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Post by solgroupie on Sept 29, 2007 11:43:19 GMT -5
are there any fans? i totally embraced grunge. i lived in a little college community, in a neighborhood that had a real bohemian atsmosphere, so it was everywhere. was pearl jam better than nirvana, vice-versa, or did you like both equally? did you think stone temple pilots were trying to rip off pearl jam? did you wear ripped jeans and flannel and stop washing your hair? did you dudes start sportin' little goatees? my roommate and i worshiped eddie vedder. we called it "vedderism." he and i would go in together to buy countless bootleg pearl jam cds. when he moved out, it felt like we were getting a divorce with the way we fought over who got what cd. i really did love the music from all of the bands that just kept springing up from various garages all over the place. soundgarden, mother love bone, candlebox, mudhoney, alice in chains, the screaming trees, meat puppets...i loved all of those guys & more. it just became the soundtrack of a great period in my life. in fact, it was the last time i really loved rock music. i listen to more blues & jazzy stuff today. there are still some good bands out there, i'm not saying that. it just doesn't do the same thing for me that it once did. i listen to "alternative" music today and i just don't have the same passion for it anymore. grew out of it, i guess, though i still love the music. all i seem to hear nowadays is what i refer to as whiney boy music.
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Post by Shep on Sept 29, 2007 12:09:50 GMT -5
I was in college in the early-mid 90s when grunge was king, so I'm a fan as well. Loved Nirvana, Soundgarden, the first Pearl Jam album, some of Alice In Chains' stuff, etc.
I ultimately got a little burnt out on Seattle sound, however, so I started listening to popular British alternative bands of the time: Stone Roses, The Verve, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Radiohead, etc. etc.
The 90s was a great time to be a college student. I still love that music.
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Post by (busdrivertohell) on Sept 29, 2007 12:10:26 GMT -5
I saw pearl jam in concert. A friend got tickets and took me. We pushed our way to the front and stood there the whole concert. It was sweet.
I miss the sound everclear had during this era. Songs like 'Drunk Again' and 'Blondes' make it all come out awesome, and I prefer it to their sound now, which sounds like soft rock and it's kind of sickening.
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Post by mightyjack on Sept 29, 2007 12:49:59 GMT -5
Oh yeah it was such a golden time for us in the Pacific Northwest. We knew we had something special. I remember Green River was the big act. Cobain was still searching for his voice and Nirvana was considered by a few as kind of a Melvyns wanabe.
When he found his voice, wow, it was amazing. I loved how our music scene exploded like that. The rest of the world was discovering and embracing it, but it felt extra special here because it was ours.
I'm still a rock guy. always have been, always will be.
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Post by Chuck on Sept 29, 2007 15:09:19 GMT -5
Grunge did nothing for me. But then, I cut my teeth on the Velvet Underground.
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Post by Shep on Sept 29, 2007 15:16:07 GMT -5
I cut my teeth on the Velvet Underground. Great stuff!
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Sept 29, 2007 15:52:22 GMT -5
I liked a lot of grunge. And I liked how most of those guys gave a lot of respect to Neil Young. I think Eddie Vedder wants Neil to be his dad.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 29, 2007 17:17:45 GMT -5
Grunge did nothing for me. But then, I cut my teeth on the Velvet Underground. That's ironic. Because I cut my ears on the Velvet Underground. I kid, I kid. I liked grunge. I never got into the flannel or slacker malaise, but I liked the music. It hit at the same time as funk-metal (Chili Peppers, Faith No More, etc), which I also loved. It was far better than the lame acoustic-rock of the mid-'90s, that's for sure.
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Post by Shep on Sept 29, 2007 18:32:49 GMT -5
It was far better than the lame acoustic-rock of the mid-'90s, that's for sure. Or the whole Britney Spears/boy band craze that hit by the end of the decade. That was the worst!
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Post by solgroupie on Sept 29, 2007 19:23:57 GMT -5
god yes it was. ugh.
that must have been so cool, MJ, to have been there when grunge came to life. i was so determined to move to seattle, i sent off for info from the seattle chamber of commerce. but i knew there was no way in hell i could ever afford it, or live that far away from my family.
i never got to see pearl jam in concert. that was my holy grail. i worked with a guy once who told me about his PJ experience. he said that he got there way early and was walking around the arena (this was in knoxville, tn). he said he saw eddie vedder skateboarding where the stage was set up. he said he flipped out and stood in front of the gate, watching him. eddie noticed him and the guy said for a whole second or two, they met eyes. then, a huge crowd of others appeared out of nowhere and just flattened this poor kid against the chain link fence. eddie waved at them and then rolled away. i never forgot that story because of the way that guy told it to me. he was practically reliving it as he spoke. it was a great story to hear. and i agree with the neil young thing. eddie had some big neil love going on. does anyone have PJ's last cd?
