Now some of the Grunge bands, which have been mentioned above, have been influenced mostly by Punk and Metal but also, to a lesser extent, by progressive rock, whether the bands know it or not.

Even though some bands are just loud and obnoxious (Sorry Nirvana fans) Kurt Cobain listed "Red" by King Crimson as a major influence. 

Now to the theory of mine. I want to see which is the favorite Grunge band of my fellow prog enthusiasts.

If my theory is correct that certain band will get the most votes by far. 

Hope you guys like even though it's not really prog-related. I will post that certain bands name when enough votes come in.

 

Anyway, my favorite is not them, for me it has to be Eddie Vedder & Co.

Not quite but it was a good guess 

And yes Pearl Jam happens to be my favorite "grunge" band although they're not really grunge.

I guess that shows i'm still a newbie but know i know for next time .

Looks like my friend has to pay up if things go this way 

 

That's not in the options.

 

Grunge, for me, was a great revival of 70's hard rock with 80's metal influences. A great relief from weak metal genres like Power Metal and Glam Metal, and it's good to know that these were popular unlike other 90's stuff that was complete crap.

 

Though I know you just are an unshamed post-eighties-phobic.

To me, "prog grunge" would seem to be oxymoronic. (Even the words would seem to be at odds.) 

 

 But carry on! I only post this by way of representing one -- perhaps mainly older -- prog fan perspective on grunge.

 

They have already corrected the poster, no need to remind him again and in such a cold way.

 

If you know that he's a new guy, you can tell him where the correct section is, and since you're here, you can add something to the purpose of the poll...

But since its not an option I'll go with soundgarden, I mean they have a song with someone playing the spoons. Whats not prog about that?

I wanted to put Tool as an option but my friend said ( translated from serbian): "No Dude you can't put them on the poll! They're alternrock and you know it" 

I granted him that wish because he was going to lose anyway. Details of the bet later on. 

I don't think that Soundgarden are suitable for inclusion, but some of their songs are prog.

Anyway I wanted to tell you guys about the bet which I sadly lost a couple of minutes ago. I said the more melodic grunge bands, who survived after the Grunge craze died, would get the most votes, but I could only choose one band and it had to get 40% of all votes.

Two bands came to mind Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

I thought about which band I should choose for the bet ( while listening to "Ten" and "Superunknown" respectively) and foolishly chose Pearl Jam.

If I had chosen Soundgarden I would have won but you can't win 'em all I guess.

Now I have to buy that b*****d drinks for 2 weeks. 

On the bright side my theory was correct , in a way. Grunge bands that diversify are the favorable ones.

Thanks Guys for voting it means a lot to us Grunge kids. 

Oh and keep voting maybe I can still avoid buying 4 gallons of drinks in the following 2 weeks!

 

Alice In Chains, hard metal......Pearl Jam like em a lot...but I struggle calling them hardcore grunge...pop rock music probably in my book.

This. Tool was considered part of the Grunge circuit for several years when they still had that 'raw' sound to their productions. They shared fans with Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Rage Against The Machine, and I believe were friends with folks in those bands, also. 

I don't consider Tool 'grunge' myself, but there you go. 

These are all Melvins tracks. Just look at the duration of the songs. I stand by my vote. The most Prog Related grunge band are absolutely The Melvins. Not a traditional Prog act, but surely the most experimental of the grunge ones.

 

Eye Flys     6:16
Revulsion/We Reach     6:21
Boris   8:34
Hung Bunny     10:42
Roman Dog Bird     7:38
Sacrifice   6:07
Hag Me     7:06
Spread Eagle Beagle     10:13
Chief Ten Beers   6:28
Roll Another One   14:20
At the Stake  7:56
Shevil  6:29
Lividity  9:15
Goggles 6:30
They All Must Be Slaughtered 8:17
Air Breather Deep in the Arms of Morphius 12:12
Manky 7:22
The Green Manalishi 6:54
Let It All Be   10:48
Jew Boy Flower Head   6:06
Prig   8:47
Mine Is No Disgrace  8:21
Divorced 14:42
The Man with the Laughing Hand Is Dead 11:26
Moon Pie 12:44
Lovely Butterflies 6:02
The Fool, the Meddling Idiot     7:49
Foaming  7:47
The Anti-Vermin Seed     15:51
A History of Bad Men   6:43
The Mechanical Bride"   6:26
A Vast Filthy Prison   6:40
Dog Island   7:32 

To me they are a Sludge Metal band. But you know, they come from Seattle and reached their peak of popularity in the 90's, so, as many other Seattle bands they were labelled grunge. Plus, they were a big influence for some Grunge bands sound (for example, Nirvana's debut Bleach).

