Of course they're going to draw a huge audience. Led Zeppelin could go on tour tomorrow and break every conceivable touring record of all time with 3 dudes in their 80s. Absence makes the heart grow fonder etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748751) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:57 PM Author: Ultramarine famous landscape painting Never got this band. Always sounded like bland boring shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749007) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:43 PM Author: Pearly Pungent Rigpig School Poorly: Beck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748204) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:28 PM Author: Deep Sound Barrier Gaming Laptop I'm frequently surprised by Spotify statistics
To a large number of people he's just some one hit wonder that did 'Loser' |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:47 PM Author: sepia stage community account They're not wrong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748392) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:38 PM Author: Soul-stirring purple legal warrant foreskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748727) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:24 PM Author: Pearly Pungent Rigpig School “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 |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:45 PM Author: sepia stage community account He was forcememed by music critics, no one actually liked him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748561) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:41 PM Author: Titillating locus Flame? He was forcememed by the Church of Scientology lol. He was a plant paid for by the church to draw attention to them and get people to pay for auditing courses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748736) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:22 PM Author: Emerald Center I like Beck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748850) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:51 PM Author: Beady-eyed pink cuckold Bands playing the casino circuit or clubs with one original member aged poorly.
Bands doing arena tours or their own cruises aged well. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:55 PM Author: Glassy chest-beating institution 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`#49748247) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:53 PM Author: Blue ticket booth cuck They didn't "age poorly" so much as they actively got shittier while still pumping out new shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748401) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:44 PM Author: Titillating locus They were on top of the world after American Idiot. That tour was insane. 21st Century Breakdown was surprisingly good as well if not a last hurrah. I think everything after that was terrible and they didn't age graceful. Instead of just being washed up and playing the hits they kept making worse and worse albums. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748743) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:57 PM Author: Blue ticket booth cuck Yeah, talk to any Boomer about the band Chicago (once great, descended into shitty ballads). GD basically our generation’s that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749006) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:59 PM Author: Titillating locus GD had way more epic hits than Chicago. More like Aerosmith. Rock band that became a pop band. GD is still yuge though. Go to any college campus. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749013) |
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Date: March 17th, 2026 12:23 AM Author: Blue ticket booth cuck Bille Joe?! Will you sign my commemorative 2003 No Blood for Oil t-shirt? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49750076) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 8:58 AM Author: Supple plaza Isn't that kind of typical and also understandable?
How many bands 6th-10th albums are good? How many bands pump out quality new albums 35 years after the release of their first album?
Billie Joe is a song writer at his core. He's going to keep writing new songs until the day he dies. None of it will hit as hard as the stuff he wrote when he was 16-25.
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:28 PM Author: Blue ticket booth cuck David Bowie and pablo picasso were dishing out bangers until they died.
Also c'mon man. GD went from dookie in the late 90s to crying into the mic about george bush and Wake Me Up When September Ends less than 10 years later. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:45 PM Author: Titillating locus Ironically the crying into the mic about George Bush was still a pretty good era for them. I think ¡Uno! was the beginning of the end. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49757709) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:57 PM Author: Violent buff menage Poorly then Well: Airborne Toxic Event (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748255) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:12 PM Author: Titillating locus Ding. They were a one hit wonder. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748817) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:33 PM Author: Violent buff menage Two hits (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749253) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:36 PM Author: Titillating locus What's the other one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749260) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:33 PM Author: sepia stage community account RHCP had a bigger career in the 2000's than the 90s. (they still suck). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748362) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:42 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle 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.
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:42 PM Author: nighttime water buffalo 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
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:48 PM Author: opaque fanboi Green Day is one of best live bands, even today. RHCP, Pearl Jam, etc all still very listenable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748394) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:48 PM Author: Charismatic Carmine Haunted Graveyard Home Hootie & THE Blowfish not so great
Sublime for the most part is always chill acceptable at a minimum |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:52 PM Author: Translucent at-the-ready state candlestick maker With a little love! and some tenderness...
