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Poll Question: Best "Classic" Grunge Bands
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8 [22.86%]
4 [11.43%]
9 [25.71%]
1 [2.86%]
2 [5.71%]
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Not much of a grunge fan; never was. My order of personal preferences are based on songs and the sound of lead vocalists more than albums. (I only own Dirt and Ten):

Pearl Jam = Stone Temple Pilots = Alice in Chains = Soundgarden are all better than Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins

But then, this is just my opinion. (Never heard a song by Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins that I liked...Confused )
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Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Alice in Chains for me, Dirt is one of my favorite metal albums of the 90s

Word.  It would help our triggered PA members to know that AIC is much more like Black Sabbath than like whatever is their stereotypical perception of grunge.  
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Ugh, so much closed mindedness again.  Seriously what's there to hate about Alice in Chains? Simply one of the greatest of rock bands, period. When people say they hate grunge like hell, I wonder if they have heard even a single one of the well known AIC tracks. Exactly what do you hate about Rooster, for example?  Lovely melody, great guitar parts throughout except it's missing the obligatory 1 hour long solo and poignant lyrics too.
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Nirvana are great; after getting into them I was hoping to find some of their greatness in other grunge bands (including the listed ones though I don't know Stone Temple Pilot) but found myself disappointed in pretty much all cases.
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If Psychedelic Paul was here...

While Alice in Chains was eating Pearl Jam and watching Stone Temple Pilots Smashing Pumpkins in the Soundgarden, she reached Nirvana.

For the topic, Pearl Jam - Vitalogy is among the first rock albums that I listened to. I loved it. However, the most interesting band among them for me is Smashing Pumpkins, so my vote goes to them.




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Soundgarden closely followed by ALice In CHains

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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

interesting selection. I’m glad you put “grunge” in inverted commas, because it’s one of the most bs labels that exist. So many of the bands grouped together under than label really had nothing much to do with each other musically. Some of them might have been related to each other by geographical proximity and/or friendship, but that’s about it.

The album Mazcel Head by Swervedriver not considered as grunge, but to me its feel like grunge. it have the same feel. great album though.
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Soundgarden is my religion an Chris Cornell is my Jesus Crist Pose, i like all the big 4 but Soundgarden is da sh*t. Skin Yards i also like alot and Tad is rad. I was at a talk with Bruce Pavitt last year,
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Went with Pearl Jam just in front of Alice in Chains
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I'm not that much of a grunge fan. I tend to find much of it quite conservative from a musical point of view.

But I do love Nirvana. I think their music went a little bit deeper. It is filled with emotion and passion, not to mention it often has a lot of melody. They get my vote.


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Alice in Chains for me, Dirt is one of my favorite metal albums of the 90s
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Originally posted by yogev yogev wrote:

Alice in Chains have some progy moments too, with odd time signatures and strange chord progressions. Sometimes Grunge can be very experimental and "progy" in that sense.

For sure. I have always heard proggy elements to Alice in Chains, particularly once their rhythm section was augmented by Mike Inez. I know a lot of old school/OG fans of the band prefer Mike Starr, but Inez really lifted the musicality of the group, I felt.

That rhythm section for Alice in Chains (Sean Kinney and Mike Inez) were also the rhythm section for Spies4Darwin, with Chris DeGarmo on guitar, and Vin Dombroski on vocals. They released an ep, and were working on an album, when all interest they had had from record labels fell away, so as far as I’m aware the ep remains the only thing the group ever released. 


I bought the cd pretty much as soon as it was released, because Alice in Chains were easily my favourite band back in the day, and I would buy pretty much anything that was related to the band.

(Needless to say, it was Alice in Chains who I voted for in this poll.)

Also, Jerry’s debut solo album has some quite proggy moments, too!
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Nice list from Nick. I have about half of those and heard about 2/3. A couple of other Seattle bands from that time that I liked were Gruntruck and Love Battery, and also Satchel (RIP Shawn Smith).

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Originally posted by ssmarcus ssmarcus wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Maybe ask on GrungeArchives! LOL
As I said about Oasis yesterday, Grunge should be banned, sorry.


