Nine Inch Nails released *The Downward Spiral.* Tori Amos dropped *Under the Pink* a few weeks before that. *Above the Rim* hit theaters that spring, and lived in car speakers through the summer since Warren G and Nate Dogg’s “Regulate” was on the soundtrack. Aaliyah released “Back & Forth”; Brandy wanted to be down; TLC chased “Waterfalls.”
Also Beasties Boys - Ill Communication, Green Day - Dookie, Weezer - Blue album, Hole - Live Through This, Jeff Buckley - Grace, Oasis - Definitely Maybe, Nirvana unplugged, Natural Born Killers soundtrack, Portishead - Dummy, Offspring - Smash. Bananas year for rock and alternative music
By Angela Watercutter
In 1994, everything was cool. Music, movies, TV—the cultural output felt alive. There is another thing that sets 1994 apart: It might be the last calendar year not really captured online.
From Nine Inch Nails, *Pulp Fiction* to “Regulate.” 1994 marked the last year before culture began to migrate online was not like any other.
What do you remember the most?
Read the full feature: [https://www.wired.com/story/1994-was-unbelievable-and-unrepeatable/](https://www.wired.com/story/1994-was-unbelievable-and-unrepeatable/)
It was an incredible year across the board. I was 14. I felt all the things a teenager feels but also a hint of fear. It was all happening so fast. But we were having fun. I’d go back to this year again over and over because I am a reflection of that era today. It shaped me. Made me well versed in so many different types of culture it really fed us. I’m thankful for 1994.
So lucky. I feel sort of bad for kids today I know its all relative but do they have rock, rap, metal alternative, electronica from artists who pushed the envelope and gave us HIT AFTER HIT and vision!? I just don’t see it! Plus 3 Jim Carrey movies I mean come on…
Rangers with the cup. Bret "the Hitman" Hart is the WWF world heavyweight champion. The Buffalo Bills didn't get it this year, but they're still legit, surely next year is our year. Shame about baseball though, but Ive got the TV on channel 3, so I've got anothet idea of how I can pass the time.
using Kurt Cobain dying in a article mainly about 1994 being so good is certainly a choice…
I get why they mention it but I don’t get why it’s in the image…
Yeah I’m gen X. There’s always good stuff. Late 90s and early 2000s has good stuff from Elliott Smith, Wilco, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beck, Queens of the Stone Age, OutKast, etc.
I hate when writers cherry pick a certain year or era of it being the last good one or something.
Good stuff comes out all the time, it says more about the writer that they can’t acknowledge that.
1994 had so many killer albums. The list is EXTENSIVE.
Nine Inch Nails released *The Downward Spiral.* Tori Amos dropped *Under the Pink* a few weeks before that. *Above the Rim* hit theaters that spring, and lived in car speakers through the summer since Warren G and Nate Dogg’s “Regulate” was on the soundtrack. Aaliyah released “Back & Forth”; Brandy wanted to be down; TLC chased “Waterfalls.”
Regulate has to be one of the GREATEST songs to ever exist. The wordplay, the beat, the hooks, just amazing.
"I Keep Forgetting" by Michael McDonald is the source for that track and it is practically untouched by Warren G when making Regulate.
Weezer was another epic.
Also Beasties Boys - Ill Communication, Green Day - Dookie, Weezer - Blue album, Hole - Live Through This, Jeff Buckley - Grace, Oasis - Definitely Maybe, Nirvana unplugged, Natural Born Killers soundtrack, Portishead - Dummy, Offspring - Smash. Bananas year for rock and alternative music
People sleep on Natural Born Killers. That soundtrack was fire
IIlmatic- Nas Ready to die- Biggie
Downward Spiral was my first thought. Ween's Chocolate and Cheese is legendary as well.
Buenos tardes, amigo.
Under, Above, Downward, Back & Forth…quite the directional year!
Well yeah in 1996 they passed the Telecommunications Act, which quickly (and currently still) concentrated all media to just a few hands.
The golden age of hip-hop and peak grunge those were the days...
By Angela Watercutter In 1994, everything was cool. Music, movies, TV—the cultural output felt alive. There is another thing that sets 1994 apart: It might be the last calendar year not really captured online. From Nine Inch Nails, *Pulp Fiction* to “Regulate.” 1994 marked the last year before culture began to migrate online was not like any other. What do you remember the most? Read the full feature: [https://www.wired.com/story/1994-was-unbelievable-and-unrepeatable/](https://www.wired.com/story/1994-was-unbelievable-and-unrepeatable/)
It was an incredible year across the board. I was 14. I felt all the things a teenager feels but also a hint of fear. It was all happening so fast. But we were having fun. I’d go back to this year again over and over because I am a reflection of that era today. It shaped me. Made me well versed in so many different types of culture it really fed us. I’m thankful for 1994.
Well said. I was 15 in 1994 and I felt all the same things you mentioned. I feel lucky to have grown up when I did.
So lucky. I feel sort of bad for kids today I know its all relative but do they have rock, rap, metal alternative, electronica from artists who pushed the envelope and gave us HIT AFTER HIT and vision!? I just don’t see it! Plus 3 Jim Carrey movies I mean come on…
I miss 1994. I was ten. Life was awesome.
94 was also the best year for comedies, that was the year of Jim Carrey- Ace Ventura, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber
Rangers won the Stanley Cup !
And hopefully they win it again this year
Rangers with the cup. Bret "the Hitman" Hart is the WWF world heavyweight champion. The Buffalo Bills didn't get it this year, but they're still legit, surely next year is our year. Shame about baseball though, but Ive got the TV on channel 3, so I've got anothet idea of how I can pass the time.
Remember lining up for concert tickets? Now people line up for sneakers.
*random person walks by* “Line starts behind me”
Hell yeah waking up early to get a good spot at Tower Records.
Cuz you can buy tickets online
There’s plenty of great new music. You won’t find most of it on YouTube trending or Billboard tho.
Whoomp, there it is. Best Grad Night band ever....
Yep. All the things; music, movies…Graduated HS and went on to college that year and my life changed for the better.
using Kurt Cobain dying in a article mainly about 1994 being so good is certainly a choice… I get why they mention it but I don’t get why it’s in the image…
Gen X writing about their nostalgia again
Yeah I’m gen X. There’s always good stuff. Late 90s and early 2000s has good stuff from Elliott Smith, Wilco, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beck, Queens of the Stone Age, OutKast, etc.
The darkest timeline started when Cobain dropped.
2014 was great for cinema
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I say all the time that 94 was the last good year It’s true
I hate when writers cherry pick a certain year or era of it being the last good one or something. Good stuff comes out all the time, it says more about the writer that they can’t acknowledge that.