This is so funny to me because I'm a huge hip hop head where that statement is basically the opposite but I'm loved nirvana my whole life. I guess you just have to mix it up.
@@ashlealabine6937 yes 1994. I was a senior that year. Went out to Rochester, NY and saw Pearl Jam. Kinda crazy, Eddie gave a speech about suicide and I find out the next day about Kurt when we all got back home from the show.
Grunge didn't exist until people were trying to classify the Seattle sound of the nineties, Kurt referred to them as more of a pop-punk hybrid. Kinda like if the Beatles tried to emulate the sound of the Sex Pistols.
Taylor Hawkins described the sound of the first Foo Fighters album as being "Steve Miller being backed by the Bad Brains" which sums up what Cobain was going for. Melodic and FULL ON at the same time.
Yeah I think the term has taken on more of a meaning after the era than it perhaps had within it. And quite like with "nu metal" (another label imposed by magazines), the variety of bands lumped into it was originally a bit too wide to call it all one thing. I think "grunge" can have meaning, but if it's useful, it doesn't mean all of what was called it back then.
Keep in mind, Grunge was one of those terms coined by record label execs to put a label on the bands of the time who had that Seattle sound. Nirvana were arguably more of a punk band that had catchy pop sensibilities in the mix. Kurt's sense of melody was heavily influenced by The Beatles/John Lennon, while the music itself was raw. For more of their punkier stuff, try: Territorial Pissings, Negative Creep, Aneurysm, Hairspray Queen, and Downer
Yh. It's like how AiC are primarily a heavy rock group with grunge/metal sensibilities. Some people prefer if their favourite band just keeps churning out the same stuff but personally I prefer when bands experiment, branch out and stretch their 'style'.
@@JamoonXerxesSauber I feel it's more that people prefer bands don't forget that original sound. You go in loving that first album they released and then for the second they change it up in everyway, and it may or may not work for them, especially if maybe it's to jarring of a difference. So they end up thinking, "They couldn't keep a couple songs sounding like they did and changed to this?!" Of course, some make it work. Others do not.
Nirvana just made music, others named them grunge. Dirty, gritty, true and no posers. More Nirvana please , In Bloom, Drain you, Sliver, You know your right, Heart Shaped Box.
I'm so happy I got to be a teenager when grunge broke through. I remember vividly how shocking and new this all was. Today it just sounds like some kind of rock, but back then the freshness blew you away. Grunge grew out of punk and had its own unique sound. It was honest and experimental - and there was always anger or melancoly.
Hell yes. I graduated from HS/started college in 93. That was just really a great time for music in general. So glad I got to see at least some of these artists live back then, at the beginning. I got to see Pearl Jam for the first time in early 92 when they were touring for Ten. When Eddie was still jumping off shit, trying to break his neck. And I was a teenage girl happily joining the mosh pit, but hoping I didn’t get kicked in the face by someone crowd surfing. Lol In ‘94 I went to Lollapalooza and saw (the brand new) Green Day, along with the Beastie Boys ❤️, A Tribe Called Quest, the Breeders, George Clinton and Parliament funkadelic...
I graduated HS in 1994. I hated the grunge era. It never connected with me at all. I always saw it as a dark time that killed music. I was too dumb (and still em) to get it.
Ooh yess! My fav from the band is Lounge act, drain you , Rape me and Aneurysm. They have so many awesome songs! Would love if you guys do more reactions to Nirvana :)
I was 18 yrs old when this came out, I'm 48 now, and still feel the energy in this song the same as i did back then. Changed the music industry with one Album..
I think this song needs to be watch on the live version to feel the reel vibe "Breed Live at Paramount", the drummer goes loco, Kurt Cobain on his own vibe, the bass player jumping around, and a young v.i.p dancing 90's... just really grunge concert.
