Well, that was also the time of loads of great indie stuff and got me digging for weird Wu Tang offshoot material which in a way was a by-product of the jiggy stuff. I was also buying a lot of music then - had started at university so had a grant, loan and part time job so had money to waste for the first time in my life.
Was a great time - you could always find something to your taste if you dug around enough. Same is still true today.