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- Up next Stephan Jenkins from San Francisco band Third Eye Blind or 3EB that ignited radio in 1997 and 1998 tells the inspirational story of their hit Jumper.
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Over a 7 year period from the late 80s to the mid 90s, popular music changed almost daily and once powerful genres and artists could be extinct within just a short time. Radio formats changed and the labels stopped taking chances.
The end of the Rock era was coming into view. One second band like Guns N Roses, Motley Crue, Warrant, and Skid Row were all over the mainstream charts and the next minute the term Grunge was coined for the music coming out of Seattle and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden were all of the rage.
the Rise of Hip Hop and Teen Pop was upon us. Kurt Cobain passed away in 1994, and from there Rock changed forever. It was no longer the dominant genre. Fast forward to 1997 a year after Alanis Morrissette dominated pop music with Jagged Little Pill, radio was all over the place. At the top of the charts you had Jewel and Puff Daddy. Hanson and BackStreet Boys, Leann Rimes and Spice Girls. Rock was on the downlow Enter Third Eye Blind. A band that had formed in San Francisco in 1993 and signed it’s major label deal with Elektra records in 96. It was later reported as the biggest publishing deal every given to an un signed artist.
This song where’s it’s pain on the sleeve with Jenkins pouring his whole soul into the lyrics. It might be my favorite song off the album and was a healing outlet for me when I was going through a divorce. Jenkins has a way with words. The last single from the album is one of Third Eye Blind’s signature songs. Jumper is another emotional wunderkind from Stephan Jenkins. It was a massive hit after it was released in the late summer of 98 going to #5 on the charts and extended the already long run of the album as beacon of 97 and 98. Third Eye Blind’s Debut album has gone 6 times platinum since its release and continues to hold up today as one of the best albums of the 90s and Third Eye Blind is still going strong. Jumper has an incredible story behind it. Stephen Jenkins told be about the song’s inspiration and some of the musical elements of it. So without further adieu we’ll show that now
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What were the best singles of the late 1990s?
Higher by Creed
Gotta give it to the first Song that changed everything
on the Rock scene ..
Smells like teen spirit
~ Nirvana
Nuff said
Filter - "Picture"
Goo-goo dolls - "All eyes on Me"
Better Than Ezra- Desperately Wanting
Green Day- Good Riddance
Third Eye Blind- Never Let You Go
Blondie- Maria
Toad The Wet Sprocket- Come Down
@@bradstone8223 which was released in 1991 though, six years before the time Adam is referring to.
Third Eye Blind’s self-title album is criminally underrated.
I agree 100 percent!
How could something that defines the sound of its era be criminally underrated?
CRIMINALLY!!! Could not agree more! One of the best albums overall and so many incredible songs!!
Many songs from that album are on my forever playlist
@Daniel Toy it just is... very few people know any of the outrageously good tracks on that Album.
People know the radio hits... but the real gems on that self titled album never made it anywhere near the radio.
What I love about the album is that sooo many of the lines were delivered with such a desperation/passion/force behind them. Not just the lyrics themselves, but brute force and how he screamed/sang.... "I remember you and me use to spend the whole god dam day in bed!!!" "I would understand!!" "Can I graduate!!"
well said! I completely agree
"There will be no regrets when the worms come... AND..... THEY.... SHALL.... SURELY..... COME."
“Want to get myself back in agaaaain. The soft dive of oblivioooon. I want to taste the salt of your skiiiiin. The soft dive of oblivioooon, oblivion…..”
Their self-titled debut had perhaps my favorite 4-song cluster on an album. Tracks 11-14 ("I Want You," "The Background," "Motorcycle Drive-By" and "God of Wine") complimented each other so well. "Motorcycle Drive-By" was probably my favorite. Great unrequited love song. Listened to it after a pretty significant break-up. "Summer dies, swells rise, the sun goes down in my eyes. See this rolling wave darkly coming to take me home. I've never felt so alone and I've never felt so alive."
Agree! The front half had all the radio hits, but the back half was awesome. Such a stellar album.
