1992

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Noise Pop Rock 

All You Men Are Slime: Sonic Youth’s Dirty at 30

July 27, 2022 Raymond Cummings 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Beat Happening, Boredoms, Daniel Johnston, DGC, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty, Flipper, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Nirvana, Shonen Knife, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

It might not be their best record, but remains a sentimental fan favorite all these years later

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Metal! 

Strength To Minimize: Helmet’s Meantime at 30

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 David Seville 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Helmet, Henry Bogdan, Interscope Records, John Stanier, Meantime, Nine Inch Nails, Page Hamilton, Peter Mengede, Primus, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Unsung

When Interscope Records cashed their chips on a most unconventional heavy metal band

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

A Bouncing Little Baby, A Shiny Copper Penny: Faith No More’s Angel Dust at 30

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Angel Dust, Billy Gould, Faith No More, Jim Martin, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, The Real Thing

Why this beautiful, terrifying, schizophrenic masterpiece of a record remains their high water mark

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Alternative Rock Rock Southern Rock 

If You Feel Like A Riot: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion at 30

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, American Recordings, Chris Robinson, Remedy, Rich Robinson, Sting Me, The Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

The Black Crowes’ sophomore masterpiece furthered a traditional rock ‘n’ roll tapestry

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Punk 

Piece of Cake: The Least Corporate Rock Band’s Corporate Debut Turns 30

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Angela Denk 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Dan Peters, Mark Arm, Matt Lukin, MUDHONEY, Piece of Cake, Steve Turner

Mark Arm talks with Rock and Roll Globe about Mudhoney’s current tour and the impending anniversary of their first outing with Reprise Records in 1992

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Punk Rock 

They Can’t Hear A Word We’ve Said: Bricks Are Heavy at 30

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Dee Plakas, Donita Sparks, Jennifer Finch, L7, Slash Records, Suzi Gardner

Three decades later, the classic third L7 album pulsates with an energy palpable for these times

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Country and/or Western 

Since The Last Time: Joshua Judges Ruth at 30

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Arnold McCuller, Curb Records, Edgar Meyer, Emmylou Harris, Jay Dee Maness, Joshua Judges Ruth, Leland Sklar, Leo Kottke, Lyle Lovett, Matt Rollings, Rickie Lee Jones, Russ Kunkel, Sir Harry Bowens, Sweet Pea Atkinson

Lyle Lovett’s fourth LP still sets a high bar for country music creativity

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"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock 

Going Doppelgänger Again: Celebrating Two Shoegaze Classics at 30

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Andy Bell, Curve, Dean Garcia, Doppelgänger, Going Blank Again, Mark Gardener, Ride, Toni Halliday

Both Curve’s Doppelgänger and Ride’s Going Blank Again came out on the same day in 1992

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Alternative Rock North Americana 

A Horse In The Country: Black Eyed Man at 30

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Jason Thurston 3 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Black Eyed Man, Cowboy Junkies, Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins, Peter Timmins, RCA

The third Cowboy Junkies album saw the Timmins siblings using volume to their advantage

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Alternative Rock Rap 

Sad New Day, Go Away: Me Phi Me’s ONE at 30

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, Arrested Development, De La Soul, Me Phi Me, Michigan, One, P.M. Dawn, RCA

Looking back on an unsung alt-rap classic three decades ahead of its time

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Indie Rock 

The Worst Offense Is Intelligence: Guided By Voices’ Propeller at 30

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Bee Thousand, Guided By Voices, Propeller, Robert Pollard, Scat Records, Tobin Sprout

Looking back on the first final album of a band that will never give up

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Rock 

Life’s Like A Mayonnaise Soda: Lou Reed’s Magic and Loss at 30

January 23, 2022January 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Lou Reed, Magic and Loss, Sire Records

For his first solo album of the 90s, Lou probed the depths of death and desire

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Dance Electronic World 

A Sweet Lullaby: Deep Forest At 30

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, Deep Forest, Sony 550 Records

By blending African and Polynesian sounds with Western New Age melodies, the French duo crafted an album that defied genre expectations

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