Cuzzie Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 So many good bands listed here Kings X are awesome and influenced a huge proportion of the Grunge movement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 On and More recently check out The Atomic Bitchwax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Royal Blood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I'm stealing Limb Deal as my new stage name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, fiatcoupe432 said: Royal Blood Not sure they qualify as grunge, do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvo66 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 L7 there's another one for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I love Grunge, but I agree, it is a mystery. It seems that you had to be a sort of heavy band coming from Seattle in the early 90's and you were considered grunge. I mean Pearl Jam and the Melvins couldn't be much different. I tried to like the Melvins but just found them too tuneless and manic. Alice in Chains is just fantastic, as was Soundgarden, but some of the bands considered grunge are only there because of the time and place that they prevailed. One of my favourite bass lines, not for its complexity, but for the gorgeous sound, is Would by Alice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 16 hours ago, bartelby said: Not sure they qualify as grunge, do they? Well ...., i would label them as grunge ! Its just modern , why wouldn't they ? Ok singer still alive and it dosent overdose but surely the music can be label as grunge ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, ubit said: I love Grunge, but I agree, it is a mystery. It seems that you had to be a sort of heavy band coming from Seattle in the early 90's and you were considered grunge. I mean Pearl Jam and the Melvins couldn't be much different. I tried to like the Melvins but just found them too tuneless and manic. Alice in Chains is just fantastic, as was Soundgarden, but some of the bands considered grunge are only there because of the time and place that they prevailed. One of my favourite bass lines, not for its complexity, but for the gorgeous sound, is Would by Alice. the Melvins are one of my top 10 bands ever Anyways, as far as I recall, in most of the songs of most of the bands mentioned here bass tend to follow the root notes which is exactly what the OP wants to go beyond, and IMO most "grunge" bands don't offer all that inspiration on "interesting" basslines (aside from Novoselic and Soundgarden) I think that for more articulate and less predictable solutions, still usable in a """grunge""" context (whatever it means) he could give a listen to some noise rock bands of the same period, such as Jesus Lizard. I think this is one of the best examples of bass "entwined" with guitar instead of just following it You can never have enough Jesus Lizard if you want to play the heavy, groovy bass Edited January 19, 2019 by oZZma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 39 minutes ago, fiatcoupe432 said: Its just modern , why wouldn't they ? because grunge is a context-specific movement, not a music genre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno1981 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Frogstomp by Silverchair has some meaty bass parts. Chunky G&l tones a plenty. They were 14/15 when they recorded it, lyrically terrible but the riffs are great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Search out sub pop 100 and 200 (bet they are on YouTube) and you find some of the well known and some completely forgotten bands that shaped the early grunge sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, oZZma said: because grunge is a context-specific movement, not a music genre So was punk , but we still refer as genre of music ? Edited January 19, 2019 by fiatcoupe432 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Need educated on this .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, fiatcoupe432 said: So was punk , but you still refer as genre of music ? punk was a movement but it's also an attitude/approach but it's also a music genre with shared musical features As pointed above by other users "grunge" included too heterogeneous bands with almost nothing in common from a musical point of view, and sometimes nothing in common under ANY point of view Good exaple by @ubit: Melvins and Pearl Jam You could argue the Melvins not being "grunge", but still Nirvana and Pearl Jam have nothing to share with each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 3 hours ago, fiatcoupe432 said: Need educated on this .... Wikipedia, on 'Grunge' ... Grunge ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvo66 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 It's a strange one indeed,the punks all gravited towards new wave and turned into some fine bands,even Johnny rotten went on to form public image ,so definition of genres is a odd one just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Wikipedia, on 'Grunge' ... Grunge ... On Wikipedia refer as music genre Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is the music genre formed from the fusion of punk rock[1]and heavy metal,[2] and a subculturethat emerged during the mid-1980s in the Pacific Northwest U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. The early grunge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operative451 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Don't forget Sonic Youth! Also, i want all Kim's outfits in this video... And her Mockingbird bass too..! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, fiatcoupe432 said: On Wikipedia refer as music genre ... Maybe not worth labouring the point; it's only semantics and pedantry, really. Does 'blues' come only from the Delta (to some, it does...). Is 'jazz' only New Orleans..? Does Beatlemania include The Dave Clark Five..? There are more, and all good talking points, but... whatever, really. Just my view, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs_triumph Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) I never thought Pearl jam fitted the grunge label. Soundgarden neither. Nor Alice in chains. They just happened to hail from the right area at the right time. I always had grunge down as being a more laid back approach to the songs. Dirty guitars. Sloppy playing. No guitar virtuosity. No blistering solos. A different version of punk really. Much like punk was the antidote to the prog rock of the seventies, grunge was the antidote to the big hair, leather trousers and fret wankery guitaring of the eighties. Edited January 19, 2019 by gs_triumph 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvo66 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) Hear,hear .Guitar wombler of 80s doing a 20 minute solo who had more make up on than a beautician and bigger hair ,oh deary me,wombler what a wombler do they collect rubbish lmfao🤣 Edited January 19, 2019 by kevvo66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.