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That men in the 90s were the best

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TinyRick · 16/11/2018 19:19

Chris Cornell
Layne Staley
Kurt Cobain
Jarvis Cocker
Graham Coxon
Damon Albarn
Beck

Etc

90s men were the best.

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strawberrisc · 17/11/2018 08:08

Brian Molko was beautiful.

ShadowHuntress · 17/11/2018 08:15

I wish the 90s would come back. The best movies, the best music. Not endless remakes and Marvel shows like they’re doing now. I was really into r&b and hip-hop then. Also had a huge crush on 90s Daniel Day Lewis, 90s Colin Firth and 90s Ralph Fiennes. They’re all still pretty hot now. Also loved Johnny Depp and Damon Albarn. Also Christian Slater

SnugglySnerd · 17/11/2018 08:27

Oh yes! 90s Colin Firth! As Mr Darcy. We had to watch that at school for GCSE English. Best English lessons ever!

Loraline · 17/11/2018 08:30

Did love Johnny Depp back then. I kissed him on the cheek when i was 16 Blush. Same day I met Jeff Ament Grin

Lexilooo · 17/11/2018 08:38

sigh yes to all of the above especially Damon and Kurt and Jon Bon Jovi

But also 90s George Clooney in ER 😍 and well just ER generally...... and 90s Matt LeBlanc in Friends......

Who remembers that model called Malcolm in Just 17 magazine? He was beautiful, always remember the rather incongruous name though 😂

As for the women, I can't believe Shirley from Garbage hasn't been mentioned. She was soooo cool!

SinisterBumFacedCat · 17/11/2018 08:38

Brett Anderson, I saw Suede last month at Hammersmith, he is still as lithe and energetic as 25 years ago.

Witchofzog · 17/11/2018 08:41

Yes!! Stephen Dorff (thanks pp 😊) Stuart Townsend from Shooting Fish. Eddie Vedder, Sebastian Bach (though he was more 80s), 90s Jon Bon Jovi, Keanu, the other guy from Extreme was in hindsight the better looking one and my friends and I had crushes on the guys from the rnb band Mn8

Love this thread 😍

Biologifemini · 17/11/2018 08:45

Men and women all looked so much better in the 90s.
Seemed like a lot more characters and less air brushes.
This time will be remembered for the jaundiced orange look and massive eyebrows. I don’t think it will be remembered for beauty.

blamethecat · 17/11/2018 08:49

Keanu , Alex James, Johnny Depp, Edward Furlong, River Phoenix. So many beautiful men.

BabloHoney · 17/11/2018 08:50

Jonny Greenwood. Then, and now 😍

MachoManRandySavage · 17/11/2018 09:29

Jarvis Cocker Confused blimey

OneShotFinch · 17/11/2018 09:32

Oh yes! Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder! 😍😍😍

OneShotFinch · 17/11/2018 09:34

@Loraline Yes to Jeff Ament! He was my biggest 1990s love!!! ❤

WithAFaeryHandInHand · 17/11/2018 09:34

Oh Alanis . I mean, one of the best albums ever. Has anyone mentioned Skunk Anansie yet? 90s were awesome.

But I think it might be my age talking. All mid thirties folk probably yearn for the music of their youth. My parents loved 60s / 70s music. We listened to a lot of Pink Flloyd and the Beatles growing up.

ThatssomebadhatHarry · 17/11/2018 09:36

I don’t get this thread. Men were better in the 90s at what, being hot?

Does being hotter make you better?

VickieCherry · 17/11/2018 09:45

Yesssssss. Johnny Depp before he went weird, Alex James, Keanu, Jarvis, Brian Molko, all the hot men. I don't get the current fashion for men having huge shoulders and arms and six packs, they look weird. Give me a skinny guitarist with long hair any day 😍

Pp who mentioned the alternative music scene - it was mainstream, but that's what it was known. I'd say pop, dance and Europop were more mainstream, although the charts were way more diverse than they are now.

DarthLipgloss · 17/11/2018 09:45

That Levi's ad with the fit man washing in the river...Wink

ForalltheSaints · 17/11/2018 09:46

Not all of the music- Jive Bunny was in the 90s if I remember correctly.

sackrifice · 17/11/2018 09:47

I don’t get this thread. Men were better in the 90s at what, being hot?

It's not just about being hot, if that is a term that you use. It is about being marvellous.

Dlpdep · 17/11/2018 09:56

I give you Jeff Buckley and Jordan Catalano (only Jordan Catalano, not Jared Leto)

kalinkafoxtrot45 · 17/11/2018 09:57

I‘d forgotten just how lovely those men were in the 90s. So many fabulous women too. I loved Jarboe, Tori Amos, Kristin Hersh and Tanja Donnelly. Before everyone got those giant eyebrows and started contouring and waxing and fillering themselves into uniformity.

13thWarriorWitch · 17/11/2018 09:59

Give me a skinny guitarist with long hair any day

YY ^

Nuno Bettencourt. Right up until I dated an absolute wanker who looked just like him.

Nah - still would actually.

No one tell DH (An actual skinny guitarist but without the long hair)

Also 90s Antonio Banderas. ♥️

13thWarriorWitch · 17/11/2018 10:01

Ooooh. Can't forget Alex Band ♥️♥️

WhiteDust · 17/11/2018 10:01

Ah yes... the '90s.
When (back in the real world) a lot of men looked like this...

That men in the 90s were the best
HashtagTeamRaven · 17/11/2018 10:01

My ex was a spitting image for Jon Bon Jovi, to the point where his grandmother saw a photo of JB and thought it was ex

Sadly, I never saw the appeal of JB, so it was wasted on me 😅

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