Swing Music's Late '90s Comeback
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Gen Xers explain that weird moment in the late '90s when everyone got into swing music
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Swing went from nonexistent to an alt-rock radio mainstay from 1996 to 1998 .
During that time, young people rushed to their nearest dance studios to learn the Lindy Hop .
Swing clubs started popping up all over the country and MTV played swing-inspired videos such as "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers .
'90s swing craze wasn't the only strange musical comeback of the era.
Gregorian chant wasn't even the strangest musical revival craze of the '90's .
Gen X is the 'most stressed' generation alive but they're also the best generation alive.
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