Who is the best so called "Grunge" band?

cournioni · 12-01-2003 4:24pm #1

Right we have to get away from all this non metal crap with that Lasange one... take your pick from these bands.

Who in your opinion is the best?

phreak · 12-01-2003 4:40pm

/me clicks on Nirvana

Seraphina · 12-01-2003 4:53pm

they're all the very mainstream 'grunge' bands really.

mmmmmmm lasagne........

Gordon · 12-01-2003 5:00pm

Very tricky but I went for the Pumpkins as they have produced the most uplifting music out of the lot of them.

Karl Hungus · 12-01-2003 5:51pm

Pearl Jam, but only because I wouldn't consider the pumpkins a grunge band.

^CwAzY^ · 12-01-2003 6:02pm

Can someone please give me a definition of the word 'grunge' before I vote?
My vote will probably go to pumpkins, they're the best band there.

Placebo · 12-01-2003 6:32pm

Smashing pumpkins were grunge ?

cournioni · 12-01-2003 7:36pm

Yeah I had a think about the Pumpkins before I put them in there. But I just decided that they were close enough to being grunge ie. the lyrics are very grungey.

I voted for Soundgarden, but I'm sorta changing my mind now a little bit, I'm going to go for Alice In Chains. Class band.

escapeing death · 12-01-2003 7:37pm

please please add some other grunge bads as all of them were very mainstrem i suggest adding sonic youth who started the movement and mudhoney who started the whole look and dressing up in womans clothes and the pumpkins started off during the whole grunge movement and gish was pretty grungy....

escapeing death · 12-01-2003 7:38pm

oh and add the pixies please

cournioni · 12-01-2003 7:41pm

Originally posted by escapeing death
oh and add the pixies please

Just vote other and name your favorite band... I canny change the poll now Cap'n.

ThenComesDudley · 12-01-2003 8:52pm

yea that really isnt a great list in my opinion, so i used the other option, id have to pick sommat like Sonic Youth or Melvins
or Alice in Chains

Pugsley · 12-01-2003 9:10pm

I went for Pearl Jam, only band there I know the music of and dont hate, Pearl Jam the only one there Id listen to every now and again

Placebo · 12-01-2003 11:07pm

sonic youth

brilliant

By the way m are silver chair grunge ?

ManWithThePlan · 13-01-2003 12:02pm

Alice in Chains without a doubt.

Soundgarden come in a close second.

PiE · 13-01-2003 8:01pm

Smashing Pumpkins were not grunge, Gish couldn't have been any less grunge if it wore an anti-grunge... um... hat.

Soundgarden.

smackbunnybaby · 13-01-2003 8:39pm

i know you can't change the poll at this stage, but you can't have a "grunge" poll without mentioning mudhoney in the options. "others" just won't do.

Kylereese · 14-01-2003 1:40am

i agree with pie lumpin' the pumpkins in with the grunge scene was purely a media tag also due to timing.....the pumpkins at their heart are more classic rock mixed with loads of other stuff from the cure to bauhaus to bowie....corgans fav bands were queen, led zep & boston........settled?

Bard · 14-01-2003 1:51am

Nirvana.

Clearly.

Tch.

Like there's any contest!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

CRONIC ARSE · 14-01-2003 11:44am

I voted for Soundgarden, but I'm sorta changing my mind now a little bit, I'm going to go for Alice In Chains. Class band. [/B][/QUOTE]

im with pornapster on this one all the way alice in chains are by far the best grunge band if not one of the best rock band in there time

THEY HAVE MY VOTE...........

pyure · 14-01-2003 1:18pm

sonic youth are definetly the best 'grunge' band out there...but they're not on the poll so im gonna go for nirvana, just coz they were way more influencal than any of the others

in utero was be far the best grunge album of the 90s *preapres to be flamed, particularly by aic fans*

Hagi1513 · 14-01-2003 3:26pm

Nirvana get my vote,with the Smashing Pumpkins a close second.Wouldn't call the pumpkins a grunge band though.

smackbunnybaby · 14-01-2003 8:52pm

is the sound of grunge, all sludgy and dark.

b0bmast3r · 15-01-2003 12:08am

mmm.... silverchair arent really grunge so i cant say them, can i??? no... alice in chains were the best of the lot, all very close but they come out on top, there unplugged concert, blew me away...pure greatestness in one concert.. it is possible and they did it.

Im a hermit living in a hole
b0b

Darkillion · 16-01-2003 8:26pm

since it is obvious none of you know anything about grunge i will fill you in.

Grunge was not a 'tag' it was a sound from an area (Seattle) from late 80's to mid 90's. smashing pumpkins arent from seattle so they arent grunge. either are silverchair as they are aussies

the scene wasnt started by sonic youth, but rather by Green River (Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam were in it.)

also, sonic youth are crap.

best three bands (grunge and ever) are in this order:
Pearl Jam
Alice In Chains
Soundgarden.

i pity all those who voted for Nirvana

also, where were Mother Love Bone, Mad Season etc etc

dregin · 17-01-2003 1:26pm

My favourite would be Nirvana.There's a new English band called Thoria who have a bit of an alice inchains thing going on in some of their songs.
check them at:

http://www.thoria.co.uk

dregin

Darkillion · 17-01-2003 7:11pm

if alice in chains had more albums as good as dirt i would have voted them. pearl jam whilst have 7 at least good albums, with many of them being excellant

Mewzel · 20-01-2003 8:08pm

Gotta say that i wouldnt have considered the pumpkins as grunge......
but anyhoo, my vote for best grunge band would definitely go to sonic youth. bloody geniuses

Darkillion · 20-01-2003 8:33pm

i dont get the appeal of sonoc youth. dirty is a poor album (only one i have)

Dredz · 20-01-2003 10:58pm

Um... I clicked, then forgot who I voted for

But now I'll saaaaay.... Alice In Chains.

Ciarán

Darkillion · 21-01-2003 8:33pm

i wish alice in chains were still a band

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