What is the Greatest Grunge Band of All Time? | Rockers React
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- What's the greatest grunge band of all time? There're a lot of great choices. Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney - basically any rock band who came out of the Pacific Northwest in the early Nineties were, fairly or not, classified as grunge. We asked bigwig rock and metal musicians to reveal who they consider the pinnacle of the genre. Watch members of Spiritbox, GWAR, Halestorm and more weigh in and let us know your pick in the comments!
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Conclusion: Everybody loves Alice in chains
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Thank god
I like AIC when they were glam metal
why wouldn't they layne was a god
They are the best,although I look at them as more of a metal band
Alice in Chains. Dirt has to be the greatest grunge album of all time. The fact that they are not in the Rock-n-roll Hall of Fame is absurd.
But they are the 2020 MOPOP Founders Award winners.
Great video on UA-cam. Well worth watching.
100% agreed.
PJ - Ten.
I love Dirt but it's so depressing that I have to be in the mood for it.
I prefer Facelift. SAP is fun. Unplugged is my favorite live album.
Alice in chains... Prime Layne was untouchable...
100%
Agree 💯
Jerry and Layne were the best duo in all of Rock.
Chris was way better and then Layne 1 step down and then the rest
@@iamturok2294 Nah, Layne was far superior. Chris only sounded good in the studio but his voice control and power were lacking in his performances. Layne ALWAYS sounded perfect.
Three favorites from the era:
Alice in Chains
Screaming Trees
Pearl Jam
So the answer is obviously: Mad Season
Perfect answer
Excellent 👌🏾
A man of astounding taste i see, was waiting for this one !
Mad season was amazing. Underated.
Mad season,above, awesome album
Musically, it has to be AIC. The stuff Jerry Cantrell is doing right now on the Brighten tour is the best music of his career.
Can confirm. Jerry is amazing live. Saw him Friday
I don't think any other grunge band could bring emotion to their music like AIC did. They just have that edge over the others.
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Seen him at the Rialto in Tucson recently and he rocked the Layne Staley era of Alice In Chains catalog most of his show. Fucking awesome!
Thought Brighten was a serious disappointment. Like everything that made Cantrell great (the less is more approach) got drowned out with all this nonsense. Absolutely disagree.
Alice in chains and soundgarden, both great hard rock/metal bands
Grew up with both.
Agreed!
Absolutly
100%
Soundgarden will always be my favorite grunge band ever. RIP to Chris Cornell, one of the greatest and most powerful vocalists of all time. He may be gone but his spirit will live on forever. 🙏❤😪
Yeah man, Audioslave’s self-titled album was just another great example of his talent. I hate thinking about him and Chester Bennington. Makes me sad.
Same here, the best for me 🙌🏽🤘🏽
Same here man Soundgarden hands down for me!
@@Monsterdrumma 😃
@@DSplatter All the members of Audioslave are very talented musicians, but the idea of Soundgarden's vocals mixed with RATM's backing band just doesn't mix that well for me. Be Yourself is an incredible song though.
Layne Staley walking onstage at the intro of Nutshell to open the Alice In Chains Unplugged show just cemented them at the top somehow, it was one of the most honest and gut wrenching vocal performances ever, it was peak grunge, it was perfect. But for my money, Jeremy is my favorite grunge song.
Alice In Chains! musically and lyrically, riffs and solos, they're just much more better. Layne had the voice no one could duplicate (and Chris too). Jerry was also a really big inspiration for me to start picking up a guitar
Alice in Chains transcended the genre in my opinion. They're rock, they're metal, they're blues, they're even country at times. Best frontman of the era, which is saying a lot, best guitarist of the era, and the best drummer as well, Sean Kinney doesnt get enough shine for being the sonic backbone.
Pearl Jam: Classic Rock
Alice In Chains: Heavy Metal
Soundgarden: Heavy Rock
Nirvana: Punk
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Grunge is just a scene
Well done
Not really.
I don't know man soundgarden I think is heavier than heavy rock
Alice in Chains. Hands down. Nirvana was obviously bigger and there were a lot of other great bands that came out during that time and that scene but none of them even come close to Alice in Chains
Alice In Chains and it isn’t close. More talent than the other bands (IMO) not to mention the greatest voice/rock vocalist in history and one of the greatest guitarists ever. No band has ever matched the feeling that this band gives me.
No, Soundgarden was more talented. Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil are better on their instruments. Chris and Layne can’t really be compared as they’re both amazing.
