The Langdon Auger Show

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It's one of Africa's biggest stars. That is Mory Kante and [unclear] from his 1990 album [unclear], which is exactly what we're doing here.

We're doing the 90s tonight. We've done 70s and 80s nights, but we've got to give some props to the 90s. The 90s had some amazing content, of course, including grunge, big rock bands, and other… So that's what we're kind of doing tonight. We're going to be here until 10 o'clock. So welcome to The Langdon Auger Show right here on mentalhealthradio.ca. Thanks for tuning in.

If you don't know, we have a live chat down here. Just go down there, put your username in, make sure you save it, and request a song. If I have it, I will play it. It's that easy. But we are going to get into the 90s, and one of the biggest bands of the 90s, obviously, is this band here.

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Of course, that is Puddle of Mudd. They were formed in 1992 in Kansas City, Missouri. They sold over 7 million albums, including that one there. But that one came in 2001. And, of course, that's from the Come Clean album, and that's 'She Hates Me.' And before that, we had I Mother Earth with 'One More Astronaut.'

Candlebox, once again, one of those bands that they say they stole the grunge because they weren't all from Seattle. They formed in Seattle, stole the scene. Nonetheless, Candlebox, 'Far Behind.' And we start off with Live and 'The Dam at Otter Creek.' How are you all doing 20 minutes after? We're here until 10 p.m. Thanks for tuning in. And we're going to keep on going with the 90s kind of music. These guys have been around forever. However, this was a pretty big album of the 90s. Can you guess who it is?

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They were formed back in 1994 after the death of Kurt Cobain. David Grohl just, he took it really hard and just wanted to get out there and get some of the music off his chest because, of course, we don't know. That could have been eventually a Nirvana song. You never know. But it's David Grohl and the Foo Fighters. And before that, our Canada's very own Our Lady Peace, Nirvana. We were just talking about them, of course, with 'Lithium.' And Kurt Cobain, destined to be part of the 27 Club. And Metallica started it off there with 'Enter Sandman.'

And we were talking about them. They're from a long time ago, but 1991 is when they released that album. And that's when they lost a lot of their old Metallica fans. But then they gained like three times as many Metallica fans because it was more commercially acceptable. They cut their hair. They did all kinds of [unclear]. They made it less obnoxious, like their old stuff, like, I love '…And Justice for All.' Amazing. 'Master of Puppets.' Amazing. I think it's better than that, but that's just my opinion. Back to the music.

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A little Green Day.

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Back to 1995 by request, Miss Alanis Morissette and 'You Oughta Know.' And you ought to know that the 'Jagged Little Pill' album was huge, absolutely huge. And also, she played 'God,' but what movie? Let's see if people in the chat can get that one. Chris Cornell in Soundgarden before that. Chris Cornell sings in four octaves, believed to be the greatest rock singer of all time.

He also was in Audioslave and Temple of the Dog. Blink-182 in there as well with 'The Rock Show.' And, of course, the member, the guitarist for Blink-182, married to Avril Lavigne. We started off with Green Day and 'Welcome to Paradise.' We're going to continue on with the 90s music. And here's one of the biggest bands of the 90s.

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The Stone Temple Pilots, they were huge between 92 and 95. They had two albums out then, 'Core' and 'Purple.' Lead singer Scott Weiland, along with a name that you might sound familiar, we talked about him yesterday, Chester Bennington. Unfortunately, you know, Scott's career was plagued by substance abuse. He was fired from Velvet Revolver and the Stone Temple Pilots, and he was found dead of an accidental overdose. And then, of course, Chester Bennington went on to play with Linkin Park, and he just died recently by a hanging. Not a good thing in the 90s, and a lot of hangings and a lot of accidental overdoses going on.

But we also heard the Smashing Pumpkins in there with 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings.' Jane's Addiction. I know that album's 'Nothing's Shocking.' It's from 1988. However, Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction went on to do 'Ritual de lo Habitual,' 'Been Caught Stealing,' that kind of stuff. He was such an [unclear] part of the 90s music. He went on also to do Porno for Pyros, and 'Pets' was the big hit in there. Alice in Chains in before that with 'Heaven Beside You.' We're going to continue on with a pretty well-known band of the 90s, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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The Wallflowers, of course, Jacob Dylan, son of Bob Dylan, and 'One Headlight.' And, of course, it's not necessarily about what we thought. I mean, if you listen to the stories from before, it's about his wife and, uh, breast cancer and all that, and going through with only one headlight. But it's not. That's not the theme at all. This explores the themes of loss, the death of ideas, finding hope, resilience, and connection in a broken world. He says it suggests that even if things aren't perfect and you're damaged, you can still navigate life's challenges. And also, another thing in case you didn't know it, it also featured Tom Petty. That's right, he was in the background vocals there, uh, in before that, of course, The Verve with 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' and Red Hot Chili Peppers in there as well.

How are y'all doing? 30, 25 minutes left in the show. Once again, one of those things you just can't do two hours. The 90s had so many great songs, they really did. I think the 90s kind of saved rock and roll because it opened up to so many different genres: metal, glam metal, grunge. It brought even old bands back into the light with great new releases like this one.

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Really massive band from '94 to 2001. They had so many hits.

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That's Collective Soul and 'Precious Declaration.' And before that, Weezer and 'Hash Pipe,' for those purists, was actually released in 2001. But it was off their third album, so they did have some stuff in the 90s. But I played that one specifically because it's not the kind of song that you think it is. You listen to it, you go, 'Oh, it's about my hash.' But it's actually a song about a homosexual transvestite prostitute down on Santa Monica Boulevard. Yeah. And before that, of course, Megadeth from 1992 and 'Symphony of Destruction,' which is a song written by Dave Mustaine for people being led to destruction by their political leaders. Quite an amazing song.

And, of course, we also had, who else did we have in there? Is that it? Is that, we only had three? Okay, my bad. Let's continue on. Once again, this is not from the 90s, but the band is. But it's a very good song. Nonetheless, Matchbox 20.

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Of course, that is Blind Melon and lead singer Shannon Hoon in there, and they were a great band. They were, that song will probably be mostly remembered because of the little dancing bee girl in the video. It's true. Unfortunately, we lost Shannon Hoon. He, um, basically died of a heart attack because of the cocaine abuse that he was taking in at the time. It just basically said, 'That's enough.' And before that, of course, we had No Doubt with 'Excuse Me Mister,' which Gwen Stefani wrote this song along with Tom Dumont. And it's to describe a woman's chaotic, anxious attempts to get noticed, ultimately admitting her efforts were hopeless. And you can tell if they considered that ska punk, for those of you who are keeping track. Matchbox 20 in before that with 'Disease,' and yes, it's in the early 2000s, but Matchbox 20 had so many amazing songs in the 90s, but that's it for me.

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Today, tonight, whichever you want to look at it, we want to thank you. The 90s were a great year. Lots of stuff happened. We lost a lot of good artists in the 90s, but we had some amazing music. So, happy mental health to you. We're going to leave tonight's show with The Offspring and 'Self Esteem.'

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