Somewhere around 1992...I was listening to a show on 104.4 GMR Rock Station when they played several songs that were considered as crossovers. It was the time when teenagers were heavily exposed to thrash metal, grindcore, and a newborn called grunge. It was also a transitional time when funky bass plus rappin’ vocalists were in, and guitar heroes plus high octave front men were out. But on that particular night, the songs on GMR sounded nothing like all of that. They were guitar-laden music mixed with dancey beats, vocals that were so far behind buried under the layers of distorted/reverb noise, yet still delivered their catchy pop sensibility. I was instantly hooked. Among the new names I discovered that night were The Boo Radleys, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, The Darling Buds, and Revolver. I taped the whole show and had been listening to it on repeat.
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