Behind the Music: '90s Alt-Rock with Greg Prato

Kennedy Saves the World

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The ’90s didn’t just give us flannel—they unleashed a whole alt-rock revolution. From Pearl Jam to Nirvana to Nine Inch Nails, the decade delivered something for every mood and every mixtape. Greg Prato, author of Alternative for the Masses: The ’90s Alt Rock Revolution, dives into the era’s lasting impact and what it still means to him today. Kennedy Now Available on YouTube: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KennedySavestheWorld⁠⁠ Follow on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@kennedy_foxnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join Kennedy for Happy Hour on Fridays! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWlNiiSXX4BNUbXM5X8KkYbDepFgUIVZj⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World.
0:12.2	This is the year for 90s, alt-rock books.
0:15.4	And this is a fantastic one.
0:17.4	It is an oral history alternative for the masses, the 90s all rock revolution and oral history by Greg Prado.
0:24.3	And Greg interviewed me along with about 750 other people for the book.
0:29.1	And Greg is here now.
0:30.6	Rock journalists, freelance writer, Long Island native.
0:34.9	Yes.
0:35.5	And you've written many, many, 50 books? Too many books. 51. I actually did a book after this, if you could believe that. Wow. Yeah, so I'm a very hardworking gentleman. So the people you got for this book, I thought, was a really cool and interesting collection. You? Well, yeah, come on. I mean, I read some of my quotes. I was like, I always sound like such a knob. Whenever I talk about things, and I'm sure everyone is like their own worst critic. But I did like the quote that I had about Metallica in there. Yes, I love that quote. Yeah, looking at the Seattle soy boys. Isn't it funny that the worst Metallica got the more popular they became? Yes. Right?
1:11.1	Yeah.
1:11.4	It's odd.
1:12.0	I don't know how that happened, but somehow it happened, right? So is the Black album a punk rock album? I do. I'm only a Cliff Burton guy with Metallica. Okay. Yeah. I mean, and what's weird is like, everyone I know, all my friends is all we listen to is that. We don't listen to the black album, anything after that.
1:28.1	I don't know, but yet they could still sell out the Sahara Desert.
1:31.0	So I don't listen to the Black album, anything after that.
1:28.1	I don't know, but yet they could still sell out the Sahara Desert. So I don't know how that works. I mean, same with Pearl Jam. Like most Pearl Jam fans are like, yeah, I listen to the album after 10 a little bit. Chili Peppers? Yeah. Right? I mean, after Blood Sugar Sucks Magic? No, but John Fruciante
1:44.2	He's written so many incredible
1:46.2	Like all the best chili pepper
1:47.9	songs Right? I mean, after blood sugar sucks magic. No, but John Fugianti, he's written so many incredible, like, all the best chili pepper
1:47.9	songs are his songs.
1:49.2	I agree. He is very, very talented.
1:50.6	And it almost doesn't matter what Anthony's voice sounds like.
1:54.1	But so much of your book, it really explodes in 1991.
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