30th Anniversary

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Empty Fossil of the New Scene: Alice In Chains’ Dirt at 30

September 29, 2022September 30, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, Alice in Chains, Dam That River, Dirt, Facelift, God Smack, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mike Starr, Rain When I Die, Rooster, Sean Kinney, Sick Man, Them Bones, William DuVall, Would?

Nathan Carson checks out the band’s sophomore classic for the very first time

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Psychedelics Rock Southern Rock 

Tones of Home: Blind Melon at 30

September 22, 2022September 30, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Blind Melon, Capitol Records, David Briggs, No Rain, Rick Parahar, Shannon Hoon

The ill-fated band’s indelible debut makes its mark

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Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial Rock 

We Get What Pigs Deserve: Nine Inch Nails’ Broken EP at 30

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Adam Ant, EP, Grammys, Happiness in Slavery, Nine Inch Nails, Pinion, Pretty Hate Machine, Suck, Trent Reznor, Wish

Looking back on the harshest music to ever win a Grammy

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etc. Experimental Noise Rock 

The Earth Died Screaming: Bone Machine Turns 30

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Bone Machine, David Hidalgo, Island Records, Keith Richards, Larry Taylor, Les Claypool, Los Lobos, Tom Waits

Looking back on Tom Waits’s most visceral sack of gold

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

The Act We Act: 30 Years of Sugar’s Copper Blue

September 5, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Changes, Copper Blue, Creation Records, Dave Barbe, Grant Hart, Husker Du, If I Can't Change Your Mind, Loveless, Malcolm Travis, My Bloody Valentine, Rykodisc, Sugar, The Act We Act

Looking back on a high watermark in the career of Bob Mould

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Dylan Rock Roots 

Shy of the Moon: The Wallflowers at 30

August 24, 2022August 25, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Barrie Maguire, Jakob Dylan, Peter Yanowitz, Rami Jaffe, The Wallflowers, Tobi Miller, Virgin Records

Why the studio debut from the Jakob Dylan-led roots rockers deserves a second spin

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

How the Gin Blossoms Made Melancholia Fun: New Miserable Experience Turns 30

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Allison Road, Doug Hopkins, Found Out About You, Gin Blossoms, Hey Jealousy, Jesse Valenzuela, New Miserable Experience, Robin Wilson

Power-pop riffs, alcohol and Arizona sunshine are part of the package on a ‘90s classic

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Alternative Rock Noise Punk Rock 

Soft Spot For The Babes: Fontanelle Turns 30

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, Babes In Toyland, Fontanelle, Kat Bjelland, Lori Barbero, Maureen Herman

Celebrating Babes In Toyland’s major label breakthrough

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

Taste It: Welcome To Wherever You Are by INXS at 30

August 3, 2022August 4, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, Andrew Farriss, Atlantic Records 1992, Garry Gary Beers, INXS, John Farriss, Kurt Pengilly, Michael Hutchence, Tim Farriss, Welcome To Wherever You Are

Reflecting on the Australian rock greats’ most underrated album

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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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