Music Critics Poll: The Decade
Fri., Jan. 7, 2000
GREG BEETS
Artist: Chuck D
Band: Nirvana
Texan: Willie Nelson/Selena
Queen Bee: Kathleen Hanna
Song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana
Comeback: Tony Bennett
Flash-in-the-Pan: Vanilla Ice
Trend: the rise and fall of Alternative Nation
CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Artist: Method Man
Band: Girls Against Boys
Texan: Rev. Horton Heat
Queen Bee: PJ Harvey
Song: "Common People," Pulp
Comeback: Jane's Addiction
Flash-in-the-Pan: "modern rock"
Trend: underwear outside the pants
RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Artist: Kurt Cobain
Band: Wilco
Texan: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Queen Bee: Abbey Lincoln
Song: "Loser," Beck
Comeback: Rolling Stones
Flash-in-the-Pan: Oasis
Trend: lo-fi
CHRISTOPHER HESS
Artist: Jay Farrar/Jeff Tweedy
Band: Pavement
Texan: King Coffey
Queen Bee: Liz Phair
Song: "Web in Front," Archers of Loaf
Comeback: Neil Young
Flash-in-the-Pan: Oasis
Trend: chicks with guitars
ANDY LANGER
Artist: Beck
Band: Nirvana
Texan: Lyle Lovett
Queen Bee: Lauryn Hill
Song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana
Comeback: Tony Bennett
Flash-in-the-Pan: Hootie & the Blowfish
Trend: reality rap
DAVID LYNCH
Artist: Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn
Band: Nirvana
Texan: Willie Nelson
Queen Bee: Angelique Kidjo
Song: "Fake Plastic Trees," Radiohead
Comeback: Santana
Flash-in-the-Pan: white rap
Trend: swing
MARGARET MOSER
Artist: Loreena McKennitt
Band: Alice in Chains
Texan: Doug Sahm
Queen Bee: Patti Smith
Song: "Girlfriend," Matthew Sweet
Comeback: Rolling Stones
Flash-in-the-Pan: darling Britney
Trend: roots rock
JERRY RENSHAW
Artist: Beck
Band: Nashville Pussy
Texan: Billy Joe Shaver
Queen Bee: Dixie Chicks
Song: "Cherokee Boogie," BR5-49
Comeback: Johnny Cash
Flash-in-the-Pan: Presidents of the United States of America
Trend: anti-rave backlash
JAY TRACHTENBERG
Artist: Joe Lovano
Band: Skatalites
Texan: Doug Sahm
Queen Bee: Cassandra Wilson
Song: "When a Woman Cries," Jon Dee Graham
Comeback: Duke Ellington
Flash-in-the-Pan: the "lounge" thing
Trend: acid jazz
