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Holy vacuous thread, Batman!

Honestly, the one sentence posts are getting a bit redundant after a while, gents.
"You like grunnge"
"I guess so"
"I like nirvana"
"Nirvana is my life"
"Yeah they are cool, so is Alice in Chains"
"blah blah>.."
If you really want to skimp the content, just take it over to an AIM convo...

Grunge? I was exposed to grunge along with the rest of the teenaged community in the early-mid 90's. Nirvana was the reigning king of grunge. I thought they had a unique sound, but the message was the angst that seems to have given way to "Emo" nowadays. I despise emo, so I suppose I must arbitrarily despise its progenitor. Creative outlooks on life's dilemmas are one thing, but "whiny" music takes such creativity and swerves it in the entirely wrong direction.

I wonder, for the sake of some conversation, how would you define grunge?
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[color=hotpink][size=1]Well, by the way you guys seem to be taking this thread, I guess all the music I listen to just about fits into that category. And it is very disgusting to smell. That's not what grunge was all about, okay?

Anywho, my favorite band of all time is Stone Temple Pilots, and they are pretty much from that era. Other bands that I am constantly listening to include Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, and other such nifty bands.

As for Nirvana pissing on Alice in Chains, well, I guess that's what all the cool kids who ONLY listen to Nirvana say. Nirvana is just way too mainstream. I love their music and I love the availability of their merchandise, but I hate all the kids who think they rock music's world.

And Mitch, I would never have thought of Tool as grunge. Interesting.[/color][/size]
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Oh...heh. The smelling has nothing to do with grunge, I just love informing random people about my strong odor o__o...and I wasn't informed Nirvana was mainstream, where I live its anything but. And as I said before, Nirvana doesnt really piss on Alice In Chains. I just found that saying and found it effing hilarious.
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Nirvana were freaking huge. Every "grunge" band and most bands of the 90s took a backseat to their popularity in the 90s. It' seems strange to not realize how massive their fanbase was, which is what I assume people mean by "mainstream". In fact, the only reason most other similar bands even were noticed by labels was because of the enormous success of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Even well know bands such as Pearl Jam owe thanks to that song's success as their album Ten (which actually came out before Teen Spirit hit the airwaves) picked up sales after Nirvana's explosion.

I've never really been a big Nirvana fan. I enjoy them and really like the Unplugged album, but it's never been more than a casual interest. I guess the best thing about grunge was its destruction of the hair metal/rock bands which had been around entirely too long. Personally, I wasn't saddened when grunge's popularity declined anyway.
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[COLOR=DarkRed]Nirvana certainly was mainstream. Especially in terms of grunge, it was the most popular of grunge. A good example of a more low key grunge band which i'm shocked to see was not mentioned, is The Melvins. Get their CD "Ozma" if you don't already have it. That's an order.[/COLOR]
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