Agreed
Ya I've always been pleasantly surprised to see how many people appreciate those songs. Usually people grab onto the singles but it seems like people really love the backside of this album
@@scninja07 I agree ☝🏽 my favorite track #7 “Thanks A Lot” with the lyrics “The clothes she wears misfit and she’s nervous when she speaks, her zombie Mom and Dad live in a separate house of freaks, I woke you up and I slit the throat of your confidence and we laughed in the night and I felt alright” and Track #12 “The Background” with the lyrics “I do the things we did before, I walk Haight street to the store and they say where’s that crazy girl you don’t get drunk on Red Wine 🍷 and fight no more” and LASTLY
Track #11 “I want You” with the lyrics “After we did it by the windowsill, Smoke rings drifted through the midnight sky, Presently in the quilt that your mother made, A bare candle burns to fight off the gloom, You said to live this way is not for the meek, Send me all your vampires, And like a jazz DJ you talk me into sleep, I said there will be no regrets when the worms come, Send me all your vampires, And they shall surely come”
Motorcycle drive-by is my favorite track and my favorite song today.
While I love all these songs, my favorite is "The Background" - the feeling of losing that person you know a little part of you will never get over - wow.
The plans I make still have you in them...
Until you mature and find someone that makes you realize nobody is worth thinking about, only the person standing right in front of you. When you find that person you know, they’re all you can think about and you’d never do anything to hurt them. People screw each other over all the time whether it be looking at others, thinking of others, etc. When you really love someone you wouldn’t even think of anyone else. If you want to talk about true love that’s what it is. I’ve been married to my wife 21 years and it hurts how much I love her. In a world of people caked in makeup and done up with their hair and plastic surgery etc, my wife is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen and everything about her brings me to tears. I’m extremely lucky to love someone like this and know they love me the same.
@@dickhitswater4836is the feeling mutual?
just watch out, I've seen some people get blindsided
make sure you love yourself too!
Omg! You are 100% right. That song says so much
@@dickhitswater4836 That’s beautiful
"How's It Going To Be" still kills me when I hear it. Such a great album.
Every time.
There best single imo.
My favorite.
@@stb55555 Ya I agree I love that album but I think the singles are some of the worst songs on it but how's it going to be is great. Semi charmed life is still kind of an awesome song just kinda overplayed I think
Saw them last night and they ended the set with how's it gonna be and it had me in tears for real.
Motorcycle Drive By has the deepest lyrics and paints a memory we all have experienced.
Back then my new husband and I were trying to blend a family, he had two, I had two. All these kids were damaged in some way. Lost of drama, pain, joy, with the occasional outright victory. These songs of the late 90’s inclusion 3EB, helped solidify our family, with the kids growing up, and somehow our musical tastes, for a few magical years, vibed. Great story, great song. (The kids are all alright BTW lol)
That's good to read that the children are all alright! Great story!
I'm raising four boys in a big blended family myself, I'm identifying with your words. Every time I catch them singing along to music I love it's one of the best feelings in the world. It's good to hear your kids are doing well.
Still married?
Third Eye Blind.....Stephen Jenkins.....part of my heart since 1997 and I am not sure how to let go. Speaks my language. Speaks what's in my heart.
Its amazing I've never gotten tired of this album
This song works nicely with Smashmouth, Sugar Ray, Crazy Town, Spin Doctors and Counting Crows on an early 90's mixtape.
great interview and hard hitting and showcasing compassion and the healing power of understanding. 3eb, my favorite band all-time !!! Jenkins is about as talented musically, superb voice, genius song writer, great front man, standing the test of time. Writing the soundtrack to my life - the good -dark - beautiful - ugly. To this very day, more than 25 years after the debut LP, the song BOX OF BONES, tears me to pieces. TIME IN BERLIN, just a beautiful love song, can bring tears to my eyes. 3eb music, never gets old. Coming to RED ROCKS in JUNE, hoping to be there. thank you
I have a special place in my heart for 3eb and that debut album. They ended up being the first modern Rock concert I went to when I was 11.
My favorite track on that album is still I Want You.
That song is a bizarre masterpiece. Deeply and heavily introspective if you think about it.... and a really good reminder that life is short so love the one you got.... there will be no regrets when the worms come. And they shall surely come!
3EB's debut record is simply put, a masterpiece. Production wise, and of course, song wise. Trust me, put it on front to back, you won't regret it.
Thanks for the continued great vids, Professor!!
Agreed. One of the best records of that year.
I stood in line at Camelot music to get it. That is a great album.
