▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1992
Middle School
1985–1987Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1988–1992The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1990–1992Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1992–1996Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1997–2001First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2022
Generation
Gen X
You'd be about
52
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A mall-wandering afternoon, 1992: a can of Arizona iced tea on the counter, a Rice Krispies Treat in your hand, Rugrats on the TV.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
📰 Headlines
- LA riots after King verdict
- Clinton elected president
- Hurricane Andrew hits Florida
- Bosnian War begins
- Mall of America opens
💡 Tech & Firsts
- First SMS text message sent
- IBM ThinkPad debuts
- Sega CD released
- IBM Simon smartphone prototype
- JPEG standard published
🏆 Sports
- Blue Jays win the World Series
- Bulls repeat as NBA champs
- Redskins win Super Bowl XXVI
- Dream Team wins Olympic gold
- Penguins repeat as champs
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Pogs
- Sega vs. Nintendo console war
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Wayne's World quotes
- Barney the Dinosaur
👖 Clothes
- Grunge peaks
- Doc Martens
- Babydoll dresses
- Overalls (one strap down)
- Birkenstocks
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 29¢
- Gas: ~$1.13/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.15
- Median new home: ~$121,000
- Milk: ~$2.78/gal
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
- Fruit by the Foot🛒 grab some →
- Shark Bites🛒 grab some →
- String Thing
- Butterfinger BB's
- Sour Punch Straws🛒 grab some →
- Airheads Xtremes🛒 grab some →
- Cheetos Paws
- Planters P.B. Crisps
- Planters Cheez Balls🛒 grab some →
- Kudos Bars
🥤 In the fridge
How well do you remember Class of 1992?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1992
No memories here yet — be the first to leave one.
📸 Your Class of 1992 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1992 gear
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