 

my favouritte are Soundgarden, the most obscure of the big four and most experimental and most technical and complex and were also one of the founders of grunge (together with Green River, Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone) they also in the meantime lead down the foundation for Stooner metal (which were made into a genere by Kyuss) they are also said to be the first Alternative metal band.

 

Badmotorfinger and Superunkown are both technical onslought of fearouchious metal with a punky attitude and psychadelic  undertones.

The blending of hard and soft music, all the work with acoustic guitars...

They're probably my favorite non-prog band too.

My vote goes to AiC. I know they were dissatisfied with being labeled as grudge, and forced to wear flannel by the record company. It's true that the music is very much hard rock or heavy metal, but I still consider them in essence a grudge band especially as far as vocals and lyrics go. 

I don't hear it. Well, at least not in either Themata or Sound Awake. 

Some say we're born into the grave
I feel so alone, gonna end up a
Big ol' pile a them bones

 

Sorry for the crappy sound...

 

but this video make me crye in joy for now Soungarden is BACK, i hope the travvel over the Atlantic Pond for some giggs, they sound great in 2010, and Cornell sings like noone else

QFT.

 

Jesus what the hell do you mean with that? What music was "killed" by grunge?

 

 

 

 

 

I actually like Nevermind from Nirvana... it's partly responsible (along with Pearl Jam's 10 and Neil Young's Ragged Glory) responsibkle for reigniting my interest in rock music (I'd totally outgrown it then in the very early 90's)

 

So grunge in general and some of the LA Scene (RHCP and RATM) were much to my liking.... but never in a million year would I ever consider grunge to be even remotely related to prog (we'd call it pronge then right???)

 

 

 

Yes, Soundgarden and alice In Chain can be a tad bit more complex, but I'd prefer early PJ or Nirv any day of the week...

This.

 

I don´t care what Grunge band sounds more progressive (or not) and I really enjoy listening to this genre.

Voted for Alice in chains - "Dirt"  has many great songs as "Them Bones", "Rooster", "Down in a hole", "Sickman" and "Angry Chair", the debut "Facelift" is great too
Pearl jam - "Ten" its a gem
Soungarden - "Badmotorfinger2 and "Superunknow" are really great

If you like both genres (grunge and progresive) I recommend the album "Common Daze" by the norwegian group Ravana, if you want more information read the review by Sean Trane

Nirvana for me, while I don't listen to them nearly as much as I used to, they've been one of the most important and impactful bands in my life.

 

WalterDigsTunes wrote: Grunge is the genre that killed music. No vote.

 

And you're the poster who killed any potential for credibility this website might have had.

Oh well, I guess Chris Cornell thinks he's better of playing RnB and Pop rather than grunge.

 

You know that Cornell and the gyus in SG have found their way back togerther

 

, so Soundgarden is out rolling, he have even a neck long hair and plays the EL-guitar like he have never done anything else

 

Listen to "Where the River Goes" from the "Core" album, and then tell me that they're no good!

To me, that song is like the "Kashmir" or "Stargazer" of the 90's!

Stone Temple Pilots are a great band in my book . Although you have to say "plush" is a grunge song, at least to my ears. "Core" as a whole is more grunge than all of their later albums. 

And yes, mother love bone are amazing! Like a mix of early Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction & Guns n Roses. Am i wrong?

Old fav of mine.

"Stardog Champion" & "Bone China" are my favorites

For me, Pearl Jam, Alice and Soundgarden!

I agree with you! I think so many people try to act like grunge killed music, but it was stupid people trying to copy grunge and turn it into pop like Seether, and Nickelback that came later, and tried to make soft music with sh*t lyrics to appeal to poplovers, and in their opinion rock lovers at the same time. That however is not Grunge's fault. I once heard some idiot post on an Iron Maiden video that they saw in an interview Lady Gaga stating Iron Maiden was her favorite band in the whole world, so are we to blame such a good band as Iron Maiden for her? Hell no! Grunge may have some punk influences, but to me it is very much progressive. The whole idea of grunge was to have odd time signatures, and Soundgarden took it even further with experimenting a lot. Chris Cornell is also quite the amazing vocalist!

STP and Nirvana are also pretty kool

Reason to this is perhaps the odd cello usage in Live unplugged, Kurt´s all over the place riffing - yet somehow still sounding in tune, In Utero album - and furthermore those two other guys were into art and whatnot as well. 

The other groups mentioned here dwell more in the rock field, and I basically think that Nirvana would have surprised us, if we´d only have had the chance to see them do so.

Agreed about King's X, but I'd replace PJ with Soundgarden. I feel they may be suitable for inclusion to the site someday as "prog-related," if mainly because of Badmotorfinger and Superunknown.

 

I agree......more like alternative prog metal....if that genre even exists.