The last four songs on that album are pure epic-ness.
You couldn´t be more right.
The only thing that CD is good for is target practice!
I think Steven is right. Even if we haven’t personally witnessed it, we have all been touched by depression or suicide. And we feel like there’s something we could have done to help. I had a similar reaction to Stole by Kelly Rowland that I did to Jumper. Both great songs that elicit a powerful reaction.
1997-98 was a mix of everything peppered with some true awesomeness. In addition to timeless hits from 3EB, this was when Matchbox 20 (before they changed it to Twenty) hit it big along with bands like The Verve Pipe ("The Freshmen") and Fastball (with their mysterious tale of an old couple that got lost along "The Way") and much more.
The last embers of the Rock era.
@@ProfessorofRock Agree. Well said.
Wow! Thank you for reminding me of The Way by Fastball. I used to love that song
I was 17 and 18 during those years and those were probably the most important and memorable years of my early life. I’m so thankful I got to see them live during that tour.
@@PinePrince yes when they were really ThirdEyeBlind
One of the coolest concerts that I stumbled into was Smash Mouth opening for 3rd EyeBlind on Valentines Day of 98, a surreal experience for sure. I went out and bought both band’s albums the next day. The feeling of being alive and firing on all cylinders in that mosh pit is something I go back to often.
OMG smash mouth is my least favorite band EVER cringe lol
@@ericamiddleton5031 i love smash mouth
@@ericamiddleton5031 😬 😣😖
@@ericamiddleton5031 OMG people who comment just to crap all over things other people enjoy are my least favorite people EVER cringe lol
Taste in music is subjective, grow up and cope instead of acting trashy
That album takes me back to my childhood. It’s nostalgic and a feel good album. I bought it on vinyl a few months back, best purchase I’ve ever made.
It came on when I was in an inpatient hospital for suicidal ideation.
It makes me think of one of my best friends I made in that hospital, who I still talk to everyday.
That is special. Thank you for sharing.
I like the song being used in "Yes Man". A literal guy on a ledge and Jim's way of making the scene funny yet heart warming,and getting the crowd to sing along. Such a good song.
Such a hilarious scene, especially when Jim Carrey forgets the words and Luis Guzman, the man on the ledge, starts singing it himself lol
@@BlueMarbleApeMan Louis is such a funny guy too. I love that scene. 😂🖖🫂
I think I'm going to watch this movie tonight. Remember the world before the crazy happened.
@@nicolenichol3820 it's on Netflix. And, yeah, Luis Guzman is hilarious.
Yes! I totally thought that's what he was going to mention at the end. That scene is just as, if not MORE, iconic as the Timberlake/Fallon skit.
My late sister's favourite band,i vividly recall her bringing home the cassette and playing it loud,it immediately piqued my interest and i found myself bobbing my head addictively.
The memories with their self-titled album is just unforgettable,thank you sis for getting me into grunge and alt rock 😢💜💜
Losing a Whole Year is it for me. Just seemed so real back then and even now.
The first concert I ever bought tickets to was third eye blind. I brought my high school sweetheart to see them in mulcahy’s pub on Long Island. I’ll never forget belting out jumper with her just a few months before we went our separate ways, she went off to college and I went to basic training for the Air Force.
Jumper was a good song, but “How's It Going to Be” is one of my favorite songs ever!!
Now I feel like going back and listening to third eye blind. I think my dad or my sister loved them. In the 90s I was 🎼 all over the map.
Do it!
3EB was great, but so were all of the others you mentioned. Kris Kross, LeAnn Rimes, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, Jewel, Spice Girls.............. This was back when hit music was still great. This is another winner, Mr. Professor! 🙂
Still my favourite band after all these years. That first album just got me in high-school and it never left me.
Thx for the interview, Professor!!! Played 3EB’s CD during my drive from LA to San Fran and back in ‘99…“The Background” was a one of the great tracks where I reminisced about the roller coaster times with my ex…
Easily one of my all-time favorite albums and favorite bands.
Saw them last night at Foxwood's Casino in Connecticut. This was my seventh 3eb show. They played Semi Charmed, Jumper, Graduate and How's It Gonna Be among other greats. He is an incredible artist and showman. I am now deep diving footage and interviews. Thank you for this!
