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Living Through the 1990's Era

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Trends, Fads, Fashion and other fun Pop Culture  form the nineties.
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1990's Music

From Grunge to Pop

 
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Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987 and became really popular throughout the 90's Sadly on April 6, 1994, the lead singer Kurt Cobain's  life came to a tragic end through suicide but his songs live on through songs like, “Teen Spirit” and “Come as you are”..
Nirvana
 
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English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in the eighties and became popular in the nineties with songs like “Creep” and “No Surprises”.
Radiohead
 
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Pearl Jam is an American grunge rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990 and had many hits like the songs, “Even Flow” and “Alive".
Pearl Jam
 
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The Smashing Pumpkins is an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago in 1988 by singer and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. They got popular from songs like “1979” and “Tonight,...
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Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1987. Their grungy dark style became a hit with songs like, “Rooster” and “Man in a Box.”.
Alice In Chains
 
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Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Sadly they broke up after the loss of Chris Cornell, who died by suicide in May 20...
Soundgarden
 
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Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in 1987 and hit stardom in the 90's. Their popular songs are “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and “When I Come Around”.
Green Day
 
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, consisting of Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith. Their edgy style became popular with songs like “Californication” and “Otherside”.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
 
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The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989. Lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, had such a unique voice and moody persona and they reached peak fame with songs like “Zombie” and “Linger.”
The Cranberries
 
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Dido, is an English singer and songwriter. She attained international success with her debut album No Angel; hit singles from the album include "Here with Me" and "Thank You". I could still listen to all her music now, years later. So good!
Dido
 
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Jane's Addiction was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1985. The band's best known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery, drummer Stephen Perkins and guitarist Dave Navarro. This was one of my favorite band...
Jane's Addiction
 
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I think we have all jammed to Black Eyed Peas upbeat funky music! The Black Eyed Peas are an American musical group formed in Los Angeles in 1995 with lead singer Fergie. Some of their best songs are “Don't Phunk with my Heart” and “ I gotta Feeling”...
Black Eyed Peas
 
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Artists like Tupac, Dr. Dre, and the Wu-Tang Clan and other Hip Hop artists starting making the scene changing the style of music a lot of people listened to.
90s Hip Hop Playlist
 
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Backstreet Boys and NSYNC were among some of the popular boy bands of the nineties!  Groups of boys dancing in sync became very popular amoung young girls.
Boy Bands of the 90s: 15 Classic Groups

1990's TV Shows

Popular Shows on the 90's.

 
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House Hunters started in 1999 and changed tv forever! Now there are so many shows that follow this same theme of people going out looking at houses then voting on one in the end.
The History of HGTV's Iconic Real Estate Show 'House Hunters'
 
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A sitcom starring James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson and Kerr Smith. This show follows a group of friends in through t heir high school and college years and all their fall outs from their first loves and life choices.
Dawson's Creek
 
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This show followed an ER staff from a hospital in Chicago,  at County General Hospital starring George Clooney and Noah Wylie.  Through drama and romance this show keeps you on edge.
ER - Medical Drama
 
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The sitcom takes you on a journey through the friendship between best friends Will Truman, a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler a straight interior decorator and all their funny antics.
Watch Will & Grace
 
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Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy drama tv show about a lawyer named Ally McBeal who joins a prestigious law firm with a highly sexual environment and whose staff includes Ally's ex-boyfriend.
Ally McBeal
 
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A funny sitcom about a bunch of kids that grew up in the 70's,. They hang out in the basement, and just go through all the childhood life changes.
That '70s Show
 
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Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television comedy created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. It features Raymond, a sports writer and his family, including a wife, brother and funny parents.
Everybody Loves Raymond
 
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`Dateline' premiered in1992. People tune in to see the investigative show to stay up to date on current events.
Dateline
 
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The show "90210"  follows the lives of teens Brandon and Brenda Walsh and their high school friends  into adulthood in Beverly Hills, California.
Beverly Hills 90210
 
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On September 22, 1994, the tv comedy show Friends about six adult friends living in New York City, debuts on NBC. This show is now iconic.
Friends - 1994
 
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Seinfeld is a TV comedy sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998. It is based around four single friends that live in NYC.
Seinfeld - 1989

Popular Movies of the 1990's

 
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Tombstone is a 1993 American Western movie starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, and  Sam Elliott. They play famous western characters that try to start over in a new town of Tombstone, Ariz. While they aren't looking to find trouble, trouble finds them.
Watch Tombstone - 1993
 
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Andy Dufresne played by Tim Robbins is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison.
The Shawshank Redemption - 1994
 
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Captain John Miller who is played by Tom Hanks takes his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, after meeting a mom who has lost all her other sons to the war, to rescue her last surviving son.
Saving Private Ryan - 1998
 
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The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish–Jewish refugees from the Holocaust. It is hard to watch and hard to believe this actually ever happened. Totally heart breaking and let's pray this ...
Watch Schindler's List - 1993
 
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Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy and is asked to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter played by Anthony Hopkins, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for vario...
The Silence of the Lambs - 1991
 
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This movie is filmed like a documetary about three students and their journey through the woods trying to investigate the legend of the witch who lives there.
The Blair Witch Project - 1999
 
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Paleontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler  and mathematician Ian Malcolm are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. Then of course, things go wrong.
Jurassic Park - 1993
 
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This movie is abou a place called The Matrix which is is a computer-generated dream world designed to keep these humans under control. People have no idea they are living in a virtual world. Neo, played by Keanu Reeves awaken with the power to change...
The Matrix - 1999
 
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A man who has been feeling really down about life, played by Edward Norton meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden played by Brad Pit) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect involved in a secret fight club.
Fight Club - 1999
 
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Two young lovers from completely different backgrounds and social classes meet on t his cruise ship and fall in love on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic. This movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
Titanic 1993

1990's Pop Culture

Trends, Styles, Fads and Fashion of the nineties

 
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Nintendo games became really popular in the 1990's like Super Mario, Donkey Kong World and The Legend of Zelda, I remember playing Mario with my kids for hours on end!
The Digital Decade: Top Nintendo Games of the Nineties
 
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Yes, everyone wore fanny packs! They were the new purses. At least for a year or two! But they were handy and I notice lately they are coming back again.
Did everyone wear Fanny packs in the 90s or was it just my family?
 
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Yep, we were all rollerblading fools in the nineties! Everyone had a pair, kids and parents alike!
Remember when everyone seemingly had a pair of roller blades? : r/90s
 
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The Rachel cut, crimped hair, chunky highlights and tunnel bangs were popular in the nineties!  Which did you sport?
The Best '90s Hairstyles for All Hair Types and Textures