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Early: 1990-92. Largely an extension of the 80s, at least until Grunge hit and the USSR was kaput. Internet was still an underground and university thing. Defined by the fall of socialism and black pop culture becoming more mainstream.
Mid: 1993-96. The core of the grunge and gangsta rap era. Internet was starting to become known but was still mysterious to many people.
Late: 1997-99. The era of teen pop and raunchy comedy like South Park and American Pie. Internet was becoming a big thing as well as cell phones. Texting not so much yet. Fashions were much less "campy" than the rest of the 90s and starting to look fairly similar to the stuff people wear now. I'd say this period lasted until 2001 actually.
Exactly how I was going to put it.
1990-1993: It was still acceptable to wear clothing from 1989. Teens tight rolled their jeans and the sleeves of their pastel,neon or darkly colored clothing. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlemania hit around April of 1990. There were some incoming mid 90s stuff (grunge) but pop, contemporary hair metal and new jack swing were still popular genres. George Bush 1 lied about taxes which led to the demise of his presidency.
1993-1996: Teens start wearing plaid skirts, flannel and denim overalls (without one strap hanging down). Urbanites were sporting Ben Davis shirts to imitate Dr. Dre in his January of '93 video for "Nuthin But a G Thang". Nirvana and Pearl Jam shirts replace the Guns N Roses "Use Your Illusion" concert t-shirts. Adults went from posting comments on Usenet to having AOL accounts.
1996-1999: The WB takes off with dramas like "7th Heaven", "Charmed" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (based of the '92 film with the same name). Females are clothed in GAP sweaters and males are stating, "GAP stands for gay and proud." Bill was busted and Pixar films had two hit films on their hands. South Park keychains and patches were on almost every teenager's Jansport bookbag.
1999-2002: Raunchy teen comedies were on Television (MTV's Undressed) and at Theaters (American Pie & American Pie 2). Latinos were dominating pop music and Eminem was breaking new ground in music. Old Navy clothing is all of the rage with young adults. Children were still had to wait for Mom to stop using the phone to use the Internet.
Is this thread for real? Good grief ... Anyone who can't figure out what early, middle and late mean in relation to the span of 10 years needs to go back to fourth grade math class.
Is this thread for real? Good grief ... Anyone who can't figure out what early, middle and late mean in relation to the span of 10 years needs to go back to fourth grade math class.
1 - The 90s weren't exactly 10 years. On the calendar they are, but everyone knows that January 1990 wasn't part of the 90s, and even 1991 can be argued as part of the '80s. The end is fuzzy too, somewhere in the 2000-2003 range. So the 90s lasted 8-13 years, depending on one's way of looking at it.
2 - There were definite cultural movements in the early, middle, and late '90s. It's not like culture said "it's now 1997, everything shift in one day". It's gradual movements, etc.
When the early, mid, and late '90s were. All dates subject to some "fudge factor".
Early - If I had to put exact dates on this period, it would be October 1, 1991 - August 30, 1994. The beginning of the early 90s came around late 1991. I just used the fourth quarter of 1991 as the start.
Mid - August 31, 1994 - December 31, 1996. The mid 90s began in late 1994, and lasted through late 1996 or early 1997. I divided between the years for convenience sake.
Late - January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2001. Most of 1997 seemed late 90s, like a different era than the mid 90s.
I would further sub divide the late 90s into the "early late 90s" and the "late 90s" with the early late 90s being around Jan. 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998 (the midpoint of 1998) and the late 90s being July 1, 1998 - Dec. 31, 2001.
1 - The 90s weren't exactly 10 years. On the calendar they are, but everyone knows that January 1990 wasn't part of the 90s, and even 1991 can be argued as part of the '80s. The end is fuzzy too, somewhere in the 2000-2003 range. So the 90s lasted 8-13 years, depending on one's way of looking at it.
2 - There were definite cultural movements in the early, middle, and late '90s. It's not like culture said "it's now 1997, everything shift in one day". It's gradual movements, etc.
When the early, mid, and late '90s were. All dates subject to some "fudge factor".
Early - If I had to put exact dates on this period, it would be October 1, 1991 - August 30, 1994. The beginning of the early 90s came around late 1991. I just used the fourth quarter of 1991 as the start.