One of my favorite records ever, still to this day! Every song is heartfelt, heavy and awesome. Good For You is probably my favorite songs on that album and of all music ever.
I was 11 years old when this album was released. Bought the albulm and begged my dad for a guitar that year. This albulm was a gateway drug to my rock adventure. Thank you 3EB!
Great song....I was 30 at the time working at QVC [yes, home shopping] in West Chester, PA at the time....brings back a lot of memories....wife, friends, playing in cover bands [we played this]. The whole album is just great. thanks for sharing!
I absolutely LOVED the place where music was in the late 90s. All over the place like I was in my late teens. It was like the soundtrack of my life, man. Even The Spice Girls and Hansen are as part of that soundtrack as much as third eye blind and everclear were, for sure.
Always loved that song, it is probably one of the most universally relatable pieces of music ever written.
You can say that again.
One of my favorite albums of all time. It blows my mind first time I heard it.
Man.. this album.. I think it kept me goin for a good while listening to this. Also helped me with talking to friends who were feelin down one thing or another. Ot sadly, even close to that edge themselves. IF you ACTUALLY listen to the songs. And you read the lyrics. You might find something in their that grabs hold of you in a way you didn't realize that you needed. If you don't like the music or his voice. Fair play to you. But read his lyrics. I'm tellin ya'll. Theirs SOMETHING there for everyone..
Was having a rough day..and then this happened..thanks a ton, Adam..!
Have been a 3EB fan ever since this album came out in the late '90s..and then came more albums 'Blue', Out of vein, Ursa major, and recent one Dopamine..with amazing melodies and lyrics..!! They recently covered Joy division's song Disorder...explains their prowess.
The song Jumper is my favorite in the album...I have some good memories from the movie YES MAN where Jim Carrie saves a suicidal man on the ledge by singing this song..!
This one time I was singing one of his songs'10 days late' out loud at a party until my Canadian friend told me the meaning, and I sank in my chair..!!
Stephen Jenkins is such an amazing singer-songwriter but he never got the attention and fame he deserved..In my country of 2nd highest population in the world, maybe a handful of people know this band is a sad reality, where Snoop dog is heard more often....CRINGE...!!
Please cover VERTICAL HORIZON also...another hidden gem...!!!
I LOVE vertical horizon!
This band continues to be my favorite of all time. They have several albums that are criminally underrated such as Out Of The Vein or Blue
Always one of my favorite songs as soon as it came out. Whole album amazing.
I’m seeing them tomorrow, just just 6 rows back 🥹
I’m 31, born Dec ‘91. My mom had me @ 19.
So I have *literally* been listening to them my entire life, and can also remember when they were still on the radio all the time.
I loved them as a kid because, duh, it was upbeat and fun!
Then of course, I grew up, and still loved it. But I also grew up to understand it, and relate to it. 3EB music only gets better with time.
I can’t wait for tomorrow.
MUSIC IS LIFE , I COULDN'T BREATHE WITHOUT IT, I
WOULD SUFFOCATE IN SILENCE!!!!! 👊🖤🤘
I've listened to that album beginning to end probably 20 times since it came out. That album is page in the story of our collective existence.
That album has the special distinction of being one of a very small handful of albums that I'd consider to be perfect top to bottom. Love it. Never get tired of it.
Any of this songs with a happier ones or the more downbeat bring me back to that magical time of the late 90s the favourite time of my life
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch did a remake of "Walk on the Wild Side" (with a '90s spin and adjusted to "Wildside" for the title) that was a big hit in 1991.
Amazing and talented band.
That’s actually very self reflective and profound what Stephan said about his own song. Jumper was one of the first songs I learned to play on guitar. I loved 3eB. At the time I connected more with that part of the song. And every time I would play that song that’s when all my friends would sing. During that part. He did stumble on a nerve and it’s very surprising that his ego is checked enough to be able to see it.
the first album was the soundtrack of my college days.. and forever will be part of my life.. God of wine is my favorite in that list of amazing songs
Thank you! Been a huge 3eb fan since 97 and not enough people know their brilliance!
That whole album is a masterpiece and just like you I still listen to them all the time
3EB was one of those absolutely seminal bands for me. I was absolutely transfixed on them from 1997-2002. I listened to their albums pretty much on a daily basis back then; and they impacted me hugely. It was a big step in my personal development and it was a big change of pace from what I usually listened to.
