I wanted this to be true but apparently it's not.
... they were released within 44 days of one another!
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/44-days-7-legendary-90s-rock-albums/
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2026
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God, being young in the 90s really gave me some warped expectations. Oh, everyone has a house and culture-defining music drops regularly? Sweet, can't wait to grow up!
Nowadays the regular music drops are all "badaboom badaboom, consume consume consume" in bland algorithmic rhythms.
But we can't honestly say that's not culture-defining, unfortunately...
Both can be true. It's also true they were released within 1000 years of each other.
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I see your pedantry is as big as mine!
This is approximately what I was afraid of.
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Suspended from a crane, or a pedantry pantry gantry.
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No, he means Captain Pendantdick. He wears a dick on a necklace which gives him superpowers.
Captian? Of what?
I don't see your ship.
Actually it's a rank in the Pedantry. You should join, and work your way up like I have.
I listen to Black by Pearl Jam on occasion. It's the only song that has ever made me tear up.
I go years between listening to Nevermind and then wonder why I wait so long.
I owned Use Your Illusion I ended up giving them away because they really couldn't stand up to Appetite For Destruction. There's some great songs on there but then there's some filler that ruins the whole thing.
Never was a Soundgarden fan. But I did see them open for some band called Nine Inch Nails and realized that I know a lot more Soundgarden songs than I thought I did.
I had Blood Sugar Sex Magic. It started to great on my nerves. It wasn't as good as their earlier albums. Not enough funk. Too quiet. Mother's Milk also started to go sour on me.
And of course there's The Black album by Metallica. I was a huge metallic fan. And this album really ruined it. Some of the songs individually were good but as an album it couldn't live up Justice For All. The songs were shorter, less classical in their orchestration, All the last messages of Cliff having a hand in the composition were gone. And probably worst of all someone thought they could teach Kirk how to sing. He's a shouter, not a singer. Someone stole the tape from me about a month after I got it and I didn't feel any sense of loss.
Other albums released in that time frame:
Psalm 69 by Ministry.
Shorty the Pimp by Too Short.
Dirty by Sonic Youth.
Soul Of A New Machine by Fear Factory.
Dirt by Alice In Chains.
Some of these have stuck with me a lot more than some of those.
“Some band called Nine Inch Nails”
What, you thought no one would comment on that?! 😂
Lifelong fan detected!
I had scrap wood, stain, paint and decided to go for it to break in my new miter saw.
Thank you for this little writeup, it was a nice read
I started off reading it like Patrick Bateman
As a huge Metallica fan myself I'd say the Black Album has more to its sound than it has to its songwriting, which is not a bad thing in itself but still a strong departure, even more so after an album like ...And Justice for All. I still really enjoy it though.
Soundgarden's career is a bit convoluted, but Badmotorfinger is my absolute favourite, the guitar sounds in there are absolutely gorgeous and the songwriting has something of this early 90s, hardboiled, Helmet-style grit that I've been digging, more particularly on songs like Slaves & Bulldozers or Mind Riot.
Also thank you for mentioning Fear Factory, this band never get enough credit and their first album is a classic
It's the only song that has ever made me tear up.
Must be nice. I've had to train myself to be able to sing properly through tears and the throat tightening, because WAY TOO MANY songs make me tear up.
I feel fortunate to have my defining years of youth in the 90s. Debut and Post and Homegenic by Bjorn. Violator and SoFaD, by Depeche Mode. Downward Spiral and The Fragile, by NiN. Dummy and Portishead, by Portishead. Blue Lines and Mezzanine by Massive Attack. OK Computer. Music has the right to children. Music for the Jilted Generation. And they just keep coming and coming and coming…
It really was a golden era of music.
Pearl Jam's Ten is one of the perfect 10/10 albums for me.
I still listen to all of them regularly.
Pearl jam and soundgarden are on rotation regularly at my house.
Now do 1986
Plus, that was during the Golden Age of Hip-Hop.
So much good music!
As a diabetic Blood Sugar Sex Magic is something I can actually offer.
What a crazy few months to be alive and into music.
For real, this picture did a good job of showing the evolution of the direction music would go on to follow into the 90s too. From metal to grunge.
must have been some bad shit on the street at that time
Use your illusion is amazing
Such a great summer.