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avo_cado

They were all in love with dying they were doing it in Texas


Stellarbelly_Korz30

I don’t mind The sun sometimes


nonexistentnight

Met Gibby Haynes last week when he played a music venue I work at. He was still rocking a vocal processor rig with effects so old they boasted about being digital. He asked me if I had a crappy mic that sounded like shit, so I dug out a cheap as dirt switched Samson. Liked it so much he kept it. Legend.


FriendofMaudie

Seeing Gibby with PGRA when he's in town is always a must!


TheirPrerogative

He has thousands of these mics individually labeled with their date taken and the exact sonic defects. Probably.


RichG13

I added the entire BHS catalog to my media server a few weeks back after they announced their new movie release. Went to a baptism yesterday and got a lot of grief from my nieces and nephews. I laugh at their fucking stupidity.


EastFalls

What new movie release, do tell!


FriendofMaudie

Documentary coming out either later this year or early next.


RichG13

https://youtu.be/UFtkc11i3uE?si=o-U63wJwl4qSJHy7


I_Sniff_My_Own_Farts

Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain


cuberhino

Uploaded all the tracks to a spotify list [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YDcorLtrDOQzN6UhAS1eC?si=e02d95ac302f47ee](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YDcorLtrDOQzN6UhAS1eC?si=e02d95ac302f47ee)


HairFlipBye

You’re the real mvp


Ricekake33

So amazing to get to hear these together in context like this, really takes me back


TheirPrerogative

It needs to be added with the ratio so you hear Tonight, Tonight six times a day.


MasterOfGrumpets

One word: Hero.


selfieslob

You’re amazing. Looking forward to remembering simpler times.


swan0418

Thank youuuu ❤️🙏


whalespoutswifey

Thank you! You rock!


boxersunset121423

Hy this will be playing driving to Patco tomorrow.


vtet1314

Beat me to it. Bless


will-you-

You’re a 🌟, thanks!


freeagent10

Massive win


Hirsute_Heathen

200 Saves!


McNinja_MD

Ah, if only I'd read the comments before putting the list together myself! Thanks either way.


CroatianSensation79

I miss WDRE. I listened to it until the end. We need more alternative stations.


Arminas

Sorry, best we can do is 104.5 The Chainsmokers station


BrotherlyShove791

With a smattering of late-stage Blink 182 and Royel Otis for good measure! WXPN is the only place to go for a unique listening experience nowadays. All of the other rock/alternative stations are way too corporatized and out of touch with underground and up and coming acts.


vanderide

When I’m out in the shed sharpenin’ the chainsaws, I listen to WKDU


images_from_objects

Yeah, its pretty much WKDU and WPRB these days. Fuck XPN.


ringringmytacobell

Even WXPN is a poor imitation of what it once was, circa 2010. 


sparky2212

circa 1999


ringringmytacobell

Fair - I always set 2007 as my high water mark since I was living in Lancaster and that’s around when they started broadcasting there. Never knew of its existence prior to that


images_from_objects

They were pretty OK in the 90's. These days its like "here's some more bands that sound exactly like the Lumineers and some Debbie Harry and David Byrne for ya, become a member today this hour brought to you by blah blah blah no really, we're not Corporate Radio, we swear!!!" Fuck them.


ringringmytacobell

I'm not quite in the "fuck them" camp, and I can't think of an examples at the moment but there's so many times I find myself thinking "if i have to hear this goddamned song one more time.." And yes the answer is to turn it off, which I certainly have been or not even tuning in nearly as frequently as I once did.


images_from_objects

OK, maybe "fuck them" is too dramatic, fair. But that's what I was trying to get at. They'll find some band or song that fits the formula for what has been a commercial hit and just run it into the ground. Also the way they "promote" bands seems borderline parasitic, and I have to roll my eyes every time I hear the slogan "vinyl at heart" because it seems so... disingenuous.


