90's One Hit Alt-Rockers

[Waus]

Okay. A guy I was rooming with a while back had a wicked 90's one-hit-wonder mix CD. Lots of bands I remembered from the radio when I was a kid/highschool. Can anyone who's a little older and has a better memory remind me of a few?



Priming the pump -

Toadies - Do You Wanna Die
Gandarvas - The First Day of Spring
L7 - Pretend That We're Dead





- - also, no debate on whether these bands deserve to be labeled 1 hit.

[zorra_chiflada]

L7 ARE NOT ONE HIT WONDERS




anyway, yes, this is a thread i can get into :cool: (y)

[Rancid_Beasties]

For Americans silverchair are probably one hit alt-rockers (with freak). They just wont die over here, sadly :(

Uhh lets see...
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Impression that I get
Blur - song 2 (well one alt-rock/grunge hit and a whole bunch of awesome brit pop)
emf - unbelievable
28 Days - Rip it up
Area 7 - Second Class Citizen
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Jebediah - Leaving Home

[zorra_chiflada]

- - also, no debate on whether these bands deserve to be labeled 1 hit.

you sir, are a NAZI!

[cosmo105]

superdrag - sucked out or whatever that song was that went WHO SUCKED OUT THE FEEEELLIIIIN
reef - put your hands (fuck i loved that song)

[Waus]

Radiohead - Creep


...wait, are those guys still around?

[yeahwho]

Okay. A guy I was rooming with a while back had a wicked 90's one-hit-wonder mix CD. Lots of bands I remembered from the radio when I was a kid/highschool. Can anyone who's a little older and has a better memory remind me of a few?



Priming the pump -

Toadies - Do You Wanna Die
Gandarvas - The First Day of Spring
L7 - Pretend That We're Dead

Toadies - "Do You Wanna Die" is the equivalent to the Romatics What I like About You.

Just sayin' you stole the glory on that pick....I've got nothing

[burbboi]

The Screaming Trees - Low

somebody recommended this group describing them as 'the next Nirvana'...how wrong they were!

[synch]

For Americans silverchair are probably one hit alt-rockers (with freak). They just wont die over here, sadly :(

Uhh lets see...
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Impression that I get
The Bosstones had a hit?? :eek:

Either way, I like them a lot.

[HEIRESS]

Toadies - Do You Wanna Die
Gandarvas - The First Day of Spring
L7 - Pretend That We're Dead


duuuuuude "downtime" is totally the gandarvas big hit

totally

here it was anyways

[cosmo105]

Local H - Bound for the Floor
Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sittah
Imani Coppola - Legend of a Cowgirl (i had her cd...i loved her :o)

[Bob]

do any of these help?

http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=58066

[HEIRESS]

Local H - Bound for the Floor
Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sittah
Imani Coppola - Legend of a Cowgirl (i had her cd...i loved her :o)

I have that geggy tah cd :o

and flagpole sittah is still good shit

[hpdrifter]

Actually, if we're thinking of the same song, Low was by Cracker.

The Screaming Trees were I Nearly Lost You

[Waus]

do any of these help?

http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=58066


Snap! I forgot about that thread.

I think mine is a little more specific though...maybe. Alt-rock is such a loose tag.

[Bob]

Snap! I forgot about that thread.

I think mine is a little more specific though...maybe. Alt-rock is such a loose tag.

yeah, i hear ya. i just thought there might be some good ones in there for you too. that's what alot of the one-hit wonders in the '90s were anyway :)

[The Notorious LOL]

That stupid canadian band with the fat guy and the guy who sort of raps - One Week

[cosmo105]

haha. barenaked ladies.

[Waus]

That stupid canadian band with the fat guy and the guy who sort of raps - One Week

Somewhere upon somewhere I got this track of them covering Shake Your Rump.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mwallac/travesty.mp3

[Rip Round'n Roc]

folk implosion - natural one
filter - hey man nice shot... although paint your picture was preety big... but hey man,,, is way better

[The Notorious LOL]

that Folk Implosion song is the shit.

[Tzar]

For Americans silverchair are probably one hit alt-rockers (with freak). They just wont die over here, sadly :(

Uhh lets see...
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Impression that I get
Blur - song 2 (well one alt-rock/grunge hit and a whole bunch of awesome brit pop)
emf - unbelievable
28 Days - Rip it up
Area 7 - Second Class Citizen
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Jebediah - Leaving Home
fuck me, i hate 28 days with a passion.
i like Leaving Home. i've always found jebediah listen-to-able but i've never bothered to pick up any of their cds.

