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(aka Five Against One) were greatly anticipated, even though initial reports of In Utero made it seem like Kurt was intentionally sabotaging Nirvana's success by recording an 'uncommercial' album. Going into that fall, both In Utero and Vs. For one, it was now bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam that were expected to have big selling albums. It perfectly captured the spirit of the times and its impact was profound and bridged the gap between 1991's innocence and 1993's cynicism. Out Of Time was a big album for REM, but Automatic For The People was THE album for them. Sure, you had the Illusion albums, which were expected to be huge (and they were - Geffen milked them well into '93), you had Metallica, whose Black Album was also expected to do well, though nowhere near as well as it actually did. The age of excess is over, or so we thought!Ĭlick to expand.What was different about '91 was how unexpected all of it was. The ladies are in jeans and t-shirts too. The hair metal is erased, the sequins, spangles, hairspray is gone from everyone- not just the dudes. Also, industrial in the form of Nine Inch Nails, especially. There was also Tori Amos, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey, Beck, Blur, Weezer. Hole was huge that year on the back of 'Live Through This.' There was also the rise of 'alternative' music, not just rock/grunge during this time- REM was hardly obscure, but they had become huge after Losing my Religion. So by the time we get to 1993/94, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, all of the giants of that era were entrenched in the popular culture. The Use Your Illusion albums came out in 1991. Unplugged was a triumph my local radio station played the hell out of their cover of 'The Man Who Sold the World.' I was surprised when Kurt ended it all I was 13-14 and obviously not sophisticated enough to see that this wasn't going to end well.Īs for the popular culture, in 1991, MTV played late-era hair metal videos, some real trash by Poison especially sticks out in my memory, and Steelheart? Maybe Slaughter? The Black Album had come out by then, so 'Enter Sandman' seemed to play every hour, there was GNR of course. I remember the Rome overdose and not being terribly surprised. Kurt's malaise and struggles with fame were well-known by then. Heart Shaped Box was an expensive and flashy video. The hype surrounding In Utero was constant- on MTV and the rest of the music press (that I had access to, so Rolling Stone and metal magazines that pivoted to covering grunge during this time). Fantastic band but most likely not an obvious candidate for the likes of Atlantic Records. Heck, even the Melvins(!) were signed by a major. Suddenly every label seemed to have a loud guitar oriented band. Obviously also by Hüsker Dü, Soundgarden or REM but it was Nirvana that kicked down that door for good. A development definitely spearheaded by 'Nevermind'. Because by then you had 'alternative' as established genre with big labels more or less being involved big time.

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Which was increasingly overshadowing the music.Īs for your question about pop culture: I wasn't in the US - so feel free to correct me - but I'd say the situation in 1993/4 was fundamentally different than in 1991. Then in early 1994 I remember the situation being similar to Amy Winehouse in 2010/11, one was watching an unhealthy drama unfold. We pined for every little detail she was able to share. Best male singers today.The brother of one of my class mates was involved with promoting 'In Utero' and the level of expectations and secrecy surrounding it, was unbelievable.