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Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem
Agreed - Soundgarden were a bastard cousin of doom metal, where AIC were a bastard cousin of trade metal. One being more testosterone driven than the other.... I think that gets you more fans. From what I've seen at least, I'm no expert but other metalheads don't love my doom playlists.
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I had to look up "trade metal" because I had no clue what you were talking about. Metal enjoyed primarily by tradesmen? I then realized you probably meant "trad metal" and felt just a bit silly.
But yeah, "grunge" is a dumb genre that doesn't really exist. The big four of Seattle all sounded very different.
It's funny that STP was probably a bit more adventurous with their sound than the other four, despite starting off as total ripoffs: