64. Jane Jensen, Comic Book Whore I haven’t double-checked up and down the entire list, but I’m somewhat confident that Jane Jensen is the only performer on the chart who played a title role in a Troma Films release. In … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 64 and 63
66. The Cardigans, The First Band on the Moon First Band on the Moon was the third album released by the Swedish pop band the Cardigans, but for most U.S. listeners, it was the first one that registered. That was … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 66 and 65
68. Descendents, Everything Sucks Released in the fall of 1996, Everything Sucks was the first new studio album from punk rock semi-legends the Descendents in almost a decade. The group stopped recording under that name in the mid-nineteen-eighties, after lead … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 68 and 67
70. Jonny Polonsky, Hi My Name is Jonny Besides looking like he was about fifteen years too early to snare a role in the supporting cast of Lena Dunham’s Girls, Jonny Polonsky was notable as a discovery of one Black … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 70 and 69
72. Poundcake, Aloha Via Satellite There is remarkably little information out there on the wild, wild web about the band Poundcake. They seem to fall precisely within that little window of time before every album received an abundance on … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 72 and 71
74. The Reverend Horton Heat, It’s Martini Time It’s Martini Time is the fourth album billed to the Reverend Horton Heat, which is the name of a band and kinda sorta the name of the band leader. Jim Heath is … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 74 and 73
76. Bob Mould, Bob Mould I was working in commercial radio in 1996, at a station billed, in the parlance of the time, as a “new rock alternative.” While I often disparage the format’s reliance on watered-down grunge, at about … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 76 and 75
78. White Zombie, Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds Perhaps every generation gets the Renaissance Man it deserves. The former Robert Bartleh Cummings first found fame as the co-founder and driving creative force behind the band White Zombie, a group with which he shared an adopted second half of a name. The group released four proper studio albums from the late-eighties to the early-nineties, with the remix effort Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds serving as their official parting shot in 1996. Featuring modified fan favorites with parenthetical names such as “Meet Bambi in the King’s Harem Mix” and “Sex on the Rocks Mix,” the album … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 78 and 77
80. Skinny Puppy, The Process I didn’t know that Skinny Puppy was still making music together as late as 1996. Maybe that’s because they barely were. The arduous process of recording The Process started in 1993, with the band intending … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 80 and 79
82. Phish, Billy Breathes Honestly, I’m surprised this one isn’t higher. It’s not that I remember 90FM as having a particularly strong jam band bent back in the day (although, there was a fairly unfortunate early championing of the Spin … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 82 and 81
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