MrsTaborJet Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 We have quite a few music aficionados here on JN... LOL.. What's your pick on that era? In my mind, no one can compare to Alice In Chains. They didn't get regular radio play like Nirvana, but they rocked. Next for me is Pearl Jam, specifically the Ten album. I'm sure there's other sub-genres and obscure groups I've never heard of. We got Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Sound garden, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog... Candlebox later and STP outside the Seattle scene... Thoughts? Discuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 We have quite a few music aficionados here on JN... LOL.. What's your pick on that era? In my mind, no one can compare to Alice In Chains. They didn't get regular radio play like Nirvana, but they rocked. Next for me is Pearl Jam, specifically the Ten album. I'm sure there's other sub-genres and obscure groups I've never heard of. We got Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Sound garden, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog... Candlebox later and STP outside the Seattle scene... Thoughts? Discuss... One of the greatest eras of music IMO. I lived it all through high school. It was great not giving a fu#ck and being hated by all the jocks. My #1 will always be Nirvana. That was the band that got me hooked on that type of music. Not far behind is Alice In Chains. Check out the Melvins. They were the epitome of grunge. -U8fRHemfZw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 DpM9o_Mms5k Mudhoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 2T4BsnXmJaI Sonic Youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTaborJet Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 How did I know you'd be all over this thread Alk! Keep the videos coming!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Alice in Chains is number one to me, too. After that, they are all awesome. I try not to make lists of favorite bands because it changes according to my mood, but Alice in Chains will always be top of the grunge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 OQ2FS53ySgU Dinosaur Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 k5KtFf9UE_M Screaming Trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 k7CPIXnaeeQ Mother Love Bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 PX7FCfsPqR0 The Jesus Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Alice in Chains were all right, Dirt was a great album. But the rest of that scene? Pah. Best Seattle bands: Sanctuary/Nevermore, Metal Church, and for a while, Queensryche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 IMO.... Alice and Chains by far the best of that group Pearl Jam...."ten" is one of the best albums ever....the rest was alright Nirvana? Not to be a dick, but I was never a Cobain fan and the silver lining in him offing himself was finding out that Dave Grohl isn't just an amazing drummer, but he can do it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I was talking about this yesterday with my wife and daughter. How Eddie Vedder influenced a whole generation of singers-kind of like how Robert Plant did with mine...so I'd have to say that Pearl Jam, Green Day, and Nirvana=Foo Fighters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Never bought into the whole Nirvana craze. Just didn't think they were anything great. I actually enjoy Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters more than Nirvana. I do enjoy Pearl Jam more than the others. Soundgarden and Alice in Chains rate right up there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 So much great underground metal from that era, so I never really paid attention to grunge. I was like 10 when cobain died so I'm kinda young for the whole grunge phase. Pearl Jam ten is a great album and blind melon was a pretty cool band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgoguy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 My two cents: The whole Seattle scene was more hype than substance. For whatever reason, I never got Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. Yeah, they are talented, but derivative in my opinion. The best band in terms of rock & roll spirit was Nirvana. Whether you like these guys or not, their bare-bones, iconoclastic first album goes down as one of the most influential records ever; much like Never Mind the Bollocks, Here Come the Sex Pistols. Probably the best band from that area is the least known: Mudhoney. Other great things to come out of the grunge era: Great vocalists like Layne Staley, Geoff Tate, and Chris Cornell (Cornell could sing for/front anyone's band, including Led Zep); cool flannel shirts; guys growing their hair like the 60s again; and good--albeit expensive--coffee for the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 For my money, Alice in Chains was the best of that scene. Great songwriting, vocal harmonies and Jerry Cantrell is a great guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgoguy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 For my money, Alice in Chains was the best of that scene. Great songwriting, vocal harmonies and Jerry Cantrell is a great guitarist. I also like Alice in Chains, though I would classify Cantrell as a great songwriter rather than a great guitarist. He's a competent rhythm player, but solos are not his strong suit. Vocally, no band from that era could touch Alice. Cantrell and Staley blended so well that it's almost like one voice. That skill/magic doesn't happen too often. I thought Down in a Hole was one of their best tunes, and really showcases their vocal chops. Again, it's like one singer singing. Amazing. Also, nice power chords in the chorus. I put my amp waaay up when I play this gem. HFhQmPNAVDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonJet Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 OQ2FS53ySgU Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth are both great bands! I wouldn't consider either of them grunge but they definitely count as late 80's early 90's alt rock. And my favorite grunge band is Soundgarden. Nobody can compare to Chris Cornell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonJet Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I also like Alice in Chains, though I would classify Cantrell as a great songwriter rather than a great guitarist. He's a competent rhythm player, but solos are not his strong suit. Vocally, no band from that era could touch Alice. Cantrell and Staley blended so well that it's almost like one voice. That skill/magic doesn't happen too often. I thought Down in a Hole was one of their best tunes, and really showcases their vocal chops. Again, it's like one singer singing. Amazing. Also, nice power chords in the chorus. I put my amp waaay up when I play this gem. HFhQmPNAVDY I agree on Down In a Hole. What an awesome song, although the lyrics are a bit depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth are both great bands! I wouldn't consider either of them grunge but they definitely