POV: Grunge tunes not by Nirvana

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Which songs from the seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time movement still sound alright?

Would? - AIC
Brother - AIC
Fell On Black Days - Soundgarden
Outshined - Soundgarden
Even Flow - Pearl Jam

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Saturday, 30 September 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

supermuff ep. um, touch me i'm sick. i think that oughta do it.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 30 September 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

dickless 7-inch. and you are done!

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 30 September 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

Would? seconded
Unsung - Helmet
FDK - Mudhoney (actually, any number of Mudhoney stuff)

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Saturday, 30 September 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

helmet were not teh grinngggge!!!

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 30 September 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

WAHT IS GRUNGE TUNES?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 30 September 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

new apple online store?

― how much, latebloomer? (latebloomer), Saturday, 30 September 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

five Dwarves tunes

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 30 September 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

one dwarves 7-inch with bloody nekked laydeez on the cover. five songs is too many.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 30 September 2006 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

this was a pretty good rekkerd:

http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/dre700/e704/e704368zop0.jpg

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 30 September 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

1. This Gift - Mudhoney
2. Drawing Flies - Soundgarden
3. Brake Torque - Big Chief
4. Jack Pepsi - Tad
5. Hangin Tree - Green River

― bendy (bendy), Sunday, 1 October 2006 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

collective soul - gel
everclear - santa monica
local h - bound for the floor
stone temple pilots - unglued
weird al yankovic - smells like nirvana

― xhuxk (xheddy), Sunday, 1 October 2006 00:56 (nineteen years ago)

Pearl Jam - Go, Glorified G, Dissident, Do the Evolution, Brain of J

― graf cycliz (graf cycliz), Sunday, 1 October 2006 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

Pearl Jam - Sometimes
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Alice In Chains - Frogs
Smashing Pumpkins - Soma
errr...

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Sunday, 1 October 2006 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

wtf is wrong with you ppl collective soul christ

Chloe dancer/crown of thorns - mother love bone

― godcomplex (godcomplex), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

i think xheddy was joking

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:30 (nineteen years ago)

Candlebox

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

all of dirt. facelift and the other stuff wasn't classically grunge, but i'll pass it as well if you like

soundgarden's badmotorfinger

mudhoney...

screaming trees' sweet oblivion and dust.

if you want to count mother love bone, the tracks 'chloe dancer', 'bone china' and 'stargazer' spring to mind

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

SCORE: Great

HARSH REALM: Bummer

COB NOBBLER: Loser

DISH: Desirable guy

BLOATED, BIG BAG OF BLOATATION: Drunk

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:11 (nineteen years ago)

soundgarden - mind riot
screaming trees - nearly lost you
alice in chains - god am
mudhoney - suck you dry
mad season - wake up

― 6335 (6335), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:17 (nineteen years ago)

yes to all of the above, except 'god am'. in fact all the aic tracks i dislike (of which there are 3 or 4) are on 'tripod'. though i don't like 'confusion' or 'swing on this' come to think of it

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

any five songs from http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002IWU.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115571294_.jpg

― Godfrzej Ljang (godfrzej), Sunday, 1 October 2006 07:04 (nineteen years ago)

Mmm, Superfuzz + Houdini + some Tad song.

― Øystein (Øystein), Sunday, 1 October 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

i think xheddy was joking

think again.

― xhxuk (xheddy), Sunday, 1 October 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

unglued is a great choice if you count stp

still remains is even better

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Sunday, 1 October 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

I don't care how unfashionable grunge has become, I still love it.

Pearl Jam--Corduroy
Local H--Eddie Vedder
Temple Of The Dog--Hunger Strike
Soundgarden--The Day I Tried To Live
Alice In Chains--Would?

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 1 October 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

pov grunge covers:
screaming trees--love or confusion
green river--queen bitch
soundgarden--swallow my pride
mudhoney--you stupid asshole
mother love bone--i'm in love with my car

― maura (maura), Sunday, 1 October 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

Mmm, Superfuzz + Houdini + some Tad song.

-- Øystein (laserbea...), October 1st, 2006.

otm.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 1 October 2006 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

It seems implicit that we can't say the Meat Puppets and the Pixies, but why can we not?

― Adam S S (Zephery), Sunday, 1 October 2006 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

pov grunge covers:
green river--queen bitch
i prefer green river's dead boys cover.

― Godfrzej Ljang (godfrzej), Sunday, 1 October 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

mother love bone--i'm in love with my car

! Wherever was this found?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 October 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

"Brother Brick Says" by Clawhammer - that is a killer jam

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 1 October 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

ned it's a live version from a bootleg that i found on napster years and years (and one computer) ago

― maura (maura), Sunday, 1 October 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

It seems implicit that we can't say the Meat Puppets and the Pixies, but why can we not?

Insufficient grunge.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 1 October 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

everything on 'fuck me i'm rich'

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Sunday, 1 October 2006 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

ned it's a live version from a bootleg that i found on napster years and years (and one computer) ago

I am teh jealous. :-/ And I have a two disc Mother Love Bone/Malfunkshun bootleg too!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 October 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

"Santa Monica", "Brother Brick", "Gel", Olivelawn's "Hate" all excellent suggestions that I never considered to be "grunge" ('til now, maybe.)

