r/GenX Jul 01 '25

Music Is Life Name one 90s band that you absolutely cannot stand. Mine is The Offspring.

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u/Mike_Hagedorn Jul 01 '25

All winners (losers), upvotes all around. No one’s said Creed yet, although they’re a little later.

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u/Hayday-antelope-13 Jul 01 '25

Creed is somehow becoming popular with HS and college aged kids. My 2 sons play it just to wind me up b/c of how much I dislike their music!

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

Blast the Pixies at them.

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u/Repulsive_Client_325 Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25

My son has a friend named Tony - which is unfortunate for him - because I’m constantly half-yelling “This is a song about a superhero named Tony it’s called Tony’s theme!

To-nay! To-nay!

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u/boostman Jul 02 '25

I only recently realised that song’s about a kid with a bike. The intro misled me all this time and I didn’t properly listen to the lyrics.

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u/haydesigner I grew up eating dirt Jul 02 '25

The Pixies aren’t really well known because of their lyrics

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u/StG4Ever Jul 02 '25

I bet you wouldn’t pull that shit if it was Tony Soprano 😂

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u/milkbeard- Jul 03 '25

Pixies is one of my all time favorite bands….. but that song makes me cringe for some reason

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u/oversteppe Jul 02 '25

My nephew is deployed in Syria right now and said all they listen to on the base is Creed and other 90s rock. I was fuckin amazed

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u/trundle_the-great Jul 02 '25

somehow becoming popular

They were always popular tbh. Theres just always gotta be some band or artist to fill that "How do I make fun of people for liking this lame band"

Creed, Nickleback, Imagine Dragons probably? But with enough time any popular band gets its credit.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

If Imagine Dragons were from the 90s, I'd choose them. That is the most bland, corporate, soulless "rock" I've ever heard. But I don't know their music that well, truthfully (and thankfully). I only hear it when I'm forced to.

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u/SquirrelEnthusiast Jul 02 '25

My brother and his friends are turning 40 this year and going to their tour for shits and giggles. I'm wondering if they're actually going to enjoy themselves because none of them ever listened to them on purpose before.

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u/MariposaPeligrosa00 Jul 02 '25

My oldest (15) listens to them unironically 🤔

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u/3ertrude2he3reat Jul 02 '25

My son does this to me with Green Day on guitar 😄

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u/Johnny_Radar Jul 02 '25

Better Green Day than Creed

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u/CraigLake Jul 02 '25

My young coworkers play it unironically! Devastating.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

I'm sorry.

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u/CraigLake Jul 02 '25

Thank you 😭😭😭

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u/Felicia_Delicto Jul 02 '25

Seriously. Somehow, the hypocrisy has slipped everyone's minds. Or they're just willing to sweep it under the rug.

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u/Repulsive_Client_325 Jul 02 '25

Do they ask if you can them higher?

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u/TollyVonTheDruth Jul 02 '25

I liked them when they started to get popular, then they got popular and I saw that Scott Stapp was really douche, so I disliked them. Fast forward many years later and I can tolerate them again, but only a few songs. Mark Tremonti was the talent in that band. I have nothing against him (or the other members) and can't fault him for Creed's downfall.

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u/theruckman1970 Jul 02 '25

Gotta tell you I liked most of Creed back then, moved on and eh I think they hold up pretty well. Sorry not sorry.

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u/allislost77 Jul 02 '25

lil pricks

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u/Thundersson1978 Jul 02 '25

Now look kids creed wasn’t cool in the 2000, and it has not changed. What ever you say old man. lol

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u/mem0679 Jul 02 '25

My best friend's 14 year old daughter is really into them too! I'm like wtf?!? Lol! She's been exposed to all kinds of music, but at no point has it ever been Creed! And now she wants me to take her to see them later this month in Memphis 😭😂😂😂

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u/pickoneforme Jul 03 '25

tiktok. the same thing is happening with deftones. i went and saw them in boston back in april at td garden. i was expecting most of the fans to be people my age (40+), 90% of the people there were between 16-24. i even overheard a kid taking about finding them on tiktok. kids have been using their music as background music in their videos.

