I was born in 1965 and grew up with Hendrix,Sabbath,Zeppelin,Cream,Purple and discovered Sex Pistols,Ramones and Clash in my early teens. Fast forward to the early 90's and as a father of two sons , I felt like a teen again when I stumbled unaware head-on in to the whole grunge wave. I was so blown away and started buying records like there was no tomorrow. Hahaha. Now , at 51 , I got 3 sons , 27,25&16 years old , and they are all music nerds like their old man. They've grown up on punk , thrash and grunge.
That's how I am, my parents grew up in 70s, 80s, and 90s and I was born in the 90s but didn't get to experience grunge, only got to experience post grunge and pop punk of the early 2000s and my parents got me into classic rock and grunge well my mom did, my dad was more into country. I listen to all kinds of music and it's what really got me into guitar when I was 8 and been playing for 11 years. It all started when my parents handed me their record collection at a young age.
It was for me and I feel very lucky. I know its like a cliché but when I saw the smells like teen spirit video for the first time it changed me. I was 13. My first concert was Nirvana with Mudhoney.
I was the editor on this show and it was due to air September 13, 2001. And then 9/11 happened. I remember that morning waking up and feeling so great that the show had been finished the night before and all I had to do on that beautiful NY morning was lay the show out to tape. After seeing the gaping black holes in the WTC, I actually got on the subway and headed to Times Square because the show had to get out. When I arrived in the studio my producer was in tears as we watched both towers come down. And then we evacuated. The show aired a few days later, but it's forever connected to that terrible day.
Thats a crazy story, man. At that point (9/11) the 90s were truly over. Thank You for that piece of work. I wonder how different, the doc would be now, 30 years after Neverninds release. There hasn't been anything like that since. I think the world is ready.
As unfortunate as it is you should be proud of your work nonetheless mate this is a great document on the Grunge scene, I find myself returning to watch it every few months 🙂
IMO Alice in Chains was the best band to come out of Seattle. I can groove to Nirvana, I can feel Pearl Jam, but I lose my shit to Alice in Chains! Layne Staley to this day remains my favorite vocalist of all time.
Nirvana was a kick in the ass for the music industry, a much needed 1. A short lived, but great band. Music in 2016 needs a kick in the ass. Popular music today sucks, or maybe I'm just too old. =)
You say that music today sucks,well maybe because you are waiting for the media to find the new Nirvana,or the new rock trend,there are a lot of good bands around,just because they're not on MTV or on the radio,it doesn't mean the music sucks,go find it for yourself!
I was THERE when Grunge exploded overnight. Was a teenager in the big bad 80's and pretty much hair bands & hard rock was everywhere. Believe me; it was fun times. When "Smells Like Teen Spirit" premiered in 91' it KILLED the music scene. More like changed. After Nirvana, Green River, The Melvins, Alice... you could NEVER go back to listening to all that "Rock All Night" stuff ever again. It changed something inside you ....
I was 16 when Nirvana hit big. In the UK, pretty much all you ever heard on the radio was techno and dance. It was **such** a relief when grunge hit it big. Heartbreaking that it took the toll on pretty much all that did.
Grunge was where you could say US had it's own version of punk, the 70s version, it's style, ethos, nihilistic attitudes was more of copying or complementing the more visible punk scene at Malcolm Mclaren's Sex club and seminal punk bands like the Clash, Sex Pistols, Damned, Buzzcocks. Sure, there was the CBGB crowd but they were very eclectic, more bouncy, intellectual sort of crowd than there UK counterparts who were railing against a repressive, out-of-touch leadership and also Britian's worst recession since 1930s in the mid-late 70s. There was also rumors or suggestions that National Service was being brought back, or that several high-ranking British military leaders were considering a military coup to force out PM Harold Wilson(some Labour supporters argue they did just that in 1976 when they and several other Labour leaders/PM's forced Wilson to resign because he wanted to push through some very unpopular, socialist economic reforms and British military establishment finally put their foot down), then there was the IRA/Sein Fein issue in Northern Ireland still grinding out and Britain's industrial infrastructure was old, crumbling, outdated and worker efficiency, productivity suffered as a result. Britain was being labeled as Europe's "new sick man" compared to newer, more dynamic, diversified economies of West Germany, France, and the Nordic countries. So, punk had more of an instant, credible message to lot of unemployed, disenfranchised youths who thought the late 60s idealism and activism was naive, simplistic bullshit which really didn't change anything substantiative and tangible. If anything, UK by the mid 70s was in a worse state a decade earlier with the " Swinging London" consumerist counter-culture. In the US and Canada, it wasn't until hardcore punk came along in the early 80s that punk started making a dent in its own right in underground musical circles like in New York, Minnesota, San Francisco with Dead Kennedys, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. with Black Flag.