Brother, CRV is still playing on heavy at the bars in SC |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:55 PM Author: Violet Parlour Love Of Her Life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748403) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:58 PM Author: Blue ticket booth cuck 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. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:13 PM Author: Supple plaza Yeah the 90s technopop formula of synths sounds with a nasally female singer and a deep voiced sensual male quasi rapping on the verses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749199) |
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Date: March 17th, 2026 12:35 AM Author: Blue ticket booth cuck 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
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Date: March 19th, 2026 8:54 PM Author: Supple plaza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49756823) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:07 PM Author: Azure contagious keepsake machete 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
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:13 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748440) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:24 PM Author: Hyperactive University Deer Antler the sundays seem to be more popular now than they were then (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748473) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:36 PM Author: Azure contagious keepsake machete cot damn I feel good when I listen to the Sundays - example, this is how the story ends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHsip5xOenQ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748521) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:09 PM Author: Flatulent Dingle Berry Lodge well: ace of base
poorly: smash mouth |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:09 PM Author: duck-like heaven foo fighters has aged fine. system of a down has aged poorly even if they were a far cooler band than foo fighters |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: Hyperactive University Deer Antler Poorly: Green Day, RHCP, Duncan Sheik, EMF, Tripping Daisy
Well: Toadies, Fine Young Cannibals, Sugar Ray, St. Etienne, Nirvana |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: french space DMB, Live, Garth made the 90s worth listening and forever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748447) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:17 PM Author: Lascivious lettuce 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. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:47 PM Author: painfully honest nubile scourge upon the earth a lot of zoomers love creed which surprises me but is also 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749736) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:20 PM Author: Smoky bateful goal in life Hard to believe any of you are still listening to the Smashing Pumpkins. the world is a vampire is this generations "just take those old records off the shelf" |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:20 PM Author: insane prole i only listened to some full Smashing Pumpkins albums recently and my opinion is their most famous radio songs (like world is a vampire and 1979) are actually their worst songs. All of Siamese Dream is amazing esp the song Mayonnaise. Gish and Mellon Collie are cr too of course but i haven't gone much farther. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748688) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:15 PM Author: Titillating locus Horrible take. They were amazing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748835) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:35 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle 100%. BWBW isn't their best but it is still a great rock song. Today and 1979 send every Gen Xer right back to the best days of their youth.
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:38 PM Author: Azure contagious keepsake machete the entire SIamese Dream album is fucking 180 IMO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748932) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:47 PM Author: Titillating locus 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`#49748978) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 5:56 PM Author: Smoky bateful goal in life I love those and probably listened to sp more than anyone here. The q is whether they aged well.
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:13 PM Author: Titillating locus Good point. If they aged better they'd be in the top 200 monthly listeners with Nirvana and Green Day. They're much further down the list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749201) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:13 PM Author: Laughsome Brindle Partner Cruise Ship The Landslide cover is fucking awful annd embarrassing and I still listen to SP regularly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749501) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:19 PM Author: Titillating locus It's actually really good imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749514) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:14 PM Author: Racy circlehead 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`#49749206) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:21 PM Author: painfully honest nubile scourge upon the earth imo that song has aged well.
when it came out i thought it was cringey and their worst single yet. but i love it now |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 11:02 PM Author: Titillating locus To me BWBW is a song that's better live than on the record. I wouldn't necessarily put it on or crave hearing it but live in an arena I'm gonna go nuts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749933) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:52 PM Author: snowy spectacular pistol parlor 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 |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:41 PM Author: Floppy Primrose Bawdyhouse Depressive 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`#49749580) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:52 PM Author: snowy spectacular pistol parlor I have not put much thought into this. I just know the algorithm gave me “Virtual Insanity” and “Cosmic Girl” a few times and I found myself thinking, “I don’t know why this was instantly ‘cringe’-coded when I was in high school” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749749) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:21 PM Author: Fluffy arousing resort trust fund Candlebox (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748694) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:35 PM Author: anal station stop having the worst takes on every topic you retarded fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748722) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:34 PM Author: sepia stage community account Aged better:
Alice n Chains Primus Melvins Burzum
Aged badly: Green Day The Offspring Cake Toad the Wet Sprocket |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:45 PM Author: Titillating locus euronymous maf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748745) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:27 PM Author: painfully honest nubile scourge upon the earth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749700) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 7:17 PM Author: mustard native Darkthrone have aged far better than Mayhem.