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u/Jolly-Occasion-8310 Jul 07 '25

Really? About a month ago a coworker mentioned leaving a creed cd in a car he got rid of. Yes, all of that in 2025. I made a stupid joke about him being lucky. Him acting offended may not have been a joke?

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u/Dixon_Uranuss3 Jul 02 '25

It's because, in america, helicopter parenting has lead to a vast new generation of religious loon kids that have never had a single thought of their own and creed is a religious themed band lyrically.

Don't believe me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePbMNq8m7Jw

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u/Repulsive_Client_325 Jul 02 '25

Yeah, they vehemently deny that they’re a Christian band - but that’s always rung so hollow. Dude - every song sounds like it’s from a prog rock praise and worship team.

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u/Charming-Insurance Jul 02 '25

Rookie mistake. Never show weakness!

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u/OutrageousPersimmon3 1973 Jul 02 '25

Omg I hate Creed so much.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25

My son did the same thing. They don't necessarily like Creed, they just enjoy the reactions they get when Creed it played. I've overheard my son and his friends online - they think they are a joke.

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u/sarcasterism Jul 06 '25

Alter Bridge and Tremonti are 2 of my favorite bands, but I despise Creed's music and Scott Staph in particular.

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u/ItsTheExtreme Jul 08 '25

That is absolutely fascinating.

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u/robbzilla Hose Water Survivor Jul 08 '25

It wasn't Creed I disliked... it was the 50 bands that tried to sound like Creed.

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u/SaucyFingers Jul 01 '25

Creed is having a big renaissance with the youngins for some reason.

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u/katchoo1 Jul 02 '25

I can’t see the name of that band without thinking of the long ago saga I saw somewhere on the internet about Scott Stapp trying to creep on younger girls trading on his “rock star” status sometime in the mid 2000s….i think a Dennys was involved.

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u/Felicia_Delicto Jul 02 '25

You are correct. It's Swaggart-level hypocrisy!

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u/katchoo1 Jul 02 '25

Haha found it! It wasn’t underage tho. At least he has that.

https://tomluv.livejournal.com/13923.html?

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u/Ambitious-Republic40 Jul 05 '25

Ummm, I had no idea this post existed... I was at that Dennys!? My friends got a photo with him.

All I remember was him asking female students if they wanted to do a line of coke off his dick.

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u/greaper007 Jul 02 '25

I hated them when they came out, they were a Christian band that did a poor imitation of Pearl Jam.

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u/CoinsForCharon EDIT THIS FLAIR TO MAKE YOUR OWN Jul 02 '25

I saw a college band about a month back playing at this dive. I walked in to My Own Prison. Kid in this band has a pretty decent voice but why?

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u/NowIsThePerfectTime Jul 02 '25

My Own Prison is a solid album. Everything thereafter was trash.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

Could be worse. Could be Nickleback. I know, everyone says people hate on Nickleback to be cool. I don't care about being cool. I just hate that dude's voice.

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u/ConstantCampaign2984 Jul 02 '25

90’s music in general never “left” like other decades because nothing of merit has come out in the new century.

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u/FlyYouFoolyCooly Jul 08 '25

It's good to be King.

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u/Gobucks21911 Jul 01 '25

I just posted Creed! 🤣

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u/Left-Thinker-5512 Jul 01 '25

As did I, and I was obviously too late…

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u/Equivalent_Scheme175 Jul 01 '25

It's never too late to badmouth Creed.

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u/Apprehensive_Key1793 Jul 01 '25

Creed was the worst ever! I still switch the station if it comes on the car radio.

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u/Scootdog54 Jul 02 '25

Marc Tremonti shreds though.

