These were all on heavy rotation during the early ’90s, when I had a regular DJ gig at Crazy Go Nuts University’s Clark Hall Pub. When you’re done going through BuzzFeed’s 38 Great Alt-Rock Songs You Haven’t Thought About in 20 Years, go through this list! This one’s a little heavier on the Canadian content.
I’m actually surprised more songs didn’t use Smiths samples.
Montreal-based Bootsauce were wonderful, and yet so underappreciated.
Rob Bolton, a.k.a. DJ Ozone, this one’s for you!
Long before the did the South Park theme, Primus were kicking out some very odd tunes. It’s kind of hard to believe they opened for U2. This one’s for Terry.
Michael Franti would eventually form Spearhead. This one goes out to Colonel Brad!
AWWW YISSS. One of my signature DJ tunes at Clark Hall Pub. Somehow, I conned Queen’s engineers into becoming industrial music fans.
Gotta love KMFDM.
This one always filled the dance floor.
This song has deep personal meaning for me. Here’s the English version…
…and here’s the version they did in (poorly translated) Spanish:
This one’s for Stacy Dillon, who always requested it.
“Engine, engine number nine, on the New York subway line…”
This one’s off Gish, a beautiful album from start to finish.
Also from Montreal, and a great (and once again, underappreciated) ska act.
After years on hiatus, Killing Joke came back — and sounding like the bands who cite them as an influence.
It’s not an early 1990s Clark Hall Pub list without a Nirvana song! Here’s one that deserved more play.
Often the last song of the night, this one got everyone going.
This isn’t a dance floor. It’s a mosh pit! This one’s the “Redline/Whiteline” version, a.k.a. The One True Version of this song.
I still play this every now and again. It’s good “get chores done” music.
Our band, Volume, covered this one — and quite nicely, I think.
Kim Deal before her downward spiral.
Another track that our band, Volume, covered.
We cared about only two of their songs, but what songs they were.
This one’s for Anne Yourt, who loved this song.
This one’s for George.
The 1991 track that help kickstart the “Madchester” sound.
And now, some pre-Song 2 Blur.
I’ll close with the song that best sums up my academic career.
Tropical Storm Helene is now Hurricane Helene, and its closest approach to Tampa Bay happens…
Once again, I’m hoping that the vibes from the clown cemetery that’s been protecting Tampa…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl8zhYA0BHU Definitely not anything I would’ve predicted.
Oh, my sweet summer child, do you not know about the “Loofah Code” in The…
...and by that, I mean, being completely ignorant of the larger world outside the U.S.…
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Thank you. Not too many list have KMFDM followed immediately by TMBG's poppiest tune. So many memories flooding back!.