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Other Types of Music Throughout the 90s

Throughout the 90s there was a wide range of music types. Some of those types of music were alternitive, rock 'n' roll, indie rock, latin, heavy metal, and country. Alternative dominated college radio stations and it described most of the teenage culture of the 1990s which were seen as pierced, tattooed, cyber punks. This music was thought as punky since it consisted of guitar distortion and used amplifiers to evoke atmosphere. Rock 'n' roll music continued its evolution throughout the 90s.The popularity of country music was still rising and heavy metal still existed. Heavy metal spread into subgenres like thrash metal, death metal, and speed metal and was highly criticised for its lyrics about death.

Girl and Boy bands Many females played a powerful part to music of the 1990s. A female singer Sarah McLachlan produced an all female fair called The Lilith Fair which is an all female concert fair or music festival. Some girl bands were Spice girls, Hole, The Breeders, Belly, and Luscious Jackson. There was also a boy band craze in the 1990s where the bands consisted of three or more young men. The boys in these boy bands lend only there voices and dance moves and didn't really play any instruments. Boy bands mostly sang "bubblegum pop" music about romance and randomness that appealed to preteens. Some of these boy bands were New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, LFO, Hanson, Boyz II Men, and 98 Degrees. Most boy bands didn't make it past the 90s unfortunately.



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