I played guitar back in the days too. This style is basically punk rock. I used to play a lot of punk rock music back then 1990s. Early Nirvana was influenced by punk rock.
i think Kurt's lyrics are quite open to interpretation. That said this song feels to me, like a mockery of relationship expectations. The generic, even interchangeable, nature of the line by line list of goals that adults can have in their couplings. Kids, house, career, garden...whatever. Does life ever work out that way? And if it did, would you be fulfilled? Would it feel like checking boxes? Life, and especially relationships are often messy and chaotic and surprising. In his heart, i don't think Kurt wanted the white picket fence, but maybe he thought he did. For awhile....
@@arminius504 definitely better than a heroin addiction, but he was merely a victim of that addiction. Marriage and kids isn't for everyone though. Definitely not for me lol I'd rather be in a long term committed relationship _without_ marriage and no kids. But i'm an odd case and don't really care at all for tradition. That's what i've learned about myself lol
@@arminius504 *the best path in life is for each individual to discover... I think marriage & children is the easiest path to a predictable outcome of feeling achievement even if you're a failure in other areas, which is the main reason why people walk that path but there are def other paths that also lead to self fulfillment & a feeling of achievement... it really is subjective...
@@Jaster832 but Courtney did have Frances. I don't know if she never wanted kids, never read about in any Love's biography I read. I think it has more to do with their lifestyles and doing things their own way (like building a tree instead of planting it). like "let's just be ourselves and fuck what other people expect, we do what we feel is right even if it's what they expect"
Better yet: No interpretation at all. Most of them mean literally nothing other than that he needed something that rhymed with the previous bunch of noises that came out of his mouth. He was heavily influenced by King Buzzo, in the regard that singing is just making a bunch of sounds. It's just one more instrument. As long as the words sound good, there is no need whatsoever for them to mean anything as a whole. Often in Nirvana songs, each line is about something completely different, or nothing at all. People who dig too deeply into it, are usually pretentious first year media studies students who suddenly think everything has to have a hidden meaning, and that they're super special and clever if they think they figured it out
Still one of the band I can go back and listen to every song. Nirvana was/is still amazing in so many ways. My favorite song (that's not the usual stuff) is A song called "Lounge Act" off the "Nevermind" album.
Nirvana was a punk band that got lumped into the grunge hype with lots of other bands who didn’t sound anything like each other, just because so many of them were from the Pacific Northwest, signed to the same label and identified with an underground, independent and subversive music community. But in his heart and at his core, Kurt was just a sensitive punk rocker who happened to be a genius at writing pop songs.
Nirvana are definitely grunge, however there's a few very punk rock heavy on the album Nevermind. Specifically: "Breed", "Territorial Pissings" and "Stay Away". Even the main riff to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a punk riff. You really hear those punk influences on Bleach and Nevermind.
i was watching the live stream and rooting for you to do this song - so i was quite happy when it won the poll - i know you don't do live performances on the streams - but for your own pleasure - if you have the time - watch the live performances of this song widely available - Nirvana was fantastic live in concert. Thanks for your reactions.
The punk kid doing the 50's rock and roll dances behind Kurt is peak 90's stuff. It also has one of the best examples of stage diving ever, and Kurt going full Kurt on the solo.
OMG! Lex saying "A dirty couch in a parent's garage" gave me flashbacks of 30 years ago hanging out at my friend's parents garage jamming out to grunge and heavy metal. There was a dirty couch that was the seating for the handful of friends that was our audience.
One thing to note that "grunge" was more of a marketing term than an actual musical movement. It was a way that marketers and record stores could group similar sounding music to help people find music they might like. This would have been in the pre-Web, pre-mp3 days, when it was much more difficult to find new music. In those days music was also more localized. There was a Pacific Northwest hard rock sound, centered around Seattle and Olympia that goes back to the early 1960s with groups like the Sonics and the Wailers (not the Bob Marley group), later with Jimi Hendrix, in the 1970s with Heart, etc.. That sound was guitar-heavy, often loud, sloppy and with distortion. The immediate predecessors to Nirvana were bands like Green River, Tad, and Mudhoney, and contemporaries were Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, etc. Kurt Cobain, who wrote most of Nirvana's songs, was one of these guys who was a musical sponge. He soaked up the sounds from around Seattle, but also the Beatles, the PIxies and lots of other bands, and poured out music of his own that reflected those influences.