And Emperor better than both. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 7:32 PM Author: Titillating locus I disagree.
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Date: March 20th, 2026 7:34 PM Author: mustard native And I'd take Borknagar over all of them.
TBF, I never cared for Maniac's vocal style. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:35 PM Author: Titillating locus 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. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:36 PM Author: sepia stage community account (drummer for Imagine Dragons) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748724) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 3:40 PM Author: Titillating locus He's probably rich (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748732) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:06 PM Author: Hyperactive University Deer Antler What the fuck is Twenty One Pilots (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748794) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:09 PM Author: Titillating locus It's some retarded Gen Z nonsense but it's very popular (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748807) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:51 PM Author: insane prole they were big like 10 years ago, it was overproduced millenial slop, not gen z (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748996) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:56 PM Author: Titillating locus The fans were Gen Z. I don't think Millennials ever listened. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749005) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:40 PM Author: Azure contagious keepsake machete I think ive seen them 4-5 times at music festivals and I can't name a single song or anything about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748942) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:39 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle is this the global list? who cares what a bunch of punjabis and africans are listening to? go back to india
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:49 PM Author: Titillating locus Seethe moar faggot
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Date: March 19th, 2026 9:09 PM Author: Mind-boggling puce theatre ah yes, notable 90s rock band creedence clearwater revival (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49756848) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:23 PM Author: Emerald Center They all aged well except for Radiohead. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748854) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:25 PM Author: Titillating locus The most Candy Ride take of all Candy Ride takes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748861) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 5:26 PM Author: Emerald Center I like Radiohead and I used to love them, but it has just really lost its luster. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749100) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 5:43 PM Author: Titillating locus Flame? You're just old and life is boring. It's just as good as you remember it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749143) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 7:12 PM Author: Emerald Center I am not even 40 yet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749343) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 7:56 PM Author: Titillating locus I recommend Kid A in that case (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749466) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:28 PM Author: Racy circlehead 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`#49748869) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:34 PM Author: Titillating locus STP was always huge in its day and stanned by Staceys everywhere. Still I don't think they're big with critics or alt rock die hards. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748900) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:35 PM Author: sepia stage community account They were cursed by having their big first hit sound like a Pearl Jam song, and it was probably not even intentional copying. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748911) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:39 PM Author: Azure contagious keepsake machete i never really liked STP, still don't (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748935) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:40 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle Interstate Love Song is 180
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:52 PM Author: Azure contagious keepsake machete I mean, its fine. I wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio, but I would never purposefully play it on spotify (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748998) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 5:03 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle our road trip is cancelled (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749024) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 6:06 PM Author: Racy circlehead 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`#49749182) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:51 PM Author: Soul-stirring purple legal warrant foreskin Terrible band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49748995) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 4:54 PM Author: Pale Generalized Bond The Cardigans aged well (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749000) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:10 PM Author: kink-friendly fragrant nursing home 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`#49749494) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:18 PM Author: Irradiated blathering address karate was just playing their stuff recently. One headlight is great as a composition. Dylan did it himself which is impressive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749513) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:02 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary He's kinda doing "Dadface" too imitating his voice imo. Always was a dirge of a song
Another one like that I hated was Fastball I can't remember the song name |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:15 PM Author: kink-friendly fragrant nursing home 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. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:40 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Oh yeah. The way and out of my head were both miserable, don't remember the other one
they looked like losers too |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:47 PM Author: Emerald Center Fastball is 180. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749734) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:17 PM Author: Irradiated blathering address karate all i can say is 3rd eye blind remains the best band of all time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749511) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:19 PM Author: Titillating locus Sup Stephan (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749515) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:34 PM Author: Laughsome Brindle Partner Cruise Ship 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. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:38 PM Author: insecure theater stage wrinkle (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749571) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:49 PM Author: Titillating locus Why does it cost them more per ad for the chili peppers than for Nirvana. Or what is it? They charge more for ads for Nirvana? Because the fans are Gen X? Idgi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749597) |
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Date: March 17th, 2026 1:22 AM Author: Laughsome Brindle Partner Cruise Ship A nontrivial number of the plays of Nirvana and Radiohead are people aged 15-30, usually also kids who are into guitar/play guitar. A rounds to zero number of RHCP plays are people under 40, therefore they are much less valuable ear drums. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49750198) |
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Date: March 17th, 2026 1:39 AM Author: Titillating locus Hold the phone. You're saying that advertisers care more about the 15-30 demo than the 40+ demo? Don't they just play different ads like hair loss and ED meds?
