Miltamec Soundsquinaez

I agree, and I think one of the arguments people are making against these bands is that they were just trying to make it big, by leaching off of Nirvana's sound, and make a few good singles, but all of them made albums that were listenable from start to finish:
Pearl Jam-Ten
Stone Temple Pilots-Core
Alice in Chains-Dirt
Soundgarden-BatMotorFinger
These aren't just albums with a few good songs on them. They're great from start to finish.

Rainard Jalen

Those bands weren't leeching off Nirvana's sound. I don't think anybody's claiming so. Maybe trying to leech off their *success*, fine. But not their sound.

Bush, on the other hand, had the clear intent of trying to sound like a number of bands, among them Pixies, but UNDOUBTEDLY also Nirvana. The main evidence of Bush's influences lie in the abrasive melodic style and Gavin's put-on exaggerated throaty vocals.

Lizzie

Out of thoose..Nirvana
But it pains me to see
Alice In Chains is winning

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Rainard Jalen

Not anymore...

C'mon, peeps! Don't let this happen. It'll forever be a blight on our good name. I plead...I implore you...do not vote Alice In Chains over Nirvana!

Zer0

What about the Seattle scene in the late 80's when grunge was grunge? Mudhoney and Green River???
I vote Pearl Jam though from that list.

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Necromancer

I see what your point is, Nivana was the first of all the grunge bands, and they do deserve respect .Nirvana made history within the music industry. But together, they are all equal to that era. Its just a matter of individual taste.

Rainard Jalen

But they weren't even playing the same type of music, those 4 bands, were they? .....Nirvana were indie punk, Alice/Soundgarden were metal, and pearl jam had their roots in a classic rock oriented sound.

Also, the individual taste argument, while it might be true from a kinda post modernist perspective, it's pretty undesirable at the same time 'cos that means the tellytubby theme tune is as good as eine kleine nachtmusik...

Necromancer

In the 90s grunge decade, indie style of classification did not exist (correct me if I am wrong). I have never heard of the term indie/punk. Alice/Soundgarden were in the grunge/alternative category, along with Nirvana. You must know more about this decade of music than I do evidentally, because I do not confess at knowing everything there is to know about the industry. I thought that Pearl Jam was a grunge band also. I guess you learn something new everyday. Not to be sarcastic, but I believe that you classify music within your post modernist perspective & personal taste.

Rainard Jalen

indie rock's been around for ages - no matter what people referred to it as (college rock, american underground, whatever). "Alternative", before grunge hit the mainstream, was the old term for what we today refer to as indie. After grunge, the term ALT ROCK became abused and eventually came to refer to virtually every other mainstream rock band - hence why it was popularly replaced with the term "indie".

Kurt was most inspired by bands like pixies.

i wasn't denying pearl jam were a grunge band. what i meant to express is that grunge/seattle sound is not a genre. the bands sounded often nothing alike. These aren't the four big bands of a genre- They're the 4 big bands of a movement.

Rainard Jalen

btw, i've been listening to come on down. do they have anything better than that? if so lemme know and i'll check it out