Nirvana were very creative with song sturcture so keep checking them out. They were technically part of the "grunge" sound but not all grunge bands are created equal. Kurt was influenced by The Pixies, who were more post-punk/alternative and not grunge at all. I don't know if you've already listened to them. I recommend "Where is My Mind?" and "Gigantic" and "Debaser" just to start out.
The Pacific northwest was amazing musically in the 80's into the 90's. Vancouver and Seattle were so fun, crossing the border was relatively easy, and many up and coming bands and scenes were there to be enjoyed. Took a while to cross over with a few violent skirmishes, but on the end, it was fun times!!!
Despite being one of the people most associated with it, Kurt Cobain never identified with the "grunge' movement. He saw it it as nothing but typical commercial exploitation. He used to go around in a T-shirt that had written on it "GRUNGE IS DEAD". If he categorized himself at all in terms of music, it was as punk rock.
Remember, this is the guy who was offered an opportunity to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, and he agreed to do it... on the condition that he could wear a shirt that said "CORPORATE MAGAZINES STILL SUCK."
Yes! Dig deeper into Nirvana. They have so many good songs!!! Top 3 bands: Slayer, Nirvana and Pink Floyd. These bands really made me who I am and I am so thankful they exist.
I used to sing this song in my old band and I never bothered to learn the words. I just yelled gibberish and said “Shazam!” a lot. Nobody noticed, nobody cared…
Kobain would be rolling in his grave to think that 30 yrs later Nirvana are still being lumped in with hard rock bands like Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Nirvana were part of the indie-punk scene that was led by The Melvins, Dinosaur Jr, and Mudhoney. Nirvana played with and supported these bands through the late eighties and early nineties. The term 'Grunge' was first used to describe Mudhoney's dirty messy punk style, then lazy journalists used it for anyone that came from the north-west at that time. Even Mark Arm (Singer/guitarist) from Mudhoney started to hate the term he created once it started being used for bands like Soundagarden. They didn't dislike the other bands, it was just they were two very different scenes. Indie-punk were influenced by 70's punk and 80's indie music, whereas the hard rock style bands were more influence by 70's hard rock like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. So when Brad said this song didn't sound very Grunge, he is referring to the dark hard rock sound from the north-west at that time, not the indie-punk style that Nirvana belonged to.
Nirvana was one of the greatest bands of the nineties. They had an instantly recognizable sound. Cobain was a genius. His songwriting was just phenomenal.
The thing to keep in mind with Nirvana is that their sound is an amalgamation of the most of the best punk and independent bands from the 80’s polished up for mainstream audiences by a major label. I don’t think it’s strictly grunge…this songs Husker Du, that songs Pixies, this one’s Dinosaur Jr., etc. There’s not a lot of sludgy sound.
Grunge was a scene more so than an actual genre. If it were a genre, the only bands would be Mudhoney, Green River, and MAAAAAYBE The Melvins (depends on if you ask a purist). Kurt always described Nirvana as more punk/poppy.
For those of you who came after the 90s, Nirvana was actually a PUNK BAND. The term grunge was put on several bands just because they weren’t exactly falling into a specific box at the time. If you notice, Nirvana sounds nothing like Pearl Jam. Pearl jam sounds nothing like Alice In Chains. Alice In Chains sounds nothing like Soundgarden. And none of them sound like Nirvana. It was a generic term said about one band that became a marketing scheme. A lot of the bands labeled “grunge” we actually just rock bands from a particular area. Some were more punk. Some were more metal. Some were a little glam. Ask the question, why were the Smashing Pumpkins nut called grunge? Answer, they were from Chicago. Same time. Same crowds. Similar sound. But we’re considered “alternative rock”. Not grunge. The term grunge applies to a region, time and place, and against mainstream ideals. Plain and simple.
