Wed, 17 August 2016
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1995. Show notes: - Recorded live from Brian's back porch in Ringwood, NJ - Check out Brian's podcast Input/Output - Baby Ben hanging out - In 1995, we were on to the second-generation grunge bands - Bands were copying Bush and Stone Temple Pilots - Brian was 12-13, Jay was 27-28 - Jerry Garcia died - More '95 deaths: Eazy E, Shannon Hoon - Back then, you checked out music based on a review - Blind Melon's rise and fall - Beatles released new song - Bill Berry had a brain aneurysm during an R.E.M. show - Van Halen released their last Hagar album - Superhero movies in the '90s - Singles charts had a lot of R&B, some jam rock - Jay tells his Trey Anastasio story again - Cursing Greg Ginn - Jay: Listened to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness for first time in 20 years - Formed in '95: Blonde Redhead, N SYNC, Pedro the Lion, Eels, Sleater-Kinney - Broke up in '95: Grateful Dead, Bronski Beat, Dire Straits, Drive Like Jehu, Oingo Boingo, Kyuss, Sugar - To be continued
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