Completely Conspicuous 392: Reeling in the Years, 1994 (Part 1)

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1994.

Show notes:

- Recorded via Skype

- Rooting for a Jays-Mets World Series

- Brian: 1994 was a big year for me

- Rock radio was all about the alternative

- Big year for Ace of Base with three songs in top 10 of '94

- Lots of pop and hip hop on singles chart

- Aerosmith's foray into downloadable music

- Took hours to download, no way to share it

- Pearl Jam vs. Ticketmaster didn't end well

- Corporate-owned venues are everywhere now

- Woodstock '94 was full of mud

- Sheryl Crow and Jackyl played on the same stage

- Cobain's unsurprising fate

- Brian: Was obsessed with music in '94

- Soundtracks were a big deal: Pulp Fiction, The Crow, Reality Bites

- Older alternative acts turned up the guitars: R.E.M., Meat Puppets

- Bands formed in '94 that loomed large a few years later: Creed, Limp Bizkit, Hoobastank, Maroon 5

- Eagles returned with Hell Freezes Over tour and introduced $100 tickets

- Page and Plant reunited without John Paul Jones

- Mark Lanegan's interesting solo work

- Elvis Costello released a rock record

- Rollins Band scored an unlikely hit

- To be continued

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