Your top 5 grunge era bands - 1990 thru 1995

[edjr 6,592]

In no particular order.

Bush, Nirvana, STP, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam.

I did not like Alice in Chains. 

 

[Mike Honcho 5,283]

Who sang "Smells like nirvana"?  Them.  

[edjr 6,592]

1 minute ago, Mike Honcho said:

Who sang "Smells like nirvana"?  Them.  

your mom

[Hardcore troubadour 15,439]

The Spin Doctors 

[edjr 6,592]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

The Spin Doctors 

No one cares about your politics 

[Bier Meister 1,710]

foo

bush

stp

pearl jam

nine inch nails/sound garden/alice in chains

[edjr 6,592]

Just now, Bier Meister said:

foo

bush

stp

pearl jam

nine inch nails/sound garden/alice in chains

NiN was good, 1st album was late 80s. I guess I'll allow it

[Dozer FBG 325]

STP

Social Distortion 

Nirvana

Jane’s Addiction 

Foo Fighters 

Some really good music from that era…

 

[GutterBoy 2,899]

Alice In Chains

STP

Soundgarden

Smashing Pumpkins

Nirvana

Honorable mention to the Mother Love Bone/Temple of the Dog projects

[edjr 6,592]

Smashing Pumpkins is a good one!

[bostonlager 2,665]

The spoon man used to come to my BBQs when I lived in Seattle. 

 

Nirvana

Temple of the Dog

Candlebox

Days of the New

Alice in Chains

[posty 2,700]

10 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Who sang "Smells like nirvana"?  Them.  

"Weird Al" Yankovic

[edjr 6,592]

2 minutes ago, Dozer FBG said:

STP

Social Distortion 

Nirvana

Jane’s Addiction 

Foo Fighters 

Some really good music from that era…

 

My chick has the social D tattoo on the back of her arm, got it way back when they were cool( I think all tats are dumb). I got her tickets to see them a couple months ago, she loved it. 

[Maximum Overkill 1,997]

I wouldn't call them Grunge exactly but The Pumpkins are by far the best of that era. Great songwriting, complicated arrangement, etc. 

Siamese Dream is an all timer. 

[jerryskids 6,799]

Good thread, I like most of the bands listed.

Top 5 at the time:  Bush, Soundgarden, STP, Candlebox, Pearl Jam (10 mostly)

Since then, I probably play more from that era:  Foo, Alice, Rage Against the Machine

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

Bush does not belong on this list. That's pretty-boy grunge.

NIrvana

Soundgarden

Pearl Jam

Alice in Chains

Melvins

[MDC 7,432]

Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Mudhoney, Melvins

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

Nirvana, Pearl Jam, STP, Soundgarden and Smashing Pumpkins.  All bands I loved listening to when young and still do today.

[MLCKAA 574]

1 hour ago, edjr said:

In no particular order.

Bush, Nirvana, STP, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam.

I did not like Alice in Chains. 

 

Jeez, Bush and STP weren’t even legit.  They were corporate hack-shills.  Fakes.

PJ, AIC, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins (although they weren’t really my thing).

If you consider Radiohead grunge, they have a very, very strong argument for #2 overall.

In fact, it’d be hard to argue against them as #1 if you have them in that genre.  Their first 3 releases were all exceptional and the 2nd and 3rd were better than the previous one.  That’s so rare.

I also just want to mention Dinosaur Jr.

[MLCKAA 574]

1 hour ago, Maximum Overkill said:

I wouldn't call them Grunge exactly but The Pumpkins are by far the best of that era. Great songwriting, complicated arrangement, etc. 

Siamese Dream is an all timer. 

A really fun thing to do is listen to covers of Pumpkins songs on Spotify.  It highlights two things amazingly:  how great the songs are and how terrible Billy Corgan’s vocals are.

ETA:  there is a playlist called PUMPKINHEADS.  Give it a try.

[GutterBoy 2,899]

1 minute ago, MLCKAA said:

I also just want to mention Dinosaur Jr.

Loved Dinosaur Jr.

Also Cracker, Sponge, Local H.  Not Grunge but early 90s Alt

[frank 2,307]

AIC>Nirvana>(Soundgarden/STP)>Pearl Jam

[BunnysBastatrds 2,442]

Pearl Jam

Janes Addiction 

Faith No More 

Alice In Chains 

Tool

 

 

 

[edjr 6,592]

45 minutes ago, Pimpadeaux said:

Bush does not belong on this list. That's pretty-boy grunge.

