Album Anniversary

Bush’s debut album propelled them to becoming one of the biggest bands of the 90s. It just took a while. Ed chats with Carmen Cruz of the World Famous CFOX about Sixteen Stone.

In 1994, Pearl Jam was the biggest band in the world and it felt like they did everything in their power not to be. Ed chats with Jay Richardson of Power 97 about Vitalogy.

After releasing their two most popular albums of their career, R.E.M. reinvented their sound once again this time going in a more glam rock direction. Ed chats with Jeremy Baker about Monster.

The Tragically Hip departed from their sound to give us an album that was darker and much less blues-rock than their previous releases for something that was a glimpse into what their sound going forward would be like. Ed chats with the biggest Hip fan he knows Steve Ayres about Day for Night.

In 1994, Oasis immediately became the biggest band in the world with their debut album. They didn't, but this is a band that never lets the truth get in the way of a good story. Ed chats with the biggest Oasis fan he knows Shaun Tomko of CORUS about Definitely Maybe.

In 1994, The Watchmen dropped their second and most commercially successful album with many songs still played across Canadian radio. Ed Chats with The Watchmen's Daniel Greaves about their landmark album.

In 1994, Stone Temple Pilots built off the commercial success of their debut album while changing the minds of critics but also picked up some bad habits along the way. Ed chats with Fearless Fred of Q107 in Toronto about Purple.

In 1994, The Beastie Boys returned to the top of the charts with a new sound and attitude. Ed chats with his co-host on Power 97 Nicole Welsh about Ill Communication.

Weezer debuted with what is still their best selling album and one of the defining records of the decade. Ed chats with Albert Padilla of the Cantina Cast and The Basement about The Blue Album.

The Offspring hit the world stage with their breakthrough album that became the best selling independently released album ever. Ed chats with his co-host on Power 97 Nicole Welsh about Smash.

One of Canada's biggest rock bands came out of the gates swinging with their iconic debut album. Ed chats with Evan Chandler of Norther Royals about Our Lady Peace's Naveed.

In 1994, Soundgarden released a juggernaut of an album whose shadow still looms large over rock radio. Ed chats with Graeme Tait of 106.9 the Wolf in Nanaimo about one of the quintessential grunge albums.

The album that took Nine Inch Nails from playing theatres to arenas. Commercially it's their most successful album and the making of it might be their most controversial. Ed Chats with Jay Richardson of Power 97 about Trent Reznor's semi-autobiographical concept album The Downward Spiral.

Beck entered our lives with the unexpected success of "Loser" which eventually lead to his major label debut Mellow Gold. Ed chats with Power 97 and Country 99's promotions manager Colin Lougheed about his connection to the album.

It’s a little weird that we’re doing probably the biggest album of 1994 in episode two, but we can’t control when things dropped 30 years ago.  Ed chats with Casey-Jo Loos of 102.1 the Edge in Toronto about the album that brought punk rock back into the mainstream and was a staple for kids coming of age in the 90s.

The first big release of 1994 dropped on January 25th by a grunge band who was more metal than anyone else in the scene but this release showed off their softer side. Ed is joined by Power 97 and Q107's Dan Chen to look back at pivotal release by Alice In Chains: Jar of Flies.