Lmao! When Lex said "dirty couch" 🤣🤣🤣 💯 BTW, I love that the lyrics are "we can PLANT a house, we can BUILD a tree". Makes me smile every time I hear it 😊
With so many artists and bands the perception of those artists is based on their popular songs, that is, the ones that were big on the radio or MTV... But to really get them you need to listen to the whole album. Nirvana was "Grunge", but that is really a sort of blend of Punk, Rock, Metal, Folk, and Skate...
Nirvana - always so fresh and distinctive, even decades later. You guys really need to check out "The Man Who Sold the World," which BTW is actually a very interesting Bowie cover. Think its on the unplugged album IIRC. "Lake of Fire" is another good choice from that one.
"Music comes first, lyrics are secondary"- Kurt Cobain
Well, actually - Dave Grohl paraphrasing Kurt Cobain.
Kurt Cobain was also a huge liar when it came to interviews. So.... there's that.
Ummm. Very Nivana.
This is so funny to me because I'm a huge hip hop head where that statement is basically the opposite but I'm loved nirvana my whole life. I guess you just have to mix it up.
@@shadyd2544 who cares? What famous anyone isn't liar at some point?
This song live is a must watch, the energy in the room is just incredible.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Nirvana live is next level
Kurt completely rearranged the face of music with only a DS-1 distortion pedal, chorus, and tons of angst.
Would love to hear more Nirvana. There was a period in my life when this was my favorite band. I still love them.
I remember when Kurt passed. Went to see Pearl Jam and found out he was gone the next day. It was a sad day for many.
@@enjoyesk8978 yes. I was quite young though and just beginning to get into them. '94 right? I was in 7th grade.
@@ashlealabine6937 yes 1994. I was a senior that year. Went out to Rochester, NY and saw Pearl Jam. Kinda crazy, Eddie gave a speech about suicide and I find out the next day about Kurt when we all got back home from the show.
Nevermind still sounds like the future of music 30 years after it came out.
@@robertstraw9881 timeless
Grunge didn't exist until people were trying to classify the Seattle sound of the nineties, Kurt referred to them as more of a pop-punk hybrid. Kinda like if the Beatles tried to emulate the sound of the Sex Pistols.
That’s super accurate. Cuz at their heart, Nirvana’s songs are pop.
Kurt said they were Cheap Trick with more distortion
Taylor Hawkins described the sound of the first Foo Fighters album as being "Steve Miller being backed by the Bad Brains" which sums up what Cobain was going for. Melodic and FULL ON at the same time.
Yeah I think the term has taken on more of a meaning after the era than it perhaps had within it. And quite like with "nu metal" (another label imposed by magazines), the variety of bands lumped into it was originally a bit too wide to call it all one thing. I think "grunge" can have meaning, but if it's useful, it doesn't mean all of what was called it back then.
@@kenmcguire5547 He also said he was trying to rip-off Pixies’ songs 😂😁
Lex's hair is always on point, no matter how she wears it. This song is very punk-like. One of my favorites.
agree on both points!
Keep in mind, Grunge was one of those terms coined by record label execs to put a label on the bands of the time who had that Seattle sound. Nirvana were arguably more of a punk band that had catchy pop sensibilities in the mix.
Kurt's sense of melody was heavily influenced by The Beatles/John Lennon, while the music itself was raw. For more of their punkier stuff, try: Territorial Pissings, Negative Creep, Aneurysm, Hairspray Queen, and Downer
Yh. It's like how AiC are primarily a heavy rock group with grunge/metal sensibilities. Some people prefer if their favourite band just keeps churning out the same stuff but personally I prefer when bands experiment, branch out and stretch their 'style'.
Definitely punk !!
Thank you. This is basically punk mixed with a little (or sometimes a lot) of Melvins & Pixies.
@@JamoonXerxesSauber I feel it's more that people prefer bands don't forget that original sound. You go in loving that first album they released and then for the second they change it up in everyway, and it may or may not work for them, especially if maybe it's to jarring of a difference.
