SAMPLE THIS: The Beastie Boys’ Groundbreaking LP ‘Paul’s Boutique’ at 35
Discover why, after 35 years, Beastie Boys album, Paul's Boutique, is still influencing hip-hop artists today.
It Was Time For Anger
Why Nirvana's and grunge music's timing was perfect for the angry youth in drastic need of a change.
Nearly 12,000 Days After Its 1st Single, Pearl Jam Sounds As Strong As Ever On Its Latest Release, "Dark Matter"
(Photo Credit - Pearl Jam Facebook Cover) I will go out on a limb and say most musicians would bet against the idea of being around long...
90 For The 90s
The blog series created by Rob Janicke discussing a bunch of albums from the 1990s for you to argue with him about Album #3 Public Enemy...
90 For The 90s
The blog series created by Rob Janicke discussing a bunch of albums from the 1990s for you to argue with him about Album #2 Fugazi -...
The Hypnogogue: The Church’s Ghost in the Machine
By Robert Dean Lurie I. Here comes the future according to me The Church’s The Hypnogogue is weird, wonderful, and relentlessly...
90 For The 90s
The blog series created by Rob Janicke that discusses a bunch of albums from the 90s for you to argue with him about Album #1 Jane's...
When Sound Evokes Memory
Science suggests music can bring back memories and my soul agrees I recently heard a song off of the 1995 album Above by the short-lived...
Precursor To Immortality
Both a treasure map of things to come and a sometimes disjointed debut album, Radiohead released Pablo Honey 30 years ago I've always...
29 Years Of Wu
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the debut album of Hip-Hop pioneers, Wu-Tang Clan, continues to influence nearly three decades after its...
Toadies Are Alive And Well
Fort Worth rock veterans owned the crowd at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey Photo credit - Michael Kravetsky/Watermrk Studios...
Getting Better With Age
R.E.M.'s 1992 album Automatic For The People still sounds amazing 30 years later Automatic For The People was released in the United...
Nirvana's Nevermind Turns 31 Today
With over 75 million albums sold, billions of streams, and generations of fans, Nirvana is still relevant 31 years after its iconic...
Generation Riff - The Podcast
We started with the Abandoned Albums podcast, added Generation Riff to the fold, and are plotting even more future excitement! Generation...
10 Years Gone But Never Forgotten
Remembering Beastie Boys founding member, Adam Yauch (MCA) on the 10th anniversary of his death Earlier this week, May 4th to be exact,...
Remember This Song?
Volume I - 1991 An exclusive Generation Riff look at a song you know, possibly love, but may have forgotten about Welcome back to another...
Did U2 Influence 90s Music? I'm Not So Sure
As successful as U2 is, and just as The Joshua Tree turns 35, they didn't play much of a role in defining the new sounds emerging from...
'Little Earthquakes', The Masterful Debut Album By Tori Amos Turns 30
The album that helped give a voice to female artists in the 90s shines just as brightly now as it did all those years ago "And do you...
We Will Always Have The Music
Remembering Nirvana's Kurt Cobain on what would've been his 55th birthday "Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old" are...
SAP By Alice In Chains Defined The Feel Of A Generation
The 1992 release proved that lighter sounds and hushed tones can punch harder than anyone thought Throughout the course of history, it's...
