2010: the year of the iPad, the addition of “chillax” into the dictionary, two years before the fated end of the world and the birth of a ’90s cover band. It’s about time.

Named after the cult-classic ’90s TV drama “My So-Called Life,” My So Called Band is ready to hit the Norman music scene.

Band members Kyle Davis, Carly Gwin, Aaron Daniels, Ricky Salthouse and Brian Stansberry are bringing an array of songs from two decades past to flash concert-goers back to their former years when plaid reigned supreme and Super Nintendo was the technology of choice.

They tossed around Nirvana White, Crystal Pepsi and White Ford Bronco when first thinking of the perfect moniker to represent the decade of their youth. They eventually settled on a shortened version of their friend’s original suggestion: My So Called Nineties Cover Band.

“It actually kind of started out as a joke,” Gwin said. “But the more we talked about it, the more we thought we really wanted to do it.”

While four of the five members are typically busy taking part in other local bands The Evangelicals, The Workweek and Pidgin Band, they’ve taken the past three months to master more than 40 songs, including hits from Beck, Cake, No Doubt and dozens more.

“We’re really playing a little bit of everything,” Davis said. “We’re trying to get more hip-hop and country.”

Everything about these guys gives off an effortlessly cool vibe, from the cozy rehearsal space tucked away in Gwin’s house to the nonstop flow of ’90s references that pour out of their mouths.

The band spent most of the interview reminiscing about the Hanson brothers and JNCO jeans while “Karate Kid 3” played in the background. It’s easy to see why the band chose this particular decade to pay homage to.

“We were in kindergarten in 1990, so the ’90s [are] what we know,” Davis said.

The band consists of the basic elements of any great ’90s group: the token rocker chick and four guys all avoiding the drag of day jobs to pursue music. None of them were limited to any one instrument during their rehearsals, switching between guitar, bass, drums and keyboard at their leisure.

“This so far has been less stressful because you’re not writing music,” Davis said. “We can focus more on the performance.”

And while the band is made up of some prime musicians, the members’ main focus is to have a good time with their shows and to allow the audience to look back at a decade of incredibly diverse music, and even sing along.

Each song won’t be just a musical performance, but a chance to reenact a classic ’90s pop culture image, like when Gwin wears a top hat with goggles to mimic the lead singer of the 4 Non Blondes, Linda Perry.

The band hopes to see people of all ages at their show and expects to have a solid college student turnout despite the fact that many current college students likely barely remember the ’90s.