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Originally posted by Foxsteak
Yeah. I actually kinda like them and I've never heard them before until now.
They're pretty much the most famous obscure band in the world. All of their albums are brilliant too

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Originally posted by Scribble
They're pretty much the most famous obscure band in the world. All of their albums are brilliant too
It's like, it's 1994. Grunge has died and soft rock is in, now.

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Originally posted by Scribble
Sonic Youth's '90s albums are better than most of the grunge output though imo

Didn't follow them at all when then were lowkey, tried in the 90's when they went main, didn't hate them, but couldn't really get into them either. I wouldn't turn the station, but I also never bought an album is what I'm saying.

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Originally posted by Foxsteak
It's like, it's 1994. Grunge has died and soft rock is in, now.
Their early stuff, particularly their first album, is a lot more noisy and chaotic. Then they did Crooked Rain and went all Eagles and shit. Not that I'm complaining, I love all their material

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Originally posted by Foxsteak
I mention Alice In Chains and you people have to have a grunge discussion, okay.

Yeah. I actually kinda like them and I've never heard them before until now.

Alice In Chains is metal-grunge, sure they're more metal I'd say, but you really can't take the grunge out of that band

Could almost say the same about Sound Garden, they definitely have a very strong metal flair, why I love them so

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Out of my top ten albums, five are from the '90s

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement
Dry by PJ Harvey
Spiderland by Slint
Pod by the Breeders
Bee Thousand by Guided by Voices

Then a further three are from the late '80s, so I guess I just love that whole era

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I like The Bends from RAdiohead

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Originally posted by Robtard
Alice In Chains is metal-grunge, sure they're more metal I'd say, but you really can't take the grunge out of that band

Could almost say the same about Sound Garden, they definitely have a very strong metal flair, why I love them so

I find 'grunge' to be a silly term anyway really. I like the way that those bands were described by someone though, can't remember who: "American hardcore bands were punk influenced by rock, grunge were rock bands influenced by hardcore punk"

I think overall though grunge bands were just a big mash-up of punk, rock, and metal. Early Soundgarden often plays like a weird, slightly parodic version of Kiss, for example

Quincy Debaser

Wowee Zoweee

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Pearl Jam took the most influence from British 70s punk.

I guess it's a punk/metal hybrid?

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I have weirdly contrarian opinions on Radiohead. My favourite of their albums is actually their most recent, A Moon Shaped Pool, and then second is a tie between OK Computer (debatably their most acclaimed album) and The King of Limbs (debatably their least appreciated album)

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Originally posted by Quincy
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Top album

So many ****ing great tracks

Grave Architecture and AT&T in particular but there are so many hits on that one

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Me and Uno have ranked Radiohead albums so many times though and I'm pretty sure our lists are different every time

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I guess I should go and get beer for my D&D sesh tonight

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Yeah, but isn't that sort of what any genre is now? Unless we go back when Jazz was just Jazz and Blues was just Blues etc. Though one could argue that didn't even happen and they were still amalgamated

Dunno, I think it still fits to give us an idea of the era/style of music, though grunge is defo of mix of elements. I personal don't really care, I like what I like in music, regardless of where it's classified.

eg Sister Rosetta Tharpe is considered the "god mother of rock and roll", but look at that back then with the evolution of 'rock and roll' though the decades. Go to 1:15 in the vid, you can see the rock, but she's definitely Blues as well.

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I just get really into my music history stuff, particularly with the punk era onwards, so I love tracing which bands influenced others and stuff

Btw Sister Rosetta Tharpe is ****ing awesome. I picked up two CDs of her's recently, a collection of early recordings and a 2CD best-of. ****ing yesss

Piggle Humsy Wiggle4life

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Originally posted by Scribble
I just get really into my music history stuff, particularly with the punk era onwards, so I love tracing which bands influenced others and stuff

Btw Sister Rosetta Tharpe is ****ing awesome. I picked up two CDs of her's recently, a collection of early recordings and a 2CD best-of. ****ing yesss

For sure, seeing the 'ancestral links' i music and bands is interesting.

Nice. Only heard tidbits here/there myself.

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Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
WELL ****ING LA DEEEE DAAAAA
You missed the bit where I was praising your angelic singing voice

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Originally posted by Scribble
You missed the bit where I was praising your angelic singing voice

Oh? awesome