Summer Jam offers ‘90s pop nostalgia

Whoomp! (There It Was).

Feeling nostalgic for the 1990s?

Neither am I.

It was the decade of the Spice Girls and Sugar Ray; the decade when Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol (which comedian Judy Tenuta described as “the symbol for feminine hygiene”).

And it was the decade when boy bands ruled, including boy bands with numbers in their names, like All-4-One, 98 Degrees and Boyz-II-Men. There was even a short-lived faux boy band called 2gether, the subject of an MTV movie and spinoff TV series.

Radio station 92.5’s Summer Jam, which takes place Saturday at Valley View Casino Center, celebrates the ’90s, with a lineup that features at least five of the acts featured in this year’s 61-city “I Love the ’90s Tour.” Some of the other acts might be better suited for an “I Love the Late ’80s Tour,” or, perhaps, an “I Have Amnesia Tour.”

Under any name, Saturday’s show here promises a mix of nostalgia, cheesiness and cheesy nostalgia, along with the possibility of some memorable musical moments. The lineup here includes: Vanilla Ice; Salt-N-Pepa; Rob Base; Tone Lōc; Jody Watley; Grandmaster’s Furious Five, featuring Melle Mel and Scorpio; Color Me Badd; The Jets; Young MC; and Candyman.

The Jets, incidentally, remain one of the largest bands of siblings to achieve U.S. pop-music prominence. The Minnesota group’s original lineup featured eight brothers and sisters from the Wolfgramm family. Their parents emigrated from the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga.

There isn’t room to preview all the Summer Jam performers, but here are four that catch our eye, for good reasons — and bad. (Why the still mighty Salt-N-Pepa is playing second fiddle to Vanilla Ice is a mystery.)

Tone Lōc

Real name: Anthony Terrell Smith

Age: 50

Birthplace: Los Angeles

First Billboard Top 40 hit: “Wild Thing” (1988)

Most recent Billboard Top 40 hit: “Funky Cold Medina” (1989)

Famous girlfriend: None that we can recall

Did you know? Voiced the title character’s voice in the 1996/1997 Fox Kids TV series “C Bear and Jamal”

Vanilla Ice

Real name: Robert Matthew Van Winkle

Age: 48

Birthplace: Dallas

First Billboard Top 40 hit: “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)

Most recent Billboard Top 40 hit: “Play That Funky Music” (1990)

Famous girlfriend: Madonna (1990-1991)

Did you know? Hosted the home-repair TV show “The Vanilla Ice Project” (2010-2013)

Rob Base

Real name: Robert Ginyard

Age: 49

Birthplace: Harlem, New York

First Billboard Top 40 hit: “It Takes Two” (with DJ EZ Rock, 1988)

Most recent Billboard Top 40 hit: “It Takes Two” (with DJ EZ Rock, 1988)

Family: Married 23 years (wife April died in 2013), has three children

Did you know? “It Takes Two” has been featured on a number of film soundtracks, including “Love & Basketball” and “Iron Man 2”

Young MC

Real name: Marvin Young

Age: 49

Birthplace: London

First Billboard Top 40 hit: “Bust a Move” (1989)

Most recent Billboard Top 40 hit: “Bust a Move” (1989)

Famous girlfriend: None that we can recall

Did you know? Has a degree in economics from USC