WHAT KILLED 90s ALT-METAL? - Danzig, Primus, White Zombie, Rollins Band

[@AmericanMetalhead100]

>what killed 90s alt metal? The year 2000 probably.

[@elliotthedissident6077]

lmao I said the same thing when I saw the title

[@themadrapper101]

So many good albums came out mostly Nu Metal between 2000-2003.. Only someone born then or after would say that. Back in 2000-2001 (Until after 9/11) It was still pretty late 90's... And Nu Metal was the hottest thing going. Say what you want about Nu Metal but it kept metal in the mainstream. Drowning Pool, Disturbed, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Linkin Park, P.O.D., Creed, Staind ect. All had mainstream success in 2000

[@maxwattage6631]

You see that Conan episode?

[@justme5578]

😂🤣

[@MAubele]

Fear Factory is metal meets alternative? Love your videos man as I appreciate the deep dives, but can’t agree with you on that. Soul of a new Machine cannot be called alt metal

[@phatchick691]

Heroin was pretty good at killing off things in the music scene back then.

[@polarnj]

Yea and now it kills us off before we finish the demo!

[@jeremyrobertson7267]

Heroin fuels the music scene; creativity and artistically it does anyway. It's always the ones who are the biggest fuck ups or junky pieces of shit that are the most amazing song writers.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

That and not wearing your fucking seatbelt.

[@jeremyrobertson7267]

@LWKGD tell that to dave mustaine , Chris Poland, the whole jazz scene and countless other legendary artists, not just in the music scene but in general

[@squidsquirthd2684]

JezBollah 667 Jonny. Raif :(

[@Caffeine_Club]

Ministry in their '87-'93 era were one of the greatest bands that ever existed. Period.

[@cougarric]

Saw them like 5 times in that time frame. They are about to come back to Houston soon and I'll be there for that as well.

[@arrondentinger2086]

"John the Fisherman" is such a good song. It's the perfect fusion of aggressive playing and funky beats. But let's be honest, basically all of Primus' songs have that feel. Very underated.

[@gustav2398]

John the fisherman is such an underrated song

[@nodrogdivad]

@@gustav2398 FRIZZLE FRY my good man.

[@thesilverhawaiian5024]

such a banger

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

Fuck man i have sooo many memories with Primus and Les. I saw so many times back in the day at their shows or in festival. Great great trio.

[@hechticgaming7193]

Primus Sucks, Les is God!

[@SrSacaninha]

This is why Radio X was San Andreas' best radio station.

[@TheBoomBoxGuru]

Radio X got me into a lot of these bands.

[@kotanovakota]

You mean Alice In Chains, Helmet, Faith No More Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Danzig, Depeche Mode, L7, Living Color Ozzy Osbourne, Jane's Addiction, Primal Scream

[@Aenima308]

Sr. Sacaninha 2nd best right behind K ROSE

[@YoungDeathWish]

I liked the country station

[@jasonlitherland4270]

Mothaaaaah

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

Without ‘90s alternative metal, there would never be a nu metal. Honestly, I have respect for most of the bands in the alternative metal genre.

[@firebason]

You can hear Helmet riffs in a lot of nu metal bands

[@christopherdavies2285]

So we can blame alt metal for nu metal then?

[@PhillyFlyersss]

In that case, i hate alt metal even more then if its responsible for nu metal lmao

[@dekaiaverett3265]

Cody I guess that means that you also have to hate alternative, punk, and metal because without them alt metal would never exist

[@PhillyFlyersss]

@@dekaiaverett3265 Its not that deep bro lol It was just a joke

[@mr.onethirtyeight5088]

Helmet- Have you ever seen a band look more like just a bunch of regular geek looking dudes play such tight, heavy music? The early stuff almost sounds industrial machine like but that's them just playing! Highly underrated.

[@joeyree22]

I was obsessed with them in the 90’s-00’s, and finally got there see them in 2014, for a Betty 20 year tour! It was awesome, and I got to take my husband and bring him back to my alt teen years :)

[@xviphoenix69]

Reminds me of what Beavis and Butt-Head were saying lol

[@NeepNeepPohn]

If you saw these guys on the streets you wouldn't even know they were cool

[@zackschilling4376]

Beavis and Butthead was a huge part of what put me onto a lot of these bands.

[@craigstuckey319]

Yep

[@superstarthomas]

They were the reason why Crowbar became one of my favorite bands.

[@jeremyb5468]

Yea we watched it at your house

[@Dovah_Jay]

Dude, it's how I discovered Ministry, and their side project the Revolting Cocks.

[@samward9641]

Ween push the little daisies and make them come up and sugartooth sold my fortune!

[@alexmanne]

Culturally and musically, 91-94 was an unbelievable time period. This is not just nostalgia. Everything really did feel new, authentic and fresh. I really can't think of any time period since then that we experienced anything similiar.

[@superbherb7947]

That was the tail end of the Golden Age of Hip Hop, too.

[@heatnationwpb]

@@superbherb7947 yup. 90's boom bap was THE shit.

[@MrBronx61]

Agree 100%, but I would add '95 too. Lots of great music came out that year.

[@kyleicp4206]

Best era ever!

[@robertsteinberger5667]

I just wonder after watching this video, what was the non-alt metal of that time because I have the idea all metal of 91-94 is mentioned....

[@poopinfruz9771]

Primus is its own genre, i think les calls it psychedelic polka

[@JoeyGarcia]

I thought it was Funk Rock due to the heavy bass guitar usage.

[@RIVALContentJammerz]

I call it, "Crap".

[@garygwin1741]

I saw them Live and they were horrible.

[@AshelinFox]

@@garygwin1741 And I saw them live and they were AMAZING!

[@swytchblade8144]

@@AshelinFox Les is more!

[@Dethrider6]

I'd be interested to see like a "state of the scene" video. Like, where is metal and hardcore today? What are the big trends, what's popular, who are the new players, etc. I'm unfortunately not super familiar with what's going on anymore and I think it could be an interesting video.

[@belifhetthe7th521]

Me too I tend to just listen to bands that have been around for a while idc if there considered mainstream in the metal scene or not as long as there not death metal or whatever I'll give them a listen

[@NOBLEFART1]

You guys should check out the podcast called “The State of the Scene”! Not from Finn, but I think it might be along the lines of what you’re looking for

[@mangogoat4691]

Zacry Carmichael That would be awesome

[@attk177]

He pretty much made a video about that last week, stating that rock today is pretty much dead and bands that were formed before the 2000s pretty much still dominate the scene and headline festivals. His conclusion was its a matter of offer and demand

[@TheOJJackson]

Yes!

[@RolandDeschain1]

'Demanufacture' and Machine Head's 'Burn My Eyes' set the new standards for sheer guitar heaviness at that time. The quantum leap in production quality was immense, thanks to the likes of Ross Robinson and Colin Richardson. And of course, Terry Date and Pantera for leading the way.

[@xminusone1]

Burn my eyes was an unbelievably good album at the time. It was really amazing and it still is.

[@robertsteinberger5667]

are there any non-altmetal bands of 91-94?

[@MatthewBishop64]

Some of the best ever drum sound engineering in on Burn My Eyes.

