Gen X, came of age in the 90s. We were characterized by our skepticism towards institutions and authority, as well as our independent and entrepreneurial spirit. The 90s saw the rise of alternative music and fashion, with grunge becoming a defining cultural movement. However, not all GenXer’s fell into Grunge music. Some of them, like me, still enjoyed heavy metal, hard rock and 80's music. Gen X also were the first to test technological advancements such as desktop computers with the good old DOS programming. We also had a small taste of the internet. The internet changed everything for us. Our lives went from newspaper, magazines and Zines to a whole new world of learning and sharing information. I started college in 1991 and the internet was still not as prevalent. We still had tape players and boom boxes. I was a DJ at my university, and I remember the bands on the playlists like it was yesterday!
- Nirvana
- Alice In Chains
- Soundgarden
- Green Day
- Oasis
- Pearl Jam
- R.E.M.
- Black Crows
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Oingo Boing
- Sinead O’Conner
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Depeche Mode
- Social Distortion
- Judias Priest
- The Cure
And the list goes on! We had to play certain sponsored songs and the rest we chose off a pre- approved list. Type O Negative was not on that list, but I played them every chance I got! Between 1989-1991 I saw Red Hot Chili Peppers, Oingo Boingo, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Ozzy Osbourne, Morrissey, Queensryche and Van Halen live! They were in small venues and the tickets were around $20. I remember a guy threw up into my long black hair at an Ozzy concert and I wiped it off and kept rocking out. We would stand in line at record shops for hours...sometimes overnight to get these tickets. There was no quick clicking online purchases available.
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