Stone Temple Pilots fire lead singer

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Driving Wheel

Fact is, the music of the so-called 'grunge' bands is pretty disparate. Jane's Addiction sounded nothing like Chili Peppers, who sounded nothing like Soundgarden, who sounded nothing like Smashing Pumpkins

Jane's Addiction was NEVER considered "grunge". They were Alternative and from Los Angeles, not Seattle. The Pumpkins were from Chicago and also considered an Alt band.

You're confusing genres.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Jane's Addiction was NEVER considered "grunge". They were Alternative and from Los Angeles, not Seattle. The Pumpkins were from Chicago and also considered an Alt band.

You're confusing genres.

Yep - confused the movement with the genre.

(like, 'alternative' back in the day included Jane's, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Pumpkins, etc. Then, they started calling all the bands from Seattle 'grunge' in order to capitalize on the fad you alluded to...)