[@LORDJAVI131]

The CROW soundtrack the ALT-METAL sountrack

[@brandonvon3774]

My all time favorite compilation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHiuhXePlKikg7c

[@robertbobbypelletreaujr2173]

The first soundtrack played beginning to end, much like all the music of that era.

[@wdkaye]

Five bands mentioned in this video are on that soundtrack! I'd say it's at least half alt-metal

[@bhebert62482]

Panthers the badge

[@bhebert62482]

Pantera fucking autocorrect

[@dhmig88]

Corrosion of Conformity was a fucking awesome band also around that time.

[@fatimapalacios2292]

My mom liked deliverance and after that she got load and reload. that's how I got into rock music

[@midnite8729]

I was really into Blind when it was out. Had no idea they were this amazing Hc band before that... what a whirlwind that time was

[@LogiBear59]

They’re still pretty awesome. Saw them last year with Eyehategod, Black Label Society, and Clutch and they put on a hell of a show!

[@realityhurts8697]

COC, is still awesome, songs like 13 Angel's, clean my wounds,.and albatross.

[@SoakerCity]

If you listen carefully, they suck shit.

[@PeterMacLeod88]

“Alternative metal” and “Nu-Metal” are very interconnected and often share the same fanbase. Before “Nu-Metal” term was invented, bands like Korn were considered to be “Alternative Metal”

[@tw19771]

Nah bro, it was always called Nu-Metal or just garbage. It was called Nu-Metal as a slang and an insult. It was different but a step backwards musically from the stuff in the 80's and nothing new under the sun. Thats why it was called Nu Metal. It was called Alternative Metal after that by the labels when they figured out that the initial audience rock and metal heads weren't buying into it. So they pitched it to the grunge and alt-rock, punk crowd who adopted it as Alt Metal. So you can tell who you are talking to with it, if they call it Nu-Metal, its a metalhead or music enthusiast in general. If Alt-Metal is used you are talking to a grunge, basic citizen, poser, or industry exec. Thats basically it.

[@PeterMacLeod88]

tw19771 you are ill

[@tw19771]

@@PeterMacLeod88 Nah just factual

[@PeterMacLeod88]

tw19771 yeah well, it’s only your opinion. Not more than that. Not to mention that term “nu-metal” appeared in magazines only in 1997. And it is sub genre of alternative metal.

[@tw19771]

@@PeterMacLeod88 No, people were calling Nu-Metal Nu-Metal as far back as 1996.If not 1995. How do I know? Because I called Korn and Limp Bizkit that at the time and my friends used it, and everybody else to describe what they were doing. The Alt-Metal label didn't take off until the late 90's when bands that would have been thrown in the catagory were reboxed as Alt-Metal because Nu-Metal by the time 1997 hit, had no favorable reputation among metalheads, but had a sizable following among the non metal crowds. So by 1997, 1998 Nu-Metal got compartmentalized to mean "Metal with rap vocals" because the press didn't want to deal with the radioactive musical waste dump that Korn and Limp Bizkit left behind. When trying to market these other bands. Thats not opinion its a fact, and real world street experience bests google search ninja skills anyday.

[@bigvis497]

The early 90s were such an awesome time to be a kid. Picking up CDs and Magic cards at the mall, then rocking out til 3am.

[@WilliamMaranciMashups]

Helmet - Meantime is 🔥

[@ronbent]

the best

[@Danfromoverthere]

William Maranci hell yes!!!!

[@Ninjamanhammer]

@William Maranci Helmet - Meantime but it's Katy Perry California Girls when?

[@vaticpillars]

The blueprint

[@Gekokujo76]

Helmet had great song all over their discography. Meantime is my favorite album, but songs like "Wilma's Rainbow", "Smart", "Exactly What You Wanted", and "Throwing Punches" are every bit as good.

[@MarshallMathers3000]

I’d say Alice In Chains and early Soundgarden were important to this sound too

[@trondeaf]

My top two with AIC on top

[@nospam3327]

They were grunge bands. Different video.

[@garygwin1741]

No not really. The Seattle thing was its own thing, and Alice and Chains was more straight up metal than Alternative.

[@kylesantos8190]

I agree.

[@cymaddux3131]

Grunge

[@delhidelirium9091]

I love how Melvins and Jesus Lizard are always left out of these lists ...

[@kmana3416]

Especially Jesus Lizard

[@Floral_Green]

Did he really go into Noise Rock that much? I don’t feel that he did

[@delhidelirium9091]

@@Floral_Green Is that how you view Melvins and JL ? ´Noise core ... or rock, sorry ! Really ?

[@pobwall2]

Girls Against Boys anyone?

[@seanscheffelmaier2785]

Melvins... good shit

[@ArabicPrincessIV]

I've been re-discovering Type 0 Negative lately - Mike Patton and Peter Steele immediately come to mind when talking about truly underrated artists.

[@TheSledgehammer2024]

Type O Negative took Goth Rock to a whole new level... They made their music sexual, dark, and tragic... I remember wearing their shirts in high school and many asking me if I was type o negative blood instead of them knowing it was a band.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

A band that never seems to be talked about is Corrosion of Conformity. I mean c'mon, Clean My Wounds anybody?

[@vaticpillars]

They’re an interesting band. They were hardcore/punk /metal crossover in the 80’s, then stoner metal in the 90’s, and now bordering on sludge and southern. Great band.

[@2116sassafrass]

CoC is touring right now

[@robertcullen7042]

Corrosion has their southern groove metal niche. Great band

[@ColKorn1965]

I used to hang out with them in the 80's when they still lived in Raleigh. They definitely adapted, improvised, and evolved since then. Vote with a Bullet, Hell yes.

[@SwordAgainstChaos]

james staggs Deliverance had a huge impact on me.

[@graysonjd5624]

The term “College Rock” comes from these bands being played on independent college radio stations, since they weren’t being played on mainstream radio stations originally.

[@torontotonto6189]

ITs still fucking retarded term cos there is much more than just america and its stupid ways

[@robwalsh9843]

@@torontotonto6189 That's a really dumb criticism that has absolutely no bearing on the topic at hand.

[@bojanglesfries]

@@torontotonto6189 that has literally no relation to any of this

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Also cuz we saw them at college house parties or $3 shows at the University ballroom

[@martinwakefield8138]

not quite my friend. "College rock" dates back to the early 80s .

[@SerialGothQueens]

I'm 46 now, and I always remember bands like Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Fear Factory, even NIN (once they released the 'Broken' EP) being referred to as 'industrial', rather than 'alt-metal.'. No matter what you call it, I loved so many of those bands, and still do. I was a huge fan of punk and thrash, and also new wave and what came to be called 'alternative' (I also remember when it was called 'college rock', LOL). Industrial combined everything I loved about all those genres, and I still listen to it today. Good video; took me right back to the day too!

[@jacknone1564]

SerialGothQueens I would love to see a vid on Industrial. So many great bands. Everything Skinny Puppy released was phenomenal, and I’ll include The Process in that.

[@saurondp]

Yes, Industrial was rather influential on nu-metal, and actually experiened a short "moment in the sun" in the mid to late 90s thanks largely to the success of NIN.

[@twistededge8307]

KMFDM and lords of acid too...all of those bands you mentioned were badass

[@nephimcknight5832]

You, my friend, have great taste in music.