NIrvana

Soundgarden

Pearl Jam

Alice in Chains

Melvins

16 Stone - One of the best debut albums of the era

[bostonlager 2,665]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8m3_kaiSTK/?igsh=anN1eWY0MHp3cGh1

[thegeneral 3,214]

2 hours ago, edjr said:

In no particular order.

Bush, Nirvana, STP, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam.

I did not like Alice in Chains. 

 

Alice In Chains not my favorite but their best songs are pretty great and Layne Staley had crazy pipes.

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,439]

Wilson Phillips. 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,442]

12 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Alice In Chains not my favorite but their best songs are pretty great and Layne Staley had crazy pipes.

 

 Incredible performance on unplugged 

 

[Herbivore 1,134]

Nirvana, PJ, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, and Dinosaur Jr. 

Honoable mention to STP. Core and Purple are great.

You could say the Pumpkins and Dino Jr were not quite grunge, but they were close. Dino Jr early work lead to it, and their early 90s albums, like Green Mind, Where You Been, and Without a Sound leaned into it quite a bit. Going to see them open for Weezer and the Flaming Lips soon. It will be my 7th or 8th time seeing them. Pumpkins was more about Gish.

Soundgarden is good, but I just never got that into them. Rusty Cage is amazing.

Bush stinks. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,439]

This music sucks.  HTH

[edjr 6,592]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Wilson Phillips. 

Didn’t ask your favorite all-time band

[BunnysBastatrds 2,442]

1 hour ago, Herbivore said:

Nirvana, PJ, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, and Dinosaur Jr. 

Honoable mention to STP. Core and Purple are great.

You could say the Pumpkins and Dino Jr were not quite grunge, but they were close. Dino Jr early work lead to it, and their early 90s albums, like Green Mind, Where You Been, and Without a Sound leaned into it quite a bit. Going to see them open for Weezer and the Flaming Lips soon. It will be my 7th or 8th time seeing them. Pumpkins was more about Gish.

Soundgarden is good, but I just never got that into them. Rusty Cage is amazing.

Bush stinks. 

 I liked Soundgarden. Saw them once at Lolopoloza with Pearl Jam and RHCP. My favorite song is Jesus Christ Pose. Also, what they did with Pearl Jam in the super band, Temple of The Dog, was amazing. I was fortunate enough to see them play In Houston. SG opened and PJ next. Then they all got together and played Temple songs. Amazing show.

 

Also, do you know what the song Black Hole Sun is about?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,439]

2 minutes ago, edjr said:

Didn’t ask your favorite all-time band

That bubble gum shitt is better than this soulless repetitive droning.  Grunge was the end of rock as the dominant genre. And I hate it for that. Mr. Backstreet boyeeeee.  

[edjr 6,592]

2 minutes ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 I liked Soundgarden. Saw them once at Lolopoloza with Pearl Jam and RHCP. My favorite song is Jesus Christ Pose. Also, what they did with Pearl Jam in the super band, Temple of The Dog, was amazing. I was fortunate enough to see them play In Houston. SG opened and PJ next. Then they all got together and played Temple songs. Amazing show.

 

Also, do you know what the song Black Hole Sun is about?

That time I saw my  in the reflection on the toilet in the water?

[edjr 6,592]

1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

That bubble gum shitt is better than this soulless repetitive droning.  Grunge was the end of rock as the dominant genre. And I hate it for that. Mr. Backstreet boyeeeee.  

nice job opening a thread about something you don’t like to post 3 times in. maybe put the internet down for a bit.  

[BunnysBastatrds 2,442]

9 minutes ago, edjr said:

That time I saw my  in the reflection on the toilet in the water?

 Close. Doing it in the butt according to the drummer 

[thegeneral 3,214]

11 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

That bubble gum shitt is better than this soulless repetitive droning.  Grunge was the end of rock as the dominant genre. And I hate it for that. Mr. Backstreet boyeeeee.  

I had you as an NSYNC guy

[Hardcore troubadour 15,439]

15 minutes ago, edjr said:

nice job opening a thread about something you don’t like to post 3 times in. maybe put the internet down for a bit.  

Yeah, I notice how you only jump in when you can impress us with your infectious positivity.   

[bostonlager 2,665]

Great one hit wonder of the era. 
 

 

 

[bostonlager 2,665]

Did anyone mention these guys?