The albums released in July 1990, despite their eclecticism, share a common theme: dudes with serious problems. We’ve got Pantera’s dark, bracing groove metal on the now-classic Cowboys from Hell (which, as John points out, is LITERALLY about cowboys from hell); Suicidal Tendencies upping their game on the chaotic, cinematic, and utterly batshit record Lights…Cameras…Revolution!; Iggy Pop’s wonderfully bizarre and often surprising Brick by Brick; the influential Mother Love Bone’s Apple, their only full-length album due to the untimely death of charismatic screamer Andrew Wood; and Steve Earle’s desperate, searching country rock on The Hard Way.

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