[Otis Driftwood]

(y) (y)
Senser - Age of Panic (damn I love that song)
Helmet - Meantime
Downset - Anger (boom,boom,boom,boom, BANG! 187 L.A. trademark...)
(y) (y)

[burbboi]

Actually, if we're thinking of the same song, Low was by Cracker.

The Screaming Trees were I Nearly Lost You

Yeah, that's it. Just shows how much I loved The Screaming Trees huh :o

[cookiepuss]

The Screaming Trees were I Nearly Lost You

ah the singles soundtrack. good memories.

[abcdefz]

...do The Stone Roses count?

[Waus]

What exactly was the Stone Roses hit? I got their first album, but I just kind of let it play in the background while I was doing something and nothing caught my attention.

[abcdefz]

Wasn't "Fool's Gold" a hit?

I'm probably wrong.

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Marcy Playground...I love those guys. Their debut was classic, at least in my eyes. Not a weak track on it. Their softmore effort "Shapeshifter" had some good tracks on it, but didn't live up to its predecessor. Still, great band (y)

[burbboi]

Stone Roses...didn't they do that 'One gun added onto the one gun, one gun added uh-uh-ohnnn'

Actually, that might have been 54-40..

[abcdefz]

Don't know that I'd call them "alt rock" but --

-- oh, wait. That was the '80's, anyway. Carry on.

[sercomdj01]

The Screaming Trees - Low

somebody recommended this group describing them as 'the next Nirvana'...how wrong they were!

Mark lanegans still around huh? and the tree's stayed a underground band, which suited them (y)

[DroppinScience]

Pearl Jam - Evenflow
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Mudhoney - Touch Me, I'm Sick
Alice in Chains - Rooster

Oh. Wait... ;)

[ericlee]

Cracker- Low. It's like the only song I like of them and I actually liked it alot.

Cake- The Distance. Bah, but I can't call them a one hit wonder because I like all their stuff. Dammit Beck.

[b-grrrlie]

Actually, if we're thinking of the same song, Low was by Cracker.

The Screaming Trees were I Nearly Lost You
I got a friend to buy that Cracker cd because of that track, and never got the cd myself! :eek: :o
And I just loved that Screaming Trees track, I even went to see Alice in Chains because they were supporting (and I saw them in New York as well, supporting Dinosaur Jr, but can't remember much of that gig... :p :o got in through the backdoor (some doormen had a business of their own on the side...), loads of beer, cute girl, hrmhrm... :rolleyes: )

right....


Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in L.A
Toploader - Dancing in the moonlight

and I have that Imani Coppola single as well!

[TAL]

King Missile - Detachable Penis

[Documad]

I still don't understand how you can be alt and have a hit and I still think of alt-rock as popular stuff like REM because that's what was always played on our "alt-rock" station. :rolleyes:

They're too pop-y but how about Edwyn Collins -- A Girl Like You? or Crash Test Dummies -- Mmm Mmm Mmm (or whatever it was called)?

[cosmo105]

space - female of the species
tonic - if you could only see
new radicals - get what you give (they STILL play that fucking song to death)

[CrankItUp!]

Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

Primus - Tommy The Cat

The Farm - Groovy Train

Big Audio Dynamite II - The Globe

Tripping Daisy - I've Got A girl

Sponge - Molly

Drivin 'N Cryin - Fly Me Courageous

Red Kross - Jimmy's Fantasy ( w/ Jason Lee in the music video )

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Sex On Wheels (from Cool World movie soundtrack)

Front 242 - Hey Poor , Jesus Is Here

Social Distortion - Sick Boys

[zorra_chiflada]

oh god, all these songs..
oh god the 90s
i really need to be in the 90s right now :(

[zorra_chiflada]

eve 6 - heart in a blender

ooh ooh, and that band that had american kids with long hair - kinda like if hanson were older and addicted to something. kinda grungy.
OKOK I KNOW IT NOW
days of the new - touch peel stand

wow, that was really helpful

wheatus - teenage dirtbag. that might actually be late 90s, or possibly 2000?

