FLASH
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If '90s rock had a banner year, it was 1991. The year had started with Operation Desert Storm in Iraq and the First Gulf War, but an equally important "bombing" occurred a few months later. In just 7 weeks, from mid-August to early October, a series of albums hit the market that would not only become the biggest sellers of that year, but would also shape the next decade.
They were "Black Album" by Metallica, "Nevermind" by Nirvana, "Use Your Illusion I" by Guns'n'Roses, "Ten" by Pearl Jam and "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Together, they ushered in a new era in rock history, similar to the golden age of the seventies.
In fact, things needed a major shake-up. Old fashioned Hard Rock was clinging to its "chair". The favorite bands of the so-called baby boomers, such as Van Halen, Bryan Adams, Ozzy Osbourne and the Scorpions were in all the classifications. Extreme, a funk rock band from Boston, made waves with the acoustic ballad "More than words", while New Jersey group Skid Row climbed to number one with their second album, "Slave to the Grind". ".
The most heard song of the year was "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. It was performed in 1976, but was revived after the death of Freddie Mercury. It seemed that the more things changed, the more they stayed the same. But, very soon a reversal would occur on many fronts.
Metallica and especially Guns'n'Roses were already groups that had brought big hits, and behind them they had heavy record companies. No one was surprised by their success. Likewise, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers had been building a fan base since the middle of the previous decade, after overcoming drug addiction and the death of former guitarist Hillel Slovak.
But what was really brewing was the Grunge music scene. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and the Chicago band The Smashing Pumpkins were at the vanguard of this new movement. And yet, it was the second album by a band of three sarcastic 20-somethings that really put grunge music and the city of Seattle on the map.
Few would have bet that Nirvana would become one of the best bands of the decade, even after they moved to DGC Records. But their first single, a sarcasm-filled hit called "Smells like teen spirit," immediately climbed to the top of the MTV and radio charts. The album she was a part of, Nevermind, went to the top of the charts worldwide after its release on September 24, 1991.
It's easy to forget today that a lot happened on both ends of music. Alternative music was thrust onto the radar with the inaugural Lollapalooza festival in July, which quickly became a surprising success story. This is also thanks to a series of groups such as Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Living Colour, Ice-T et.
Interesting things were also happening on the fringes of metal music, from Brazilian heroes Sepultura with their Arise album to some kisiha-burning Norwegian malcontents who laid the foundations of the black metal scene.
But all this was nothing compared to the great shaking that took place in those seven glorious weeks in late summer and early autumn. By the end of the year, Metallica had passed them in album sales, but Nirvana had become the banner around which a new generation of musicians and fans were rapidly rallying. Change had come, and right at the right moment. / bota.al
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