You want musical feels? Check out the Rock for Light album by Bad Brains. Vinyl rip only, the remaster sucks bad
@@MrLumpwrong
people always say that nirvana was the sound of the 90s but for me it was Alice in Chains
I like Nirvana, but AIC is on another level.
MUSIC CAN BE SIMPLE AND GREAT AT THE SAME TIME.
@@inutero10 Man In The Box
@@wallaceshawn-zk8iw nothing simple about the guitar solo tho
@@inutero10 AIC is still way better
"on another level" of what.
Alice in Chains hands down. I just saw Jerry Cantrell in concert on Friday. Flat out amazing. AIC classics sounded perfect.
Jerry is the goddamn man, one of the best songwriters ever and has consistently been a top tier live performer for 30+yrs straight.
Too bad Layne made AIC what it is today.
Alice in Chains hit the spot for me. Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney have a great musical chemistry.
Soundgarden were in a league of their own. Four amazing musicians, led by an untouchable, unmatched vocalist who was a true genius. Way beyond their peers in musicality, melody, riffs, innovativeness, lyrics... and of course, that voice.
I can only think of the name of one hit song of theirs. That is how meh they are. Meanwhile i can think of over a dozen hits by both Nirvana, AIC and Pearl Jam.
Alice In Chains forever and ever 💪🏻🖤 R.I.P Layne Staley & Mike Starr
I think some of what Stone Temple Pilots did could be considered grunge, and they made some good stuff. Definitely deserve a mention.
Alice in Chains for me, from Layne powerful raspy vocals to Jerry's beautiful guitar work, Sean and Mike too...they all just flow so well together. Even today, with William, they sound amazing. William is a down to earth dude and I love some of the solo stuff he's done. That said...it's hard to ignore the impact Nirvana had on music back then. The grunge scene existed but Nirvana made it popular, even tho Kurt wasn't happy about it, lol.
Alice In Chains will always be my all time favorite Grunge Band.
They just had the most amazing music that others couldn't do.
By no means am I saying Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Jane's Addiction, Green River, just to name a few, are all good in their own unique way.
Alice In Chains just hits harder for me.
I love all of those bands, but i still listen a LOT to Soundgarden/Audioslave. Chris Cornells voice is and will ever be amazing!
Alice In Chains catalog is incredible!
There's no wrong answer to this question. It's all personal taste. The bands that were stamped with the "grunge" label all contributed in a great and unique way to that era.
Absolute horseradish. This relativistic view of music is wrong on several levels.
@@strings1586 When you simply ask "who/what is the greatest?" (in this case a bands music) without any agreed upon standards for what is "the greatest" then it is simply your personal taste. So, there can be no wrong answer.
I'm just surprised that not one person mentioned STP!?!
I mean, they had just as many great songs as any of them, maybe even more!... IMO.
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Seems like a ✅️ for your theory... No wrong answer it is... IMO, lol.
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idk man- I started with nirvana and loved it for so, so, so long, but now it's AIC and Soundgarden for me because Layne and Chris have one of the best vocals I've heard tbh. Their voices were so powerful, captivating, and overall just wow :D
(But i feel like I lean towards Soundgarden a little more)
*two of the best
✌great at least didn't stuck on nirvana l
Answer: it’s Alice In Chains. Hands down.
Seattle (or Washington State) produced so many great Alt, Punk, Metal bands.
Soundgarden, Nirvana, The Melvins, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains,
Mad Season, Screaming Trees, Tad, Skin Yard, 7 Year Bitch, The Posies,
Hammerbox, Gruntruck, Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, Love Battery
Young Fresh Fellows, Beat Happening, Sky Cries Mary, Harvey Danger,
Band Of Horses, Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service,
Fleet Foxes, Damien Jurado, La Luz, The Head And The Heart, Pedro The Lion
The Fastbacks, The U-Men, Green River, The Accused, Ten Minute Warning,
The Fartz, Coffin Break, MxPx, The Dehumanizers, Bikini Kill, The Supersuckers,
The Gits, Seaweed, Murder City Devils, Zeke, Gas Huffer
Jimi Hendrix, Heart, Queensryche, Metal Church, Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone,
Temple Of The Dog, Forced Entry, Sanctuary, Nevermore, The Lovemongers,
War Babies, Sun O)))
dont forget My Sisters Machine
And Nikki Sixx and Duff Mckagan are Seattleites.
I would take Foo fighters out of this amazing list though. Sorry Dave!
Not to nitpick but, Candlebox deserves a mention.
