


Alternative Choices
Summer 1994
Episode date - August 6, 2014
1994 was the year that ‘alternative’ music took off with a vengeance.
It allowed bands to reinvent rock and roll in their own image, with little regard for precedent, or trying to match some preconceived ‘formula’. It even allowed a lot of bands to record entire albums in their own home-based studios, or even in basements on ‘low-fi’ equipment. Of course, the ‘alternative’ movement would eventually betray its own name, as the style inevitably moved toward the mainstream. These albums represent a time before that happened.
Featured tracks include; 1) Buddy Holly – Weezer
2) Surf Wax America – Weezer
3) Say It Ain’t So – Weezer
4) Fearless – American Music Club
5) Wish the World Away – American Music Club
6) Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruth… - Manic Street Preachers
7) 4st 7 lb - Manic Street Preachers
8) Hardcore UFOs – Guided By Voices
9) Buzzards and Dreadful Crows – Guided By Voices
10) Tractor Rape Chain – Guided By Voices
11) Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory – Guided By Voices
12) Hot Freaks – Guided By Voices
13) Gold Star for Robot Boy – Guided By Voices
14) Kicker of Elves – Guided By Voices
15) I Am a Scientist – Guided By Voices
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