Ah, the ’90s. It was the decade alternative rock took over the Western world, from Seattle to Sydney. They just wrote tuuunes in those days, didn’t they? Spiderbait’s ‘Buy Me A Pony’, Jebediah’s ‘Harpoon’ (the song with which they invented emo, Kevin Mitchell likes to joke), Silverchair’s ‘Freak’, Pauline Pantsdown’s ‘I Don’t Like It’ – the list goes on. Dirty Jeans: The Rise Of Australian Alternative Rock is the new 25-track compilation covering 1988 through 2002, including all those tracks (OK, except for Pauline’s) and more.
It’s a stroll through the history of one of the most fruitful eras in Australian rock, and it should downright be compulsory on the high school curriculum. Anyway, we’ve got ten copies to giveaway – for your chance to win, head to the comments below and tell us your favourite forgotten song from the ’90s in Australia.
