post-grunge

1990
Blur (band) toured Britain

From March to July 1990, Blur toured Britain, opening for the Cramps , and testing out new songs.

Manic Street Preachers signed a deal

In 1990, Manic Street Preachers signed a deal with label Damaged Goods Records for one EP . The four-track New Art Riot E.P. attracted as much media interest for its attacks on fellow musicians as for the actual music.

Stone Temple Pilots Demo tape recorded

They recorded a demo tape around 1990.

Third Eye Blind Following the release of Dopamine , the lineup of Jenkins

Following the release of Dopamine , the lineup of Jenkins, Hargreaves, Reid, LeCavelier, and Kopp experienced an increase in productivity not seen since the late 1990s. Jenkins announced plans for releasing an EP in 2016. On July 19, 2016, they played a benefit concert for Musicians on Call, a charity…
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Finger Eleven school Christmas concert

One of their first shows was at a school Christmas concert in 1990

Muse (band) The members of Muse played in separate school bands during their time

The members of Muse played in separate school bands during their time at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s. Guitarist Matt Bellamy successfully auditioned for drummer Dominic Howard ‘s band, Carnage Mayhem, becoming its singer and songwriter. They renamed the band Gothic Plague. They asked Chris Wolstenholme – at…
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Third Eye Blind The band’s origins trace back to the early 1990s, with frontman

The band’s origins trace back to the early 1990s, with frontman Stephan Jenkins writing music, but struggling to hold together a consistent musical lineup. Originally, Jenkins started his music career as one half of an interracial rap duo Puck and Natty with musician Herman Anthony Chunn, who went by the…
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Better Than Ezra Joel Rundell, the band’s lead guitarist, died by suicide on August 8

Joel Rundell, the band’s lead guitarist, died by suicide on August 8, 1990. The remaining three members of the band took some time off to reassess its future following Rundell’s death. Griffin, Drummond and Bonnecaze reunited Better Than Ezra as a trio by the end of 1990. The trio continued…
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Hole (band) recruitment of bassist Jill Emery

By early 1990, Geisbrecht and Roberts had both left the band, which led to the recruitment of bassist Jill Emery. According to Caroline Rue, Love fired Roberts after she threatened a Long Beach club owner—the wife of mobster Eddie Nash —with a screwdriver when the club refused to pay them…
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Foo Fighters In 1990, Dave Grohl joined the grunge band Nirvana as the drummer

In 1990, Dave Grohl joined the grunge band Nirvana as the drummer. During tours, he took a guitar with him and wrote songs, but was too intimidated to share them with the band. He was “in awe” of the songs written by Nirvana’s frontman, Kurt Cobain . Grohl occasionally booked…
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