The gits are so underrated
Alice in Chains is the only real answer. Soundgarden, PJ, STP, MLB, etc are great too, and nirvana is nirvana i guess. Alice are on a whole different level, Cantrell is one of the most tasteful guitarists ever and Staley is top 5 easy. Alice rules
I'm disappointed that no one mentions Stone Temple Pilots... STP is a great band, sold more than 40 millions worldwide
I love STP -- but, even by the murky standards of what "grunge" was, they were not and never were that. They just happened to come out at a time when "grunge" was the thing.
@@billyhughes9776 bro watchu talkin about they are post-grunge
I came here to say the same thing, STP are too good for grunge anyway 😂
They just came around at the same time,great rock/hard rock band too and I personally like them much more then nirvana, and smashing pumpkins also.
@@RoBoTrOnIc1001001 well I remember it well and there biggest albums came out side by side with grunge albums. Our group lumped STP in with grunge and hated Pearl Jam, some said it’s a girls band that sounds like a goat. I liked them though I didn’t get their complaints. STP Core came out in 1992 and every song on that albums is really good and the second album in 94’ was almost as good.
Gotta be Soundgarden. Just their odd time signatures, tunings, and innovation. They’re insane. Love AG and AiC to death
Nirvana is the first thing in my mind when it comes to "Grunge", the others like AIC or Pearl Jam is amazing... but man, SOUNDGARDEN is beyond Grunge, there are lots of ingredients to their music like Metal and Groove!
The same can be said about AIC, many people consider AIC a metal band. They also have a huge variety of music going from something like dirt to jar of flies. They were way way beyond just “grunge”
alice in chains and soundgarden will forever be my favourite grunge bands full stop. the talent, the vocals, outmatchedddd
Nirvana is the most iconic grunge band ever
Alice in chains is the greatest
Pearl Jam has had the longest career
Soundgarden is right in the middle of all that and respected by everyone
STP is somehow Kevin Mccalister that everyone forgets about
STP is stuck between grunge & straight up Hard Rock.
Where would you put Smashing Pumpkins?
@selfan2005 I'm actually a huge pumpkins fan but they don't qualify as grunge to me honestly.
Stone Temple Pilots are from California, they're like sparking wine of grunge.
Alice in Chains isn't grunge, never was
Alice in chains is not only the best "grunge" band but they were one of the best BANDS of all time. Simply because Cantrell is one of the best GUITARISTS of all time
Alice in Chains. Always will be!!
Na. Nirvana
@@Xxrocknrollgodthat’s how I was i liked Nirvana when i was younger then I realized AIC were better
@@Nolimitcam._ music is subjective.
Without Melvins, there probably is no grunge. Mudhoney is a true grunge band as well. But it doesn’t leave Seattle without Alice In Chains and soundgarden. Then it doesn’t reach the sky without nirvana and Pearl Jam.
As a teenager I resonated more with Nirvana but now as an adult I resonate more with alice in chains which is ironic because badmotorfinger was the first grunge record I bought so Soundgarden will always have a special place in my heart however I prefer alice in chains because just like Nirvana , Alice in chains made history as well because fun fact , jar of flies was the first ep in history that hit #1 on the billboard top 200 charts , so i think that Alice in Chains are just as much of a game changer as Nirvana was
AiC was also the first of the bunch to get a major record contract. They opened the door that Nirvana blew off the hinges a few years later.
@dave smith That is a different history than what I've read, but good to know.
@dave smith I'm going to direct you to my previous reply. Please note that I did not dispute what you said.
Best: Alice in Chains and it's not even close
Most accessible and catchy: Nirvana
right on
Nirvana also have the least catchy and accessible music by far out of the big groups. The gnarlier songs on In Utero and Incesticide are nasty songs.
Kurt is the face of grundge, but Layne is the voice
@@stabyourcat and they're fuckin amazing!
Then you don't know shit about Soundgarden.
I grew up in a suburb of Seattle. I was a teenager during the early 90's. That was a good time period to be 16 and have a driver's license. Concert tickets and gas were both cheap. I was able to see most of the Seattle bands. The two that I missed were Mother Love Bone (look them up) and Nirvana.
Yep me too. Lived in the 425 , about 35 minutes from downtown seattle .
The metal fan part of me thinks it is Alice In Chains, but the rock fan thinks it is Soundgarden, tied with Pearl Jam, as all 3 bands have evreything I like about rock.
Yup
The 90s were just a good era for rock period.
Last great period...
For me a tie between Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. Really like Screaming Trees. Temple of the Dog was cool.
for me, it's Alice in Chains. Layne Staley was amazing.
Alice in chains all day everyday!!! ❤
Anyday!
Alice in Chains is pretty much as grunge as it gets.