[@Pocket_Fox]

@@saurondp Filter is still putting out good, heavy industrial to this day. It amazes me how bands like that can have such a heavy, big ass guitar sound but still sound completely different than metal. The added electronic sounds are obviously a part of that, but even the guitar sounds entirely different regardless of how brutally heavy it is.

[@thesilverhawaiian5024]

Helmet is amazing in the meantime and betty are soo underrated

[@TimBitten]

Aftertaste as well!! It’s a lot different but man, what an album

[@thesilverhawaiian5024]

@@TimBitten ya aftertaste has some bangers too but in the meantime and betty are masterpieces even strap it on was good

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

@@thesilverhawaiian5024 dude i remember listening to meantime back in the day and was just blown away. Like i couldnt believe what was coming out of the speakers type of sound. Thats one, number 2, these mofo were our backyard band being from nyc so i went to see them like a week after, i was entering the underground scene at that time and age.

[@jasonruggen1511]

One of my favorites from that time

[@peaterrepeater4441]

John Stanier, Helmet‘s drummer, is still very active and successful with Battles. Helmet was one of the biggest bands in the 90‘s, had the pleasure to see them live back in the days.

[@Glopdemon]

Your comment on the media environment is dead on. I constantly see people my age (early 40s) and even a few years younger bitching about how there’s no good music being made anymore, it’s all in the past, etc which is completely untrue. What’s changed is that now you have to make more of an effort to seek it out. Back in 1994 it was pretty much inescapable. You couldn’t turn on the radio or MTV without having something great practically thrown in your face, because for whatever reason the media were much less risk averse. Nowadays it’s almost like it’s their job to keep you away from anything that’s challenging or interesting, which is why we’re looking for it here on KZbin or Spotify or what have you.

[@Misfit1336]

Abandon KZbin; go to BitChute

[@OGM_OriginalGameMusic]

Respect for saying that dude. I've had many an argument about this 😂

[@FinalBaton]

Back then I remember magazines being so influential and I'm happy he mentionned them. I can't tell you how many hours I spent getting hyped while flipping through Spin or Rolling Stones mags. I'd even cut out band pics and artwork from mags and stick them on my wall. I have vivid memories of two eras : Smashing Pumpkins type focused publications, and Marilyn Manson & co type publications.

[@ladydontekno]

I think a lot of the reason why people our age complain that there’s no good music anymore is because they don’t know *how* to seek it out. To younger people platforms like Spotify are intuitive. Meanwhile a lot of people my age (I’m 44) stick with Pandora or Sirius XM because they don’t understand how to navigate Spotify. They’re accustomed to having everything spoon fed to them.

[@nodrogdivad]

Well said. Any suggestions?

[@SoakerCity]

Type O Negative will be the winner in the long run. Standing there with Slayer and Metallica. That music is timeless in its perfection of gothic vibe and metal sound. Its going nowhere but back into the machine to be reinterpreted. GWAR was easily the most fun band of the 90's, and went very strong into the 2000's. I saw them in '04 and they were just killing it in front of a packed house of University kids and hardcore drug addicts.

[@beyondtheradio]

Type O Neg is timeless. No one will ever replace them or come close to their level in their genre. Goth kings.

[@shaolinlueb]

saw Gwar twice in Worcester MA, best shows I've been too.

[@FinalBaton]

Good pick. Myself I'd say Fear Factory and Helmet are the champions and will be remembered fondly for a long time. But I like your pick too and could live with that

[@Pelanances]

@@FinalBaton even im pretty confident that FF and Helmet (Ifrekinluv'emafreakinlot) inspired more kids to make music, Type O Negative are just... I dont have the words to descirbe their greatness! I can only compare them to the great german writes Mann and Hesse: so different, deep and mystical and at the same time playful, roguish even lewd (😉) but sooooo fucking relatable! Their use of por culture was awesome! And their music and sound are just fuckn genius. One of the best bands ever!

[@robwalsh9843]

We were spoiled rotten back then. We had all kinds of great grunge, hardcore, thrash, death, stoner, shoegaze, post-hardcore, etc.TON certainly earned their place, but plenty of other bands were just as influential.

[@pepethefrog6306]

Finally Alternative Metal getting some love. Alt metal gave way to Nu metal , Groove Metal ,Funk metal and modern 21st post hardcore BITW.

[@brodieyake7735]

Both Primus and Helmet had their own run of absolutely fantastic albums. Frizzle Fry, Sailing The Seas Of Cheese, and Pork Soda from Primus are masterpieces, and Meantime, Betty, and Aftertaste by Helmet are three of the best albums of the 90s. Helmet is criminally underrated, and I can't recommend them enough. Page Hamilton's guitar tone hits you like a Mack truck, and "Driving Nowhere" is one of the strongest songs of the decade.

[@shaunspadafora7943]

Driving Nowhere's lyrics (and Page's lyrics in general) are SO smart and thought-provoking. Helmet's music always challenges me, which is why I love them so much.

[@WeerdMunkee]

Proof in that even Winona Ryder knew how good Helmet was. Dated Page Hamilton for many years. After all, she was an indie darling...

[@mortmortmort8908]

you gotta give more credit to gwar, they invented music after all.

[@johnmolyneaux5505]

Mort Mort Mort Bohab

[@billyaubin5360]

GWAR sucks

[@pkrockin3923]

@@billyaubin5360 youre just gay

[@nodrogdivad]

What about 3 lil pigs by Green Jelly? How about some other obscure 90s songs... Detatchable Penis anyone?

[@Ataraxia462]

Demanufacture is still one of my favorite metal albums of all time. At the time it was the heaviest shit I had ever heard and it holds up completely to today’s stuff. I honestly never knew a drummer could be that fast and precise.

[@BeatsAndMeats]

I first heard Fear Factory on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack and it changed my life... Holy shit was Demanufacture heavy beyond heavy!!!!! Raymond Herrera, what a fucking banger of a drummer!

[@superunknown2812]

Yeah demanufacture was a game changer for sure

[@Ataraxia462]

@@BeatsAndMeats Exactly the same for me, Zero Signal is still my favorite song of theirs. Come to think of it, that was a pretty good soundtrack. Type O, Napalm Death, KMFDM, GZR...good shit.

[@voorhees7692]

Hell yeah, Demanufacture is, was, and will always the shit! Obsolete is awesome too, fear factory made great music in general.

[@superunknown2812]

@@Ataraxia462 great soundtrack even the other non metal tracks were good too

[@pheonix5597]

I thought the B 52's were more part of that EARLY 80's "New Wave" movement that also included Devo, Talking Heads, The Knack, Oingo Boingo, The Dickies, Tubeway Army, The Police, Blondie etcetera. THEIR first album came out in 1979 and their first hit song was Rock Lobster in 1980.

[@edwardwilson7079]

pheonix 5 PiL, Modern English, Gary Numan also

[@pheonix5597]

@@edwardwilson7079 Well, Tubeway Army was Gary Numan.

[@edwardwilson7079]

pheonix 5 yep. I failed lol

[@Rollotomassi099]

to be fair the B-52s had there 1st run in the early 80s with original guitarist and early AIDS casualty Ricky Wilson. After he died in 85 the band was kind of defunct for awhile till they regrouped and had more of a mainstream sound than in previous records with Cosmic Thing

[@1pcfred]

The Knack? I don't think so!