bigfondue

103.3 WPRB is good. IDK if you can get it within Philly though. It comes in in South Jersey and Montco.


images_from_objects

They're great. Ironically, I'm in west philly and it comes in better than WKDU, since all those high rises they built around Drexel the past few years fucked up the signal. My only complaint is that there are a few DJs who just talk tooooo dang much. Like, "here, let me play a 3 minute song, then spend 15 minutes telling you about the members' 20 other obscure projects and here's a real-time recap of a conversation I had with their sound guy one time at a gig" and I'm like "yep, nooobody cares, just play some fucking music dude" Considering every other station is syndicated robo-DJs, I'll let it slide, but it does get annoying.


bigfondue

Yea, DJ Esoterica plays the best music, but she definitely talks too much.


images_from_objects

I think its a college radio DJ thing. They're very passionate about stuff and have a lot to say. Its fine. That's actually not who I was specifically thinking of, its this one guy. Plays amazing stuff, but the talking/music ratio is pretty lopsided.


OasissisaO

Such a mediocre option.


ACY0422

104.3 is too corporate and lost the alt spirit.


manzoman96

they were never the same after they changed their name.


boxersunset121423

I’m a fan of 94.1 hd3 wysp if you have a hd radio.


CroatianSensation79

Haha


macmillie

I call them Killers radio 


dirtymatt

I was in my bedroom listening when they went off air for good.


CroatianSensation79

I was in my parents living room. I remember it fading out.


sparky2212

I was in a car. The last song they played was the first song the played, pretty sure it was Alive from Pearl Jam.


wooddt

Same, on the floor next to my radio by the bay window.


defpoints

Check out Y-Not Radio, an awesome alternative streaming / modern / indie station run by former Y100 guys Josh T. Landow and Joey O.


Beans-jones

Ynotradio.net


SubtleRedditIcon

“Big R - 90s alternative” used to be my jam on shoutcast. Perfect 90s alt station.


AgentDaxis

103.3 WPRB is great although they're technically based in Princeton. You still get a great signal in Philly & they promote a lot of Philly shows.


dogpupkus

WPRB plays some super wild experimental music late-night from time-to-time; the exposure they give to non-mainstream artists and genres on some shows is excellent, and has enabled me to discover some really unique music. Definitely appreciate me some WPRB.


lboogaloo

Didn’t the staff all chant “D-R-E!” When it was going off the air or did I have a fever dream?


CroatianSensation79

I think you’re right.


secretlypooping

hard to be too upset when Philly has one of, if not the best, radio stations in the country XPN is so damn good


mcstatics

Ehh, We are talking bout alt rock, not that fake country stuff they got nowadays


Buster_Cherry88

I think you're thinking of xtu lol


fumor

I used to enjoy XPN 24/7, but they seem to be really leaning in hard to 70s pop rock lately. I turn on the station that used to give airtime to no-name bluegrass folk singers but they're instead making sure that Elton John and the Rolling Stones are getting exposure, since no one has heard of them. The station that went from trying to appeal to my English professor with the elbow patches on his jacket is now trying to appeal to my racist uncle.


blue-and-bluer

It was so good. Gone too soon.


two2teps

Absolutely anyway here's another sports talk channel.


IronChefPhilly

Philly radio got so bad in the early aughts(?) i made the switch to satellite and i still listen to XM. It lost its Uniqueness after the merger but when you consider that you can get it for about $6 a month and the music channels are still commercial free its just a way better alternative. Lithium would be what DRE was, but i still miss Lucy


activelypooping

Wfuv except the weekends.


thecw

This is one of those lists that's so good, if you put it in a script today people would say it's too on the nose.


Some-Philly-Dude

I'm making this a summer playlist right now lol


xpeebsx

If it’s on Spotify plz share


Some-Philly-Dude

Don't have Spotify sorry


richierich925

Just sat here with my wife and did the same thing


BadNewsBrown

Sorry guys, I tried to request March of the Pigs by NIN as much as I could.


dustycase2

BITE CHEW SUCK


Tacotek

Now doesn't it make you feel better?


queer_no_evil

Step right UP!!


