Vote Now Seattle Grunge

[Axegrinder87]

29 votes thus far, and none for Nirvana! LOVE IT!!!!

[joshulator]

Grunge killed 80s metal and I resent it for that.

(Don't tell anyone, but I did like Alice In Chains for a while...)

[Twitch]

I think grunge had more to do with the disheveled look of the band members. The bands that were labeled as grunge were all over the place style wise. I really dont think you could vote whos best in this situation for anything more than who you liked the best. Even the style of music that Sound Garden played that first coined the term was spades different than what they turned into in the 90s. The style they had in the 80s, when the movement started was like 70s rock on steroids. What they did in the 90s was its own thing, and probably only mildly similar to AIC, but the two were still different enough where the comparison in sound is apples and oranges. Nirvana and Pearl Jam were on totally different ends of whatever genre you could call it. They werent anything like AIC and Sound Garden and at the same time were nowhere near like each other either.

[horns666]

Johnny Depp is still in his Grunge faze..and it prolly cost thousands to look like shit.


Ahhh.. he could never look like shit..he's Johnny Depp!

[toejam]

Grunge killed 80s metal and I resent it for that.

No, it killed hair/glam bands... none of which were "metal" in the first place.

[toejam]

For me, of all the grunge bands, I'll have to say AIC were favorites followed by Soundgarden.

[jgcable]

Alice in Chains is my number 1 Seattle
Soundgarden is number 2
Alice in Chains is a great band.

[MetalMedal II]

No, it killed hair/glam bands... none of which were "metal" in the first place.

Agreed! Grunge killed off the then popular groups who loosely called themselves metal, but were still sugar coated pop songs. Grunge kicked off mainstream groups like Warrant, Firehouse, etc from the charts. Yeah, some good bands suffered as collateral damage but it didn’t stop bands like Pantera and Machine Head from becoming quite popular at the height of the grunge wave. And yes, there is irony in that Pantera initially was one of these glam bands before getting signed!

And Overkill were just as (un)popular in the grunge era as the 80s or even now. I call that being consistent!

[roodyrocker]

29 votes thus far, and none for Nirvana! LOVE IT!!!!

Nirvana was one of the most over rated bands in history! Perhaps they got no votes so far becauase they sound like a beginer garage band

Grunge killed 80s metal and I resent it for that.

(Don't tell anyone, but I did like Alice In Chains for a while...)

People claim that but I don't think Grunge killed anything. 80's Hair Metal/Rock or whatever you want to call it had simply run its course. It was around for over a decade. I personally love the 80's stuff but Grunge doesn't deserve as much credit as people give it. Thankfully Grunge itself didn't last all that long

[bibz]

Theres no way I could pick a dog in this fight. Thyall is amazing and so is Cantrell. Nirvana's dynamics won me over and gave me something to listen too after I got all the gnr cd's (hey, I was 12/13 ) but the depth of Soundgarden interested me greatly. I remember tuning my first guitar, a squier strat, to all the different crazy tunings on superunknown. My Wave and 4th of July and such. And rocking balls. Nothin' beats Jesus Christ Pose though! Covered the shit out of that song.

Dirt is one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. Of all time!

[shreddermon]

With all due respect, this poll needs a "none of the above" choice.

Seriously, I don't mind "grunge". I'm not all offended by it as a "metal killer" or whatever. AIC was cool, etc.

However, I will say that I cannot stand Pearl Jam. Worst music ever.

[axmann]

My brother turned me onto them. I never looked at AIC as some kind of grunge thing movement. They were just heavy. IMO, somewhat lumped in because of location of residence.. I became a fan of Cantrell. I still am.

[Chad]

Never really liked Nirvana or Peal Jam. Recognized the talent in Soundgarden, but just couldn't get into them. Loved AIC and still do.

[axmann]

Pretty much my view Chad. +1

[TomGunn]

Alice in Chains

[daisp]

Going with Mother Love Bone...too bad so brief

[BYeh1]

Pearl Jam, liked their dual guitar intricacies, grunge or not...

[sixxxer]

For me, of all the grunge bands, I'll have to say AIC were favorites followed by Soundgarden.

[xenophobe]

With that said. I'm a metal dude ..so the Seattle sound is Queenryche and Nevermore.

Exactly.

Queensryche was amazing when they first came out. I saw them open for the Dio Holy Diver tour, and QR was absolutely amazing... they were much less glam and were much more thrashy. Blaring double bass drums and they were clad in leather like Judas Priest. Unfortunately, they did get more glammy afterwards, but seeing them in the beginning was definitely memorable.

[Hellbat]

Exactly.

Queensryche was amazing when they first came out. I saw them open for the Dio Holy Diver tour, and QR was absolutely amazing... they were much less glam and were much more thrashy. Blaring double bass drums and they were clad in leather like Judas Priest. Unfortunately, they did get more glammy afterwards, but seeing them in the beginning was definitely memorable.

I had friends in Seattle at the time and we got a pressing of their first EP and we were just blown away. They were like an American Iron Maiden to us. I was super psyched when the full Warning album came out. I wore out 3 copies on cassette. (admittedly my cheap Walkman knockoff ate one for a snack...)