Same here Bro
That album got me through my teenage years, and a lot of pain. Thank you for this interview and the story behind it
Incredible album with so many good songs. “Graduate” is probably my favorite. It’s got that anthemic scream and just rocks…super cool guitar riff too.
I got clean in 1999. I listened to this album during my homeless days in Oakland strung out and in my early days of recovery.
I still love third eye 👁 blind have from the first time I heard them play on the radio !!! I’ve seen them live at least a dozen Times !!! Their third album “out of the vein “ is incredible also ! Rock on 3eb 👍
...hey man i got chills... wasnt expecting that
It’s a great story.
Phenomenal album, still an all time favorite of mine.
I love that album and the blue album as well. Great, timeless 90s music!
BLUE was so underrated...!!
This is one of the rare albums that starts off strong and ends 10x stronger. The last 3 tracks in The Background, Motorcycle Drive By and God of Wine are arguably (along with a few other candidates) the greatest songs the band has ever done.
A true timeless album with timeless musical contributions by Kevin Cadogan on guitar and Arion Salazar on bass. I highly suggest checking out the band's newer material too - lineup changes over the years but they still manage to release some very good songs.
"Again" off the bands 2021 "Our Bande Apart" is the most pure third eye blind song they have done in a long fucking time. Older fans of the band will be happy with this one.
When I heard 1997 I got so excited. This is still one of my favorite albums ever!
That album still to this date is one of my all time faves. Third Eye Blind is still churning out great stuff. Great interview and video professor and keep up the tremendous work
Fantastic interview, this album and song was absolutely one of my favorites of the 90s bought it twice.. Jumper one of my shower songs still to this day, we have all lost too many friends to suicide and like this heartfelt song says sometimes "I will understand " can make all the difference. Reach out to the ones in your life that are going through things, thanks Professor for one of my all time favorite songs
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
@@ProfessorofRock keep up the great work, I look forward to it every day
I didn't discover TEB until the 2010s. What a shame. They had some great songs. I think Matchbox 20 took alot of attention from them. Both are great bands.
Great interview as always Professor. Thank you for that. Two bands that had such a huge impact in my life was Everclear and Third Eye Blind. The writings of Art and Stephan were so amazing and powerful. Such a sad and tragic story. I truly feel for his family and friends.
Thanks Proffesor Great Vid! Love 3EB! How's it gonna be is such a beautiful song. 🤘
You’re exactly right! Thanks for watching.
One of my all time favorite albums.
Oh right, that album is awesome, seemed like yesterday. Losing a Whole year still listening to it almost everyday…for over 20 years. That intro warms my heart before it bursts!
Kick ass song and I learned alot about it and it's meaning on a kick ass channel, what's Adam say? 3 notes and the truth guys! Killer respect for Adam Jenkins now adam, I didn't know anything about him or the song jumper until 15 minutes ago and I am 53 and remembered loving the song just for the great rhythem and it made me feel good when it came on the radio!
I love that whole album. My kids still tease me that I can sing most of the songs on it from heart.
I like every song on this album, Motorcyle Drive By and The Background are my favorites
I remember missing music while being in basic training and hearing semicharmed life by chance at one point. I sang that in my head so many times over the remainder of my time in basic.
Pantera seems like a really great band. I was headbanged on TV in the 90's without being kicked out by Alternative Rock.🤘🤘🤘
That interview gave me the chills. Love Third Eye Blind. Loved that interview. Thank you so much!
So many amazing tracks off that album. I spin it frequently. Graduate is certainly my favorite track with Losing A Whole Year a close second. Oddly, Semi-Charmed Life is my least favorite track on the album lol.
Bought that CD when it was released. And to date, Jumper and How's It Gonna Be are still my go-to's
First album is just insane! From the first track to the last, it is totally great. Blue, a little departure from the previous one, however still great (and leftovers after Cadogan). I mean, Stephan Jenkins is an amazing lyricist. I don't care about what others say about him. He is a rock star, he leads that type of life. One time John Rzeznik said: "If you don't like my music, F. off". I guess Jenkins has taken this attitude to another level. Nevertheless, I have nothing but respect for that guy.