Glam metal had its era but MTV were too over saturated the market with those new bands from another cities apart from LA sunset strip glam metal. Vito there were too many loud voice from all those newcomers that overshadowed the real bands by the early 90s. Also most of these bands shifted from metal sound to power ballad which I think it's their own Trojan horse to this genre. It's their own fault that glam metal got pounded. It has nothing to do with the 'grudge tsunami'. I think people just tired of this sound and moved on to the newer voices
I was there too. I still love my '80's music, in fact it's my main love; but I will say that for a while at the time, I could only listen to Grunge. It really comes down to the melodys though; the melodys-of any genre, which are good enough; will survive the test of time. When I [sparingly, lest I get sick of it] play my music collection, I do tend to play groups of songs from different eras, i.e; I'll play, say, three Grunge songs-then some eighties, as opposed to eighties, grunge, eighties, grunge. That's because the sounds are so different, they don't really "play" nicely together.
Heroin is STILL absolutely EVERYWHERE here in Seattle. I'm only less than 2 years clean. 30 miles north of Seattle in Everett. Watching the part of this video talking about Cobain killing himself on my birthday. April 5th. Layne Staley had to die on my birthday too. Less than 10 years later. Lucky, (or unluckily?) for me, now the Seattle Rock radio station KISW plays nothing but Seattle music for 24 hours on April 5th every year. But it's not just "Grunge." They toss in Jimi Hendrix, Heart, Queensryche, etc. etc. ANY Rock music from Seattle, it's a birthday soundtrack. I'd trade it to have Layne Staley back in a heartbeat!!
kepp up the awesome work mate ive been off the H for 19 yrs from one addict to another even though im in Australia bro Im proud of you for kicking the devil to the curb
Third world person here. Help me understand a little bit, how come Washington state be so sad and gloomy? It looks super comfy in pictures and videos. All that green and water.
And there are some bands in the last 10 years who carry on the Grunge sound as they were inspired by the sound of the 90s grunge. It may not be popular anymore but it doesn't really matter because if the interest is genuine, that's all that matters.
I'm a metalhead (thrash, death, groove, doom, power) and I LOVE Grunge. AIC is my favorite group, RIP LAYNE STALEY, MIKE STARR, SCOTT WEILAND, KURT COBAIN, ANDREW WOOD, AND CHRIS CORNELL. You continue to live on through the legacy of.music you've left behind, we'll see you again.
Bro same here, alot of metal heads are elitist and very biased that won't open their minds to other music besides their fav bands or metal genres and hate anything that isn't their fav bands
Me too, Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, Slayer, Anthrax, Sepulttura, I’m metal head all day, never close minded, loved Soundgarden, AIC, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Melvins, Mudhoney.
I was 15 when I first heard “ Smells like teen Spirit “ on the radio ... I was stoned ... alone ...depressed... and instantly alive . All of a sudden I no longer had to try to understand music ... because music had finally come to understand Me.
they didn't mention Mad Season either although they played the live version of "I Don't Know Anything" in the background at one point and a brief clip of Layne playing guitar/singing it. but to someone who doesn't know they may have thought it was Alice in Chains. They should have mentioned that Mad Season was a big part of this too
No TOTD and really no mention of Screaming Trees besides the fact that they have an interview with one of the members which has nothing to do with his band.lol
This makes me want to go find a garage and start a fucking band. Yeah, I don't know shit about actually playing any instruments, but whatever. People are still looking for the next wave of musical revolution, I might as well try to find it too.