Mudhoney, "Burn It Clean"
Neil Young, "Cinnamon Girl"
Honeymoon Killers, "The Sexorcist"
Fluid, "Out Love Will Still Be There"
The Sonics, "Psycho"

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Monday, 2 October 2006 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

I am having a hard time picking five although "Would?" and "Black Hole Sun" were great songs at least. "Glycerine" by Bush wasn't too bad either (except the entire idea of a grunge act from the UK was wrong, wrong, wrong and nothing but wrong)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 2 October 2006 08:36 (nineteen years ago)

We (the UK) also had Headswim, but I don't think they made a splash internationally (or a particularly big one domestically, for that matter).

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Monday, 2 October 2006 09:10 (nineteen years ago)

"Nothing to Say" by Soundgarden
"Touch Me I'm Sick" by Mudhoney
"Foot" by Love Battery
"Bar X the Rocking M" by the Melvins
"Jinx" by Tad

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 2 October 2006 10:26 (nineteen years ago)

were ugly kid joe "grunge" ? where are they now ?

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 2 October 2006 11:16 (nineteen years ago)

Touring with Pretty Boy Floyd, I hope.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 2 October 2006 11:18 (nineteen years ago)

might as well wipe the dust off 'motel california' to see how its aged

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 2 October 2006 11:19 (nineteen years ago)

xpost
As crazy as it may seem, I think I must have ukj's album (have they made more than 1 ?) somewhere...
aaah the tasteful cover...

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 2 October 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

don't think they made it past 3 records

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 2 October 2006 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

I should spend more time thinking back to what CFNY would play, but:
Eric's Trip - Viewmaster
Sloan - Underwhelmed (they where the next Nirvana don't ya know)
Jale - Not Happy
Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
uuuuuuum mmmmmmmmmm Eric's Trip - My Room

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Monday, 2 October 2006 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

Soundgarden - Gun
TAD - Ax to Grind
Mudhoney - In N Out of Grace
Green River - P.C.C.
Skin Yard - Stranger
Melvins - Boris
Dickless - Saddle Tramp

― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Monday, 2 October 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

yes to all of the above, except 'god am'. in fact all the aic tracks i dislike (of which there are 3 or 4) are on 'tripod'. though i don't like 'confusion' or 'swing on this' come to think of it
-- Charlie Howard (charlieflie...), September 30th, 2006.

i only like a couple songs from the 'tripod album', but that nasty guitar riff on 'god am' always gets me. its been a while since i heard it, so who knows if it still holds up. 'them bones' or 'sickman' would work too

― 6335 (6335), Monday, 2 October 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

i also hold a special place in my heart for 'say hello 2 heaven' by temple of the dog. corny as it may be

― 6335 (6335), Monday, 2 October 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

I remember Tripod being pretty shitty; the only song I can recall being at all good is 'Heaven Beside You'.

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Monday, 2 October 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

i have this.
http://www.endino.com/skinyard/skinpics/deepsix2.jpg
its garbage.

this
http://www.dementlieu.com/~obik/bigblack/discog/images/va_wailing01.jpg
and some of the amrep comps are cool. thats all grunge right? i think i like grunge from the midwest better than grunge from the pacific northwest.

playing real fast and lose (or conflating grunge with 120 minutes:

"gimmie indie rock" sebadoh
"headburn" halo of flies
"jeremy" pearl jam (its funny i think)
"cannonball" Breeders (i thought it was way more grunge than 4 non blondes at the time so it counts)
"Dyslexic Heart" Paul Westerberg (this was in singles wasn't it? if so it counts.)

am wondering about where grunge ends and indie/alterna rock begins cuz i love me some "vaseline", "loser", "summer babe" etc. i mean they all sound kinda scuzzy (maybe more 'cheap than scuzzy?) and wouldn't have been hits (er or 'hits') if it weren't for nirvana.

― c.t.mummey (consigliere), Monday, 2 October 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

Toadies "Possum Kingdom" or "I Come from the Water" or even "Tyler"
Silverchair "Tomorrow"
Dinosaur Jr. "Tarpit"
Salt "Bluster"
Kyuss "One Inch Man" (or is "Green Machine" grungier?)
Butthole Surfers "Twenty Two Going on Twenty Three" (exploring the fuckedup outer limits of grunge)
L7 "Pretend We're Dead"
Meat Puppets "Backwater"
Babes in Toyland "Bruise Violet"
and of course, Hole "Gold Dust Woman"

...and why not, you put N. Young in there...
The Stooges "Little Doll"

― Destroy A. Monsters (Destroy A. Monsters), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

6335, i guess the novelty factor of layne simultaneously speaking and exhaling bong smoke spoilt the song for me. time to give 'god am' another chance, i suppose!

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 10:58 (nineteen years ago)

Side one of this:

http://www.endino.com/skinyard/skinpics/hallow.jpg

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 11:05 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha, i could see that. me and my buddies were always like 'DUDE, he's hitting the bong!!' AWESOME! *hi-five*
xpost to charlie

― 6335 (6335), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

hah

"sure god's all powerful. but does he have...(something incoherent)..."

such a bizarre way to open a track

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:43 (nineteen years ago)

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