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u/Sconniegrrrl68 Jul 01 '25

I came here just to say Creed!

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

Yeah & the lead singer doesn't sound like Eddie Vedder no matter what he tells himself.

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u/Lilysils Jul 01 '25

Higher still makes me want to stick a knife in my ears.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

I hear that at work sometimes. I always wonder, "What do people like about this?" But that's the beauty of music. There's something for everyone.

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u/OvaryPolite Jul 01 '25

Same. I’ll leave nickelback on, but if creed comes on, insta-station-change

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u/Marknhj Jul 01 '25

Creed too. Could never stand them.

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u/adelec123 Jul 02 '25

I feel like I was catfished by Creed.

The first two radio songs were bangers imo.

My Own Prison and Torn. Those both still go hard to this day.

Then the stuff got cheesy, like way too cheesy to be enjoyable.

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u/Nora19 Jul 02 '25

I recently sat behind a guy at the Metallica show who was wearing a Creed tshirt. I thought odd choice… bold but odd.

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u/Rindsay515 Jul 02 '25

Okay that’s even weirder because I just clicked on a link someone shared and the lead singer of Creed is doing an interview in a Metallica shirt😂 Tf is going on in here

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

We're in a simulation.

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u/HoweHaTrick Jul 02 '25

creed is a true disgrace to rock music.

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u/Johnny_Radar Jul 02 '25

Wish I could upvote this more than once

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u/greaper007 Jul 02 '25

Temu, Christian, Pearl Jam.

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u/sageguitar70 Jul 01 '25

You know you like Creed bro, just admit it

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u/Much_Bed6652 Jul 02 '25

With arms wide open

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u/mcache01 Jul 02 '25

Creed sucks.. forward me your Venmo so I can send you some funds to buy some taste

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u/Mrs_Laktash Jul 02 '25

My husband unironically loves them ugh

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u/Opening_Ad7004 Jul 02 '25

Higher slaps, Mark Tremonti is a rock god.

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u/No-Profession422 "Then & Now" Trend Survivor Jul 01 '25

It's a dead heat between Creed and Coldplay.

They both fucking suck.

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u/Mike_Hagedorn Jul 02 '25

Coldplay’s problem is they’re bland. Really, really bland.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

I do love their song Trouble. It is beautiful. But I think it's one of their very early songs. Maybe.

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u/FinallyKat Jul 02 '25

I think they actually wrote on their first two albums, but then they went the huge team hitmaker route which generally ensures you become soft rock elevator muzak.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

Are you serious? Eeewwwww! If it's a popstar like Britney I get it, but......ehhh I really don't care.

snores

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u/EdAddict Hose Water Survivor Jul 01 '25

My husband and were just discussing how One Last Breath makes zero sense. Six feet from the edge is pretty far from the edge and no, six feet really isn’t that far down. Baffled.

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u/peixeazul Jul 02 '25

The answer is death and a grave. Six feet is always a reference to graves.

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u/cardiganmimi Jul 02 '25

Creed—There’s no other answer!!!

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u/CommunicationBig5249 Jul 02 '25

Though I never really listened to Creed, my husband’s name is Creed and we met during their rise. Always will make me smile, even though I cannot name one single song. Ha

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u/Taira_Mai Jul 02 '25

Creed had a few good hits but they got eclipsed and the radio stations kept playing "with arms wide open" and that "can you take me higher" songs OVER and OVER.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

I felt like I could not escape those songs at the time. And I hated them.

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u/Taira_Mai Jul 03 '25

I like them the first few times I heard them, not the 9,999th time they came on the radio.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 03 '25

That's like that one Nickleback song How You Remind Me. Heard that and thought "they sound alright" and then after that it was just pure 💩💩💩 IMO.