BTW I know a lot of teens and college kids who love RHCP. Kids of friends and shit. They are fucking enormous with the youth demo. Young people are crazy for the Chili Peppers so you may want to rethink rounds to zero. It sounds like you're talking out of your ass. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:04 PM Author: Slimy Windowlicker Sanctuary Sublime was huge on the whole west coast. In fact you could tell who the transplants were by playing Santeria at a party and seeing who wasn't into it. Idk wtf they were listening to in wisconsin and indiana at that time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749637) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 10:39 PM Author: Ultramarine famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749868) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:54 PM Author: snowy spectacular pistol parlor I don’t much care for the RHCP and have “thumbs downed” them or whatever on Spotify a dozen times only to still see them creeping back into my recommended playlists. I’m convinced that Keidis is paying Spotify royalties so that he can stay relevant and pwn so-cal teens while he’s in his sixties. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749754) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 10:39 PM Author: Ultramarine famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49749870) |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:31 PM Author: Vengeful Beta Office 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. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 9:18 AM Author: Lemon senate newt i don't agree with pearl jam. i always hated them, but aren't they still active and very popular? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49756980) |
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Date: March 17th, 2026 12:26 AM Author: angry hideous chad Sugar Ray look like caricatures of a 90s band. the chill bros who were supposed to be practicing but instead just ripped a bunch of coke while drinking too many rollings rock (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49750086) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 8:29 AM Author: sepia stage community account They played a great set at Pierogifest a couple of years ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49756911) |
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Date: March 19th, 2026 9:07 PM Author: Mind-boggling puce theatre I was a big Rage Against the Machine fan. They're fucking unlistenable now.
And anyone defending RHCP has lost the plot. One of the worst bands of all time.
Oasis also sucks.
Having said all of that, y'all are too hard on the Foo Fighters. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 8:50 AM Author: Deep Sound Barrier Gaming Laptop (nonwhite) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49756933) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 8:55 AM Author: Glassy chest-beating institution lol jeet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49756939) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 9:00 AM Author: domesticated vermilion set selfie Oasis doesn't suck, they were 180. agree with the others mostly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846392&forum_id=2`#49756944) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 9:14 AM Author: Lemon senate newt this is off topic, but i was in middle school and high school during the heyday of 90s music and was into punk and hardcore. consequently, i hated pretty much every band named itt because i was too cool for the room. (example - in 94 when kurt cobain overdosed, shortly before he died, i saw this sXe band called mouthpiece at the Safari Club in DC. their singer asked for a moment of silence for john candy, who'd just croaked, then said "and kurt cobain overdosed. good." and everyone cheered).
but now i actually like a lot of the radio hits from back then.
red hot chili peppers fucking suck tho, except for "under the bridge." that song is an unmitigated 180. i remember when that video came out, i was in 8th grade and it would come on when i was eating breakfast like every day. it was the very early days of the grunge explosion, kind of before people knew what was happening. not all that long after the smells like teen spirit video started getting played 24/7. it was like "why the fuck are these sorta-punk bands being played on primetime mtv?" |