My favs are Nirvana and Pearl Jam for sure. I love pretty much all of it. 91-95 was rad.
Please tell me you're joking... Ask Jerry if they were a grunge band and he will tell you himself that they were just a hard rock/metal band who happened to be from where grunge was hatched when it blew up. This drives me insane...
I’d say Pearl Jam but other than some songs I don’t feel like they’re grunge
@@Rand_al_Thor372
Prior to Jerry they were a glam rock band.
No they are not. They have zero to do with grunge. They were a mainstream metal band. Didn't came out of Seattle 80s underground punk music scene. They started as a hair metal band.
@@1985cactus why do most people not remember this?!?! AIC were never on SubPop or CZ or K et al... never recorded with Endino. That's a big ol goose egg on the Grunge checklist!!!
A Seattle address does not a grunge band make!!!!
I've said it before and will repeat it until I die: the one that people will still listen to 100 years from now is Alice in Chains.
Damn right
Alice In Chains, hands down, no.1 grunge band to stay, for decades to come...
Pearl Jam’s Ten was such an amazing and solid Grunge album
I love the Mother Love Bone album...Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns...played that to death.
And then Alice in Chains wrote Would as a tribute to Andrew Wood RIP.
Still playing it!
Pearl Jam is my favorite but I love Alice in Chains too!! 😊💓🤘✌️
Alice in chains and Soundgarden 🔥 such an amazing singers Layne and Chris ❤️
Superunknown is the greatest 'grunge' album in my opinion. Its a timeless masterpiece due to its complexity at the time. Odd time signatures, guitar tunings, interesting structures and change ups but still catchy. All that with great drumming, guitar riffs and the greatest rock vocalist of all time at his peak. Oh ya and the songwriting is leagues ahead of the rest
Alice In Chains is the GOAT of grunge, nobody else comes close
Haha, I love the Airheads reference..top notch! 👍🤘
Alice In Chains is my favourite one. But, It’s difficult to compare, like “colours”…
Where's STP guys?! Just cuz they're not came from Seattle? It's OK. My fave is AIC... Layne's voice and message just on the top for me forever! R.I.P. all of them btw
So am I crazy or isn’t STP grunge? Nobody mentioned them and I don’t even see comments about them. I fucking love AIC, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, but you can’t deny STP has a ton of great songs as well and Scott’s voice was just as memorable as the others… in my opinion. I couldn’t chose a favorite though I love that era of rock, they all fucking rule! RIP to the greats we’ve lost too soon. The world still misses you! 🤘🏼🖤
STP didn’t come up thru the Seattle music scene and they were about a year behind the main 4 so they are kind of an outlier to the ‘grunge’ scene, even though they have a similar sound. Doesn’t mean they are bad. Smashing Pumpkins is also a great band from the same time period that usually isn’t considered to be grunge. I’m sure there are lots of others.
I don't understand why everyone says nirvana started grunge when Alice in chains and soundgarden was around before them. And it wasn't always "grunge" the original name was the Seattle sound.
Honorable mention is Stone Temple Pilots album Core
Great record but I love Purple just as much…leaving on a Southern train…
I have only Core on CD, Purple is more famous because of this song from The Crow OST, which I also have on CD
@@kevincline3624 that’s cool. A few other great songs on Purple like Vasoline and Big Empty. Then there’s that special track at the end!
Big Empty was in The Crow, a song that earned MTV award
Rest in peace Kurt, Layne and Chris... All this wasted talent man
and rip Mike Starr
and Scott too
Wasted?
Andrew Wood? ffs
Chris wasn’t really wasted he had an amazing and long career tho we will miss out on some other stuff from him
I love how everyone agrees while there are simultaneous favourites, that there was enough love for the main four (sound garden, pearl jam, Alice in chains, and nirvana), and that they will always be treasured favourites.
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Junkhead is the grungiest song that ever grunged
Soundgarden. They were the most experimental most complex music and Cornell had the best voice in rock history. I love Alice In Chains but they stuck with the same formula every record
They stuck with the same formula? I don’t know what you listened too but I don’t hear it, every album they did with Layne was different than the last
Matt Cameron's ability to make odd time signatures sound normal was 2nd to none. I wouldn't say "same formula" but I understand what u mean.
as a band AIC for sure, but eternal respect and love for Kurt and Chris.
Alice in Chains is my Wonderland!!