While grunge is generally bereft of any progressive elements (not a bad thing, I love grunge, just stating a fact) Soundgarden is the one exception to this. They had a knack for odd time signatures and, thanks to their use of bizzare guitar tunings and love of psychedelia, they actually produce some fairly progressive moments. Certainly not enough to be considered for the archives, but still enough to warrant a discussion on the forums Smile

Alice in Chains have some progy moments too, with odd time signatures and strange chord progressions. Sometimes Grunge can be very experimental and "progy" in that sense.
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top 3 (no order)
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
let's just stay above the moral melee
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I like all of these bands.  Pearl Jam and Soundgarden being my favorite of the bunch.  I've probably heard/own albums from about 1/3rd of the bands that Nick listed.  Looks like I could have some exploring to do.  Truly truly sound like they'd be interesting to hear.  
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Originally posted by ssmarcus ssmarcus wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I think Truly are pretty proggy, too. Their debut full length, “Fast Stories...From Kid Coma”, is easily one of my most favourite “grunge” albums. Certainly the most Mellotron I’ve heard on a “grunge” album, anyway. And I love the way they have structured the (concept) album, so that it gets progressively (no pun intended) stranger the further through you get. The first couple of songs give a quite false impression of the album in general, and my favourites all tend to come from closer to the end. The way the album effectively crescendos as a whole, and collapses in a glorious and melancholy climax is amazing.

If I were ever to play one “grunge” album for a prog audience, it would probably be Truly’s. That said, they might well get bored before the more proggy parts begin. For me the payoff is worth it, but then I like “grunge” as much as prog, so..... 🤷🏻‍♂️



I CANNOT wait to check out this album. Thanks for recommending it! 

I’ve not heard the remaster, and I have the “missing track” on the Twilight Curtains compilation cd, so no idea how this sounds compared to the original - but here you go:


The rhythm section is Hiro (ex-Soundgarden) and Mark (ex-Screaming Trees).
I have their debut ep, this album, the follow-up, and the compilation on cd. I don’t think they have anything else, so I think I have it all. Oh, and also Robert Roth’s solo album.
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I think Truly are pretty proggy, too. Their debut full length, “Fast Stories...From Kid Coma”, is easily one of my most favourite “grunge” albums. Certainly the most Mellotron I’ve heard on a “grunge” album, anyway. And I love the way they have structured the (concept) album, so that it gets progressively (no pun intended) stranger the further through you get. The first couple of songs give a quite false impression of the album in general, and my favourites all tend to come from closer to the end. The way the album effectively crescendos as a whole, and collapses in a glorious and melancholy climax is amazing.

If I were ever to play one “grunge” album for a prog audience, it would probably be Truly’s. That said, they might well get bored before the more proggy parts begin. For me the payoff is worth it, but then I like “grunge” as much as prog, so..... 🤷🏻‍♂️



I CANNOT wait to check out this album. Thanks for recommending it! 
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Originally posted by ssmarcus ssmarcus wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Maybe ask on GrungeArchives! LOL
As I said about Oasis yesterday, Grunge should be banned, sorry.


While grunge is generally bereft of any progressive elements (not a bad thing, I love grunge, just stating a fact) Soundgarden is the one exception to this. They had a knack for odd time signatures and, thanks to their use of bizzare guitar tunings and love of psychedelia, they actually produce some fairly progressive moments. Certainly not enough to be considered for the archives, but still enough to warrant a discussion on the forums Smile

Of the big four, Soundgarden are definitely one of the proggiest, thanks a lot to Matt Cameron. Once he joined Pearl Jam, he definitely made that band more interesting, too. I already liked Pearl Jam, but pretty much all my favourite PJ albums are with Matt Cameron onboard.

I think Truly are pretty proggy, too. Their debut full length, “Fast Stories...From Kid Coma”, is easily one of my most favourite “grunge” albums. Certainly the most Mellotron I’ve heard on a “grunge” album, anyway. And I love the way they have structured the (concept) album, so that it gets progressively (no pun intended) stranger the further through you get. The first couple of songs give a quite false impression of the album in general, and my favourites all tend to come from closer to the end. The way the album effectively crescendos as a whole, and collapses in a glorious and melancholy climax is amazing.

If I were ever to play one “grunge” album for a prog audience, it would probably be Truly’s. That said, they might well get bored before the more proggy parts begin. For me the payoff is worth it, but then I like “grunge” as much as prog, so..... 🤷🏻‍♂️

And not that I’ve ever heard Sunny Day Real Estate/The Fire Theft called grunge, given they were active in Seattle at the same time as the “grunge” explosion, I think it’s worth noting that they, too, had their fair share of proggy moments. Definitely one of my most favourite Seattle bands.
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Maybe ask on GrungeArchives! LOL
As I said about Oasis yesterday, Grunge should be banned, sorry.


While grunge is generally bereft of any progressive elements (not a bad thing, I love grunge, just stating a fact) Soundgarden is the one exception to this. They had a knack for odd time signatures and, thanks to their use of bizzare guitar tunings and love of psychedelia, they actually produce some fairly progressive moments. Certainly not enough to be considered for the archives, but still enough to warrant a discussion on the forums Smile
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