Nineties Pop Rock

Pop Rock in the Nineties The nineties were a decade of enhancement. It was no longer fit to have anything the way it was originally made. It needed to be enhanced. The tastes and wants of society changed as technology changed. Every time technology advanced it would have a ripple effect to everything around it. This included music. Alternative rock was glorious in its day, but in the society of the nineties something more was needed. There are some alternative bands that embraced this change and took the lead in the nineties to change alternative rock into pop rock. The Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, and No Doubt enhanced the alternative rock style of the past to fit the nineties style of pop rock. The Goo Goo Dolls formed in 1985 during a time when their music was not being readily accepted. Society, at this time, was still into the original style of alternative rock. It was not until 1990 that their style of alternative rock was accepted. Their first big hit album was “Hold Me Up”. This album featured compositions that still had an edgy, rock sound, but each composition had a fast, upbeat tempo that is usually heard in the pop genre. The combination of
They took different types of alternative rock like punk and ska, and combined it with pop to create their own new sound. Their first major success was in 1992 with the album “Kerplunk”. This album had a little bit of everything in terms of style which fit the tastes of society. Another big success was the album “Dookie” which was released in 1994. This album had some of the edgy rock sound, but it was lighter than “Kerplunk” and it appealed even more to the younger generation that was rising up in the mid-nineties. Green Day’s success continued excel in the late nineties and the early two thousands. Some other successful albums/hits were “Nimrod” (1997), “American Idiot” (2004), and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”