BBC Radio 6 Music

Summary

  • From 7am until 7pm 6 Music reimagined the station as if it was 1994

  • We tied our jumpers round our waists and dug out those cargo trousers to follow the story of alternative 90s music

  • 1994 Day is part of My Generation, a season of programmes charting the history of pop music across the decades

  1. That's a wrap for the Live blog todaypublished at 18:58 GMT 3 March 2017

    We're going to go and stare at our feet on the sticky floor, resenting our exes and pining for crushes

    If you've no appointment with the dancefloor, though and if we’ve not satisfied your appetite for 1994 yet, remember you can check out the below:

    12 albums that define 1994

    11 things you’d forgotten about 1994

    Best of 1994 Day clips

    May all your snogs be with people who have not recently thrown up and every record dropped be a colossal flipping anthem. We're gonna live forever.

  2. The 90s don't end at 7pmpublished at 18:37 GMT 3 March 2017

    You can stay out all night at the indie disco; Steve Levine will be here with a special about technology and music - here's a quick clip of Graham Coxon talking to him about getting Phil Daniels in on Parklife:

    Media caption,

    Hear the story of how the actor got involved with Blur's classic 1994 single.

  3. Just in case you were completely asleep during the mid-90spublished at 18:34 GMT 3 March 2017

    There used to be this little show called the Evening Session on Radio 1. It was fronted by two up-and-coming, exciting, young musos called Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq.

    We love every single promo photo. Perhaps a bit too much.

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  4. It wasn't just indie & dance, you knowpublished at 18:29 GMT 3 March 2017

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  5. Get your stubs outpublished at 18:13 GMT 3 March 2017

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  6. Britpop: where did it come from?published at 17:54 GMT 3 March 2017

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    Many a dispute has occurred over the mystical origins of the Britpop label and still continues today (see our Twitter, external feed).

    Where did it come from? Did it first appear in the 90s? Was NME the proud owner of this defining phrase?

    Well, be prepared to be amazed. Charles Shaar Murray, NME, wrote in 6 August 1977:

    "At home The Sex Pistols are public enemies. In Sweden, they're an important visiting Britpop group. So it goes..."

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  7. "Through the 90s it was very much what we'd know as the rise of the Indie Night" published at 17:53 GMT 3 March 2017

    "The London club scene was incredibly exciting" - Matt spent the 90s, as so many of us did, in a basement listening to a "hugely eclectic range of genres, anything so long as you could get off on it".

    "Not a superclub, it wasn't snobbish, it was just fun."

    "A lot of the clubs in London were kind of petri dishes - we used to call it 'the scene that celebrates itself' but that didn't stop music journalists going down there."

    Not just for finding tracks but err, journalistic entrepreneurialism - Steve recalls his days as an editor of the New Musical Express, which went to press on Mondays; "If by Thursday evening we didn't have a lead news story, I'd go to Syndrome and get someone drunk enough to give me something to run with."

    Justine Frischmann described it as "a snogfest" and also that err, apparently "Menswear were there when they were about 12"

  8. Albums that defined 1994: Nas - Illmaticpublished at 17:31 GMT 3 March 2017

    Nas IllmaticImage source, Nas Illmatic

    The debut album from the then twenty-year-old rapper revolutionised hip-hop, rap and RnB.

    Nas's diary-esque storytelling and inner-city narratives, based on his experiences growing up in Queensbridge, New York, were ingeniously told through multi-textured, complex rhythms and rhyming patterns (assonance and enjambment to name a few).

    Find out more about the album as part of our 12 albums that defined 1994 article

  9. SET YOU FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEpublished at 17:14 GMT 3 March 2017

    only love can

    The Alternative 90s World Cup is kicking off on Monday.  Clint Boon from Inspiral Carpets is making the case for N-Trance's anthemic banger's right to a qualifying position.

    "Fellow Oldhamers, N-Trance - I always play it in me DJ sets and it never fails to give me goosbumps the size of the Pennines" 'scuse us while we go and prance around the office dramatically singing this IMMEDIATELY.

    N-Trance Set You Free Packshot
  10. The 1994 friendship of Evan Dando and Oasispublished at 17:05 GMT 3 March 2017

    Evan DandoImage source, Evan Dando

    During The Lemonhead's tour in 1994, Dando befriended Oasis and appeared at their live shows. So much so, that Dando was known as Oasis's unofficial roadie. This was before Twitter storms remember.

    Dando was a busy man in 1994, he also made a cameo appearance at the end of Reality Bites with Karen Duffy.

