The Grunge Apreciation Forum

Cornell the greatest vocalist of all time? Music press today is so funny sometimes, like when they call Grohl the
greatest drummer of all time . Whatever they say...

Anyways, as far as grunge goes I used to have fancy for it back in the day. I still stick around with Pearl Jam, their
most recent studio album (s/t) was simply excellent! Songs like Life Wasted, Severed Hand and Gone were just
wonderful! Of course their older stuff like Once Ten (thanks Raff )and Vs. are quite good as well. Been
meaning to buy Yield.

But other than them I don't listen to the genre much anymore. Cornell as disappointed me with his solo releases
and his last work with Audioslave was pretty meh (but Out of Exile was awesome). Soundgarden was best
with Superunknown but I never got much into them. I should steal from my girlfriend's grunge collection more
often - but there's too much good prog to be listening to!!

(btw, this is probably going to get moved to "general discussions")


Edited by King By-Tor - May 24 2008 at 11:55

Not a Pearl Jam fan, not a Nirvana fan, not a Soundgarden fan and not a Candlebox fan, but... The Melvins are the definitive act in about four different genres, now. They seem to suit almost all fans of good music. They were even signed for a while, which makes me giggle considering the silliness - and sometimes, experimentalism - of their music. So good. and King Buzzo is in Fantomas too and even then, no-one talks about them here. remiss remisss =P

Ghost Rider wrote: Yield is a great album, though I found Riot Act disappointing - and Ten is way, way better than the overhyped Nevermind! I love Eddie Vedder's voice as well, so warm, expressive and distinctive.

I used to buy Pearl Jam discs the day they were released, but really tapered off as far as that genre goes. The only discs of theirs that I own are Ten (a masterpiece) and Vs. (another masterpiece). I have heard that their latest one is very good, however.

As far as grunge goes, that's about the extent of it. I, too, thought Nirvana wasn't all that great.

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TheRockShow wrote: pearl jam inspiered most alternative bands. alice in chains changed metal forever. .

Wow!

Ghost Rider wrote: Yield is a great album, though I found Riot Act disappointing - and Ten is way, way better than the overhyped Nevermind! I love Eddie Vedder's voice as well, so warm, expressive and distinctive.

I totally agree that Nevermind is way overrated. It has some songs there and now, but Ten!, wow, it's a heck of a rock album.

Have you heard VS?

A B Negative wrote: Never cosidered Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or AIC grunge. Mudhoney, Tad, Green River, L7, The Fluid, Bleach-era Nirvana - they were grunge!

guess you had to be there

Seattle + flannel + heroin + early 90's rock  = grunge

btw L7 were NOT grunge.. they were 'Riot Grrrl'   God bless them.

for me... Nirvana...  anyone who calls them overrated has been shooting the heroin and dropping basses on their heads.

dead serious about you doing too much Heroin there...  worst bands ever...  how so?  Because you don't like them or something 

I don't do drugs and I haven't dropped any basses on my head, anyone with an ounce of taste doesn't like the musical abomination that was nirvana, they are one the worst bands ever because that is scientific fact. 

RKS1987 wrote: I don't do drugs and I haven't dropped any basses on my head, anyone with an ounce of taste doesn't like the musical abomination that was nirvana, they are one the worst bands ever because that is scientific fact.

strike 1

fastball down the middle and you whiffed


again

Why are Nirvana such a bad band in your estimation


Micky winds up and fires a fastball......

*to be continued*