Society Owes Me A Gen-X Podcast: The 90s

It's the penultimate pod of the season, SOMAGXPers, and W brings forth the most 90s of 90s things:  Wayne's World.  Schwing!  We dig in to discuss the Penelope Spheeris directed movie debut of Wayne and Garth (A.K.A. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) as they sally forth with this SNL sketch-turned-film cult classic and there's many a top tune to chat about. Excellent!  It blows goats...  NOT.  

Picture it:  October, 1993.  Teenagers worldwide desperate to get their hands on the new Pearl Jam album, their hotly anticipated and simultaneously dreaded 'Ten' follow up because - what if it was rubbish?!  We talk the band, the tracks, the recording dramas and the subsequent live tour as we get ever closer to the letter X, and the end of our very first season!  (Spoiler: It wasn't rubbish)

The Use Your Illusion albums I & II are on the menu, here - Axl and his swaggering mountain of attitude, Slash with his top hat, perched atop a cigarette -singed mane... Duff, the chilled AF bassist of beer, not to mention the soon-to- be-fired drummer, one addled Steven Adler.  And Whizzy Izzy the nomad.  Join us as we talk the singles, beefs, broken hearts and dependencies that made Guns N' Roses one of the biggest names in rock back in the cold November Rain of September 1991.  

Singles Part 2, finally!  We dig back in to one of our favourite soundtracks of all time, the mighty Cameron Crowe film soundtrack.  Packed with grunge goodness and 90s vibes... Join us!

Pearl Jam, Paul Westerberg, Smashing Pumpkins, TAD, Citizen Dick, Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, The Lovemongers, Jimi Hendrix, Cameron Crowe, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Bridget Fonda

SOMAGXP reminisce how Gwen & Co changed their grungey lives with the pop punk SKA joy that is their third album, Tragic Kingdom.  Teen stalkers and doomed love also somehow figure, along the way!  

No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young, Eric Stefani, Tragic Kingdom, SKA, Punk, Music, Pop, Rock, Metal, Commentary, Music Commentary, 1995, 90s music, 90s album

Welcome to the second part of our Singles 1992 movie and soundtrack podcast!  It's Christmas week, and here is our gift to you - a classic gem of a film, with more Heart than a Lovemongers album.  Feliz Navidad, Happy Hanukkah and also Kwanzaa!

Finally, we are talking about an old fave here at SOMAGXP - Cameron Crowe's 1992 film, Singles!  We rock out with the amazing soundtrack, chat about the tracks, the bands involved, and of course the movie itself in all it's Seattle-centric glory.  Get some grungey plaid on, and mosh along with us!  

We chat about the making of the epic Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the band and their influences, and generally immersing ourselves in the great 90s tastic feels of this monster of an album.  We salute you, Tony Flow and the Majestic Masters of Mayhem!  

Quizmas 2020 is FINALLY here!  We talk alternative seasonal tunes that 'yule' be sure to love, in a gin fuelled quiz format.  There's festive rapping, stockings going up - and some coming down, plus Santa being slayed alive!  What's not to celebrate?  

Pearl Jam's debut album Ten takes us all the way back to the very start of the 90s!  We talk grunge-rock, a drummer parade and those Explicit Content Warning labels on CDs, back in the day.  The moshing!  The plaid!  The gantry climbing!  We are still here for it ALL - join us as we nerd out and relive those glorious days again.  There's also some KISS and The Doors action, too.

Pearl Jam Ten 1991:  Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go, Black, Jeremy, Oceans, Porch, Garden, Deep, Release

Other tracks: KISS - She, The Doors: Five to One, Pearl Jam: Footsteps, Temple of the Dog: Times of Trouble