[@vaporeon1606]

Primus is actually one of the most interesting bands ever imo. You should do a whole video on them! Like everything about them is so unique and interesting: sound, vocals, music videos, the bass... les is an amazing bass player! I would love a video on this band

[@bushleague3472]

The thing that blows my mind most about Primus, are the incredibly slim odds that those 3 freakshow musicians somehow all managed to end up in the same band. I think most musicians that are even fractionaly so unique generally end up going their whole lives without ever playing in a band that is actually a good fit for them.

[@BluesyVlogs]

@@bushleague3472 At one point, Primus made more money on tour than Michael Jackson the same year. For music of this type that is an amazing and inspiring fact.

[@denislemieux4915]

@@BluesyVlogs The 90's were a crazy ride for music. So much different, strange shit became hugely popular.

[@mobrien7211]

Rollins band: weight Gwar: America must be destroyed

[@brandonpass7591]

Rollins Band was the soundtrack for my deployment in Iraq in 05-06.

[@robwalsh9843]

Also, Helmet, Quicksand, Failure, Buzzoven, Crowbar, Prong, etc. I could go on. The early 90's was a treasure trove of killer music.

[@nickdrage5774]

You should do a " How did the Misfits get so big?" Video. Ps. it was nice meeting you at the show.

[@fdeschapell]

I second this suggestion. All I remember hearing is the bootleg tape scene of the early 80s that made them underground legends.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

You too!

[@Gregbaltzer]

It was basically Metallica. Even in the Misfits book "This music leaves Stains" they basically cred Metallica. Before Metallica did those covers and introduced their fan base to the Misfits Jerry Only didn't give a shit about the Misfits royalties, because there was none. But then Metallica covered them and all of a sudden the royalties started pouring in. Jerry sued Glenn right after that. The Guns and Roses royalties helped. They were basically getting $0.10 for each song covered for each album sold. That's a lot of money when you're selling as many albums as Metallica and Guns and Roses. The story is longer than that but the Metallica covers basically created their popularity.

[@tokeypokey]

Right shit at the right time and Metallica

[@johnindigo5477]

@@ThePunkRockMBA weird to think that 9 inch nails have a songwriting credit on the number 1 song in the country. Its been number 1 for months

[@hansjavis5854]

La Sexorcisto is amazing. The guitar, bass, and drums are a master class in what tightness sounds like. I’ve played a lot of music in my time, but I’ve always said, if I could ever do anything I would want to be Ivan De Prume on that album.

[@mikclark8859]

Absolutely classic album

[@brucifer0]

The first two Lollapalooza tours were epic it's hard to describe unless you were there. The late 80s early 90s was great time to be a young music fan at the time it almost felt like a revolution was afoot.

[@BC-mq5kj]

Bruce Ifer they were moments in history as important as Woodstock There and four were also great

[@xviphoenix69]

Lucky

[@stevec6427]

Life of Agony are still great and still going strong. They are immense live, so much energy and it's so obvious how much they enjoy every show.

[@lonewanderer3603]

It's crazy to me that I only know like 5 people who remember Helmet. Best concert of my teenage years - The Melvins opening for Tool.

[@raquelitahinkerstoodle8672]

I love Helmet!

[@regimiro4888]

Holy shit what a concert

[@jondecarbonel8158]

Absolutely!

[@dtd1986]

I love Helmet too! I crank the shit out of them. I don't care how old it is or how many people care about it or not. Good music stays good no matter what.

[@tinysmall9697]

Dude i love helmet. I was literally telling someone tonight about seeing them with prong.... Great show. I feel like an old lady at 41, but i still love helmet and punk and NIN and TOOL and that kind of shit. I'll never find a soulmate.

[@oygratch5668]

Still love Primus, Ministry, Tool, Fear Factory to this day and they are still among my favorite bands, all of them still putting out badass music

[@punkfunky3950]

I’m 22 and I got into Danzig and fear factory and it’s opened my world to a whole spur of music that I couldn’t even begin to jot down. I whole heartedly agree that the metal that came out of those scenes during that era still holds up. all of my friends love listening to all of those bands. Ironically I think most people in my generation who listen to this kind of stuff see alt metal and nu metal as basically the same thing we just love it all and listen to it in the same vain... vein?.....vane??...whatever. But yeah Danny boy, Type O Negative, and Rollins Band, were all very formative bands for my youth and are still constantly played for me.

[@nodrogdivad]

It's to your generation what Led Zepp, Jimi, Doors, Sabbath, Stones, Floyd, etcetcetc was to my generation. It'll happen again, the old bands are dying out, the scene is getting stale, something will grow of its ashes.

[@jadebrown8622]

Fun fact no one asked for: Original Danzig guitarist John Christ is my band leader! Super cool guy.

[@MRSludgedude]

No way lol.

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

Band leader what do you mean?

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

Huuuuuuuuge Danzig fan and the first line up with John is by far my favorite is why I ask ...

[@aurelius5534]

Now you gotta link this project

[@dmarshall5148]

Isn't he teaching music at some college in Maryland now?

[@kerokapsalis7829]

Good call on Helmet Betty, especially the drumming. Dude was all over that piccolo snare, very groovy drumming (for lack of a better word).

[@liamfidler3824]

There's no such thing as a better word than groovy lol

[@MRMESQ1]

La Sexorcisto is one of my top ten favorite albums, ever. I’ve listened to it for at least twenty-five years...love it. I still listen to Helmet and Rage as well, but that White Zombie album...it just doesn’t get boring.

[@kmp101]

La Sexorcisto is a masterpiece. Its great around Halloween time too.

[@billyaubin5360]

Rob zombie is an al jourgensen rip off.

[@GurlsiLike]

Astro creep is even better imo

[@apocalypsepow]

La sexorcisto is underrated IMO. Very danceable groove metal which is rare.

[@JackXombi]

Astrocreep is my #1 all time favourite album to smash to.

[@drumskank]

Early 90's was the best damn time for music. So many great bands, so many great albums, so many great concerts/big tours. Helmet opening for Primus in '92. Ozzfest. Pantera touring nonstop for years. Hell, even MTV played great music videos and had Headbangers Ball and 120 Minutes.

[@pazemotto]

This was a great time to be a teenager, still into a lot of this music. Just saw ministry and primus and Phil Anselmo with the illegals play a bunch of pantera songs at Slayer’s final two shows in LA 7 weeks ago

[@Toxic_Femininity]

Agreed... we were the last generation before the tech boom, like kids born just before the industrial revolution, they were laborers, workers deprived of what we consider a “childhood” and thought the generation of “boomers” to follow were spoiling their kids... but I think the discoveries made during teenage years are always super integral to how you grow as a person... everything is so defining during puberty and really impacts our sense of self through our lives 💖

[@jjonchh]

I saw that tour too. Best show I’ve ever seen.

[@nickalexander7189]

Hey I saw them on slayers tour to! Back in November 2019 it was a great show

[@puredistraction]

This video is literally my first 10 years of music fandom defined. I truly hope every younger person who follows this channel goes down this rabbit hole, because there is so much good stuff to be found. Still to this day I'm discovering tons of overlooked gems from this era. I cannot overstate how important MTV was for someone who lived in the woods with minimal friends, none with any sort of awareness of the underground. Headbangers Ball and 120 Minutes literally felt like the only way to find anything more than what was presented in the mainstream, and I'm truly grateful for having the desire to stay up / set the VCR and explore.