[zorra_chiflada]

oh and that fucking song "steal my sunshine" by that band with the girl who i think might be blind, and the guy with that scratchy lame voice.

[CrankItUp!]

The Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (Pump Up The Volume movie soundtrack in '90)

Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)

KLF & Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient

Sade - Smooth Operator

Pigface - Hips, Tits, Lips, Power

K's Choice - Not An Addict

Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Extended Dance Remix)

[zorra_chiflada]

sprung monkey - get em outta here
blueboy - remember me
whitetown - your woman

[zorra_chiflada]

butthole surfers - pepper
green jelly - three little pigs
lenny kravitz - are you gonna go my way (yes i know he did other things, but not good enough for me)

[icy manipulator]

oh and that fucking song "steal my sunshine" by that band with the girl who i think might be blind, and the guy with that scratchy lame voice.
ah that's LEN, and before you say anything i only know because i have the GO soundtrack. and fuck me you've listed some sweet 90's songs (y)

i'm missing the 90's too now :(

[zorra_chiflada]

oh yes, the 90s :(
i think everyone knows i have a thing for 1997. 1994 is another outstanding year. maybe in the next decade i'll look back at these times and think "there were some really great songs" but i doubt it.

[icy manipulator]

pfft, the 90's were good for us because there was some awesome pop music coming out, these days it's just shit. 1994. from what i remember that Wet Wet Wet song was No.1 of the year on Rage. And Ace of Base's The Sign was number 5. that was my fav song of the year. i may have to go search for my 100% hits the best of 94 cd now :o (y)

[b-grrrlie]

Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

Primus - Tommy The Cat

The Farm - Groovy Train

Big Audio Dynamite II - The Globe

Tripping Daisy - I've Got A girl

Sponge - Molly

Drivin 'N Cryin - Fly Me Courageous

Red Kross - Jimmy's Fantasy ( w/ Jason Lee in the music video )

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Sex On Wheels (from Cool World movie soundtrack)

Front 242 - Hey Poor , Jesus Is Here

Social Distortion - Sick Boys
Wow! These must've been big hits cause I don't know any of them!!!! :eek: Yeah, not even the BAD one...
I thought Urge Overkill's big hit was Girl, you'll be a woman soon....

[CrankItUp!]

^ From the Pulp Fiction soundtrack and also a good song. (y)

[B4BY 4NN]

space - female of the species
new radicals - get what you give (they STILL play that fucking song to death)

I love both of these :(

[dave790]

whitetown - your woman

good song

[CrankItUp!]

Arrested Developement - Mr. Wendell

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

EMF - Unbelievable

Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now

Joan Osbourne - One Of Us

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye

Smash Mouth - Why Can't We Be Friends

Presidents Of The United States Of America - Peaches

[B4BY 4NN]

OKAY!

I forget the artist, but that song where the woman screams "ZOMBAY (zombie), ZOMBAY!"

Ummm...

Toad the Wet Sprocket :confused:

I liked Jewel, whether she was "alt" or not.

[zorra_chiflada]

^ cranberries

[B4BY 4NN]

^ cranberries

YAH!

[B4BY 4NN]

JESUS! I FORGOT THIS WHITE TOWN SONG! OMG, I'M GOING TO CRY!!!

[M.C. Guevera]

"Get What You Give" by The New Radicals is my favorite song ever. Ever!

Some damn good choices here. I agree, the 90s rocked!

[Lyman Zerga]

GOD I HATE THE 90S

[b-grrrlie]

Whatabout the one where on the video there was this chubby young teenage girl dressed as a bumble bee? Lemontree something?

[nypb]

The Flys- Got you where I want you

Bush- Sixteen Stone (one CD wonder)

Chumbawumba- Tubthumping

Goldfinger- In the bedroom

Nada Surf- Popular

Fastball- The Way

Collective Soul- Shine

Local H- Bound for the floor

[TAL]

Whatabout the one where on the video there was this chubby young teenage girl dressed as a bumble bee? Lemontree something?
Blind Melon - No Rain



Lemon Tree was a song by Fool's Garden.

[b-grrrlie]

Blind Melon - No Rain



Lemon Tree was a song by Fool's Garden.Ta!
Maybe they were "hits" already in the late 80's.....:o

[Travis Bickle]

Wow, this thread is taking me back...

How about:

Soul Asylum -- "Runaway Train"
Shakespeare's Sister -- "Stay"