[olddog2]

Compared to say the 70s, the 90s was pretty bleak. A bit of good grunge, a bit of good hiphop, and then it all sort of fizzled out. At least in europe/uk you had the explosion of electronic music and mdma and everyone having an amazing time. American kids growing up in the late 90s were robbed.

[progmetaldev]

As an American, that was a lot more going on that you didn't really hear about, but I also agree with you about electronic music. I randomly grabbed a Future Sound of London CD in the mid to late 90s, and couldn't believe what I had been missing. I have been exposed to bands like Kraftwerk, but nothing like what was going on in the UK and Europe. From there I discovered Trance music, then progressive House, and started to experiment with sequencing software like FruityLoops (now FL Studio) in the later 90s. Trip-hop then started to become popular, and it became easier to get my friends into electronic, who prior only were into 90s hip-hop (arguably some of the best ever produced).

[borgdefenser]

We had the perfect size electronic music events in America. After a certain size, a party is not better, it is worse.

By 1996 even MTV had Amp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amp_(TV_series)

[paul_f]

Maybe in the US, but Britpop reached it's peak in the 90s. Oasis, Stone Roses, Blur, Happy Mondays and many others

[borgdefenser]

As a 90s American teen this is completely absurd. It is literally the peak of the music industry as a whole.

The American 90s rave scene was also absolutely amazing. Big enough to have parties every Friday and Saturday but not too big to attract much undesirable people and law enforcement.

[kjkjadksj]

A whole lot of handwaving and lack of exposure are implied in your comment I hope you know.

[wkat4242]

Trance originated in the 90s though it only matured after. But it was a great time for me. I'm in Europe, yes, but I heard about trance events in the US too