This is bar-none my favourite album of my teenage years. I love most of the songs on the album, but my top two are ones that don't seem to get a lot of love. Narcolepsy, with it's gradual build up to rollicking explosion, and the Background, with one of Kevin Cadogan's most emotive and climactic (yet simple) solos. This album soothed my teenage outcast soul.
Jumper is a fantastic song. Never get tired of it. And that snare riff at the end
That debut album from 3EB is the utter definition of a “NO FU€KING SKIP” album! Every song is a 10 front to back! All time album right there 💯 %
3EB has always been a fav of mine. Had their sticker on my back window.
Probably my favorite album ever
I love this song. I did forget how many good songs are on the album . Great interview
I have a special place in my heart for Jumper. Third Eye Blind did a great job with the song
Third Eye Blind is so underrated.I cannot honestly compare them to any rock band today.
Amazing album, then and now. One of the best albums of the 90's really. I have a hard time picking between How's It Gonna Be, Jumper, and Losing a Whole Year as my favorite song. Stephan is definitely right about the power of those words and how they connect with people. Great video Professor!
Holy crap professor awesome subject !!
I had to be like 10 -11 when this came out this was the first album I fell in love with narcolepsy , graduate , burning man ,thanks a lot ,London all awesome timeless songs and now as a grown man who has had his share of heartbreak I find the lyrical content a lot more meaningful and poignant.
When you said from the 97-98 period, that album immediately came to mind and I was hoping that this video was about it because I didn’t recognize Stephen in the thumbnail. Great album. Semi charmed life is in my all time top 10, maybe 5. Jumper was my second favorite off that. Still play the cd front to back sometimes.
Phenomenal Album. I'm a huge a fan of some of the deep cuts though. Motorcycle drive by, the background, I want you, and London...are some of my all time favorite s from this album. It came out just as Iwas getting into my teenage years. It was a very awesome time in music. Alot of really good things to choose from. Stephan Jenkins is an amazing songwriter.
What a great song 😎👍
3EB’s first record is one of my all-time favorites. I was 14 when it came out, a freshman in high school and it set the stage for the time. I was always more into the grunge/Seattle sound but some of the more poppy rock bands from this era were great too. Losing a Whole Year was probably by favorite track from the record
I have for years felt that this album was sort of the ultimate conclusion to the 90's alt/pop rock genre. So many of the bands like these were decent but not memorable. Bands like Better than Ezra, Tonic, or Ginblossoms that don't hold up in retrospect. But third eye blind, I name that I have always hated, have held up. Good story on the jumper song. BTW
Counting Crows !
WTF Gin Blossoms totally hold up man!
I was with you until you mentioned Gin Blossoms
So true, it wasn’t until counting crows, third eye, and matchbox came around that I became interested in music again…
Cool 😎 , thanx for showcasing this iconic album 😃 !
I loved this album, as a teenager, still do. I also loved their second album despite no one else liking it😂😂. "How's it going to be" being my favorite song from the first album. Thanks as always for great content and behind the music stories
My favorite album of all time. I was a little behind the curve and got the CD in the summer of 98. Back then money was limited so I had to choose between 3EB's or Matchbox 20. Man did I make the right decision. I think every song is perfect. My least favorite was I don't want to go to London but even it is really good. There's a lot of emotion in the album. It's real. You feel like you've run a mile after hearing it front to back such a huge inspiration to my 18 year old self then and still now. I went through two tapes of it because the first one broke I played it so much then I got two CDs of it after the first one scratched too much. Thank you Stephen for helping to create this masterpiece!
The self titled album filled a missing hole in my heart and has some of the best lyrics ever. The next 2 albums were also incredible, I encourage everyone to listen.
I remember going to see my uncle at his college university and playing that album and it fit the whole vibe perfectly
Great interview Professor. Thank you. ✌🏻
cried a bit at the history of this time period. these were my formative years. something great about the mix of genres. i felt like the industry was taking only risks in the late 90s it just ended up dividing us into pop and hiphop right when they divided us politically. 2001. we can never have the 90s again as a culture. its so sad.
Although, by the digits, the 90's were over by 2001, I argue that culturally it ended on September 11, 2001. Things were never the same after that.
20 year old here. Grew up listening to my bro listening to these 90s rock hits. Wish I had grown up in the 90s.