Same. Me and my two freinds are in a band. I sing and play guitar alongside my freinds who play bass and drums. We play a hard nirvana style of grunge rock. We are mainly inspired by pearl jam and nirvana with a bit of Alice in chains
It's a shame. I'm literally in tears provided I've been drinking earlier but I wish Alice in Chains were covered more. The band had so much potential. With Layne Staley's voice they could've went Diamond in America alone. I believe it. I just wish they had that chance....
+SUPERCHARGER2001 They were a fantastic band, and they DID have the chance, but unfortunately smack kills your creativity and motivation... such a shame.
SUPERCHARGER2001 I don't know why people just don't get it. I personally love AIC they're an awesome band for sure. but it seems just about every chains fan and his kid brother just "wish AIC had more credit" or "I wish they were more popular" dude they just are not the type of band that's gonna be Justin Bieber backstreet boys popular or whatever. they appeal to those of us with a certain kind of musical taste who like heavy metal bluesy soulful music and whatnot but fact of the matter is most people listen to and enjoy pure shit. and frankly you shouldn't care about the whole popularity thing anyway. be proud that all those leeches didn't jump on the AIC bandwagon and ruin it sort of like what happened to Nirvana. Just too much fame. Chains were pretty damn famous in their own right anyway...
SUPERCHARGER2001 they were successful as a band. Not as much as Pearl Jam, Nirvana or Soundgarden but ultimately they didn't have a as commercial sound. The real tragedy is how Layne seemingly drifted away from the rest of the band and wasted away, dying a lonely, young, death.
"Alice in chains Dirt slowly snaked up the charts" I guess, if debuting at number six on the charts and being platinum within a month ofn albums release is slowly snaking up the charts,lol.
Your right it's not because most of this video focus on Nirvana and Kurt with Courtney. Alice in chains were the first successful grunge band even a little bit before nevermind came out, they were having success with facelift. Ignore a lot of this video, Dirt was big, so big that even glam band Warrant noticed that in late of 1992, their new album poster was taking out and replaced by Dirt from Alice in chains in a store or a record label store. Alice in chains fucking rules and Layne was a amazing singer and one of the best yarl vocalists I ever heard. That man could sing. RIP Layne and also hugely celebrity but still cool Kurt Cobain.
I was familiar with the Man in the Box video at the beginning of my sophomore year in high school, but then I saw Alice in Chains open up the Clash of the Titans tour, and Slayer fans booed them and threw stuff at them. They stood strong and earned respect. Mad respect. If you watch any of the live videos from that tour, Alice in Chains was playing for their lives. Then when Sap and the Singles soundtrack came out, they made everybody hungry. And Dirt did not disappoint. That album was stellar from top to bottom. Perfect timing, and a perfect album. It made them legends
What we talk here is music, but it could be fashion or politics ... it happens every time a cultural phenomenon goes from underground to mainstream and become "raw material" for new phenomena.
Pearl jam did them just because they didn't sound like nirvana didn't mean they were "fake grunge" whatever that is anyway. Pearl jam is pearl jam and nirvana is nirvana
Yeah I thought that was really stupid saying they hadn't come up and earned it like Nirvana. Okay maybe as a band they were new but their members had been part of Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog and they were in the Seattle scene so they earned that. It seems like the only reason for saying that is that Vedder hadn't come up in the Seattle scene but he's not the only band member and they needed a lead singer.
Dulcinel Nunez .personally i love Nirvana,but you're right.The only difference between any of them was just pot luck.the public wanted a certain sound and Nirvana were it.
So a lot of people called Pearl Jam fake grunge because Eddie wasn’t from the area and didn’t “pay the dues “ of being a struggling musician around Seattle and just all around being an outsider to the scene. But he’s lived here ever since and they’ve made some good tunes so eff it.
Dulcinel Nunez almost correct but wrong about Temple of the Dog. Temple of the Dog was just a project until Vedder joined. So what are you talking about?