[@jondecarbonel8158]

Agree. We traveled for work across country. I kept up with the pulse of music with MTV. Any music, fashion related info was found there. Before it turned into ? Reality shows etc

[@chrisgregoryt9672]

This is by far my favorite era of music. I try not to be that old guy stuck in the past but I do still listen to a lot of these bands fairly regularly. I think the real peak of these bands was in 1994. I remember Woodstock '94 being a huge deal especially for Nine Inch Nails who's performance while covered in mud still gets talked about today. It was also soundtracks to movies like The Crow that turned me on to some of these bands. But that was also right around the time Green Day and Nu-Metal started emerging like you said. Clutch is another good example of one of these bands that still has a huge fan base today. I also think Fear Factory is super underrated for their influence on metal. I could go on and on but great video as always! Perhaps a "What killed Groove Metal" video next?

[@paulsecrest9427]

Best era.

[@lloydchristmas6237]

I think we revolve heavily around the music we came up to and that's just how it is. Now, if you hate every form of new music there is, then you might be a grumpy old man yes...

[@Someonesburner404]

What's the time stamp when he talks about Alice In Chains? crickets . . .

[@nonameman7114]

Dude legit mentions nirvana but not Alice In Chains

[@nonameman7114]

dr. K exactly just shows how underrated they are. It’s ironic because Layne influenced most of these peoples favorite bands.

[@Paul-jo1it]

@@nonameman7114 i think the reason why is that AIC is seen as the most pure example of what grunge, “should be” to music elitists, which ignores their metal elements. Personally i think the prime “grunge” example should be soundgarden but meh.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

@@nonameman7114 he mentions nirvana only in passing.

[@hrsey71]

oooh good call!! such an influential band

[@jaysinp.becker4273]

Alt-anything was cool. Im 45yrs old. heard a song on Spotify that took me back, "high" by Jimmy's chicken shack. I agree with you on helmet, rollins was my skateboarding music.😁

[@mmdehnmm]

I saw Jimmy's chicken shack so many times! it seemed like they were always opening up for whoever I was there to see . Miss the good old days when music was music!

[@speedpants8915]

"High" is such a good song!

[@markrago7217]

Idk Emo was alt." Alt" is pretty obtuse, broad terminology.

[@speedpants8915]

@Choose A Better Name the urge had some classics!

[@mattthompson1876]

Saw them live 98

[@narrowpathmartialarts8732]

I graduated high school in 93’, and yes, this was easily the most exciting time in heavy music. There really was an “anything goes” mentality. Also, it was ok to like many different styles of music. You weren’t stuffed in a box as a music fan during this time period. You were able to like anything.

[@ghfjfghjasdfasdf]

Never died, I’m still jamming the ‘90s.

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

@Sean Fisher I LOVE rock but the new shit on the radio is unbelievably fucking bad,the dudes literally sound like whining women and the lyrics match it.

[@luketuke02]

@Sean Fisher *King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard*

[@billymay2725]

Slipknot there new album was number one for a couple weeks

[@nickgangone9541]

I'm pretty happy I grew up in the 90s, I was able to experience just about every type of music show growing up.

[@wyleFTW]

I saw ministry and primus just the other day haha best concert of my life so far

[@kwilcox417]

Fear Factory, NIN and Type O are still some of my favorites. So much excellent music!

[@813productions7]

"Nevermind" was released in 1991, like a week apart from the "Black album". Not in 1992. But nevertheless, I was a pre teen at the time remember all those bands and MTV programs. That was a great time for innovative music and musicians

[@Rollotomassi099]

yeah was gonna say this Nirvana Nevermind was Sept. 1991

[@biggiesmartypants]

We had a (90 minute probably) tape with Black Album and Nevermind

[@djmassey2]

I'd never heard Rage against the Machine being described as post hardcore before.

[@moralcompass3252]

zack was in a hardcore band called inside out.

[@robertcullen7042]

It’s because they aren’t

[@moralcompass3252]

@@robertcullen7042 zack was

[@playstationskate345]

me neither i'd always classify them as rap metal but if you listen to the self titled you can honestly hear some post-hardcore dynamics in there, listen with an open ear it's def there. but i agree it was weird to see him casually lump RATM in as a post-hardcore group

[@robertcullen7042]

CJ NICKOLAS I can see that with Settle for nothing, but most of the album is funky.

[@allcaps2888]

Crowbar mention...next vid is NOLA Sludge. Fingers crossed

[@sixsixST2]

Love me some Crowbar and Acid Bath. Acid Bath ain't sludge, but I grew up in new orleans when they were around.

[@ScottRadkeMusic]

Yeah Man- I love that southern, acid, sludge....Crowbar, Down, COC....tons of amazing riffage!

[@SBrown-ti8xe]

Acid Bath is literally the definition of Sludge. They were the biggest band in the movement next to EHG.

[@SBrown-ti8xe]

@@ScottRadkeMusic CoC is stoner rock/metal.

[@adrianwarner1]

There's a great Vice webseries about NOLA Sludge that is actually pretty great.

[@mudallan6877]

industrial is still one of my favorate genres ever, NIN, Gravity Kills, Stabbing Westward ...love it

[@maestro69hz]

Deftones became kind of alt-metal with White Pony. Also bands like Dillinger Escape Plan and Mastodon were influenced by alt-metal. Especially Neurosis which could be labeled as 90s alt-metal.

[@wes1hoskins]

I always looked at Deftones as more of an influence to Nu Metal than an actual Nu metal band. From the first album they kind of had like a hardcore thing going on and they would tour with Bad Brains and on The Warped Tour.

[@lloydchristmas6237]

Today is the Day basically became Mastadon so it makes sense

[@MrStephen182]

No Deftones did not. That's only a thing said by people who thought it was not cool to like Nu metal because it was mainstream (Nu metal was hated big time by most metal fans who wanted to seem like real fans of the genre around that time) and wanted to like the Deftones. After White pony the band redid the song Back to school so they could have rap style vocals on, now that's very nu metal.

[@maestro69hz]

@@MrStephen182 They were forced to include that song on the reissue by their label. It was not nu metal at all.

[@rainbowslushy223]

THATS WHERE IVE HEARD THE NAME THANK YOU! It sounded familiar

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

The riffs in this genre (and nu metal) were crazy. They were heavy, angry, and made your hands curl up into fists.

[@tiernanwoollaston1669]

I'd say that Nu metal is a large branch of Alternative Metal. But agree about the riffs. Stompy riffs and really crunchy bass heavy tones

[@cubine]

Oh my god you finally made a video about all of my dad’s favorite bands We go see Primus every summer at Marymoor

[@pliersbittaker]

hahaha fuck, this comment makes me feel old haha.

