Greatest of the Seattle "Grunge Bands"

[Taverner]

Poll question: Greatest of the Seattle "Grunge Bands"

And I know some of you will scoff at who've I've deemed from the Seattle scene (True, Pearl Jam didn't really exist in Seattle, but was mainly a way to continue in contract after the death of Mother Love Bone)

[SteppingRazor]

1. Pearl Jam!

Gotta give'em credit for being the last band standing. And their latest album is still quality, after all these years

[Taverner]

2. As much as I love PJ

And yes, gotta give them kudos for being the last band standing...

But would you say the Stones are better than the Beatles because they still exist?

I go with Alice in Chains for the sheer genius that was their last true studio album, "Alice in Chains".

[SteppingRazor]

5. Well, this was a really tough choice for me between PJ and AiC...

I really like Nirvana and Mudhoney too, but those first two are freakin' awesome. The difference for me is album/song based. I look at AiC and I see a band that produced brilliant albums. I look at PJ and there are certain songs that I could hear a million times — and have — and I never get tired of them. "Corduroy," for example, or "Yellow Ledbetter" or "Elderly woman" or "Even flow" or "Better man." Not a single one of those songs is on the same album, iirc, but to me the singles are more memorable than the LPs. Not so with AiC, where every album strikes me as a more listen-all-the-way-through experience.

[ileus]

7. AiC the only group I've bought all the albums of.

[SteppingRazor]

8. Exactly. You need the AiC albums. With Pearl Jam, you really just need an iPod...

albeit an iPod with lots of room :)

[KamaAina]

22. Pearl Jam's version of "Hawaii '78" is taking the islands by storm

The song, originally by Bruddah IZ, features basically our state motto set to music: "Ua mau / ke ea o ka 'aina / i ka pono / o Hawai'i"; the last two words are not in the motto, which means "The life of the land is perpetuated in (righteousness/harmony/balance)". It just blows us away that a mainland band would record something so specific to us, so well!

[SteppingRazor]

23. Makes sense given the band's second passion...

they're all maniacs about surfing, supposedly

[Mad_Dem_X]

33. BINGO - they should get points just for

their longevity.

PJ RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111!!!!!!!!!!1

[idgiehkt]

37. I agree

Still around, still relevant, still making great music. Great then and great now.

[itsmesgd]

3. Screaming Trees is a close second

I saw them upstage the Spin Doctors with Soul Asylum back in 92 or 93. Great show and the Spin Doctors still suck

[Taverner]

4. The Spin Doctors had one song

They just changed the lyrics every so often :)

[underpants]

6. You nearly lost me there

:bounce:

One of the first songs I downloaded into my iPod

[buddhamama]

9. 1. Alice in Chains 2.Screaming Trees

3.Nirvana 4.Soundgarden 5.Pearl Jam

[SteppingRazor]

10. PJ is No. 5?!

Buddhamama, I don't even know you anymore! :P

[buddhamama]

12. *sniff sniff*

:cry: I like Pearl Jam but their newer material doesn't have the same feel to it, or lasting quality that their earlier songs had.

[itsmesgd]

16. what about Bushleaguer and Inside Job?

I love the last record. It has a very somber tone, but shows maturity

[swag]

11. Dickless was the greatest. Tad was a close second.

[Taverner]

13. Ahhh a true Sub-Pop fanboy

I remember playing some Dickless on KBVR-FM in the heady days before Seattlemania

[swag]

15. It was Dickless, Hole, Babes in Toyland, L7 all the time for about a year.

Loved Hole's first two singles. After that, they sucked.

Speaking of L7, it's almost time for Donita Sparks' weekly post over at firedoglake.

[itsmesgd]

24. L7's "Pretend We're Dead" is my mantra

come on everybody and "Smell the Magic"

[idgiehkt]

57. From that album I think "Mr. Integrity"

spoke the loudest to me of all.

[idgiehkt]

58. I loved just about all of "Live through this"

I missed "Pretty on the Inside", though. Add PJ Harvey's Rid of Me and Lunachick's Binge and Purge to your list and you have my playlist for about 2 years. (plus some tribe 8, 7 year Bitch, Diamanda Galas when I could stand it, and various and sundry riot grrrl bands thrown in).

[flamingyouth]

18. I have that single and play it often!

[swag]

27. It's a good'n, all right. We should jointly host a record hop some day.

Also enjoyed the follow-up band, the Teen Angels.

