I have not heard....can you help me?

[FrankenFretter***]

Ah, the good old days. Were they good? Maybe. I remember drinking a lot of beer with some of the Bellingham bands around the time of Nirvana, etc. You probably won't find anything on iTunes or YouTube, but Game for Vultures (with Mort from Mono Men), The Janes, Thin Men, and Stagnant Water were a few that come to mind. The 3B Tavern and the Up and Up were the places to be back in the early 90s. Memories...

I dig the Boston band Dropkick Murphys, although I realize they're not for everyone. I do kind of put them in the same category (roughly) as Rancid, whom I also love. Give them a listen!

[Jx2]

I like the dropkick murphys, man the 90's had some very good music. Was reading in guitar world today and Tom Morello thinks that that "scene" will be the last one because of how things are done today. Combined with, what seems like alot of other artists the lack of record stores.

I just got to beleive there are more bands out today that fall into these themes or genre's that just havent received any or very little fan fare because of the lack of the scene those are the main bands Im looking for.

[lou]

try Grace Potter and the Nocturnals they have a nice new unique sound to them, kind of hard to pin them down somewhere to any given jeuandra.
lou

[sunvalleylaw]

. . . man the 90's had some very good music.

I know a lot of guys don't like the 90s and think that they killed guitar, but I love a lot of 90's music. I heartily agree with you. I also think there is a lot of good stuff out there now too. Just have to find it, as most is more indy, underground or etc. I guess one thing you can say about the 90's is that for a while, grunge brought indy/garage style music more into the general consciousness.

[Jx2]

I know a lot of guys don't like the 90s and think that they killed guitar, but I love a lot of 90's music. I heartily agree with you. I also think there is a lot of good stuff out there now too. Just have to find it, as most is more indy, underground or etc. I guess one thing you can say about the 90's is that for a while, grunge brought indy/garage style music more into the general consciousness.

I know what you mean. I have a very good friend who hates anything he deems related to grunge. I cant stand his wife, hate to say that but thats another story all together. If he brings her over and Ive had my fill all I have to do is get a guitar down and start jamming on some Nirvana or Green Day songs wont take long and if he knows Im not planning on stopping anytime soon he'll leave. Might make him sound like a duche, but we all have a shady side to use I just use his to run off his girl.

What killed music in my mind is this thing we are using right now communicating with each other. A forum is nothing more than a specific topic social network. It is a advance in modern technology but it's killed alot of things we loved. Record stores are a dying breed. People stay home and d/l movies instead of going to the movies. Gaming is now online. Heck I dont even think we'll see another ground war untill after a nasty bomb is dropped and population takes a major hit. My grandmother use to get out all the time. Now she sit's at home and does all her shopping at home. Its kinda sad because we are all getting lazy, myself included. Im waiting for a major concert to be available to view online. It be fine imo for something like Ozzfest or Lollapalooza which is a one show event now days. But imagine if the Big 4 web cast every show? When that day comes music willl be in major trouble.

[Jx2]

Just thought Id chime back in, Ive found several bands lately. Its mostly punk, and some of it is just old stuff I passed over back when. But the juices are flowing. It was simple to find more than enough music to fill my needs right now simply by stopping at Epitaph Records site. You guys need to check out Frank Turner. I'll add a link when Im not about to fall asleep.