Rank your favorite "Grunge" Bands...

#51
#51
Thunder Good-Oil said:
Early BS with Ozzie. Iron Man has all of the elements. More than 20 years before Aberdeen was a thing. Listen to Mike McCready's outro on Alive during the early 90s tour. Recognize what he's paying homage to?
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I've heard PJ pay homage to almost every genre of music.
 
#53
#53
Dude, you're trying too hard. Black Sabbath are the fathers of heavy metal. Grunge is a subset of a subset of metal and punk rock.

Just because Sabbath influenced the grunge sound doesn't make them a grunge band. They are influences to nearly every hard rock/metal band after them!
 
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#56
#56
85SugarVol said:
Grunge sucked
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IMO, Grunge was a breath of fresh air following the GLAM arena-rock s**tstorm of the mid-late 1980's, which I freaking loathed. In fact, I'm pretty sure the entire Grunge "movement" was an artistic middle finger to all that.

I'm not going to rank the artists, as for one, the definition of grunge isn't even set in stone, and two, there were so many musical pioneers during that era.

But I will say I'm grateful that it happened. I loved the 90's, and Grunge (really the music as a whole) was a big a reason why.
 
#57
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85SugarVol said:
Grunge sucked
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#59
Roustabout said:
Love them!!
I'd say on the fringe.
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I thought he was talking about the song Alive, from PJ album ten...could be wrong though.

Sidenote

Live...band with the lightning crashes song...worst excuse for a band ever formed. Guaranteed channel change thru the entire 90s...whiniest wuss of all time as lead singer. Pet peeve
 
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#63
SWIL said:
Dude, you're trying too hard. Black Sabbath are the fathers of heavy metal. Grunge is a subset of a subset of metal and punk rock.

Just because Sabbath influenced the grunge sound doesn't make them a grunge band. They are influences to nearly every hard rock/metal band after them!
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If Grunge is defined as a geographic region and flannel shirts and Doc Marten fashion, then no... Black Sabbath isn't Grunge. But if you compare the sound on BS's first 5+/- albums, it's more Grunge than a lot of what the classic Grunge bands produced. Some of STP's stuff sounds down right nursery rhyme-ish.
 
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#65
I’ve seen a few bands listed here that aren’t really grunge.
I go Pearl Jam, Alice, then the rest.
Ten is my favorite album of all time. It has songs to play loud (Alive, Porch) and songs to make you cry (Release, Black). If Brother had been included on the original album, there’d be no denying it as one of the best ever.
 
#68
#68
Stoked said:
Mine would have to be...

1. Alice In Chains
2. Pearl Jam
3. Soundgarden
4. Stone Temple Pilots
5. Nirvana (I'm not really a huge fan of them, but out of respect I couldn't keep them out of a top 5 grunge list.)

Personally Layne Staley is my favorite singer out of all of those. Cornell and Vedder are a close 2a/2b though.
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Would have Soundgarden #1 and Alice In Chains #2, Pearl Jam #3, Nirvana #4 and although they were not Seattle based, I would put Bush #5 (were at their peak in the same era and sounded like PJ)... RIP Chris Cornell and Layne Staley.
 
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#69
BowlBrother85 said:
Would have Soundgarden #1 and Alice In Chains #2, Pearl Jam #3, Nirvana #4 and although they were not Seattle based, I would put Bush #5 (were at their peak in the same era and sounded like PJ)... RIP Chris Cornell and Layne Staley.
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I have my preferences in music but Nirvana would have to be the #1 grunge band followed by Pearl Jam.

They aren’t close to my favorites but they essentially defined the genre.

My favs would be.
-Temple of the Dog
-Sound garden
-AiC
-STP
-Pearl Jam
-Nirvana
 
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#70
Roustabout said:
I have my preferences in music but Nirvana would have to be the #1 grunge band followed by Pearl Jam.

They aren’t close to my favorites but they essentially defined the genre.

My favs would be.
-Temple of the Dog
-Sound garden
-AiC
-STP
-Pearl Jam
-Nirvana
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I guess I include them with Soundgarden and PJ... that was one helluva an album. Still listen to it.
 
#73
#73
golfballs said:
What’s happened to rock music?
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For the most part, it's non-existent right now. Nearly every week, I scroll through the new releases on Spotify, and I literally can not believe people listen to most of that crap. There's no ingenuity, little to no actual instrumental talent, and no anthemic/memorable "songs." TBH, there is hardly even any heavy stuff/metal that I really like from the past 5-10 years, either. It's almost like the arts of playing the guitar, crafting a tone, and writing a song have been forgotten. There are a few that I include in my rock rotation (FFDP, Chevelle, BFMV, Halestorm, In this Moment), but it's almost out of necessity.

I know that probably makes me sound like an old man, but I'd love for somebody to convince me otherwise.

The artists that have really caught my attention in the past ten years are mainly Americana/singer-songwriter/storyteller types (Sturgill, Tyler Childers, Isbell, Civil Wars) and a couple mainstream guys that have been at it for a while and are just good writers and musicians (Mayer, Sheeran, etc).
 
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