7 Early Photos Of DJs That Will Make You Stop Wishing You Grew Up In The ’90s

Those of us old enough to remember the rave scene of the ’90s have a tendency to look back on the era through rose-colored glasses. After all, let’s be honest, it was kind of a weird time for electronic music. The needles on vinyl record players skipped all the time, happy hardcore was an actual thing that people listened to, and the drugs were a lot dirtier.

Fortunately, plenty of photos have surfaced from dance music’s awkward teenage years – including several that will shatter the EDM generation’s perceptions of their favorite DJs as larger-than-life deities.

Look through the following photos of DJs before they became famous and head to the comments section and tell us which are your favorites.