Does anyone miss Grunge? Or the 90's period?

mostly a bunch of hopped up marines looking for a fight at both shows. it was annoying.

 

I see what you mean, they are much thougher in a way and they never got as big as other bands from seattle. but they came from the seattle-scene, right? and they were a influental band within the scene as far as I know, it's just enough reason to name them for me

 

No, I didn't ment they're thougher, less big or from what scene they were. They have a different sound that lies closer to doom and drone. They were quite original in the nineties I think, but, of course, the first grunge bands were original as well. I just like their doom metal-like sound more than the average grunge band.

 

I didnt care for the 90s music, when being subculture was mainstream. I liked alot of shows of the 90s, but they werent 90s music.... SRV, Pink Floyd, Tull, Sabbath, some great shows! But not 90s music at all.

The scene got way too commercial, way to fast, and wasnt far from being the hair bands of the 80s. But what can ya do, thats the music biz!

So yeah, for the most part, Im also thinkin "ew, 90s music". I know lots of folks like it, but lotsa folks like alot of things that I dont care for.

 

Yeah well, 90's music is a lot more then grunge, fortunately. Samson, do you know the band Half man? They released a great album with a mix of blues, psych and so called 'swamp rock' in 1999 (Complete field guide for cynics), and even a greater album in 2002 (Red herring).

 

Dont get me wrong, its not that there arent exceptions. Just that my fave music from that period isnt considered to be artists contemporary to the 90s. There was alot more than grunge, but for me at least, most of the genres were overworked with groups in a similar mold.

It happens in most all genres in most all eras of music, I myself just prefer earlier stuff! Lately Ive been really diggin the pre-war blues era, and its a perfect description of similar styles and artists of an era.

 

Chris Cornell is better than he's been since 1998 (it varies depending on if Audioslave annoys you or not)

Alice In Chains reformed a little while ago without Layne and they actually sound incredible. I was sooo so reluctant about it but they're fucking great.

Pearl Jam is better than ever.

I guess the Foo Fighters would be Nirvana's descendants and they're great as well.

'grunge' never died :spliff:

 

btw all you guys talking about how 'hip' and 'corporate' etc etc these bands were..

Most of those bands didn't want that kind of success..

Cobain killed himself, Ed Vedder freaked out and almost killed himself, Alice in Chains spent the decade in a drug haze until Layne Stanley died, Cornell drowned himself in alcohol.. It wasn't a happy partnership between mtv and what's reluctantly called 'the seattle scene'. :ack:

 

they sold their souls for it. now wonder it ended badly for them.

 

I firmly believe that anyone who sees the 90's as being a big corporate era are complete morons. Just because you sat on your ass and waited for mtv to feed you music doesn't mean good shit didn't come out of the era. How do you guys figure that people found good music before empty-v came around? How much of that did you do? As suspected.

 

ahhh i love 90's music!!! all of it is really awesome in my mind... it's just what i grew up hearing on tv and the radio... from nirvana to sublime to (yes...) no doubt to nine inch nails (they sorta peaked in the 90's, imo)... i think it might have been my favorite decade for music.

 

I was also A Grunge teen. I graduated in 1992.
Every once in a while I find myself popping in the Pearl Jam, Nirvana & Alice in Chains CDs.

 

Did anyone mention MTV? I gave up hope on it long before the nineties came along!

I was a huge soundgarden fan when I heard them in the late 80s, and they went downhill fast once the 90s rolled around. Same with the RHCP, nirvana, and an army of clones that invaded in flannel.

The talent these groups had was neatly packaged and made mainstream, and I dont see how anyone can deny that. Its a thing that happens to music in all eras, whether you like the tunes or not, all the way back to classical composers in vienna.

Watching it happen in the 90s was a painful experience, but I certainly didnt wait around for MTV to tell me what was happening. Finding new music rarely involved watching any band with a video.

 

Very true. Just like bands like the Beatles were made mainstream earlier.

 

I'm so loving the responses coming from this thread, thanks for taking the time to post people. I was a kid so I didn't really get excatly how commercial these bands were but I don't think that really matters.....at least not to me. I love a will always love the bands of the 90's. That's not my only preferance but it's really the only explosion of music I was around for. Mainstream or not, grunge was an amazing wave of music in my opinion, and I so respect all of yours. Not every song was my favorite, and some were played so often it made me want to pull my hair out but I did like what grunge had to say. Grunge was not the only new music comming out in the 90's. If I do recall correctly Godsmack came out with their self titled album in 1998 which I remember because I got it for my birthday, Meatllica came out with their self titled album, I'm not sure what the Offspring are considered but they inroduced Smash and Americana which were awesome cds in my book, In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy by Pat Boone was released and I recall rocking out to that many times, Guns and Roses released Use your Illusion, No More Tears by Ozzy was dropped in like 1991 and I love it to this day, The Crow soundtrack which I think was pure genius, and god knows how many other things were all dropped in the 90's. I love your responses and thanks for reminiscing with me.

 

i don't miss grunge i still listen to it
as much as i try to chill to other types of music grunge always remains my fave

 

i sure in the he miss the 90's everything was alot better and yes we did have an pervert as president but i would take that over a retard anyday,but most of all it was the music generation x,when you could turn on the radio and not have to change the station so much talent,green day were still cool,oh and it was never said that grunge killed rock n roll it killed glam metal and thank god for that,soundgarden,pearl jam,fugazi,sonic youth,NIRVANA,alice in chains,smashing pumpkins,and the list goes on and on,where are poision,motley crue,and the rest of the glam metal fags there all fat and old,now everything is so bland and everyone is so materialistic its gross,dont say you are'nt you are,you see quote on quote hippies with there ipods and cell phones,I MISS THE 90's

 

when u think about it there is no grunge section in the music topics

why??? can i ask

 

Grunge wasn't about guitar solos. I like the idea that anyone can pick up a guitar and write a song after a year or two. And there were plenty of good lyrics. Besides, if rock music stayed right where it was when it reached [insert your era of choice here], music would be, by now, unbelievably boring and stale.

Personally, there's no way I could sit through a 30 minute drum solo.

 

the problem with the radio in that era is that either you had non-stop grunge radio 24/7, or you had garbage pop radio. there was no alternative music radio anymore, once they bought into the grunge scene. musical diversity became history on the radio. you had to do a lot of digging and spend a lot of money on cd's to find anything to listen to.