I was working at The Village Voice (1986-1999) and doing gigs all over tri state area.
Also was saving for my first SADOWSKY BASS.
Also was saving for my first SADOWSKY BASS.
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So, what were you doing 30 years ago?
- Thread starter Michedelic
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I was getting the hang of fatherhood (my daughter was born in early 91) and Tokyo - we moved there from Sydney in early May 91.
Learning to be a father to my first child, for the most part.
Flipping gear and hi-end audio for a living.
Eating and drinking a lot of stuff that I can't even lick today.
Enjoying what had turned out to be the last few decent months before the fit hit the shan, big time.
Flipping gear and hi-end audio for a living.
Eating and drinking a lot of stuff that I can't even lick today.
Enjoying what had turned out to be the last few decent months before the fit hit the shan, big time.
I was working as a Planner for Kittitas County, Washington, in Ellensburg. It was the nadir of my existence, a bad career move you might say. I did become acquainted with the drummer from the Screaming Trees, a Washington band in that first grunge wave. I learned about Nirvana from him, as he was friends with the band.
I appreciated the grunge bands as the carriers of the rock 'n' roll mantle for their generation. Because of my career and children rearing, I had very little time for music in the 90s. I didn't play at all, and listened to very little music. I was doing my impersonation of a responsible adult.
I was part of the global movement spawned by the event of February 9, 1964, I was in a folk band prior to that, and we immediately switched to two electric guitars, a bass and drums that very week, and became one of the 10,000 bands formed from the experience. It was a glorious time when guitars ruled our world.
I appreciated the grunge bands as the carriers of the rock 'n' roll mantle for their generation. Because of my career and children rearing, I had very little time for music in the 90s. I didn't play at all, and listened to very little music. I was doing my impersonation of a responsible adult.
I was part of the global movement spawned by the event of February 9, 1964, I was in a folk band prior to that, and we immediately switched to two electric guitars, a bass and drums that very week, and became one of the 10,000 bands formed from the experience. It was a glorious time when guitars ruled our world.
My inner shrink tells me not to dwell on those times too much.
The drummer/BL I was playing with at the time in a band called the Hubcaps showed me the album and telling me the music of our youth (60s) was coming back. He always was ahead of the curve in knowing what was happening in new music.
I never understood the Cobain mania myself, probably due to my age (37 in 1991). I can only recognize three of their songs...SLTS, Lithium and In The Pines because they were all over the radio. The rest of the grunge era remains a mystery to me, I couldn't ID any Pearl Jam or Soundgarden either. One rock album of that era that had a real impact on me was Neil Young's "Ragged Glory" from the year before.
Trying to remember what I was listening to then
I suppose jazz, blues, folk and "Americana" before anybody used that stupid name. I guess that's what the Hubcaps played...video from 1990. Amazing that someone actually filmed us.
I never understood the Cobain mania myself, probably due to my age (37 in 1991). I can only recognize three of their songs...SLTS, Lithium and In The Pines because they were all over the radio. The rest of the grunge era remains a mystery to me, I couldn't ID any Pearl Jam or Soundgarden either. One rock album of that era that had a real impact on me was Neil Young's "Ragged Glory" from the year before.
Trying to remember what I was listening to then
I suppose jazz, blues, folk and "Americana" before anybody used that stupid name. I guess that's what the Hubcaps played...video from 1990. Amazing that someone actually filmed us.
I was about two weeks shy of turning 10,and about 8 years shy of turning to bass.
I have very little recollection of those years. It's why I started keeping diaries as of a certain point (somewhere in my 20s), to ensure I at least remember some things.
The girl/woman I was with for the past 20ish years was heavily into Nirvana. Me, it'd take years before I fully appreciated them.
I have very little recollection of those years. It's why I started keeping diaries as of a certain point (somewhere in my 20s), to ensure I at least remember some things.
The girl/woman I was with for the past 20ish years was heavily into Nirvana. Me, it'd take years before I fully appreciated them.
