'Year in Rock: 1991' a fun reminder of an amazing year
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 8:53 PM ;)
The guys at "Sound Opinions" recently went back in time 20 years with a "Year in Rock: 1991" episode that examines the amazingly transformative year of 1991.
Think first of Guns 'N Roses' two "Use Your Illusion" albums, then Garth Brooks and Bryan Adams. But the real magic kicks in with the influential new sounds of Nirvana and the Grunge scene, NWA and Ice Cube, Pearl Jam, the Shoegazer bands, Nine Inch Nails and much more.
It's shocking to think how many major artists released landmark recordings that year, how much music the public was actually paying for, and how the new genres of alternative and rap exploded into the mainstream. Looking back, that revolution in music is comparable to rock 'n' roll's heydey in 1956 and the British Invasion in 1964.
The weekly "Sound Opinions" podcast is always great fun but this one of the best I can recall in years.
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