grrrlriot
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Post by grrrlriot on May 24, 2008 21:49:21 GMT 1
Does anyone have any new grunge bands to suggest for me to listen to?
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Post by Smallstone on May 26, 2008 8:38:30 GMT 1
Hello! I don't think there really are any 'grunge' bands and really there haven't been for a long long time if there ever were to start with. Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam don't count. Neither do Creed or Nickelback. Or Bush. Silly term really. No ones going to admit to being one and no one would call themselves it either. It's not even a style of music or a style of fashion more an unexplainable lifestyle aesthetic that burst open for a year (or two) twenty years ago. It then got appropriated to describe a woolly loose clutch of bands who happened to come from roughly the same area and wore plaid possibly once. But some good new-ish bands worth checking out: White Hills Earthless Wooden Shjips Pissed Jeans Howlin' Rain and new-ish CDs from Om Earth Dead Meadow always worth checking out anything Nebula, Black Mountain, Electric Wizard and Boris. These bands play guitars and drums cos they sound good. Oh and the new Melvins album sounds amazing. Buy their last one too  None of these bands are 'grunge' but they all rock and thats what counts. |
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Post by Boudewijn on May 26, 2008 16:34:59 GMT 1
Seaweed TAD Swallow Nirvana (ahum) Mudhoney ( ) Five o'clock heroes Smashing Pumpkins Bush etc |
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Post by Smallstone on May 27, 2008 7:27:18 GMT 1
Ha ha ha - thats list of OLD 'grunge' bands I think if Grrrlriot has managed to find her way to this site she'd know about those bands.... no? Bush!? Jesus christ......... Five O'Clock Heros. Ah yes - that hugely influential sludge rock combo  |
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Post by Boudewijn on May 27, 2008 16:36:37 GMT 1
Ha ha ha - thats list of OLD 'grunge' bands I think if Grrrlriot has managed to find her way to this site she'd know about those bands.... no? Bush!? Jesus christ......... Five O'Clock Heros. Ah yes - that hugely influential sludge rock combo Jugde me what ever you like, but I like Bush yes. I am really in a lot of types of music. I like even trance... Don't shoot me!  |
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Post by Smallstone on May 27, 2008 21:12:21 GMT 1
Fair enough  I was only pulling ya leg |
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Post by brandnewface on May 27, 2008 22:23:49 GMT 1
Indeed, I also really dislike Bush, but I always found weird that they managed to record with Steve Albini. I read somewhere that the bush guys really like the Jesus Lizard, so that's why they picked up Steve (they even took them on tour as a their support act!)
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Post by Smallstone on May 29, 2008 19:40:41 GMT 1
RE: Bush. For one! Who'd want to name themselves that! For two. They were awful. For three. I used to work at 4AD and the design guys there did the art for their 2nd album. It meant having to hear the word Bush over and over again and having to hear their crap 21nd album a lot...awful band, The lead dude (Greg? Glen? Garth? Gavin?) came into the office one day..... He had a nice dog ansd he did marry Gwen Stefani.... So who's laughing now eh! Here's a funny quote I read today about them: "If you're blaming us for the existence of a band like Bush or a Stone Temple Pilots, I would gladly not exist if those bands wouldn't," he jokes 2 guesses who this is..... GrrrlRiot - ignore me. Old and in the way. Buy some Bush albums. Better still Creed or Nickelback. I like their rock star song. Better still download them for nothing. |
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Post by brandnewface on May 29, 2008 23:40:26 GMT 1
I'm with ya Tim!  |
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Post by cid on May 30, 2008 0:39:53 GMT 1
Hello! I don't think there really are any 'grunge' bands and really there haven't been for a long long time if there ever were to start with. Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam don't count. Neither do Creed or Nickelback. Or Bush. Silly term really. No ones going to admit to being one and no one would call themselves it either. "It's not even a style of music or a style of fashion more an unexplainable lifestyle aesthetic that burst open for a year (or two) twenty years ago. It then got appropriated to describe a woolly loose clutch of bands who happened to come from roughly the same area and wore plaid possibly once. " i agree with that |
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