1995-2005: the decade of the great rock and the great rap

There are those who say it was the real legacy, paid with the highest price, of Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana leader who killed himself in 1994 because the monkey of success divorced him from inside. Music Alternative, also thanks to the explosion of grunge, and perhaps above all thanks to that explosion, in the decade 1995-2005 he reached no more repeated peaks, breaking through in the mainstream or in any case managing to be surrounded by an unimaginable number of fans up to that moment. And this both in Italy and in the world. In our country, an orphan of Fabrizio De André who died in 1999 and overcome the phase of the most traditional large cantagly, are the artists of the alternative circuit, precisely, the great novelty between discs and lives that have marked the period: Afterhours, with “Germi” of 1995 and “Are you afraid of the darkness?” of 1997, CSI with “Gothic line” of 1996 and “Tabula Rasa Electrified” of 1997, Subsonica with “Emotional Microchip” of 1999, Marlene Kuntz, LitfibaCasino Royale, Almamegretta, Verdena with the 1999 homonymous album, 99 Posse, Prozac+ and then again line 77, Baustelle, Negrita, Zen Circus, Bluvertigo and others.

They are all among the protagonists of these years, the standard bearers of a different reality, but capable of being as relevant as much as the mainstream and skilled in exploiting different occasions such as those offered, for example, from MTV than for some of these Band at the beginning was almost fundamental. But at the same time, in Italy, between Vasco Rossi, Franco Battiato, Zucchero and Ivano Fossati, a new generation of artists takes shape: Elisa with “Pipes & Flowers” of 1997, Daniele Silvestri with her debut album and then with “Before being a man”, Cesare Cremonini first with the Lunapops and then alone with “Bagus” of 2002, Carmen Consoli with “Two words” of 1996 and “Confused and happy” of 1997, Tiromancino with “The description of a moment” of 2000, Niccolò Fabi. The long wave of Tornado Jovanotti. There is also a dazzling debut in 2001: “Relative red” of Tiziano Ferrowhich mixes a black soul with an Italian writing.

The decade 1995-2005 internationally is the grip of the Bastille of the great rock and the great rap: Radiohead With “The Bends” in 1995 and “Kid A” in 2000, the Smashing pumpkins With “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” of 1995, Bjork with “post”, the Oasis with “What’s the story – Morning Glory?”, Also in 1995 followed by fiery years for Brit-pop Also for the rivalry with the Blur, another symbol formation. And again: the Arcade Fire, the Strokes, the Muses, the Franz Ferdinand and Foo Fightersthis last direct children, also for the history of the former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohlof the prior period, from which super groups such as the Pearl Jam. There is an iconoclastic character, Marilyn Manson: he may like it or not, but records like “Antichrist Superstar “(1996),” Mechanical Animals “(1998) and” Holy Wood (in The Shadow of the Valley of Death) “(2000) They have been as a soundtrack for a generation. Names that have been the knights of a crossover mixes that have come to a vast audience have not been neglected: they deserve a mention of the Rage Against The Machine, who with “Evil Empire” from 1996 and The “Battle of Los Angeles” of 1999 have left the imprint.

Space also to the big names of the hip hop scene: some are planati on the scene as aliens, see Kanye West and Eminemothers have confirmed themselves. “The College Dropout” by Kanye In 2004, “The Marshall Mathers LP” by Eminem In 2000 and “The Blueprint” by Jay-Z In 2001 they are some examples of records that made history not only of the decade or of the rap genre, but in general of music. Work arrived after a zipper event for this universe: Tupac Shakur’s death, which took place in 1996. “The miseducation of Lauryn Hill” by Lauryn hillreleased in 1998, is considered one of the masterpiece and manifest albums these days, a bit as “mezzanine” of Massive Attack, “Californication” of Red Hot Chili Peppers“Aquemini” of Outkast. A year of turning point, for the pop world, is certainly 2000 with the exit of the first album of a band destined for the Olympus of the genre: “Parachutes” of Coldplay.