[@joseangelmontoya8623]

Lol! I was a about to write the same comment... I felt like the way I used to think of Led Zeppelin back in the 90s

[@pliersbittaker]

@@joseangelmontoya8623 HAHA, the exact same feeling! urgh! at least we were there to see it hahahaha

[@joseangelmontoya8623]

@@pliersbittaker at least we can be the next generation "cool" dads!! Lol

[@Lovelockmm]

@@joseangelmontoya8623 Ugh. Already got that title from my 9 year old's friends. Overheard them say it sooo many times. And I'm just being me. Makes me smile.

[@pup_harris2934]

I hate how Fear Factory don’t get enough credit, they aren’t even my favourite band

[@ratatatuff]

I always loved Helmet. It's funny, I never saw them as alternative metal, even though they emerged at this time. To me, they always have been more of a punk or hardcore band and the first time I heard them I thought: Great, those guys also like Fugazi.

[@BC-mq5kj]

ratatatuff helmet maybe most talented band of the era

[@robwalsh9843]

Helmet were basically post-punk/art rock guys who went metal. They were one of the best bands back then.

[@cemeteryindustrialcomplex3486]

Never saw Helmet as metal at all, they were heavy post hardcore, ala Quicksand, with whom I saw them play with several times in the 90s. Also ties to noise (former Am Rep band after all) and grunge. I think they opened for Nirvana a couple times, and that heavy drop D guitar was used by Nirvana and Soundgarden, among others, at times. Also had more of a hardcore look. Short hair at a time when everyone had long hair.

[@Dankmemes555]

HELL YEAH!!!

[@Dankmemes555]

@@cemeteryindustrialcomplex3486 eh not really

[@Christhegopher94]

I just saw Gwar last night. Still the most fun show you could witness.

[@Christhegopher94]

Mattie Slave I’ve seen em twice with Brockie, three times with Bishop.

[@josephreynolds1220]

How is it without Dave? I heard mike has been sick, is he on stage?

[@Christhegopher94]

Joseph Reynolds Well without Dave the personality and humor isn’t what it used to be, but they do a fine job at it anyhow. If Mike was sick, he’s fine now. All of the band sounds great. The stage show is funny and violent as ever. Some rarities on the setlist too.

[@McKavian]

I've seen Dave's GWAR 6 times. Fucking awesome.

[@josephreynolds1220]

Christhegopher94 great to hear, thanks a lot man.

[@deebow_fat]

MTV shifting focus from music to regular tv shows probably had a lot to do with it.

[@jirky015]

I kind of agree with that a little bit. MTV was all about the music until the mid 90s. The "reality shows" didn't start becoming more prevalent on MTV until about 1998 from what I remember (which might not be a coincidence since that was when the boy bands and Britney Spears kind of music became huge). But I also agree with the video that it was the shift in musical taste to bands like Green Day, 311, Korn, Offspring, Silverchair, Marilyn Manson, etc. that had an impact.

[@bdr113080]

My favorite era of metal/hard rock is easily the first half of the 90s. There was something for everybody the first half of the 90s. Guns n Roses, Metallica, Nirvana, RATM, Pantera, White Zombie, Alice In Chains, Ministry, Type-0-Negative, NIN, Aerosmith made a comeback , Fear Factory, Sepultura , Machine Head, Soundgarden , COC, Body Count, Megadeth, Slayer, Pearl Jam, Danzig, Marilyn Manson.....what a time for rock music.

[@knightsonofjack]

Even rhcp was good then lol

[@bdr113080]

@@knightsonofjacklol yep that’s actually back when I would watch the music video if it came on MTV or listen to it on the radio. I think they’re a very talented band, but man the last 20 years I just have not care for their newer stuff.

[@FreakStomp95]

Remember when Maynard from Tool was in a Funk Metal before Tool? So weird kinda

[@Eichro]

Not as weird as Incubus being funk metal before they got big

[@lloydchristmas6237]

Or his stint in Green Jelly

[@poopinfruz9771]

@@lloydchristmas6237 LITTLE PIG LITTLE PIG LET ME IN!

[@j.t.thomas1859]

@@poopinfruz9771 NOT BY THE HAIR OF MY CHINNY CHIN CHIN

[@JTHMSqueeMrEffDBoy]

Green Jello wasn't funk metal, though. They were more like, what I would call, a "joke band." GWAR would also fit this category.

[@michaelweber5968]

1988 ministry (an industrial band) made an album called the mind is a terrible thing to taste great album but ministry was never an alt metal band 😂😂😂

[@michaelweber5968]

@Charles Hall Jr. I do love prong and Tommy victor of prong played with ministry for a few years his riffs are great

[@solinvictus39]

The "Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste" came out in 1990 or there-a-bouts. Perhaps you are thinking about "The Land of Rape and Honey" which came out in '88. I know because I saw Ministry in '88 and '90, both times at the Cameo in Miami.

[@deathmetal11111]

"Ministry went from new wave to industrial to industrial metal to industrial thrash metal." ....to cringy Antifa soy boy cuck metal.

[@TM-gu6bp]

@@solinvictus39 they're playing with slayer and primus this year. Gonna be amazing

[@apwmojack]

@ⅰи∂ㄩㄅ360 like early 80s new wave too . bought thier first album for 75 cent and felt ripped off god it sucked

[@charlespeter5610]

You don't like The Cure? For shame!

[@jammywalter0713]

Yeah the slander towards them and REM was a shock

[@USHARDY]

Finn about to catch that HATE like he did for not liking Mr. Jones by Counting Crows

[@jugalgogoi9113]

@@USHARDY he comes of as an elitist sometimes🤣🤣

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Am i not allowed to ever say i dont like something?

[@jammywalter0713]

@@ThePunkRockMBA You are, you just happen to be wrong this time ;)

[@itcheebeard]

89-94 will always be my favourite time for pop culture and music. SO many historic moments in music and cinema like KoRn, RATM, Nirvana, Green Day, Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction etc etc

[@samcourt6228]

Demanufacture is one of my all time favourite albums and the best album Fear Factory made.

[@jamesperkins8253]

I have to say Archetype was their best album.

[@blueldrrich84]

I read they had a ton of issues recording it. They kept working it, replaying, re recording. It wasn't put out until they felt it was perfect. Probably explains why it's such a polished masterpiece. :)

[@ppowerman5000]

Demanufacture...Remember when I bought the CD and when I listened to it completely...I was like: I don't like this album its quite heavier. And left it there. Then like a week or 2, listened to it again, and again. And it grew on me, their sound was so unique, that it took me by surprise. Love It !!!

[@tinysmall9697]

Omg me too. They're rad.

[@ricardovasquez7635]

The mix of this album is overstanding, still sounds fresh through these years

[@josephgallagher3880]

The early,mid 90s were such a good time to be a teen.some of the best times of my life.

[@oxyrisin]

Truth

[@lloydchristmas6237]

The rise of noses on skateboards. Oh what a time

[@josephgallagher3880]

@@lloydchristmas6237 and they got skinnier.you can't triple stamp a double stamp Lloyd.

[@MetalMarauder]

Nevermind was 91 not 92

[@blesner]

It blew up(Nuclear) in 92 though.

[@Lovelockmm]

@@blesner Yup. Took the #1 spot from Micheal Jackson January 1992. It was huge in the scene in late 91, but 92 it took over everywhere.

