Favorite 90's Grunge Band
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Chef...if you make a souffle like you voice an opinion on 90s grunge (or music in general) point me in the direction of the nearest Mickey D's.
Nirvana is the greatest American band of the last 15 years and is in the Top 10 of American Bands of all time. They singlehandedly DESTROYED 80s shit/hair rock with one fucking song and video. Their albums/CDs are masterworks, especially TODAY, with the awful state of American music. Pearl Jam are #2, though the argument can be made they are a Co-#1 Greatest Band from the last 15 years too. All the rest of the "grunge bands" are second tier in terms of significance. Radiohead could qualify as a 90s band (not a grunge band as you pointed out) but they are the best band on the planet right now, and for the last 4 years. They weren't the best when "Creep" was on the airwaves.
I remember the exact moment and all the details of where I was, what the morning was like etc. when I heard the tragic news. Zell is correct--nobody would've heard or cared about Courtney Love, or Hole, if not for her banging Kurt (and if only Freeones was around back then, maybe we could've influenced Kurt's pussy decisions....)
Nirvana is the greatest American band of the last 15 years and is in the Top 10 of American Bands of all time. They singlehandedly DESTROYED 80s shit/hair rock with one fucking song and video. Their albums/CDs are masterworks, especially TODAY, with the awful state of American music. Pearl Jam are #2, though the argument can be made they are a Co-#1 Greatest Band from the last 15 years too. All the rest of the "grunge bands" are second tier in terms of significance. Radiohead could qualify as a 90s band (not a grunge band as you pointed out) but they are the best band on the planet right now, and for the last 4 years. They weren't the best when "Creep" was on the airwaves.
I remember the exact moment and all the details of where I was, what the morning was like etc. when I heard the tragic news. Zell is correct--nobody would've heard or cared about Courtney Love, or Hole, if not for her banging Kurt (and if only Freeones was around back then, maybe we could've influenced Kurt's pussy decisions....)
The funny thing about that ICP quote is that it was the fans that made Kurt into a so called legend more than the media,which is what it seems that they are trying to claim.If you remember,there were a shit load of fans in Seattle sitting at a vigil for him after they heard the news.I thought it was a bit preposterous but his music was loved by many and they showed up to show their appreciation.
Now I can remember the first time I even ever heard or Easy-E,it was back in 6th grade.He was a true legend in the rap game that's no doubt,but where were his fans when they heard that he had succumb to AIDS?Who knows because either the media didn't cover it or they weren't there.I vote for the latter.
By the time Eazy E died..was he really even a force in rap? The last thing I read about him he showed up at the White House and attended a state dinner as a guest of the Republican Party. I think he lost whatever street cred he had at that point.
Ahh...NWA and 2 Live Crew....now THOSE were the days.....
Ahh...NWA and 2 Live Crew....now THOSE were the days.....
No,he wasn't a major player anymore.I never heard about the whole White House thing though.
ChefChiTown
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How can you consider them the greatest American band of the last 15 years when they've only had 3 studio albums released? They had what...5, maybe 6 songs that did ok on the radio? That's it. I'm not saying that a band's talent is solely based on record sales or radio play (as I personally find that most GREAT bands, people never even know about), but really? The greatest American band of the last 15 years? Wow.
Nirvana, once again, was no more popular than any other "big named" band during the 90's. They were somehow "credited" with single-handedly destroying 80's rock, which isn't true. Nirvana was one of the many bands who were responsible for that. They were just given the title, as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has always been considered an anthem for "our generation".
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Nirvana's Nevermind is by far the bestselling grunge album of all time. Heck, it's only a couple of million behind Michael Jackson's Bad and Dangerous albums. For an 'alternative rock' band, that's amazingly popular.
They were the first to popularise the grunge genre. Pearl Jam released Ten before Nevermind, but it was only after Nevermind sold massively that Ten followed. Nirvana were the most influential American band of the period, and you can see that in just how many post-grunge bands with vocalists who directly imitate Kurt's style.
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I wasnt old enough for the grunge era, but boy am I sure glad.
STP, Pearl Jam and Nirvana. In that order.
Why? That's a good song. Some of their other stuff is good, too. Other songs are amusing.
I'm not ashamed to let people know that I listen to ICP.
Why? That's a good song. Some of their other stuff is good, too. Other songs are amusing.
I'm not ashamed to let people know that I listen to ICP.
Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden .
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god-like pedestal ? This can't be good ! "Godam !"
Yeah, I wanted to add more choices to the list but the maximum allowed is 10 :/ Some of the bands I would have added to the list: The Melvins, Green River, Mother Love Bone and Screaming Trees.
Why do threads about music always end up in elitist discussions about biggest this, biggest that.
Who fucking cares? I listen to music because I enjoy it, not because it's THE GRUNGIEST EVER!!! But maybe that's just me
Who fucking cares? I listen to music because I enjoy it, not because it's THE GRUNGIEST EVER!!! But maybe that's just me
Definitely these bands you mention are closer to the idea of grunge. Who ever mentioned Radiohead, give me break-maybe My Bloody Valentine was a grunge band, but Radiohead is closer to Blur and all those other awful mid 90's bands that ripped of The Pixies-too brainy and intellectual to qualify as grunge. I think that some of the groups mentioned, such as Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam were just bad butt rock bands that took on the cloak of grunge by the record companies as a selling point. STP was a horrible band who had some pop appeal. Any grunge fan would laugh at this thread.
Grunge music, at least at its roots, comes from Iggy and the Stooges-not bands who are musical virtuosos.(This is why Green River splintered into Mudhoney and Pearl Jam-the former wanted to be dirtier and sloppy, while the Stone Gossard faction wanted to write palatable butt rock songs for the masses). The term grunge only became a signpost for labels to sell watered down punk rock music to consumers.
Because people who were at the original inception of the music know the difference between a true representative or a poser. At one point it did matter. I feel far from being an elitist, but to create the best music, one has to feel a bit special and differentiated from the norm. STP, AIC Pearl Jam were not considered grunge bands in 1992-93 by the people of in the NW/Sub Pop scene: they were posers. It has nothing to elitism, the issue is authenticity.
Sorry Wrayven, but I completely disagree with you. I don't really care who is considered as starting the 'grunge' style, but the FACT of the matter is that Nirvana, STP, AIC, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam ARE the face of grunge and it will go down in history as such....wether you like it or not. The majority of the world catagorize these bands as grunge or alternitive rock, not pop grunge or poser grunge or whatever else you can think of. You could start your own thread, though, and call it "the grungier than grunge" or the "only me and less than 1% of the world know these bands" thread, if you like.
At least you got to go to high school when music and movies were good. I went during the age of boy bands and Limp Bizkit
ChefChiTown
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At least you got to go to high school when music and movies were good. I went during the age of boy bands and Limp Bizkit
Oh sick, me too. All I ever heard at a party was "I DID IT ALL FOR THE NOOKIE, COME ON, THE NOOKIE, COME ON, THE NOOKIE!!!"
God, I'm so glad I'm not in high school anymore.
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