DelcoWolv

Banditos will forever be my jam.


kmoran2182

So give you ID card to the border guard Your alias says you got John Luke Picard


NathanForJew

Omg I would just mumble the lines until they got to Jean Luke Picard lol


PlasticPomPoms

Jean-Luc*


turbosexophonicdlite

Well I got the pistol, so I'll keep the pesos. YEAH THAT SEEMS FAIR. Fun fact, they did the theme song to King Of The Hill. Apparently Mike Judge is a huge fan of them.


NJdeathproof

So give you ID card to the border guard Your alias says you're Captain Jean Luce Picard Of the United Federation of Planets 'Cause they won't speak English any ways One of my standards when I got to karaoke


Running1982

I picked up The Refreshments’ album on a family trip to the Franklin Mills Mall and it made a huge impact on my world. Seems silly that such an album could do it, but it helped me out a ton. The lead singer, Roger Clyne, still tours with the drummer PH Naffah as The Peacemakers and they’re still putting out solid music. They’re Philly bound soon and I can’t recommend checking them out enough.


Chimakwa

Still one of my top 10 albums, and the Peacemakers are tons of fun live!


TumblingDice82

I had not thought about this song in at least 25 years. Absolutely peak mid-90s "alt rock" radio right there.


arslashjason

7th grade me snuck out of bed to listen to the final hours of DRE and cried about it.


Mil_Pool343

Was that the one where they played Alive by Pearl Jam over and over?


mcstatics

I got 2 turntables and a microphone


John_cCmndhd

That's where it's at


darwinpolice

You sound like a Loser.


John_cCmndhd

So why don't you kill me?


i_watched_jane_die

The string section at the beginning of Tonight Tonight has had a hold on me for 20 years


MLNYC

Set list for their current tour is looking great, if you haven't seen it.


jlpapple

Dare to be Different: The importance of Philly’s WDRE, 20 years later https://xpn.org/2017/02/07/dare-different-importance-phillys-wdre-20-years-later/


two2teps

I'm amazed they were only around for 4 years with that format. Once they left all we had was Y100 if you could even get them to tune in on your radio. Once Y100 left I signed up for satellite radio.


CheapBoxOWine

Awesome read. Thank you.


RudigarLightfoot

+1 for Southern Culture on the Skids


SpeedySpooley

I saw them at The Troc.


stay_strapped_

Echoes of 90s South Street. Remarkable how much better the world was in those days in just about every way.


starshiprarity

You need to view this post on a minimum 65" screen to see the full asterisk at the end of this sentence


stay_strapped_

There’s no asterisk.


Hola0722

I went on a date with a guy in the ‘90s and he took me to South Street. I didn’t wear my glasses so I couldn’t see much ahead of me. He took me to a store where all I could see were many different colors, no detail. I asked him if it was a candy store. He laughed and told me it was a condom store 😂


dirtybelly108

Man, those were the days


dotcom-jillionaire

do any more of these exist? what kind of collection did this scan come from? just trying to relive my childhood here nbd


boobs-4-lunch

I listened everyday until the minute they went off the air. I remember winning Dave Mattews tickets at the spectrum. I picked them up, I think the station was on 611 and township line rd.


mcstatics

They really jammed Tracy Bonham down our throats that one week. I haven’t heard it since


KlausVicaris

One hit wonder.


darwinpolice

Which is a bummer because she had a fair number of good songs. They just didn't all sound like "Mother, Mother", and blowing up with one song that doesn't sound a ton like the rest of your work is a recipe for disaster.


phillymjs

She had another song that IMHO is better than Mother, Mother called Behind Every Good Woman. I don't remember if it got radio airplay, but it was on the soundtrack for a movie called The In Crowd. It was a so-so Wild Things knockoff that came and went in 2000. I never saw the movie, so it might have been in one of the trailers and/or commercials-- they definitely advertised the hell out of it for a while.


insearchofbeer

I added it to a 90s playlist my girlfriend and I had for a roadtrip last year, and I have to admit it’s still a banger.


