Favourite Grunge band?

DerekSmalls

For me, it's Pearl Jam. They just have some absoloutely excellent songs like Black, I Am Mine, Alive and Daughter. Saw them at the point last summer, and they were unreal!

Also a big fan of Temple Of The Dog. They're not as well know though. Chris Cornell is the singer and the rest is pratically Pearl Jam. They're a lot softer than most Grunge bands, but still are excellent.


So, who are yours?

Mushy

Had a similar talk with a mate today, its really difficult. Most of my favourite bands are from that era, but for grunge specifically, it'd be between PJ and Alice in Chains. Too difficult to choose from really.

It wasn't me!

Smashing Pumpkins I suppose, though have a soft spot for Soundgarden.

psilocybe

Alice In Chains

qwertplaywert

Pumpkins, Nirvana a close second, followed by Soundgarden

JC 2K3

Alice in Chains by far.

Music4life

Alice in Chains ...Mad Season...

It wasn't me!

Forgot Alice in Chains actually, they're definitely up there too.

DeadSkin

Definitely Alice in Chains, best album has to be Dirt, the lyrics and Staley's voice f*ckin' excellent.

Hmmm, Sonic Youth, do they fall into the grunge pigeon hole?
They had a huge influence on bands around the Seattle scene back then.

Undergod

Alice in Chains probably.

Creature

Hmmmm probably Soundgarden, though I do love them all really.

eroo

alice in chains

Ph3n0m

Mudhoney, FTW!

JC 2K3

DeadSkin wrote:

Hmmm, Sonic Youth, do they fall into the grunge pigeon hole?
They had a huge influence on bands around the Seattle scene back then.

Nah, I wouldnt class them as grunge. You could put them in the category of "pre-grunge" I guess. Not exactly a genre, but just a bunch of bands that were very influential on bands in the grunge era like Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, The Pixies, Meat Puppets etc.

Pyr0

Soundgarden for me !

Froot

Soundgarden.

Pearl Jam second.

Alice In Chains suck btw

*tOpLaSs

Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Nirvana; in that order..

Alucard II

AIC, hands down

invisiblewill

Wham!

toffo

Mother Love Bone

LivingDeadGirl

AIC and Soundgarden. I love all grunge though, the likes of Dinosaur Jr, Screaming Trees and Babes In Toyland are savage. I love all the videos from back then too! Classic stuff.

tubedude

My personal fav would have to be Melvins, cant believe no ones mentioned them so far!
Did no one see their rocking show hear last year?!?!
Also Screaming Trees are up there too.
Supersuckers rock too, who also played hear last year.
But yeah, long live grunge, or should I say R.I.P.

Ph3n0m

tubedude wrote:

My personal fav would have to be Melvins, cant believe no ones mentioned them so far!
Did no one see their rocking show hear last year?!?!
Also Screaming Trees are up there too.
Supersuckers rock too, who also played hear last year.
But yeah, long live grunge, or should I say R.I.P.

yeah but I would have considered the Melvins more of an influence, since they keep changing musical style

Screaming Trees - fantastic band, so them and Mudhoney, FTW

ThousandLeaves

Melvins probably. It all really depends on your definition of grunge though. Is it just the Seattle/Washington State bands? If not it blurs into the whole "alternative" (shudder) explosion of the early 90s.
Dinosaur Jr are incredible, but grunge just doesn't do them justice and there's really no way you can call Sonic Youth a grunge band considering they came out of the no-wave scene in New York back in 1981 and are still going. But at the same time Goo & Dirty were fairly grungey albums and they were very important to the scene. Same with the Meat Puppets.

Smegball

Alice In Chains without a doubt.

Earthhorse

Nirvana, without a doubt. Kurt was just an amazing songwriter and the line up was perfect. They rocked. They just out and out rocked.

invisiblewill wrote:

Wham!

Surprised you're the only one to mention them, though to be honest, I think they were more of an influence on the scene than an actual grunge band. And their last album was just phoned in frankly.

Alter-Ego

Probably Alice in Chains. Melvins are worth a mention.

evad_lhorg

since when are smashing pumpkins in the same category as the others named?

Id have to say Pearl Jam definitely

Schism

Have to say Alice in Chains but Pearl Jam are a close second.

tech77

Mine are fairly predictable choices but:

1) Pearl Jam: Black is one of my favourite tracks. Ten is a great album.

2) Nirvana: Nevermind- Their most commercially successful/radio-friendly album but still some amazing tracks on it like Stay Away, Drain You, Something in the Way, Lithium etc. First real album i got into in my early teens when it came out and listened to nothing else for a while.

3) Pixies for pre-grunge era: Another band that (like Nirvana) i was totally blown away by when i first heard them. Frank Black's primal vocals and wierd lyrics etc vs Kim Deal's more melodic voice.

kev_s88

Alice in Chains without a shadow of a doubt.

RIP Layne Staley