[@craigpatrick1]

I knew that was coming

[@tokeypokey]

Dont call his easy mistakes out they will circlejerk you. I had a whole list of them in the metalcore video

[@joachimekermann8267]

@@blesner Nah, it blew up in Sept ´91

[@99SigP]

If you haven't already, you should do a video on Primus. Definitely not a band for everyone, but so genius, talented and underrated.

[@joshuacoakley7079]

The Jesus Lizard! Also please do a 90s emo video

[@violetagardenia]

oh no please no... as much as I do love 90's emo if he made that happen you would have hordes of nerds claiming what it is "real emo"... so no thank you

[@guyonagravitronmachinestan7595]

@@violetagardenia I remember him doing a video on MCR and talking shit about the "real emo" douches lmao, so i don't think he'll do a video on it, or if he knows enough about it to make a video on it, as much as I'd like to see it

[@jessgarbanzobean]

he’s said on instagram that he can’t stand that genre nor the majority of its internet fandom, so i don’t think it’ll happen. makes me sad, but hey, we can’t fault him for having preferences 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@joshuacoakley7079]

Sunny Day Real Estate, The Promise Ring , Mineral , Knapsack , Christie Front Drive and Jimmy Eat World *is my favorite band*. Oh the punk-emo bands (The Get Up Kids) Plus the genre influenced everything from Paramore/Fall Out Boy to Tigers Jaw to Mom Jeans. Seems to important to not do a video on.

[@altoid8450]

Yeah I suggested to do a progression of emo video. Like from Sunny Day Real Estate Hum and Bright Eyes and bands like that to the monstrosity that it is today. Most people who claim to be emo today have no idea where it came from.

[@michaelczesnozki1671]

Alice in Chains were the best Alt Metal band. They had riffs, solos, lyrics, and Layne Staley.

[@kftc1980]

Michael Czesnozki Certainly the best of the Seattle bands, even though they got the least attention out of the big 4.

[@discocrisco]

AiC was like a bridge between the metal and grunge scenes. They'd fit on pretty much any bill without question.

[@cycologist7069]

Better than Leatherface? Better than Jawbreaker? Edit: or even better than The Melvins?

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

AIC and Soundgarden were the two "metal" grunge bands.

[@Illumirage]

I've come to the conclusion AIC is the best driving music

[@hotlanta35]

We didn't call it "Alt-Metal" and most of those bands started out pre 90s.

[@mistorWhiskers]

It's always a good idea to comment without watching...

[@prettynoose8497]

Yeah....I don't remember it being called Alt-metal at the time. I think that was a term used later on; as I recall it was just all part of the 'alternative rock'....which is also a terrible name.

[@TheCivildecay]

@@prettynoose8497 A well I remember bands like Korn being called "Spooky-core"... things change over time.

[@lifecoachlucas]

Jane’s addiction had to have been influential enough to get more of a mention!

[@inswarlock09]

Neither was Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam , I dont care how hardcore you was in the 90's everyone knew the lyrics to "alive"

[@z01i54]

I feel like Alt MEtal laid so much of the foundations for Nu Metal that a ton of Nu Metal bands would have been labelled Alt Metal if they were around five years earlier. I mean is Static X really such a departure from White Zombie for example?

[@naughtygawd3269]

a lot of nu metal bands are labeled as Alt metal

[@lupusanthro5021]

Yes it is. The nu metal was not nearly as good as what came earlier. Look at the lyrical content and the attitude beyond the fact that nu metal was musically stagnant upon inception. There are so many nuances to a band like White Zombie that later bands clearly lacked.

[@Syrilian]

Nu metal to me is almost a meaningless term now. So many people use it to as a way to trash bad alt-metal bands.

[@Sonicspeed3000]

I still regularly listen to Rollins Band, love those guys. Hard Volume, The End of Silence, Weight are amazing.

[@MasterGaryFan]

8:05 1992?? Nirvana’s Nevermind came out in 1991, the same as the Black Album. Those are 2 albums and years everyone (should) knows. Same year.

[@samward9641]

Do you know how bummed out people were when the Black Album came out? I seen metalheads crying in the hallways at the high school! And during that tour they played two or three songs off the album people were not happy it was Enter Sandman of wolf and man and something else I can't remember I was too busy avoiding getting my ass kicked!

[@realm23x73]

I was only 11/12yrs old 91/92. Just discovering Rock, Metal..Back album was Metallica's debut record for all I cared..No older bro/friend setting the record straight on such matters...I literally reversed their catalog -In Order - nxt couple yrs Twas all good till Reload..

[@bonnyheather]

Let me guess.. You are one of those "I heard Them first!" People.. Nirvana didn't get country wide mainstream coverage until beginning of January 1992. That's when Sears started selling out of red flannel shirts,lol.

[@samward9641]

@@bonnyheather I Saw Alice in Chains Get booed off stage! Opening up for Slayer Anthrax and Megadeth. I seen Soundgarden badmotorfinger open up for Metallica and yeah nobody knew who these people were!

[@emokoala]

I'm just concerned that you're about to send Alex Trebek back to the 5th dimension, dude.

[@adamjenks9613]

Just discovered this channel recently, and I must say - LOVE IT! This video in particular spoke to me. I was born in the late '70's and became interested in music around this time (middle school age-ish). Most, if not all, of these bands I still listed to and have a wicked soft spot for. Keep up the great content.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@adamjenks9613]

@@ThePunkRockMBA You are welcome!!

[@grimmace1002]

Born in 63...I've lived through most rock eras, and agree...92-94 where the golden years.

[@blueldrrich84]

I would even say 1996 was a game changer. So many good albums! That's when I discovered like nine inch nails, smashing pumpkins, and manson.

[@C_mao]

@Feral Human In the 80's Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Slayer, Dio, Ozzy, AC/DC, Van Halen, Malmsteen, Motley Crue, peaked, also bands like Anthrax, Megadeth, Scorpions, Accept, Exodus, Metal Church, Krokus, WASP, etc Also, all the best guitarists came out of the 80's. It's like all the guitar virtuosity fell off in the 90's. All the stuff he mentioned were 'arright'. Godsmack, Disturbed, System of a Down, examples good bands imo (even tho they aren't lead guitar notable) Classic Metal like Judas Priest, Accept have great sounding guitars, recorded, and live, gnarly tone. The example he gave as "sounding better" ? eh, not really.

[@thedude4672]

92 - 94 sucked for metal/rock. That's when rap/hip hop took over the charts.

[@jburdsinfuse]

I love the “post hard core” stuff more today than I used to. Some really incredible avant-garde stuff out of that era. Fugazi, Orange 9mm among my faves.

[@OMSPZ]

Bad Brains and the album Quickness laid the seeds for a lot of the heavy acts of this time period.

[@hotlanta35]

They were good but there were literally hundreds of bands that were out there "influencing".

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Yes! That and Fugazi's "Repeater" album.

[@theformernihilist9891]

Not really but whatever.

[@russellromig8969]

Can never go wrong with the Astro Creep!! It was the Hysteria of the 1990's, over produced but still sounds amazing to this day.

[@dtd1986]

Quicksand is a great band that should be mentioned here.

[@nin6246]

I think Type O Negative is probably one of the most underrated bands of all time. I can't believe that it was just lumped into a group of absolutely inferior bands. Type O Negative is such a solid band that they deserve their own video.

