Seeing the “American Jesus” video on MTV was my first introduction to Bad Religion. I was instantly a fan. They were one of the few punk bands that I was into that actually got played on MTV. I have every Bad Religion album, and they have a lot. The band formed in 1979, and are still going strong putting out a new album every couple of years.

The Murmurs were pretty much a one-hit-wonder group, if you can even call this song a hit. I loved this song, and their self titled album that this song is off of. Other than that, I really don’t know much about The Murmurs.

Frente! wasn’t a household name in the 90s, but their Marvin the Album was one of my favorites from the 90s. They are probably most known in the States for their cover of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle”. I love that cover, but I chose “Accidently Kelly Street” because it one of their own songs, and one of my favorites off of Marvin the Album.

I can’t believe I haven’t posted a Letters to Cleo video yet. “Here and Now” is probably their most popular song. The video looks a little dated, but I still love the song. I loved every single Letters to Cleo album. They were one of my all time favorites. Kay Hanley’s solo stuff is also really good, and I love her new band Palmdale too.

I love and hated this song. It was catchy, good, and annoying all at the same time.

Veruca Salt were one of my favorite 90s bands. They are still around, but really haven’t been the same since Nina Gordon left. American Thighs, and Eight Arms to Hold You are amazing albums, too bad their newer stuff isn’t quite as great. I was lucky enough to see them twice in concert in the 90s. Seeing Nina Gordon crowd surf and almost losing her pants remains one of my great memories from the many great shows I have seen at First Ave.

Matthew Sweet released the Girlfriend album in 1991. I didn’t discover it until 1993 when my college roommate introduced him to me. I fell in love instantly, and then that year Matthew Sweet released another great album, Altered Beast. I’ve been a fan ever since despite his last few albums not being as strong, but all his 90s stuff is great. To this day, Girlfriend is my favorite road tripping album.

His latest album, Modern Art, was just released this past Tuesday. I haven’t listened to is much yet, but it will be in my rotation for the next few weeks.

So this week R.E.M. called it quits. I was a little young when R.E.M. started as a band. I didn’t really get into them until their sixth album, Green. I wasn’t a huge R.E.M., but I did like them, and own every album since Green, except for the one they released this year. “Orange Crush” was the first R.E.M. video I saw on MTV back in 1988. I was instantly hooked, their next few albums were their best, and were almost soundtracks for my high school years.

I saw the Foo Fighters for the fourth time this week. They are an amazing band to see live. They are one of the few 90s bands that are still going strong and making great music. Their latest album is amazing, and they played a lot from it. They played a lot overall. They played for nearly three hours in front of a sellout crowd of 13,000. There were no gimmicks, no stupid costume changes, no dancers, no computers. Just four guitars and a drummer making great rock music, and got great reviews.

“I’ll Stick Around” was the Foo’s first video from 1995. They looked so young back then. It’s great that they are still rocking the same as they always have.

This is the video that introduced me to MXPX. I have been a huge fan ever since.