Alive in the Nineties

Meat Puppets: There's No Business Like Show Business

Mark Kemp's feature article from the end of the band's first phase of life, in 1995

Nov 10 • 

Mark Kemp

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August 2025

The Foo Fighters' First Three Albums

Dave Grohl closed out the Nineties with some truly killer music.

Aug 10 • 

Aaron Gilbreath

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July 2025

Giant Sand's Wanderlust & Whimsy

Writing in a lost state of being, where things have a habit of changing, and reinvention is the only constant.

Jul 13 • 

Jason Cohen

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June 2025

Riot Boyyy

A young writer discovers a long-lost letter from Kathleen Hanna, but meeting her in person doesn't go as planned.

Jun 14 • 

Kevin Sampsell

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May 2025

Pavement

Indie ever after

May 17 • 

Jason Fine

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A New Substack About Bay Area Rock 'N' Roll, From 1997-2014

For free? Yesiree.

May 14 • 

Aaron Gilbreath

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April 2025

Arizona Iced Tea

The flavor of nostalgia

Apr 26 • 

Aaron Gilbreath

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March 2025

Paranormal Researcher Heather Taddy's Life As a '90s Music Fan

Music, pilgrimages, and a series of convergences

Mar 29 • 

Heather Taddy

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The Breeders

One mother shares the ache and triumph with alt-rock royalty

Mar 1 • 

Tessa T

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February 2025

The Jellyfish

When the king is half-undressed

Feb 8 • 

Aaron Gilbreath

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January 2025

New Zealand's 3Ds

"Unhinged swirling worlds of sonic mayhem"

Jan 18 • 

Aaron Gilbreath

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$1 Monthly Subscriptions to Alive in the Nineties

A change to my Substack

Jan 5 • 

Aaron Gilbreath

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