"Save us, Cat Man!" (part 2)

[fallencathedral]

Okay, now we come to the conclusion of my little music project: the 90s and 00s. As I grew closer to the present day it became harder to use influence as a determining factor so popularity and personal preference become a little more useful. I suspect that if I were to redo the 00s five years from now my choices would be slightly different. But

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Re: huh.... a LONG reply!

[her_whispers]

i agree about tool, but it became harder and harder for me to find good albums as the years progressed. Undertow will probably always be my favorite album of theirs, having loved it long before Sober hit the airwaves and became "mainstream"

i purchased several cds when i first got a cd player. they were Pearl Jam's "ten," Nine Inch Nails "Pretty Hate Machine," Jane's Addiction's "Ritual," the cure's "Disintegration" and Pantera's "Cowboys" - All albums I'd had on tape already.

I have a hard time lumping Wish together with even Disintegration which seems a logical pairing. there was something about it that stood apart from their other albums before and since. obviously it was a vast difference from their earlier punk days, as was Disintegration, but I still feel it stands out on it's own, independent of the rest. how sad is it I haven't purchased the latest album to keep the catalog complete? they are one of very few bands i insist on owning each and every cd of.

you really think Black "saved metal?" How so? I felt it brought a lot of new fans to the genre, but there was not a lot out there at the time to keep them hooked. I did enjoy the Black album, and believe me, living in the town the band is from, I hear more than my fair share of arguments about it and was, in fact, attacked for saying I enjoyed it. And I did and do enjoy it, but it is a far cry from their earlier work.

ahhhh... music! one of my favorite subjects!

Re: huh.... a LONG reply!

[fallencathedral]

When Metallica's black album came out metal had become outdated as the hyperrealism of grunge turned a spotlight on the ridiculousness of grown men with long, well groomed hair parading around in spandex. Metallica took a bold step forward by cutting their hair and producing a radio friendly album that didn't compromise the intensity or theatric of metal. In essence they managed to make metal real enough to compete with grunge. That's the main reason that they were one of the only metal bands to not only survive the arrival of grunge but thrive and find a new audience.