So they end up thinking, "They couldn't keep a couple songs sounding like they did and changed to this?!"
Of course, some make it work. Others do not.
Man I love Aneurysm. Just such an unfettered, out of control sounding song.
"We can plant a house, we can build a tree" . Most people dont know that Nirvana was really a funny band 😂
Nirvana just made music, others named them grunge. Dirty, gritty, true and no posers. More Nirvana please , In Bloom, Drain you, Sliver, You know your right, Heart Shaped Box.
Word.
Love Buzz, Son of a Gun
Negative creep , blew , floyd the barber
I'm so happy I got to be a teenager when grunge broke through. I remember vividly how shocking and new this all was. Today it just sounds like some kind of rock, but back then the freshness blew you away.
Grunge grew out of punk and had its own unique sound. It was honest and experimental - and there was always anger or melancoly.
Same because I was tired of the hair metal and pop 40 stuff.
Hell yes. I graduated from HS/started college in 93. That was just really a great time for music in general. So glad I got to see at least some of these artists live back then, at the beginning. I got to see Pearl Jam for the first time in early 92 when they were touring for Ten. When Eddie was still jumping off shit, trying to break his neck. And I was a teenage girl happily joining the mosh pit, but hoping I didn’t get kicked in the face by someone crowd surfing. Lol In ‘94 I went to Lollapalooza and saw (the brand new) Green Day, along with the Beastie Boys ❤️, A Tribe Called Quest, the Breeders, George Clinton and Parliament funkadelic...
I graduated HS in 1994. I hated the grunge era. It never connected with me at all. I always saw it as a dark time that killed music. I was too dumb (and still em) to get it.
Preach!
Me too
Punk energy. Just imagine a room or a concert hall packed with people just going nuts to this.
I broke my ankle moshing to this song at their show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ 1991..
Ooh yess! My fav from the band is Lounge act, drain you , Rape me and Aneurysm.
They have so many awesome songs!
Would love if you guys do more reactions to Nirvana :)
Lounge Act! I totally forgot about that song. Thank You
lounge act! nice
The sound of this song and the guitars is one of the most sought after by musicians of all time, or at least modern times.
Love that bass tone
Those drums are also lethal.
I was 18 yrs old when this came out, I'm 48 now, and still feel the energy in this song the same as i did back then. Changed the music industry with one Album..
I think this song needs to be watch on the live version to feel the reel vibe "Breed Live at Paramount", the drummer goes loco, Kurt Cobain on his own vibe, the bass player jumping around, and a young v.i.p dancing 90's... just really grunge concert.
One of my favs.
Saw them with RHCP and peal Jam L.A Sports Arena 1993
My personal favorite Nirvana song.
Dave always KILLED those drums ❤️
Oooh yeah love this opening
Nirvana was, at it's core, basically a punk band. This song is a solid example of that.
The bass line drives this song.
3:59 that's because at their core nirvana was a punk band or at least a punk influenced alternative rock band.
I played guitar back in the days too. This style is basically punk rock. I used to play a lot of punk rock music back then 1990s. Early Nirvana was influenced by punk rock.
Hell yeah! Still gives me goose bumps 30 years later. We can plant a house, we can build a tree
I don't even care, we could have all three.
This song is the dirty grungy essence of plaid lumberjack sound.
i think Kurt's lyrics are quite open to interpretation. That said this song feels to me, like a mockery of relationship expectations. The generic, even interchangeable, nature of the line by line list of goals that adults can have in their couplings. Kids, house, career, garden...whatever. Does life ever work out that way? And if it did, would you be fulfilled? Would it feel like checking boxes? Life, and especially relationships are often messy and chaotic and surprising. In his heart, i don't think Kurt wanted the white picket fence, but maybe he thought he did. For awhile....
It’s by far the best path you can take in life. His option certainly wasn’t better.
@@arminius504 definitely better than a heroin addiction, but he was merely a victim of that addiction.
