Grunge: Not Just Nirvana

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AYC: Mar 9, 2014; Ask me how I smoke weed, watch hentai, everyday and how it's unfair that governments limits my ability to do this. Also ask me why I have to write in green text in order for my posts to stand out.

This is the thread for that loud, abrasive, stripped-down sound of yesteryear-the Seattle Sound. Long ago, it dominated the music charts for a brief time, and still has a loyal following today. I am referring to Grunge.

Talk about any Grunge bands from the time period, as well as current bands influenced by the genre.

AYC fucked around with this message at 07:18 on Mar 28, 2014

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AYC: Mar 9, 2014; Ask me how I smoke weed, watch hentai, everyday and how it's unfair that governments limits my ability to do this. Also ask me why I have to write in green text in order for my posts to stand out.

Fors Yard posted:

So, this is a bit before grunge, but I thought this is as good a place as any to share my collection of flyers for Seattle shows. They were my late aunt's, and I have inherited them. Dates range from around 83-85. Lots of Green River and Mr. Epp (Pre-Mudhoney) including a zine interview with Epp. Many of bands that influenced grunge appear in them quite often (The U-Men, Melvins, Malfunkshun, Butthole Surfers, etc..)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/86967282@N05/sets/72157637417270586/

This Youtube channel has a lot of great recordings of some of those exact shows, and my aunt is visibly in the crowd in a couple of them. http://www.youtube.com/user/nearSeattle84

Holy poo poo, these are cool. Thanks for sharing!

# ¿ Mar 28, 2014 07:17

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Popcorn posted:

It doesn't matter if grunge "killed" hair metal directly; it's more interesting to view it as a response, just like how British punk was a response to prog before it.

And how pop responded to grunge with acts like Blink 182 and then Avril Lavigne, defanging it completely.

I hate to sound like a hipster, but the state of the music industry these days kind of depresses me.

We need a super popular band that achieves its popularity outside the music industry. Something that goes viral under a Creative Commons license or something. At this point, the music industry just seems like a sick dog that needs to be put down by Dr. Bandcamp.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2014 00:03

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crikster posted:

It's the stuff on your shower curtain: nasty, heavy, and dirty. The Seattle snobs probably say Gluey Porch Treatments is the defining album. And if it's clean and sparkly, then it ain't grungy.

And yet Nevermind is a grunge record.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2014 05:51

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