This is as good a place as any, I suppose, to declare my loathing for Pearl Jam. Jesus, all that fucking flat bleating.

[flamingyouth]

29. Indeed we should.

I'm not a fan of Pearl Whiz(tm) at all myself, but they mean well, I suppose.

[Ariana Celeste]

14. Alice in Chains, dude

:loveya:

I love all of them, but Alice in Chains is the one that's really stuck with me all these years. :D

[WhollyHeretic]

17. Mudhoney

I haven't heard them in years.

[Xithras]

19. *sigh* I miss grunge.

Quite possibly the last real "innovation" in music.

[Forkboy]

20. Tad....I'd pick the Cows but they're from Minneapolis,not Seattle

Best on the poll is Mudhoney.

[buddhamama]

21. *gasp*

you know i love AiC... *sigh* so much for the simpatico thingy. :P

[Forkboy]

25. Well dont blame me cuz you have no taste!

:P

[buddhamama]

28. tune in your bubble thoughts transmitter

to pick up the message being sent to you.

all righty, Junior. :D

[Forkboy]

30. My transmitter shorted out years ago

And who you callin' Junior,Spanky?

:hi:

[Taverner]

34. But didn't they come to Seattle, like Smashing Pumpkins?

A band I forgot...bad me!

[jayfish]

36. The Cows Were Insane.

Great live band. I saw them several times and had the opportunity to party with them after a show. Fun stuff.

Jay

[Forkboy]

53. Same here...many a good time with them.

I remember introducing myself to Kevin Rutmanis and telling him my name was Steve.He answered,"Hey,that's my mom's name." I thought he was joking but I found out a year or so later that his mom is named Stevia.

That was the same night the singer snagged my New Jersey Devils hat and my friend and I drank the band's beer :)

They were always a blast live.Both Cunning Stunts and Sexy Pee Story are classics for me.

[Phillycat]

26. Soundgarden, by far. Then PJ, then AIC.

[idgiehkt]

38. I hedged on that myself

Soundgarden are in a category of their own because of Cornell's vocal talent and because of their musicianship.

[Phillycat]

39. I agree. It's very difficult to compare them to the rest on this list.

But Chris Cornell is freaking HOT, so that convinced me in the end. :D

[buddhamama]

47. i knew it.

i knew that was what convinced you. :D

He is freakin' HOT!

[Kajsa]

31. Alice in Chains, the original band.

I'm not familiar with the new lead vocalist.
Layne Staley was one of the best vocalist in rock ever, IMHO.
(' Here Comes the Rooster' is a good example)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layne_Staley

Next is Soundgarden. Chris Cornell rocks and I like Audioslave,
his current band.

[Reverend_Smitty]

32. Soundgarden

I loves me some Chris Cornell. Then I'd say Pearl Jam, Mudhoney and Nirvana, I know this is blasphemous but I never really liked Alice in Chains...I'm gonna go and hide behind some flannel now :yoiks:

[jayfish]

35. Temple Of The Dog.

The 1st grunge super group. Too bad the only thing anyone remembers from them is "Hunger Strike". It's my least favorite song on that album. After that it's a toss-up between SG and AIC. Honorable mention goes to Mad Season. Another grunge super group.

Jay

[graywarrior]

40. Foo Fighters.

[mtnester]

42. You know what the best thing was to ever come out of Nirvana don't you?

:evilgrin:

[graywarrior]

43. Yes indeedy.

:hi:

[SOteric]

41. The Gits

[swag]

44. Viva Zapata!

[swag]

46. Which reminds me,

Seven Year Bitch had a few good moments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW2_Ok5z04I

[Forkboy]

54. Another good choice!

:thumbsup:

[Lady Effingbroke]

45. Soundgarden.

[GOPisEvil]

48. Citizen Dick

;)

[Taverner]

49. Touch me, I'm Dick

[GOPisEvil]

50. Like, we're huge in Europe. We've got records...uh, a big record just broke in Belgium.

[SmileyBoy]

51. I see that the band who should be rightfully winning IS winning.

Although I love Soundgarden also.

[gbate]

52. Stone Temple Pilots, anyone?

[idgiehkt]

56. yep

the do deserve a mention if Alice in Chains does :thumbsup:

[LostInAnomie]

55. Alice In Chains

Shouldn't even be a discussion.

[cemaphonic]

59. Sky Cries Mary

Not grunge, but a really great '90s Seattle rock band.