Marriage and kids isn't for everyone though. Definitely not for me lol
I'd rather be in a long term committed relationship _without_ marriage and no kids. But i'm an odd case and don't really care at all for tradition. That's what i've learned about myself lol
@@arminius504 *the best path in life is for each individual to discover... I think marriage & children is the easiest path to a predictable outcome of feeling achievement even if you're a failure in other areas, which is the main reason why people walk that path but there are def other paths that also lead to self fulfillment & a feeling of achievement... it really is subjective...
@@Jaster832 but Courtney did have Frances. I don't know if she never wanted kids, never read about in any Love's biography I read. I think it has more to do with their lifestyles and doing things their own way (like building a tree instead of planting it). like "let's just be ourselves and fuck what other people expect, we do what we feel is right even if it's what they expect"
Better yet: No interpretation at all. Most of them mean literally nothing other than that he needed something that rhymed with the previous bunch of noises that came out of his mouth. He was heavily influenced by King Buzzo, in the regard that singing is just making a bunch of sounds. It's just one more instrument. As long as the words sound good, there is no need whatsoever for them to mean anything as a whole. Often in Nirvana songs, each line is about something completely different, or nothing at all.
People who dig too deeply into it, are usually pretentious first year media studies students who suddenly think everything has to have a hidden meaning, and that they're super special and clever if they think they figured it out
Punk rock and heavy metal is a great mix.
Brings me back to my high school skateboarding days.
"A dirty couch in the garage" -- love it.
Still one of the band I can go back and listen to every song. Nirvana was/is still amazing in so many ways.
My favorite song (that's not the usual stuff) is
A song called "Lounge Act" off the "Nevermind" album.
Straight-up rock 'n' roll, nothing more and nothing less ---Chuck Berry rammed thru a fuzzbox
One of Nirvana's true standouts. pure rock awesomeness
This early Nirvana sound was what was coming out of Seattle at the start of the grunge movement along with other bands on subpop...classic
Easily one of my Favorites from Nirvana and one their most underrated imo.
Nirvana was a punk band that got lumped into the grunge hype with lots of other bands who didn’t sound anything like each other, just because so many of them were from the Pacific Northwest, signed to the same label and identified with an underground, independent and subversive music community. But in his heart and at his core, Kurt was just a sensitive punk rocker who happened to be a genius at writing pop songs.
Nirvana are definitely grunge, however there's a few very punk rock heavy on the album Nevermind. Specifically: "Breed", "Territorial Pissings" and "Stay Away". Even the main riff to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a punk riff. You really hear those punk influences on Bleach and Nevermind.
i was watching the live stream and rooting for you to do this song - so i was quite happy when it won the poll - i know you don't do live performances on the streams - but for your own pleasure - if you have the time - watch the live performances of this song widely available - Nirvana was fantastic live in concert. Thanks for your reactions.
The punk kid doing the 50's rock and roll dances behind Kurt is peak 90's stuff. It also has one of the best examples of stage diving ever, and Kurt going full Kurt on the solo.
OMG!
Lex saying "A dirty couch in a parent's garage" gave me flashbacks of 30 years ago hanging out at my friend's parents garage jamming out to grunge and heavy metal. There was a dirty couch that was the seating for the handful of friends that was our audience.
You guys should watch the live version of this song. Nirvana at the Paramount Theater. The girl dancing at the side of the stage is incredible.
Its a tender and touching love song.... Cobain was a pure genius and we are all still catching up even after all these years.
Watch Territorial Pissing on Jonathan Ross. Classic Nirvana TV moment. Oh and teen spirit on top of the pops
One thing to note that "grunge" was more of a marketing term than an actual musical movement. It was a way that marketers and record stores could group similar sounding music to help people find music they might like. This would have been in the pre-Web, pre-mp3 days, when it was much more difficult to find new music.
