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#1 All-Madden09
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Finaly i made this thread due to the fact that on the preivous one you could only list Classic and Hard rock.

for me favorite grunge bands are

1: Nirvana

2: Pearl Jam

3: Stone Temple Pilots

thats only my top three.

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#2 rascoqaz
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Alice In Chains Soundgarden STP
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#3 nintendoman562
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Pearl Jam.

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#4 xTheExploited
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Hard to choose seeing as it was such a tiny scene. There were only like 5 bands that were half decent. I'm going to say for my favorites, Mudhoney, Nirvana and Soundgarden.
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#5 taj7575
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Soundgarden. They are the only grunge rock band I really listen to.

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#6 ghoklebutter
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Alice In Chains.
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#7 viva_hate
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Does pre-Grunge count? If so, my picks are Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.

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#8 All-Madden09
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well it says grunge so lol yah.

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#9 xTheExploited
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Does pre-Grunge count? If so, my picks are Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.

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Is there such thing as pre-grunge or pre-anygenre? :P I always considered bands who were "pre-grunge" as alternative rock.
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#10 Bluestorm-Kalas
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Soundgarden, Alice in Chains or Nirvana. :P

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#11 CRS98
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Soundgarden. I also I have Alice In Chains Greatest Hits.
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#12 viva_hate
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[QUOTE="viva_hate"]

Does pre-Grunge count? If so, my picks are Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.

xTheExploited

Is there such thing as pre-grunge or pre-anygenre? :P I always considered bands who were "pre-grunge" as alternative rock.



Sure thing, there is! When you say pre-something or proto-something, you generally refer to the bands that influenced the main artists of that genre. So they may not have all the characteristics, but they laid out the basics and have some similarities. For example, the Velvet Underground and The Stooges would be proto-punk, even if they didn't label themselves that way back when they started :)

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#13 All-Madden09
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yah ive heard AiC is good.

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#14 Dudersaper
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1: NirvanaAll-Madden09
Alice In Chains STPrascoqaz
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#15 xTheExploited
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[QUOTE="xTheExploited"][QUOTE="viva_hate"]

Does pre-Grunge count? If so, my picks are Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.

viva_hate
Is there such thing as pre-grunge or pre-anygenre? :P I always considered bands who were "pre-grunge" as alternative rock.

Sure thing, there is! When you say pre-something or proto-something, you generally refer to the bands that influenced the main artists of that genre. So they may not have all the characteristics, but they laid out the basics and have some similarities. For example, the Velvet Underground and The Stooges would be proto-punk, even if they didn't label themselves that way back when they started :)

Of course. I've heard of both The Stooges and New York Dolls being labelled as proto-punk. Forgot about that, just never heard the term pre-grunge before.
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#16 JonnyEagle
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I like Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, and Temple of the Dog, but Soundgarden has to be my favorite grunge band....

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#18 viva_hate
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I am not so into grunge, but these are my favorites from the genre.

1. Soundgarden

2. Alice in chains

3. 7 year b*tch

4. Temple of the dog

5. Screaming trees

6. Mad Season

7. Mudhoney

8. Mother love bone

9. Tad

10. Afghan Whigs

11. L7

12. Seven mary 3

13. Stone temple pilots

14. The Melvins

15. Pearl Jam

Overall though I think Brit Pop was a much better bands in the 90s like Blur, Belle and sebastian, Mansun, Pulp, and Supergrass.

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L7, riiiight. Completely forgot about the whole riot grrrl scene. Hole and Bikini Kill were great too!

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#19 Film-Guy
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[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I am not so into grunge, but these are my favorites from the genre.

1. Soundgarden

2. Alice in chains

3. 7 year b*tch

4. Temple of the dog

5. Screaming trees

6. Mad Season

7. Mudhoney

8. Mother love bone

9. Tad

10. Afghan Whigs

11. L7

12. Seven mary 3

13. Stone temple pilots

14. The Melvins

15. Pearl Jam

Overall though I think Brit Pop was a much better bands in the 90s like Blur, Belle and sebastian, Mansun, Pulp, and Supergrass.

viva_hate



L7, riiiight. Completely forgot about the whole riot grrrl scene. Hole and Bikini Kill were great too!

I think people sometimes forget about Hole. Courtney Love may be a bit nuts now, but she used to be pretty good.

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#20 Neon-Tiger
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Nirvana (specially Bleach), Melvins, Mudhoney, Soundgarden (pre-Superunknown). I really enjoy the earlier, heavier sounding grunge that relates to sludge metal. I really like Pearl Jam too, but I find it hard to put them in the same category as the bands I mentioned before. Just sounds too different (not better nor worse).
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#21 viva_hate
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[QUOTE="viva_hate"]

L7, riiiight. Completely forgot about the whole riot grrrl scene. Hole and Bikini Kill were great too!

Film-Guy

I think people sometimes forget about Hole. Courtney Love may be a bit nuts now, but she used to be pretty good.



Live Through This is still an incredible album and will always be one of my favorites, no matter how much Courtney will embarass herself :P

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#22 Darth-Caedus
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Alice In Chains are by far the best Grunge band.
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#23 Film-Guy
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Alice In Chains are by far the best Grunge band. Darth-Caedus

Its funny I have heard people call them more metal than grunge. I think they still count as grunge though, but some say they were just lumped into the genre.