I don't remember, not sure I even was toilet-trained yet. BUT, my first clear memory in this life, which could have been around that time, sticking a finger into my dad's glass filled with a golden liquid and white foam on top, expecting sweet apple juice and tasting something really bitter instead. 10 years later I reacquainted myself with said liquid, turned out it's called 'beer', and drinking it made me feel funny, in excessive amounts not so, and was a cool thing to do among my peers.
I was working on the preparations for a group exhibition of land art and statues in a dune garden.
Painted in my studio. Practiced with the band, probably for a gig.
Painted in my studio. Practiced with the band, probably for a gig.
Let's see. I was 11. I listened to radio country, radio Motown/oldies (my favorite), radio classic rock, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rodgers, The Oakridge Boys, Alabama, Exile, The Eagles, Journey, Genesis, Billy Joel, Dr Demento... that pretty much sums up my early childhood music especially in early '91.
Who'd have known that mear months later my musical life would be turned upside down and inside out with the discovery of Metallica (the black album), Pearl Jam Ten, Boyz 2 Men, and Dr Dre. Late '91 and through '92 was pivotal for me to learn and really fall in love with all sorts of music other than what my parents listened to.
Nirvana didn't interest me until '94 as a freshman in high school, however I also fell in love with Dream Theater at the same time so lol.
Music is music. Life too short to hate on GOOD music just because it's "cool" or "uncool".
Who'd have known that mear months later my musical life would be turned upside down and inside out with the discovery of Metallica (the black album), Pearl Jam Ten, Boyz 2 Men, and Dr Dre. Late '91 and through '92 was pivotal for me to learn and really fall in love with all sorts of music other than what my parents listened to.
Nirvana didn't interest me until '94 as a freshman in high school, however I also fell in love with Dream Theater at the same time so lol.
Music is music. Life too short to hate on GOOD music just because it's "cool" or "uncool".
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I would have been in my mother's third trimester of pregnancy; I was born July of 1991.
As a teenager I listened through my older sister's CD copy of "Nirvana", the 2002 compilation album of their greatest hits and I can remember being very intrigued. "…Teen Spirit" is one of the first songs I tried learning when I picked up electric guitar, and it's one of the first songs I learned when I made the wise choice to put down that silly idea and pick up the bass guitar.
I should probably work through their discography.
As a teenager I listened through my older sister's CD copy of "Nirvana", the 2002 compilation album of their greatest hits and I can remember being very intrigued. "…Teen Spirit" is one of the first songs I tried learning when I picked up electric guitar, and it's one of the first songs I learned when I made the wise choice to put down that silly idea and pick up the bass guitar.
I should probably work through their discography.
Upon further review of my somewhat elderly memory, I realized this was during my bass playing hiatus. I was doing stand-up comedy at the local comedy club. I made the finals in "the funniest person in Rochester" for three years straight but never finished in the top three. Went back to bass playing...(got more laughs that way
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... 3 kids: 5, 7 and 9. Single income with a stay at home spouse. Stressed to the max with a big mortgage and a job I disliked. Learning to play an acoustic guitar. Jammin', drinkin' and open mic's with a good friend.
Thirty years later ... 5 grandkids, retired, no mortgage, married to the same woman and have played bass for close to thirty years. Still play music with the same guy as a duo and in a 5-piece, hobby band.
Thirty years later ... 5 grandkids, retired, no mortgage, married to the same woman and have played bass for close to thirty years. Still play music with the same guy as a duo and in a 5-piece, hobby band.
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I was living in Ankara, working, travelling regularly in Central Asia, bringing up kids and completely unconscious of the fact that within a year I would have attended the Ankara gig on the Jethro Tull "Little light music" tour, which would get me back into listening to and playing music, and particularly back into bass with a vengeance. I had given up in complete depression at the dreary inanities of punk rock and new wave - and managed to completely miss the '80s blues revival.
For me, I was 15 and on the cusp of learning to play bass. Nirvana was probably my biggest influence early on. 30 years ago was a big deal to me.
