NEWS 2019/09/04
That the music industry is not an entirely fair and equitable environment shouldn’t come as a massive surprise to anyone. That old adage about cream rising to the top is nonsense: the musical landscape is littered with the decomposing corpses of artists of who never got their due rewards, and the detritus of classic albums dismissed or ignored at the time of their original release. As Les McQueen, the former rhythm guitarist of Royston Vasey superstars-in-waiting Crème Brulee, once poignantly observed, it can be “a shit business.” Hindsight, however, offers an opportunity to right some historical wrongs and pay overdue respect to artists and albums denied a fair hearing back in the day. Here, then, are a dozen underrated ’90s albums which most merit reappraisal… Metallica – Load (1996...