Neon Musical Insight

In this week’s edition of the A.V. Club’s awesomely designed Undercover series, punk band Rise Against tackled one of my personal favorite songs by Nirvana, “Sliver”. A rather straight-forward rendition, Rise Against stuck true to it’s roots. Check the video above and head here to get caught up on the series thus far.

Easily the hardest decade to decide on — maybe because it was the first decade where I was properly introduced to music — the 90’s undoubtedly had a diverse impact on the music world. Hip-Hop was blooming and developing into something with substance, whether it be through the “Native Tongue” movement of groups like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, or through a more gritty, gangsta approach with rappers like N.W.A., and 2pac.

The dance community was becoming enveloped in British trance/trip-hop through the eyes of Portishead and Massive Attack, while a little thing called “Grunge” was dominating the rock community and basically the entire world. Indie rock may have formed in the 80’s, but it wasn’t until the 90’s that it really began to pick up momentum with goups like Pavement and Neutral Milk Hotel laying the foundation out for more obscure bands today. The 90’s offered a lot, but unfortunately, all wonderful things come to an end. Still, we cannot help but glance back in retrospect with wide eyes and cheerful smiles.

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