Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying 4 items of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag "grunge".
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Foo Fighters
May 25th, 2026 | 2 hrs 3 mins
chris shiflett, dave grohl, grunge, metal, music, nate mendel, nirvana, pat smear, rock, rock music, songwriting, taylor hawkins
When Nirvana ended, music held its breath wondering what would come next. Dave Grohl answered that question with Foo Fighters' resounding birth cry. Combinig winning pop melodies with thunderous screams and guitars that left no uncertainty as to why this band learned to live again. Guest podcasters Matt Storm a.k.a. Stormageddon ("Fun" and Games, Reignite - djstormageddon.com) and Dave Jackson (Tales From The Backlog) joins us to roundtable why Foo Fighters have continued to fill stadiums for over thirty years.
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Songs of 1995
April 21st, 2025 | 2 hrs 49 mins
alanis morrissette, alternative, bush, garbage, green day, grunge, hip hop, mariah carey, metal, music, no doubt, oasis, rap, rock, rock and roll, smashing pumpkins, tupac shakur, weezer
The midpoint of the 1990s found grunge transitioning to more pop-friendly versions of rock, hip hop finding its groove, and extraordinarily heartfelt hits dominating the charts.
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Songs of 1991
March 10th, 2025 | 2 hrs 1 min
1990s, 90s, alternative, boys ii men, grunge, guns n' roses, hair metal, hip-hop, hiphop, metal, metallica, mtv, music, nirvana, ozzy osbourne, pearl jam, pop, r.e.m., rap, rock, skid row, tesla
Here we are now. Entertain us! 1991 ushered in a musical sea change as hair metal, new wave, and other genres were swept aside by grunge, alternative, and more. Guest musician Kyle Lieberman and comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) bust out their flannel and join us to rank our top ten songs of this unforgettable year of music.
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Weezer
January 6th, 2025 | 2 hrs 11 mins
1990s, 90s, buddy holly, grunge, music, rivers cuomo, rock, rock and roll, rock band, rock music, weezer
They may look like Buddy Holly and Mary Tyler Moore, but for three decades Weezer has infused infectious pop earworms and garage band musical mathematics to create indelible songs that are equal parts fist-pumping and feels-inducing. We're joined by friends and bandmates Kyle Lieberman and Damien Jordan to list our favorite songs from Rivers Cuomo and Co.