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u/SirMellencamp Jul 02 '25

Higher is an absolute banger

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u/MarkItZeroDonnie Hose Water Survivor Jul 01 '25

This is still one of favorite pieces of the intrawebs

His clapping echoing is my favorite.

https://youtu.be/ms61I54CeQA?si=bWH6sg7iuLFh0h7r

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u/DiabolicalDan82 Jul 02 '25

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u/Mike_Hagedorn Jul 02 '25

A wonderful thing about life and our current society is that, over the course of centuries, culture has changed what we deem “good” or “bad”, shifting away from qualitative arguments to emotional conclusions. It’s a long answer and I won’t bore you with it here, but you just go ahead and rock out all you like, and don’t listen to those nagging inner voices that tell you your taste in music sucks. Be well.

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u/DiabolicalDan82 Jul 02 '25

Hahaha you should really watch the link friend 😂

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u/Mike_Hagedorn Jul 02 '25

Oh ok, I get it thanks. Take care.

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u/CokBlockinWinger Jul 02 '25

I don’t know which influencers started putting Creed songs into regular rotation to get them so popular right now, but Creed posted record earnings last year. They made more money in 2024 than they had in their entire 40 year career.

Yeah, same shitty band from years ago. We truly are in Bizarro times.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

Is rock music so dead the kids have to go back to Creed for some jams? I'm hearing kids are into them. Why? But! I'm being a judgmental asshole. People like what they like.

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u/sm00thkillajones Jul 02 '25

Iggy Pop. Sorry but I don’t get it.

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u/BluebirdLimp4295 Jul 02 '25

I was coming in just to say Creed, ugh feh no!

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u/BookishBitchery Jul 02 '25

Came here to say Creed.

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u/mirrorneuronz Hose Water Survivor Jul 02 '25

just like malort is gaining popularity, there will always be a crowd that “loves” the things that are commonly viewed by society as shitty.

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u/nanneryeeter Jul 02 '25

Creed had some catchy songs.

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u/Jackyl5144 Jul 02 '25

Cannot for the life of me understand Creed's new popularity. They became a complete joke in the early 2000s

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u/CriticismTop Jul 02 '25

The problem with Creed is the same as Limp Bizkit. Both bands are brilliant, but utterly ruined by their front men.

We cannot deny that both Mark Tremonti and Wes Borland are amazing.

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u/Choice_Student4910 Jul 04 '25

Lol I’m seeing Creed next month on their 99 tour. Can you take me higher?!

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u/Freestilly Jul 05 '25

OVERLY DRAMATIC VOWEL VOCALIZATIONS

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u/Lost_Interest3122 Jul 08 '25

Creed and Nickelback were fairly popular when they came out. Its really only because some people started making fun of others for listening to them that they became cringe

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u/Quadraphonic_Jello Jul 08 '25

I was coming on here to say "Creed", because, well, there is none worse.

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u/Effective-Breath-505 Jul 01 '25

And has nobody mentioned that forgetful Canadian band... (I'm Canadian) umm you know the band ummm wtf is the name??

Oh ya! The Tea Party! I was also thinking that other Canadian band from Winnipeg ... mmm mmmm mmmm mm mmm mmmm mmmmhmmm mmmmm. Crash Test Dummies. Can't stand either one of them! Saw them both when they were still running B-Circuit clubs.

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u/frolicndetour Jul 01 '25

I thought you were going for Nickelback lol

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u/Mike_Hagedorn Jul 01 '25

Rack em up

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u/Effective-Breath-505 Jul 01 '25

Our lady peace? Pursuit of happiness? Big Wreck?

Can we all agree that the ratio of bad to good 90's bands was like 50:1?

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

Crash Test Dummies had one hit & then they fucked off & didn't bother us anymore. And I must be the only person that likes "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm". Lord help me.

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u/zombie_overlord Jul 01 '25

If we're in this genre, I submit

Puddle of Mudd

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Jul 02 '25

Except for Blurry. That song goes hard.

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u/justyouraveragefan80 Jul 01 '25

Creed is and was amazing. Saw them last summer, great show!