[@verargert3848]

Sounded to me like he dissed TON. Said something about a "cult band with one hit album" while showing live footage of the band, then listed all his "legends" without mentioning Peter Steele, while Pete's face is onscreen.

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

No

[@blackspring3207]

​@@verargert3848no dude he is showing Pete that whole time because Pete is a legend

[@AJBell-dh6ry]

When you look up the Dunning-Kruger effect in the dictionary, there's a picture of Henry Rollins.

[@barrystrickland174]

I think The Crow (the movie and the soundtrack) were a big boost to alt metal's popularity too

[@JesseNothing33]

That soundtrack was amazing. Is still listen to my copy sometimes.

[@bobjones3415]

I just seen gwar, ministry, rob zombie, suicidal tendencies, Primus, and slayer this year... it hasn’t gone anywhere

[@elefinity1808]

Not this year lol

[@drumbottle]

None of them are new

[@Schellnino1994]

Thats kinda what the vid said lol

[@trinityb569]

i think this movement is so underrated. im so happy someone finally noted it

[@bryerdawsey3785]

Can you make a vid on the NOLA 90s sludge scene

[@bryerdawsey3785]

T M no sludge bands from new orleans like crowbar, eyehategod, and Acidbath

[@5amplewhor3]

Bryer Dawsey Nola isn’t a big enough scene for a full video of sludge/doom to me. I could see if you included bands from other regions like grief, sleep, burning witch or dystopia etc... you could pad it out for a decent video

[@stewartdowouis9218]

This channel focuses on scenes that were commercially viable. The NOLA scene never was.

[@AndrewJShirley]

YYAASS!!

[@josephgallagher3880]

EYEHATEGOD!

[@zeepunky]

The Cure, Joy Division, and all that other stuff was my favorite kind of music from the 80s :'c

[@godisgay9542]

The smiths?

[@nodrogdivad]

late 90's NIN & Mnason brought me to the Goth scene in my late teens. A lotta girls were into it and I lived a stone's throw from the gothiest place on Earth- Montreal. LOL Or... is/was London more Goth? So as Nu-metal emerged, I submerged into Cure, Depeche, Portishead, bauhaus, etc... I wouldn't have even know about Bauhaus if it wasn't for Goth Talk on SNL. GAWD Molly SHannon looked howt as a goth chik.

[@dadventuretv2538]

All us outcast kids that started High School in the mid 80s in our separate little cliques, by the end of High School were all starting to hang together- hippies, metal heads, punks, rude boys, skaters, goths, alt rockers. We saw that we were more alike than different, had more in common than at odds. Local bands from these different genres were playing together in their local scenes in the late 80s before Lollapalooza did it with the big acts. By the time we left High School we were appreciating each other’s music and vibe, and this just carried over as we grew up and became adults and made our own thing. Society tried to keep us divided cause they knew if we came together we’d be a force. And that force was the early 90s. Fuck we took over everything- music, art, fashion, business, language. But like anything that blows up, the leaches and sycophants start sucking on it, it becomes unsustainable and eventually reaches a critical mass and implodes. And so those of us that started it, that were at the true heart of it all, left. I know I preferred to have it die and live on in my memories than watch the corporate and mainstreamers co-opt it into just some more bland, safe production line, pseudo teen rebellion bullshit for the lemming masses. And there’s been nothing like it since.

[@TasOik-y9w]

One of the best comments I've ever read. It was exactly the same mid to late nineties + there was also the electronic music and hip hop crowd but still the same attitude.

[@dadventuretv2538]

Αλογο Μούρης yup, the music styles may change but the true innovators and creators doing their own thing have the same attitude. Sometimes I like the new music and sometimes I don’t, but I always appreciate the hard work and dedication of the artists and their fans and collaborators trying to do their own thing.

[@nodrogdivad]

THAT and the resurgence of WEED as being cool along with what has evolved steadily into modern grower's culture with carefully cultivated potent strains... ahhhh when Northern Lights still had a kick to it... POT was VERY much a part of my 90s experience. Sorry not sorry.

[@STeve-bv1uk]

Vernon Reid the dude from In living color is one of the most underrated guitar players ever, guy could absolutely shred.

[@jojoversus1100]

All he does is play gibberish extremely fast. His solos on Cult of Personality are literally Richard Benson style guitar.

[@blackdragon6]

Vern is dope AF...

[@deabreu.tattoo]

in the words of a much wiser man than me: "living colour is my favorite black metal band"

[@billygreenbean7119]

This was when I was about 8 turning on MTV for the first time after being raised on country. This is the most nostalgic video I have seen. Really do miss the feels of the 90s music eras. How mainstream success and good art were more one in the same instead of often being looked at as polar opposites like now. Great video thanks.

[@ChrisBlackLabel90]

I first heard a few of these bands, Helmet, Living Color etc, on GTA San Andreas and I absolutely adored what I was hearing.

[@kftc1980]

Christ-Fire Living Colour Stain is amazing.

[@eldiablo9423]

First heard on gta? F*@$ I'm old

[@ChrisBlackLabel90]

Stain is a fantastic album. I was fourteen when GTA San Andreas came out and I was born one year before the time period in which the game is set.

[@prharrisproductions]

Finally 90’s alt Metal is getting the respect it deserves!! I was a little kid in the early 90s but watched a lot of mtv and loved a lot of these bands. Most of the bands mentioned including Type O Negative, white zombie, and Nine inch Nails are still some of my favorites. Beavis and Butthead Metal would not be an insult as they loved bands in the genre.

[@nodrogdivad]

I gotta give credit to Mike Judge for forcing MTV to play shit they'd never touch and introducing SO many good and goofy and zany bands to the 90s playlist. B & B's music taste was 100% Austin, TX weirdo Mike Judge's doing.

[@archangel5627]

You did a fantastic job incapsulating the heavier music of the 90’s. Just like you I lived in venues listening to all of this music during this strange time period! To me, Type O Negative was one of the bands that really defined the fusion of Metal, Punk, Hardcore, Gothic Industrial, And Grungy Alternative music. I can’t tell you how many shows I went to where Life of Agony opened. The 90’s was the only decade where you could go see Sick of it All, Danzig, Bad Religion, And Type O Negative on the same bill!? You will never see a show with such an eclectic group of bands on the same tour playing under the same roof. I also saw Helmut and Ministry at the same show and then I saw The Michale Graves era of the Misfits play with Megadeth!?! The 90’s were a crazy and cool time to be a fan of heavier music. So many genre lines were being blurred during this time period. You had older bands that were expanding on their sound as they matured and then you had newer bands that were making huge leaps and bounds by creating new sub genres. Being an 80’s and 90’s kid, made me feel as though you were talking to our generation when you made this video. Even though I’m going to get some flack for this, Metallica’s 1991 Black album was the definitive Metallica album and personally I don’t think it get any better for them after that. I can listen to that album anytime from start to finish. The Hardcore Scene grew quite a bit during the 90’s and a ton of my favorite Hardcore bands really sharpened their sound then. Before the internet me and my buddies would ride our skateboards to the local convenience store and pick up the latest issues of either Hit Parader or Spin or any other magazine that did full features on music and bands! Those were good times and thank you for doing a video on this 90’s content! You totally turned the clock back for me!

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thanks man!