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...
Kurt Cobain Would Have Turned 56 On February 20, 2023
Celebrating the life of one of the most unlikely cultural icons Photo credit - Charles Peterson When you reach my age (50 is just a few...
Improvisational Chaos & Disorder
The incomparable Frank Zappa left the world 29 years ago today and took with him a large swath of the cool, the weird, and the muddle...
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...
A Superstar Is Born
Dave Grohl debuts with Nirvana 32 years ago today No one could've predicted that a skinny punk rock drummer from the Washington D.C....
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...
Chuck D of Public Enemy Agrees to Sell Music Catalog
In what's becoming one of the hottest trends in the music industry, Chuck D of the iconic Public Enemy has agreed with Reach Music...
It's Called Gratitude, And That's Right
Celebrating the life and music of Beastie Boys Adam Yauch (MCA) on what would've been his 58th birthday Today is my daughter's birthday....
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...
That Sound In Your Soul Is The Voice Of Mark Lanegan
The prolific pioneer of grunge and alternative music died suddenly at the age of 57 Photo credit Steven Friederich Music is the greatest...
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...
Jar Of Flies By Alice In Chains Proves That Darkness And Isolation Can Be Beautiful
The mood and feel of 90s rock music was cemented by this 1994 classic EP Jar of Flies EP Cover Music was always something I felt more...
"I Don't Like Painting Flowers In My Music"
As Korn's Jonathan Davis turns 51, the anger and despair of his youth still rings true today Jonathan Davis, lead singer of the band...
40 Years Of "We Got The Beat" And The Influence The Go-Go's Had On 90s Music
Following up my last post about female artists in the 90s, I had to write a piece about The Go-Go's today. This is a site about 90s music...