In those days music was also more localized. There was a Pacific Northwest hard rock sound, centered around Seattle and Olympia that goes back to the early 1960s with groups like the Sonics and the Wailers (not the Bob Marley group), later with Jimi Hendrix, in the 1970s with Heart, etc.. That sound was guitar-heavy, often loud, sloppy and with distortion. The immediate predecessors to Nirvana were bands like Green River, Tad, and Mudhoney, and contemporaries were Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, etc. Kurt Cobain, who wrote most of Nirvana's songs, was one of these guys who was a musical sponge. He soaked up the sounds from around Seattle, but also the Beatles, the PIxies and lots of other bands, and poured out music of his own that reflected those influences.
Grunge was more of a term on how they dressed...
nirvana is that perfect mix of passion and shrugs.
Nirvana has super strong punk roots.
One of my favorite Nirvana songs. It influenced me so much as a kid to really play music.
Nirvana were very creative with song sturcture so keep checking them out. They were technically part of the "grunge" sound but not all grunge bands are created equal. Kurt was influenced by The Pixies, who were more post-punk/alternative and not grunge at all. I don't know if you've already listened to them. I recommend "Where is My Mind?" and "Gigantic" and "Debaser" just to start out.
The Pacific northwest was amazing musically in the 80's into the 90's.
Vancouver and Seattle were so fun, crossing the border was relatively easy, and many up and coming bands and scenes were there to be enjoyed. Took a while to cross over with a few violent skirmishes, but on the end, it was fun times!!!
My favorite Nirvana song, short, heavy-agressive, catchy riff change. Those three dudes were in rare form on this song.
Despite being one of the people most associated with it, Kurt Cobain never identified with the "grunge' movement. He saw it it as nothing but typical commercial exploitation. He used to go around in a T-shirt that had written on it "GRUNGE IS DEAD". If he categorized himself at all in terms of music, it was as punk rock.
Remember, this is the guy who was offered an opportunity to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, and he agreed to do it... on the condition that he could wear a shirt that said "CORPORATE MAGAZINES STILL SUCK."
From my home town or the start of the grunge movement Aberdeen WA
First cd I ever bought after owning tons of cassettes, Metallica, rat, Poison, then came nirvana, the early 90's we're Rad.
I love seeing them getting their minds blown.
Makes you want to mosh! So much energy from a 3 man band. I loved rockin out to this in the early 90s.
Brad is awesome. You remind me of my fav rapper since 2pac. The Game. You a spitting image of him!
Yes, this song is a banger. You just took me back 30 years or so, thank you, fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!
This song is actually very punk
This is Grunge, its Punk Rock!!
You guys will love Nirvana: In Bloom 🔥
Incredible song.
Real "fuckin" Punk Rock!!! ✊🏿🖤💀
You guys have to do Negative Creep - old Nirvana from their first album which they famously recorded for six hundred bucks over one weekend.
Nirvana rocks🎸
Yes! Dig deeper into Nirvana. They have so many good songs!!! Top 3 bands: Slayer, Nirvana and Pink Floyd. These bands really made me who I am and I am so thankful they exist.
I used to sing this song in my old band and I never bothered to learn the words. I just yelled gibberish and said “Shazam!” a lot. Nobody noticed, nobody cared…
Kobain would be rolling in his grave to think that 30 yrs later Nirvana are still being lumped in with hard rock bands like Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Nirvana were part of the indie-punk scene that was led by The Melvins, Dinosaur Jr, and Mudhoney. Nirvana played with and supported these bands through the late eighties and early nineties. The term 'Grunge' was first used to describe Mudhoney's dirty messy punk style, then lazy journalists used it for anyone that came from the north-west at that time. Even Mark Arm (Singer/guitarist) from Mudhoney started to hate the term he created once it started being used for bands like Soundagarden. They didn't dislike the other bands, it was just they were two very different scenes. Indie-punk were influenced by 70's punk and 80's indie music, whereas the hard rock style bands were more influence by 70's hard rock like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. So when Brad said this song didn't sound very Grunge, he is referring to the dark hard rock sound from the north-west at that time, not the indie-punk style that Nirvana belonged to.
Nirvana was one of the greatest bands of the nineties. They had an instantly recognizable sound. Cobain was a genius. His songwriting was just phenomenal.
