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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
Wasnt grunge originally just the Seattle bands? Then later you had bands like Bush who were basically ripping off that sound...then there was the big alternative movement in the mid 90s......which became mainstream, so it wasnt really alternative anymore.
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'Alternative', for me, happened in the mid-80's : The Cure, Jane's Addiction, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, The Smiths, Teenage Fanclub, The Pixies, Faith No More, etc. Red Hot Chili Peppers were on the fringe at that time (EVERYBODY thought those ****ers were weird back then)
Those bands are the major precursors to the Nirvana/Smashing Pumpkins/Soundgarden wave of the early 90's - FNM really deserves a TON of credit for getting the first 'alternative' video into heavy rotation onto Mtv ('Epic') and then Jane's came with 'Been Caught Stealing', and 'alternative' was the new catchphrase.
Nirvana going to number 1 was the moment it all changed...
And yes, by 1994 you had the Bushs and Green Days and Candleboxes and Collective Souls and whatnot, that capitalized on the supposed 'grunge' sound...but imitators are most always pale shadows of the originals...
They still pump it out, though - Godsmack, Nickleback, Chevelle, etc.; lots of bands now try to carry that 'grunge' torch...and it all sounds the same. Like the same producers use the same plug-ins and the bands patch the same tracks into their live rigs...
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