  11. Remember kids, you've gotta plan your futurepublished at 17:02 GMT 3 March 2017

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  12. Weezer debuts in 1994published at 16:58 GMT 3 March 2017

    Weezer Blue AlbumImage source, Weezer Blue Album

    Weezer were actual babies in 1994 with sweaters and bowl cuts and a debut album (the Blue album).

    Rivers Cuomo named the band Weezer after a nickname stuck with him in school who teased him for having asthma. Bless them.

    The Buddy Holly music video (remember them?) was straight out of Happy Days with letterman jackets and Fonzie inspired moves. While the lyrics to the chorus were originally intended to be “You look just like Ginger Rogers / Oh oh / I move just like Fred Astaire.” We guess he decided against the obvious.

  13. Woodstock 1994: 2 More Days of Peace and Musicpublished at 16:42 GMT 3 March 2017

    Woodstock 1994Image source, Woodstock 1994

    Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash (featuring John Sebastian), Nine Inch Nails, Metallica and Aerosmith were just a few of the names appearing at the 25th anniversary of Woodstock festival.

    It's estimated that around 350,000 people attended, which was larger than organizers had planned for.

  14. Orbital perform the classic Chime in the 6 Music Live Roompublished at 16:32 GMT 3 March 2017

    Paul Hartnoll from Orbital popped in during Lauren Laverne's show and played a lovely live session playing tracks from Snivilisation and a very special version of Chime taken from their now legendary Glastonbury 1994.

  15. "I think we pushed in front of the Beastie Boys and they weren't very happy..." - Sarah Cracknell published at 16:27 GMT 3 March 2017

    Missed Sarah Cracknell join Katie Puckrik earlier? No fear, catch-up on everything: from how Sarah mildly upset the Beastie Boys, to Saint Etienne's encounter with Katie Pukrik at Glastonbury 1994 and how their fans may not have been ready for Oasis being their tour support.

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    Sarah Cracknell explains how the band's first meeting with Katie upset the New York trio.

  16. Strictly Go Junglistpublished at 16:27 GMT 3 March 2017

    "The first time I went to a jungle club - we were in Scotland or something - we went to this jungle club and it was brilliant watching people who'd never been to a club before try to dance to jungle, trying to dance to the drums. You can't dance to the drums on jungle - once you work out it's sped up reggae you can get into it but people trying to dance on every beat just look like the Duracell bunny, you just can't attempt it" - Lammo turns all Darcey Bussell on us discussing nights out with the Evening Session.

    (Other battery brands are available)

    "I wouldn't like to see myself attempt anything, honestly" - we think Matt may be a little bit tired now, he's been bringing you music news live since the Breakfast show. (!)

  17. Lamacq and Whiley: The Evening Session set-listpublished at 16:14 GMT 3 March 2017

    Lamacq and WhileyImage source, Lamacq and Whiley

    Steve Lamacq is on playing some 1994 wonders. While you're listening, have a look at Lamacq and Jo Whiley's set-list from The Evening Session. This also may or may not be another excuse to show off these wonderful pictures of Lamacq and Whiley.

    Evening session with Lamacq and WhileyImage source, Evening session with Lamacq and Whiley
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  18. BREAKING: the story behind this photopublished at 16:00 GMT 3 March 2017

    We'll be honest, the shot was great enough but this is even better

    Lammo has just arrived in our office. "Oh, you know after they co-hosted the show I remixed their single? It was one of only two remixes I ever did - the other was Elastica. 'Shout' it was, gave it a bit of a jungle feel."

    Do you own this remix? Get in touch via @bbc6music.

    Steve Lamacq with Ant and DecImage source, Getty Images
  19. Johnny Cash, hedonism and £59 ticketspublished at 15:56 GMT 3 March 2017

    More of Kate Pukrik's 1994 Glasto memories can be found here, this time in audio form.

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    Katie Puckrik reminisces about the year the festival first became heavily televised.

  20. Katie Puckrik on Glastonbury 1994published at 15:47 GMT 3 March 2017

    Glastonbury 1994Image source, Glastonbury 1994

    Katie mentioned earlier her time presenting at Glastonbury in 1994. She kindly told us what it was like and who she was hanging out with.

    "Mark Radcliffe, Marc Riley and I were the main presenters of the first-ever televised Glastonbury festival, which Channel 4 broadcast in 1994. The whole thing was live and it was incredibly exciting. Mark Kermode also pitched in, as did a pre-fashion star Stella McCartney, who popped up now and again larking about in a field providing 'color commentary'. I remember she always seemed surprised when the camera was on her – like a cute juvenile delinquent getting caught out."