Mid - August 31, 1994 - December 31, 1996. The mid 90s began in late 1994, and lasted through late 1996 or early 1997. I divided between the years for convenience sake.
Late - January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2001. Most of 1997 seemed late 90s, like a different era than the mid 90s.
I would further sub divide the late 90s into the "early late 90s" and the "late 90s" with the early late 90s being around Jan. 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998 (the midpoint of 1998) and the late 90s being July 1, 1998 - Dec. 31, 2001.
Were you born in 1992?
The fall of 1990 to the date when HW Bush left office was the early 90s. What makes it the early 90s? Easy, Tiny Toon Adventures airing. Everyone knows the 90s were the decade of modern Warner Brothers cartoons. Also, the Pioneer GPS (used in the 2000s) was first sold somewhere in 1990. Do I need to mention Pixar putting out those Lifesaver commercials? Entertainment Weekly was on the magazine rack at the start of 1990. EW didn't see it's first full decade until the 2000s. I guess even the beginning of 1990 was geared towards conceiving a 2000s atmosphere.
The early 90s were mainly about getting to the mid 1990s. I'll clarify this for you as someone who was of age in the early 90s: The early 90s WERE NOT the mid 90s! People didn't automatically wear Nirvana shirts and flannel because "Smells Like Teen Spirit" went to number one on the Modern Rock Tracks Billboard list. Everything changed around August of 1992. I didn't notice people wearing thrift store clothing until November of 1992. It seems as if Clinton's culture started showing its face more around the time he was elected.
The early 90s DID NOT begin on October 1st of 1991. The fall of the Soviet Union was a very HW Bush era event.
The late 80s/early 90s era is a difficult era to quantify. It feels totally different from the 90s itself, but it also feels totally different from the mainstream 80s. The whole era between late 1988 and August 31, 1994 is kind of fuzzy.
The late 80s/early 90s era is a difficult era to quantify. It feels totally different from the 90s itself, but it also feels totally different from the mainstream 80s. The whole era between late 1988 and August 31, 1994 is kind of fuzzy.
You're looking at them all wrong. '93 and '94 were pure 90s years. I'll admit, some folks were still wearing Cosby sweaters and Reebok Pumps, but Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, the flannel and a white shirt look, MTV's Beavis and Butthead shirts and the Animaniacs were all present in the fall of 1993.
The late 80s/early 90s span from August of 1986 to January 20, 1993.
The late 80s/early 90s era is a difficult era to quantify. It feels totally different from the 90s itself, but it also feels totally different from the mainstream 80s. The whole era between late 1988 and August 31, 1994 is kind of fuzzy.
HW Bush days : Late '88 - January 20, 1993
Late 80s : Set up the early 1990s. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Full House, Roseanne, Married with Children, The Simpsons, Kid 'N Play, Public Enemy, Nirvana, Urkel, Saved by the Bell all became popular in the early 1990s (1990-1993).
Early 90s: Set up the mid 1990s. Super Soakers, Pop Qwiz Popcorn, Martin, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, In Living Color, Twin Peaks, Parker Lewis, Hypercolor, Nerf guns, Marky Mark, C & C Music Factory, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Ren and Stimpy and Blossom were all around for most of the mid 90s (1993-1996).
The History forum seriously needs a 90s - 21st century subforum.
Not to mention a WAS [UNIT OF TIME] MORE LIKE [PRECEDING UNIT OF TIME] OR MORE LIKE [PROCEDING UNIT OF TIME]? subforum.
As in... "Was the second fifth of 1971 more like the middle part of the first half of 1970 or more like the early part of the last third of the first quarter of 1972?".
Or maybe just combine them into one catch-all subforum simply titled: STUPIFYINGLY BANAL.
Not to mention a WAS [UNIT OF TIME] MORE LIKE [PRECEDING UNIT OF TIME] OR MORE LIKE [PROCEDING UNIT OF TIME]? subforum.
As in... "Was the second fifth of 1971 more like the middle part of the first half of 1970 or more like the early part of the last third of the first quarter of 1972?".
Or maybe just combine them into one catch-all subforum simply titled: STUPIFYINGLY BANAL.
Hahahaha. Okay...
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