Grunge is firmly rooted in punk so I think this song was them just going a little heavier than normal on the punk.
"Grunge" is just a term. This fits the Nirvana profile. Nirvana is Beatles mixed with punk.
A CLASSIC!
The thing to keep in mind with Nirvana is that their sound is an amalgamation of the most of the best punk and independent bands from the 80’s polished up for mainstream audiences by a major label. I don’t think it’s strictly grunge…this songs Husker Du, that songs Pixies, this one’s Dinosaur Jr., etc. There’s not a lot of sludgy sound.
Nirvana forever! 👍
Love it ! Another awesome pick , thanks for reacting . Huge Nirvana fan
Breed is great, Kurt wrote so many fun songs for someone who was so depressed. It's also fun as shit to jam on your guitar.
Grunge was a scene more so than an actual genre. If it were a genre, the only bands would be Mudhoney, Green River, and MAAAAAYBE The Melvins (depends on if you ask a purist). Kurt always described Nirvana as more punk/poppy.
The last line is “she said…..good”
Saw them in 91......dope your generation would say
It's like listening in black and white if you don't see some of these videos they give you the whole picture
One of my favorite nirvana songs
Kurt Cobain considered Nirvana Punk Rock. Grunge was just what the media called his music....
Hey, I would like to hear you review In Bloom, also by Nirvana from the same album Breed was in
grunge-punk/metal/folk music.
For those of you who came after the 90s, Nirvana was actually a PUNK BAND. The term grunge was put on several bands just because they weren’t exactly falling into a specific box at the time. If you notice, Nirvana sounds nothing like Pearl Jam. Pearl jam sounds nothing like Alice In Chains. Alice In Chains sounds nothing like Soundgarden. And none of them sound like Nirvana. It was a generic term said about one band that became a marketing scheme. A lot of the bands labeled “grunge” we actually just rock bands from a particular area. Some were more punk. Some were more metal. Some were a little glam. Ask the question, why were the Smashing Pumpkins nut called grunge? Answer, they were from Chicago. Same time. Same crowds. Similar sound. But we’re considered “alternative rock”. Not grunge. The term grunge applies to a region, time and place, and against mainstream ideals. Plain and simple.
This is not really true. There was a real grunge genre in the 80s. But some of the bands you listed had simply changed by the 90s
NIRVANA, QUEEN, PINK FLOYD, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, YOU CANT GO WRONG! SUBSTANCE AND ENERGY!
love the GOATS jersey you are wearing....been wearing his jersey for 20+ years
Very Ape is my favorite nirvana song!
thank god. someone does the real Nirvana
Probably my favorite nirvana song. It's just so heavy I love it
All you need is fuzz…. Fuzz is all you need..,🎵🎵🎵
Man do I miss those days.
See Live at Paramount 1991!!!!
Lmao! When Lex said "dirty couch" 🤣🤣🤣 💯
BTW, I love that the lyrics are "we can PLANT a house, we can BUILD a tree". Makes me smile every time I hear it 😊
finally some Nirvana again :) hope you do some more
Nirvana has some catchy and quirky songs.
With so many artists and bands the perception of those artists is based on their popular songs, that is, the ones that were big on the radio or MTV...
But to really get them you need to listen to the whole album.
Nirvana was "Grunge", but that is really a sort of blend of Punk, Rock, Metal, Folk, and Skate...
There is a great documentary on youtube called "Hype!" 1996 | The History of Grunge
Nirvana - always so fresh and distinctive, even decades later. You guys really need to check out "The Man Who Sold the World," which BTW is actually a very interesting Bowie cover. Think its on the unplugged album IIRC. "Lake of Fire" is another good choice from that one.
Nirvana! Early Nirvana was influenced by punk rock, I was in HS when this came out, early '90s.
Yeeeee Nirvana
If you ever wanna check out some more Nirvana listen to "Negative Creep" and "School" 🤘
love this song
i used to love nirvana. i still do, but i used to too