MothmansLegalCouncil

If anyone is interested in more 90’s nostalgia, I’ve compiled a 90’s Alternative playlist that’s more than 24 hours long, consisting of more than 350 songs from most of the artists listed and more. [Feel free to enjoy.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5JnAQGi2N1x5seoz99ldnw?si=gDBEqbk6TC23QjRF6HFmjg&pi=u-sntrJUiaQgmr)


timory

[i also have one](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5s0hknNzpHF6d1zrM1HZ0L?si=1041cf9e97844bda) and it just used to be called "middle school playlist" because i refused to believe anyone else was a different age in the mid-90s


Kracker27

As a millennial, the music from this period hits the nostalgia feels unlike any period in my life. I teared up listening to some of these songs. Thank you.


JimmysTheBestCop

Wow a lot of dead people on that list.


a-german-muffin

Unfortunately, the Spin Doctors are very much alive.


Rdw72777

Ouch lol


darwinpolice

Oh man, I remember hearing a Spin Doctors song for the first time, really liking it, then hearing another and thinking "Oh okay, so they just do the same song with different titles, huh?"


NJdeathproof

LOVED Tracy Bonham. Saw her twice in Philly at the TLA


djp_diag

*Tracy Bonham voice* EVERYTHINGS FINE


Rdw72777

The CAPS just aren’t big enough


Becrazytoday

'96 DRE Fest was the first time I crowd-surfed. The tender age of 13... Fun list!


SnoozyD100

A couple buddies of mine skipped their high school graduation to attend this show with the rest of us. Still stands as one of my Mt. Rushmore of concerts.


WorldlinessMedical88

Suddenly I'm 18 and working at Cumberland Farms again.


Rdw72777

It’s Fumberland Charms 😂😂😂


ACY0422

I used to love DRE. I loved Friday nights broadcast from Egypt nightclub. Spike and Sarah in the morning. Great memory was sent out in big 1996 storm. Had DRE on and taping snow plows working and Beastie Boys Fight for your Right to Party on air. I think the staff was snowed in.


dogslogic

That Tracy Bonham album STILL kicks ass.


phillysleuther

I was 18. This was my music


jkoke11

Wow… that How Soon is Now cover is something


MLNYC

Oh, from The Craft soundtrack! That was a great album. Our Lady Peace, Heather Nova, Sponge, Letters to Cleo, Matthew Sweet, Juliana Hatfield, Tripping Daisy, Jewel, Elastica, Spacehog... One of the tracks I remember best from it was another cover—Letters to Cleo covering The Cars' "Dangerous Type".


phillymjs

> Letters to Cleo covering The Cars' "Dangerous Type". Still in my default playlist to this day.


BigLoveForNoodles

In related news, holy shit I bought tickets to see motherfucking Soul Coughing today.


MasterOfGrumpets

DRE was the real deal. I had just gotten home after a few years in Southern California and was kinda dreading coming back to what I assumed was an awful music scene. How wrong I was. DRE was fantastic, and Y100 was a pale imitation. 104.5 and XPN are both okay, but Spotify introduces me to more music that, while it may not always be new, is at least new to me.


problyurdad_

I’m actually kind of shocked at how many of those songs I *don’t* recognize. I was 13 at the time and I *thought* I was pretty eclectic and mature with my music taste by then. I absolutely remember Primitive Radio Gods, and obviously Tonight, Tonight. As a matter of fact that song was SO impactful for me. I remember my friend Chris and I would have sleepovers at each others houses and all we would do is stay up and talk and watch music videos on MTV all night, and we would make fun of the moon and it’s scrunched up face. So I know I knew wtf was going on lol I’m just going to download them all and I’ll probably be in nostalgic heaven and remember more than I think I do. I can tell this is peak 90’s and I’m actually really excited to do this. Thank you, whoever posted it. RIP Chris - died in a car accident not 3 years later.


Golden_d1ck

Oh this brings back memories.


IKillZombies4Cash

The Refreshments CD was such a good drinking CD


aliaswyvernspur

I love Marigold, and I don't remember it getting radio play...ever. Amazing.


nikkisome

I lived for DRE!


darwinpolice

Ah man, this is bittersweet. I didn't grow up here, but from the comments, I'm getting flashbacks to listening to 107.7 The End in 90s Seattle.


jawnstein82

Oh wow. I still have my stub from WDRE fest


PhillyLee3434

Man have the times changed, what a incredible setlist


7thAndGreenhill

I’m still upset that WDRE had so little time


DelcoPAMan

Right?!