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#24 ice_radon
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Hard to choose seeing as it was such a tiny scene. There were only like 5 bands that were half decent. I'm going to say for my favorites, Mudhoney, Nirvana and Soundgarden.xTheExploited
There were a lot of side projects which I love such as... Mad Season and then Temple of Dog. If you like any kind of grunge, these 2 are great somewhat unknowns!
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#25 ArmoredCore55
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Alice In Chains are the best. I also like Soundgarden, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, and Green River.
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#26 TheAbbeFaria
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Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chainz.

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#27 wildjango64
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Nirvana, beacause Nevermind pretty much got me into music

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#28 pierst179
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Pearl Jam is probably the only Grunge band I like, but of course I don't know all of them. So there are probably one or two Grunge bands I have never heard of that I would enjoy.

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#29 dramaybaz
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Alice in Chains Nirvana
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#30 All-Madden09
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Alice In Chains are by far the best Grunge band. Darth-Caedus

fUUNY AiC lead singer says they are metal with grunge and a hint of punk.

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#31 mrbojangles25
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Idunno all of them I guess? Didnt realize there were enough to really call for a favorite...only like five of them lol

Anyway...

Alice in Chains
Pearl Jam

I hate Nirvana, though.

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#32 nintendoboy16
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Either Nirvana or Pearl Jam.
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#33 All-Madden09
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how can you Hate NIRVANA?!?!?

I mean In Bloom,Smell Like Teen Spirit, And Lithium???

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#34 Darth-Caedus
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how can you Hate NIRVANA?!?!?

I mean In Bloom,Smell Like Teen Spirit, And Lithium???

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It is quite easy actually.
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#35 mrbojangles25
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how can you Hate NIRVANA?!?!?

I mean In Bloom,Smell Like Teen Spirit, And Lithium???

All-Madden09

Hey man, Nirvana is good. Theyre popular for a reason.

I just dont like them. Exact same reason why I hate the Beatles. They got some good songs, nothing great imo, but some good ones.

As I said, I meant no criticism towards their talents or music or anything...its just not my cup of tea.

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#36 dancewithhats
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Pearl Jam is probably the only Grunge band I like, but of course I don't know all of them. So there are probably one or two Grunge bands I have never heard of that I would enjoy.

Pierst179
Yeah.. and there's just something about eddie's voice that is amazing... can't quite explain it :P
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#37 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="Pierst179"]

Pearl Jam is probably the only Grunge band I like, but of course I don't know all of them. So there are probably one or two Grunge bands I have never heard of that I would enjoy.

dancewithhats

Yeah.. and there's just something about eddie's voice that is amazing... can't quite explain it :P

yea, until that damn Neil Young got his greasy paws on him. Then he just started to come off whiny!

I kid, I kid...I love both those guys, but when they put their minds together its just too much liberal for anyone's good lol

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#38 dancewithhats
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[QUOTE="dancewithhats"][QUOTE="Pierst179"]

Pearl Jam is probably the only Grunge band I like, but of course I don't know all of them. So there are probably one or two Grunge bands I have never heard of that I would enjoy.

mrbojangles25

Yeah.. and there's just something about eddie's voice that is amazing... can't quite explain it :P

yea, until that damn Neil Young got his greasy paws on him. Then he just started to come off whiny!

I kid, I kid...I love both those guys, but when they put their minds together its just too much liberal for anyone's good lol

Lol :P I'm not really a big fan of Neil... Eddie and Michael Stipe on the other hand, BEST DUETS EVER :D
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#39 3sFan
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yah ive heard AiC is good.

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My top songs by them

Would?

Rooster

Down in a Hole

I Stay Away

Angry Chair

No Excuses

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#40 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="All-Madden09"]

yah ive heard AiC is good.

3sFan

My top songs by them

Would?

Rooster

Down in a Hole

I Stay Away

Angry Chair

No Excuses

no Chewbacca, What a Wookie?

I think that was them iirc...

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#41 btaylor2404
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Nirvana, AIC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden.
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#42 Travo_basic
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Nirvana, then Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
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#43 RedEyedMonster8
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Nirvana, beacause Nevermind pretty much got me into music

wildjango64

Yep same here, one of the first records I ever bought and I still listen to it to this very day.

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#44 BackInCrack
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Nirvana, beacause Nevermind pretty much got me into musicwildjango64
Same :D
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#45 Zeldafan221
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1. Pearl Jam 2. STP 3. AIC 4. Nirvana. In fact, Pearl Jam is my third favorite band.
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#46 septemberluc
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Cold. At least for the first two albums. I guess I can't really consider them grunge anymore beyond that.

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#47 LZ71
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I like all four of the "big" grunge bands, which in my mind, are Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana. My favorite out of them though is Soundgarden, followed by AiC.
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#48 deactivated-5c8e4e07d5510
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Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana.

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#49 Anti-Venom
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Nirvana and Pearl Jam
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#50 fear9204
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sonic youth, nirvana, l7