Someone mentioned Dinosaur Jr. Holy s**t that's such a fantastic and underated band oh my god. FINALLY GOD FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS THEM WHERE YOU BEEN? IS THE GREATEST GRUNGE ALBUM*
Grunge was odd in that every band in the scene was a mix of at least 2 genres. Nirvana was late 80's indie, 60's pop rock and late 70's punk. Alice in Chains was Heavy Metal and Blues rock. Soundgarden was Heavy Metal and punk rock. Pearl Jam is 70's classic rock and late 70's punk with little bit of Neil Young. It was a kind of musical fan fiction made by kids who just loved collecting and listening to old records and pretending to be rock stars, performing for each other. Instead of being a specific musical style, it was a reaction by a generation of kids with access to so many different styles of music and loving a lot of them at the same time.
For me it's between Soundgarden and Alice in Chains but Nirvana was the most popular band overall.
It was Kurt's pop based songwriting...
“We’re country, AND western, AND a rock band” - Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains
I think Nirvana is by far the most iconic, but my personal favorite would have to be Soundgarden. I personally believe Chris Cornell is by far the best vocalist to have ever come out of the Seattle grunge scene, I love Kim Thayil's weird yet somehow fitting guitar work, and I think no other rock band besides Rush has been better at making use of odd time signatures.
Let’s get a bit of love in here for Matt Cameron, drummer for BOTH Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Mad Season, Pearl Jam, Silverchair, Screaming Trees and Eleven for me! But if I had to pick one, I'd pick...
Nirvana defined Grunge along Pearl Jam,
Soundgarden is technically on another level, imo better... God Tier belongs to Alice
Grunge is an umbrella term of convenience . All had separate distinct sounds.
Like Nu-Metal, different styles, but similar influences.
The media just used the term so they can market them in a single package ..
Good point. Grunge isn’t the genre like they tried to sell it as. Grunge was the scene. And you had a bunch of good unique bands
@@mikeoconngrunge is a vibe
Soundgarden first and everbody else. Voice, riffs, drumming, experimenting, technicality, all numero uno.
I like how that one girl calls it pre-Nirvana & post-Nirvana, I kinda feel the same way, I think that's why we have the so-called "post-grunge" genre, all the bands that have a "grungy" sound to them that came after Nirvana is dubbed as such.
Alice in Chains over any!
I LOVE Pearl Jam, LOVE Alice In Chains, really like Nirvana and like Soundgarden. Every grunge band was EXTREMELY good imo.
TAD - one of the first and best bands of the grunge era. Heavier sound then the rest.
L7 massively underrated. Smell the Magic and Bricks are Heavy are perfect albums
Agreed
3:58 there's a band called Wargasm and they don't even mention L7
Has the grunge aesthetic but not really grunge
@@trimlesscoasters yeah I’d consider them more punk but they were definitely involved in the scene at the time and Bricks are Heavy is very grungy so should count
As a metal head, we claim Alice in Chains as our own.... when I think grunge it's Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, or Stone Temple Pilots. Yaaarrrllll
Alice In Chains revival continues. Love to see it.
It's Soundgarden, it's not close and it wasn't when all of this was happening either. Everyone can fight over second place. Tool is probably too prog to fit neatly in this and that's why it's Soundgarden.
Although I prefer to listen Alice in Chains nowadays, I have to acknowledge that Nirvana was by far the most significant and impactful band in my life. It's almost more than a band; it's like a religion.
I think as far as what they did to music it’s nirvana, but talent and songwriting has to go to Soundgarden easily. They were so musically advanced and smart.
Alice in Chains hands down! No question about it.
Damn no love for screaming trees. Sweet oblivion was a great album 😊
AIC is one of my favorites! Then Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. STP next. Nirvana is my last pick but I do like some of their stuff
The main 4 are all great. That's pretty rare that you really can't go wrong regardless of which of them you pick. But there were many others who never reached the stardom of those 4 who were also great.
Alice In Chains, but I love Nirvana, too!
Alice, always Alice....
Always
Screaming Trees. RIP Mark Lanegan
Damn what a waste. That voice was one of a kind.
We had tickets to him once and he failed to come on stage and they cancelled the show. : (
1. Soundgarden
2. Alice in Chains
3.Pearl Jam
4. Nirvana
5. Mudhoney
6. Melvins
Nirvana's Drummer turned out to be pretty good at Instruments!👍👍👍
The Melvins is my favourite band of that era of music, even though I wouldn't necessarily call them a grunge band. After that it's probably AIC for me.
Alice in chains ofc
So I would say Nirvana for the impact alone and how iconic they were. They were basically the pioneers of it and are obviously the biggest of them. I would say AIC for their metal influence though, I think they're way better musically 😂
Maybe not enough people know about Screaming Trees but all the bands named here knew how great they were... another band with recent deaths from the era