Tuesday, September 24, 1991: The Day Pop Music Took On a Blowtorch Facelift Special Guest: Kevin Colgan

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It's been three entire decades since the celebrated year of 1991 in regards to rock and roll music has passed. Here in the U.S., it was a hangover of sorts from a ten year stretch of excess and irreverence - symbolized by the financially successful spate of inane and bloated hair metal bands - fondly known as the 1980s.

Back in ’91 the world was witnessing the wind down of the Persian Gulf War, enjoying OJ Simpson’s reprisal of the beloved law man Nordberg in the cinematic sequel to THE NAKED GUN alongside Leslie Nielsen, and crawling into the capabilities of Al Gore’s genius invention of the internet.

Furthermore, 1991 also saw the release of an exceptionally large quantity of popular music recordings. A few of these very well received recordings include "Use Your Illusion I and II" by Guns N’ Roses, "Out of Time" by R.E.M., "Diamonds and Pearls" by Prince & The New Power Generation, "Death Certificate" by Ice Cube, "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine, "Achtung Baby" by U2, "Badmotorfinger" by Soundgarden, "Emotions" by Mariah Carey, "Trompe le Monde" by Pixies and Metallica’s self-titled black album, just to name a few. The impressive list goes on and on. There are many observers and musical academics who consider 1991 just as meaningful as another absurdly historical year - 1967 - with its seminal recordings by The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Doors, Pink Floyd and The Velvet Underground.

It is truly remarkable that three of 1991’s most enduring recordings were released on the exact same day; Tuesday September 24, 1991. On this episode of FIVE DOLLAR BUZZ, each Buzzard examines them in great detail: Roger pays no "Nevermind" by Nirvana, George educates us on "The Low End Theory" by A Tribe Called Quest, and Pete conjures up some "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Featured Buzzard-at-Large Kevin Colgan colors up the commentary by waxing poetic on his nostalgic take of each album.

So please, lock the door behind you, adjust the towel, take your seat and politely hit the fan’s setting to "on." You’re walking in on a purely Gen X session of FDB.