Gen X didn’t just survive the 90s in style, they racked up wins everywhere, from half‑pipes and mosh pits to award‑show podiums. These photos freeze the decade’s sweet spots and they prove that they were stacking wins in places where people weren’t even looking prior to them.
A generation that didn’t ask for permission and who turned every side quest into the main event. The 90s belong to them and them only. Flip through and watch a generation claim all wins with grit, weirdness, and zero apologies. Gen X already knew how to do it, in their own loud and messy way.
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Anthony Bourdain and his rebel appetite ignites.
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Winona Ryder winning a Golden Globe.
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Mall demo station, free arcade and friends.
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Tiger Woods' first masters, prodigy behavior.
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Kurt Cobain at Reading during his loudest set.
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Robin Williams showing true 90s style.
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River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, friendship always wins.
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Affleck and Damon being Grammy buddies.
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Thom Yorke look adrift in Times Square.
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Gillian Anderson showing her banana nose.
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Future superstar Shakira on shift.
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Girl power goes global with the Spice Girls.
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Seinfield bringing leather vibes.
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Berlin turns freedom into a dance floor.
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Indie cinema, sipping coffee and pocketing the Palme.
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Kylie Minogue in leather pants and champagne.
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Tony Hawk landing history's first competition 900.
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Bikini Kill in Olympia shaking the hall.