count as late 80's early 90's alt rock. And my favorite grunge band is Soundgarden. Nobody can compare to Chris Cornell. Yeah, I wouldn't consider them grunge but they had heave influence on alot of the grunge bands back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 No love for Gruntruck? kDSfDx51Dks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Another very underrated band. Helmet. aBH4rVSO3Hs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I also like Alice in Chains, though I would classify Cantrell as a great songwriter rather than a great guitarist. He's a competent rhythm player, but solos are not his strong suit. Agree with the songwriting comment. Also agree that he's not an amazing soloist, but the solos and fills he did play were very tasteful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 My two cents: The whole Seattle scene was more hype than substance. For whatever reason, I never got Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. Yeah, they are talented, but derivative in my opinion. The best band in terms of rock & roll spirit was Nirvana. Whether you like these guys or not, their bare-bones, iconoclastic first album goes down as one of the most influential records ever; much like Never Mind the Bollocks, Here Come the Sex Pistols. Probably the best band from that area is the least known: Mudhoney. Other great things to come out of the grunge era: Great vocalists like Layne Staley, Geoff Tate, and Chris Cornell (Cornell could sing for/front anyone's band, including Led Zep); cool flannel shirts; guys growing their hair like the 60s again; and good--albeit expensive--coffee for the masses. I pretty much agree with this. I read a quote back when from some industry guy that said that the kids went crazy when Nirvana hit the scene because they were looking for something different that they weren't getting. He said they then found what they were looking for: Pearl Jam. FWIW, I like most of it, but I also prefer Alice in Chains and I find Soundgarden's sound a little too depressing to love. I think people forget what was happening to the music scene back then. I remember liking heavy metal because it was the hardest thing out there Led Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple. We liked that stuff and the newer bands and some hardcore, but metal eventually evolved into who had the best haircut and spandex pants. Grunge kind of got rid of that "gotta have the look" attitude and put the focus back on the music. Sometimes simplicity is good. Things were getting a little ridiculous with all the Yngwie arpeggio **** and pick hand tapping. Some of the dressing like girls **** was cool (N Y Dolls) but eventually the makeup was more important than the music and it seemed everybody was just writing ballads to get laid. Some bands survived. Metallica, was as metal as they come, but I remember when they first came around they were just jeans and t-shirts guys playing somewhat obscure covers. They kept getting bigger until they were more pompous than any hair band. Pantera ditched the hairspray and stayed big. I think of Helmet more as "metal" than grunge, but they were big during the era (not from Seattle though Thorsten). I just think things got too pompous and it was time to knock everything down a peg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetheelz Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 If I had to choose one band from the 90's that I enjoyed most it would be Soundgarden. Some of my other favorites are (and they are not all considered grunge): Alice In Chains STP Pearl Jam Foo Fighters Bush Garbage Nada Surf (anyone remember them?) Silverchair Tool Harvey Danger Better than Ezra Semisonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgoguy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Agree with the songwriting comment. Also agree that he's not an amazing soloist, but the solos and fills he did play were very tasteful. I did not mean to disparage Cantrell at all. I really like him. He comes up with interesting, dark chord changes and melodies, and has put his stamp on the overall vibe of Alice's tunes. You put it best: very tasteful playing. In a way, he's like one of my heroes: Pete Townshend. Townshend is a brilliant songwriter and performer, whose strumming technique is still unparelleled. He's an ace rhythm player that--when it came to soloing--you'd never confuse for Eric Clapton, Richie Blackmore or Jimmy Page. But talk about tasteful playing and getting the rock edge down cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgoguy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I pretty much agree with this. I read a quote back when from some industry guy that said that the kids went crazy when Nirvana hit the scene because they were looking for something different that they weren't getting. He said they then found what they were looking for: Pearl Jam. FWIW, I like most of it, but I also prefer Alice in Chains and I find Soundgarden's sound a little too depressing to love. I think people forget what was happening to the music scene back then. I remember liking heavy metal because it was the hardest thing out there Led Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple. We liked that stuff and the newer bands and some hardcore, but metal eventually evolved into who had the best haircut and spandex pants. Grunge kind of got rid of that "gotta have the look" attitude and put the focus back on the music. Sometimes simplicity is good. Things were getting a little ridiculous with all the Yngwie arpeggio **** and pick hand tapping. Some of the dressing like girls **** was cool (N Y Dolls) but eventually the makeup was more important than the music and it seemed everybody was just writing ballads to get laid. Some bands survived. Metallica, was as metal as they come, but I remember when they first came around they were just jeans and t-shirts guys playing somewhat obscure covers. They kept getting bigger until they were more pompous than any hair band. Pantera ditched the hairspray and stayed big. I think of Helmet more as "metal" than grunge, but they were big during the era (not from Seattle though Thorsten). I just think things got too pompous and it was time to knock everything down a peg. Great point. That's why I alluded to the Sex Pistols when mentioning Nirvana. Just like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols were a response to dinosaur rock (really classical rock, whatever that is) like ELP and Yes (bands I still idolize) and disco, Nirvana and the whole Grunge scene set out to distance themselves from the dinosaurs of that era: hair metal bands like Poison and Warrant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al NYC Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 My faves from the time: 1) Alice In Chains - saw them in '92, was convinced that Layne Staley was god. 2) Faith No More - "Angel Dust" is one of my favorite albums of all time. 3) Helmet - "Unsung" totally rocked.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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