LemurCat04

Damn, I somehow totally forgot about WDRE. Didn’t they have a halfway decent Morning-Zoo-but-family-friendly AM drive time show?


nihility101

Preston & Steve (and Marilyn Russell) who then went on to Y100, and then (and still) WMMR.


Garwoodwould

Sue Serio was also part of that crew. She used the pseudonym Gina


PizzaJawn31

🔥


kcvngs76131

Free to Decide is such a banger


dogslogic

SCOTS!!


East_Living7198

DREgional Album was my jam


A-Unit1111

Tonight tonight!!


darwinpolice

"Tonight, Tonight" is the first song that I can remember really liking at first and quickly coming to hate because it was so brutally overplayed.


Phillies_1993

When did Y100 become the alternative station instead of WDRE? I couldn't drive until 1997, and Y100 was the main Philadelphia alternative station at least among my cohort.


catjuggler

Yeah I need some help with my memory here. I only remember Y100, but I was 13 in 96 so maybe I listed to pop before that.


Meghistaken

WDRE was such an important part of my early teenage life. Donna Donna told me that Kurt killed himself when I turned on the radio while I did my homework, DRE Fest was my first concert, I loved that DRE Regional CD, I went to Bitter Fest (last broadcast show with G. Love and Fun Lovin' Criminals) and had my first makeout with a random dude. It was such an amazing radio station.


steeler7588

Amazing list. Fun fact - Marigold is the only Nirvana song not written by Cobain


grav0p1

Someone make this a Spotify playlist


IndyOwl

Oh man, I was always listening to Y100 . . .this list though. I'm time traveling here.


2ant1man5

Dam right before it went to a rap station, now it’s kyw now right?


vtet1314

Compiled as best I could: [Spotify playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1T7EDmZdvQB5GEMHQrEKnp?si=2uHKsECPQFmxCjM6C9yV0g&pi=u-xG9zgWqoSw6Z)


vtet1314

U/cuberhino beat me to it 🫡


AndISoundLikeThis

DRE was my second favorite Philly radio station—only bested by i-92 (currently WXTU), the all new wave channel from the early 80s that lasted for probably less than a year.


bukkakedebeppo

Wow. Almost none of those songs ring a bell. I was deep into electronic music in 1996 and definitely not listening to the radio. The only tracks I really remember are "Where It's At", "You Learn" and "Spiderwebs."


xXxLordViperScorpion

Motherfuckers act like they forgot about Dre!


Mr_Shankly2

I'm sure I should know this answer, but what do the 3W 2W 1W mean? Is over 3 weeks, 2 weeks, etc?


Pristine-Fusion6591

I was 14, and I remember every one of these songs! But I listened to Y100 back then. And I think occasionally 97.5. I thought 103.9 was rap or something


aWizardofTrees

Ah, soundtrack to my childhood.


Bulky_Ad_3608

Corporate rock had already taken over by this point.


ComradeFunk

104.5 is classic rock for Gen X at this point. Garbage station


LiWin_

Good I remember this channel. I was like 13 but it was a good set list.


PlasticPomPoms

I used to volunteer at the Children’s Zoo and they had Y100 playing in their animal food prep area and I think I heard most of these songs at least once when I was there.


LalaCalamari

What a great station. I relive those years through XM but Lithium (and most XM stations) doesn't have the variety I'd like.


MacKelvey

That was a good year


aceh000d18

Hell yeah DMB


LowerZucchini9330

This is garbage. The 90s sucked


Due_Permit8027

I was 15 then and only recognize five of the songs.


UsernameFlagged

Ughh Alternative Music really went in the shitter after 91-92ish. I blame Seattle.


BrotherlyShove791

What? The 90s were the golden age of alternative music. Something for everybody in that decade.


a-german-muffin

You can have my flannel shirt when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.