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Post by Krista on Sept 29, 2007 20:36:43 GMT -5
I really like Alice in Chains. They're my favorite of the big four grunge bands.
But what makes me sad, is when I tell people my favorite guitar is a Jaguar, they try to give me hints on how to make it sound more grungy (I'm guessing they figure I want to play grunge music based on my age). Look, I don't want a Jag because Kurt Kaboom (sorry, I'm just being obnoxious, I really don't mind Nirvana) played one. I couldn't care less what Kurt played.
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Post by solgroupie on Sept 30, 2007 0:28:18 GMT -5
i forgot - i don't like them now, but i used to really like smashing pumpkins. my faves were gish, siamese dream and pisces iscariot. i didn't like anything past mellon collie and the infinite sadness.
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Post by blackened on Sept 30, 2007 1:41:00 GMT -5
That was my golden era for music. I grew up in Seattle at that time so we didn't call it the dreaded "G" word or your friends would kick your butt. Mudhoney was my first local love. They had a beautifully dirty garage sound and a wicked sense of humor. They had maybe the first and best "G" song with the incredible "Touch Me I'm Sick". They are still going strong and their shows are not to be missed. I've seen them live almost 20 times over the years and they are always good. Nirvana are my favorite band from any era. The music just speaks to me. The music is simple but it has a power to it that really moves me even to this day. I was angry with Kurt for being a junkie stereotype and for killing himself while having a child but after working with psych patients for a while now I see that he couldn't help it. Saw them only 3 times. Pearl Jam while not one of my favorites anymore were very good back in the day. They put on two of the best shows i've ever been to. The first was the free concert they put on at Magnuson Park in Seattle. The music was powerful and the way Eddie climbed the rigging while singing was scary and fascinating. He was the consumate frontman and it was impossible to take your eyes off him. They put on a show at the Gorge in George, Washington with Neil Young. The crowd started pushing down the fences as soon as Pearl Jam came on and by the fourth song the area in front of the stage where I was ended up so tightly packed it was nearly impossible to breathe. My feet never touched the ground. It was scary and magnificent at the same time. Many people were hurt that night pinned under the fences or trampled by the crowd and the Gorge was redone after that show to prevent a reoccurence. At other shows on that tour Pearl Jam came out and did "Keep On Rockin' In the Free World" with Neil but they skipped it this time for fear of a riot. I saw one of Alice In Chains very first shows at the Ballard VFW. At that time they were dressing and sounding just like Poison and we all threw stuff at them and booed them unmercifully. I never really liked them but they had some catchy songs that I like now. Soundgarden never did anything for me but it is a very nice park. Two of my favorite local bands never really made it big. Tad was a monster band and Nirvana did their first tour of Europe with them. They Started off as a great garage type band and at the end they were doing big Metallica style riffing better than Hetfield was. I caught their very first Seattle show at a coffee shop in Ballard. The Accused were an awesome punk/metal band with a splattercore sense of humor. They never went anywhere until a couple of them split off to the band Gruntruck who had a minor hit on MTV at the height of Seattle Mania. The Accused were great and have recently reformed for a couple of shows. For any locals, it was recently announced that Green River(split off into Pearl Jam and Mudhoney) will reform for a show for Sub Pop next July. Should be great. Ah, i'm feelin' all nostaligic and all now. Anybody who likes the music is welcome to anything from my collection which can be found at scoe70.tripod.com/lowtechnirvana/ if you've nothing to trade i will send ya something anyway.
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Post by solgroupie on Sept 30, 2007 2:12:27 GMT -5
so, if you didn't say the "g" word, what did you call it? i bet nothing. oh, i would have loved to have been out there back during those days. and i stand by soundgarden. chris cornell has one of the most incredible voices i have ever heard.
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Post by blackened on Sept 30, 2007 2:25:48 GMT -5
so, if you didn't say the "g" word, what did you call it? i bet nothing. oh, i would have loved to have been out there back during those days. and i stand by soundgarden. chris cornell has one of the most incredible voices i have ever heard. You're right, we didn't really call it anything. Most of the bands didn't sound alike so calling it anything just seemed strange. I do like Badmotorfinger which is a great album but otherwise just couldn't get into Soundgarden. I agree about Cornells voice. He has a total rock god sound to him.
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