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#362 The Class of 1997: Metal Albums That Defined a Surreal Year
“How many people do you think go into a bar and say: ‘I’d like an Everclear on the rocks, please…’?”
Looking back, 1997 seems utterly surreal…
To put things in perspective, 1997 marked the debut of South Park on Comedy Central, the release of Radiohead’s breakthrough, third album, OK Computer, the beginning of the final season of Seinfeld, and (of course) the arrival of Metallica’s conclusion to The Loads with Reload.
Perhaps one of the most surreal (and tragic) parts of 1997 was the time a bunch of children in a band called Hanson went viral with a song called MMMBop while a lesser known…
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