Nineties Friday! 🎸 1999 (part 2) - Sk8-Punk & Pop-Punk! Sharing & Talking The Punk Records From 1999! Some Hit It Big & Some Were Hidden Gems! Gene Talks Tunes 🎙️ (1999 Sk8 Punk! Ska & Pop Punk)
I said I would limit nineties Friday posts to 5-7 tunes but I ended up taking at least ten this week. This weeks nineties Friday post I focused on the “Punk” bands that released influential records. Some went mainstream huge while others remained hidden gems even though I believe there were definitely songs that should have been hits on these records. It was a weird time where you still had these sk8 punk bands who came from similar scene as 1994 bands like Green Day, Rancid & Offspring. While there was something new happening with some of the new bands like The Ataris , Saves The Day & more where they were even more pop friendly. Blink 182 has one foot in each these words coming off the success of there 1997 song Dammit which was a alternative rock radio hit, now the new 1999 Blink was about to crossover to major pop success, a move the Offspring would be forever jealous of! There’s much to say! Let’s talk an out it below!
🎙️Gene Talks Tuned (1999 part 2) 🎙️
- 1999 Pop Punk & Sk8 Punk Scenes
- Pop-Punk Mainstream Success
- Lesser Known Gems
- The Picks
- Bonus Tunes
- 1999!
Let’s Go!
Band - Blink 182
Song - What’s My Age Again
Album - Enema Of The State (1999)
Band - The Ataris
Song - San Dimas High School Football Rules
Album - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12
Exits (1999)
Band - Saves The Day
Song - Shoulder To The Wheel
Album - Through Being Cool (1999)
Band - The Living End
Song - Prisoner Of Society
Album - The Living End (1999)
Band - NOFX
Song - The Decline
Album - The Decline (1999)
The album came out in 1998 but the third single (Kids Aren’t Alright) was released to MTV & radio early 1999. Being the third single off the record it quickly became the best offspring song in a minute. Unlike the ultra pop songs released as singles like Pretty Fly & Get A Job, this track was strait up Punk Rock & Roll!
Band - Offspring
Song - The Kids Aren’t Alright
Album - Americana (1998)
Band - No Use For A Name
Song - Chasing Rainbows
Album - More Betterness (1999)
Band - Fenix TX
Song - All My Fault
Album - Fenix TX (1999)
Band - Pennywise
Song - My Own Country
Album - Strait Ahead (1999)
That’s the list of ten! For bonus pick I got a ska song ya! Ska bands and punk bands toured together quite often and the scenes were very much connected. Enjoy this ska tune that I believe could have been a hit!
Band - Edna's Goldfish
Song - Veronica Sawyer
Album - The Elements of Transition (1999)
I’ll also bring ya a second bonus from a band fits in perfect with the above list but was released a couple months into the year 2000 so I didn’t include em. That said they belong so enjoy!
Band - Millencolin
Song - No Cigar
Album - Pennybridge Pioneers (2000)
I left one out! Here’s a bonus bonus!
Band - Ten Foot Pole
Song - The Getaway
Album - Insider
Thanks 4 swinging by!
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