scott wrote:Wasn't it SPIN magazine that said grunge music was comprised of equal parts Black Sabbath, Black Flag, and Big Black?

Yes, it was.

tipcat wrote:and I think Soundgarden and bands like them were good in that they caused people to wake up and realize that hair metal is not real rock music.

Christopher_Dragon wrote:Actually, it wasn't.
Kurt said that in an interview with Guitar World or some other magazine with Guitar in the title and he was speaking specifically about Nirvana.

scott wrote:

Christopher_Dragon wrote:Actually, it wasn't.
Kurt said that in an interview with Guitar World or some other magazine with Guitar in the title and he was speaking specifically about Nirvana.

I will bet you $10 that this was on the cover of a SPIN magazine, and not a quote from Cobain.

I will mail you a check if I am wrong. It will not bounce!

scott wrote:
If you discount the existence of a genre called "grunge", then y'know, enjoy rewriting history. If you acknowledge the existence of a genre called "grunge", they were kinda one of the main archetypes, werent' they? I mean, sure, Mudhoney (who never got big) were, moreso. Okay. But weren't Soundgarden a band that was a bit of a measuring stick, unlike a Stone Temple Pilots or other band that was a "these guys sound like that grunge stuff that everybody is into nowadays" sort of thing?

Andrew L. wrote:

scott wrote:
If you discount the existence of a genre called "grunge", then y'know, enjoy rewriting history. If you acknowledge the existence of a genre called "grunge", they were kinda one of the main archetypes, werent' they? I mean, sure, Mudhoney (who never got big) were, moreso. Okay. But weren't Soundgarden a band that was a bit of a measuring stick, unlike a Stone Temple Pilots or other band that was a "these guys sound like that grunge stuff that everybody is into nowadays" sort of thing?

I sit corrected.

I wrote, "Soundgarden made crappy hard rock."

I should have written, "Soundgarden were kinda one of the main archetypes of a genre called 'grunge.'"

Andrew L. wrote:...otherwise mediocre....

kerble wrote:

Andrew L. wrote:...otherwise mediocre....

what the hell do you expect, L'AnDrew?

see this emoticon?:

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it means I feel: "whatever".

DrAwkward wrote:Why such an axe to grind?