+Christen Kimbell same here. If the stupid paparazzi would've left him alone, I wonder if he could've been saved. He lived as a hermit because of the weight loss, teeth loss. They would've been all over him had he walked outside. It took Dave Mustaine 17 trips to rehab before it worked. Layne went many times. After Demri died, Layne gave up. So sad, he was a great vocalist!! One of my all time favorites.
I'm guessing this is from 2000. That live Pearl Jam clip of Better Man is from their 2000 film Touring Band. Also there's a brief clip of the Foo Fighters Breakout music video which came out in 2000
So tired of morons who aren't actually from Seattle claiming that Seattle is cold, rainy and everyone avoids going outside. I have lived all over this entire country now after growing up in Seattle and the Northwest and I will tell you, people up there spend far far far more time outdoors than any other state I have lived in with the exception of Colorado. It rains and is overcast for less than half of the year generally, depending on the year. From May until October it is generally sunny with periods of rain moving in usually at night and in the early morning clearing up in the afternoons. It's absolutely beautiful, warm and amazing.
Sometimes we have months and months go by without a drop of rain in the summer. When it is sunny like that in puget sound it is the most beautiful place in the US. And I've seen all the coastal areas.
I love grunge, I love AIC most of all, and the sad thing is, for as long as Ive been listening to it I havent been able to find people to start a band with that would play this kind of music. I have plenty of originals written, but no one to play them / record them with. I guarantee Im not the only one in this situation and that is why grunge style music isnt released anymore, regardless of if its mainstream or underground...
chinchillaman1 Try finding stoner rock bands. Stoner rock is literally grunge's psychedelic brother, and many musicians cross over very well. Edit: In fact, Mark Arm, Buzz Osborne, Dave Grohl, and several others have recorded with various stoner rock/metal bands.
+chinchillaman1 ya i feel the same way...I write a lot of originals...very grungy with some sonic youth and a bit of pink floyd and radiohead sound too...I believe it'l happen again...when the world is ready which may be soon...you just gotta keep writing and try to write as best as you can...have faith...and hang out and jam with a lot of people...Im having trouble finding people to play with too... :(
i dont think the Minneapolis scene gets enough credit. even kurt cobain sights that scene as an influence.. husker du, soul asylum and the replacements probably the biggest bands in that scene def helped pave the way.. kurt also mentions the south west scene: meat puppets, butthole surfers and chilli peppers are leading examples to come from that movement
+Ian o'rourke I wish Australia had a large enough population to have decent indie/alternative 'scenes' in different parts of the country, and we do have them, but they are tiny! We have 24 mill pop in Aus... There's probably 28 mil people in the US who dig the Replacements, Minutemen, Huskies, etc!! It's really hard to break through in this country!! : (
danozism yeahhh.. has too many crappy little seens so labels just pick up garbage bands instead of of good music made from devotion (not ambition!) And lol the only Australian bands/artists i kno are silver chair and natlie imbuglia so i see wut u mean
+Ian o'rourke I never was a chilli peppers fan but their music wasn't bad. I just disliked some lyrics. "I don't ever wanna feel like I did DAT day. Take me to DE place I luvvvvv, take me all DE way. Lol, really, I thought FLEA was a badass!! Minneapolis had some damn great music!!!!
Totally agree! I never understood the whole "negative connotation" thing, even as a little kid I disagreed and being a lifelong metal fan I always thought "grunge" sounded cool. Better than "punk" IMO!!!
Yea I would say not trying to actually avoid becoming more famous, but being viewed as apart of the new "pop" scene like the so called "hair metal" in the eighties. It was apparently considered metal but it was pop n it also didn't last very long. It blew up the scene n then disappeared just as quickly.
I'm sure you are referring to "power ballad" which gave others the opportunity to be less-heavy in sound. Very emotional, melodic and musical but heavy at the same time that no one could ever write but only metalheads! Until this loser punks Nirvana and the others came out..
Other people might not consider STP grunge, but Im surprised that they arent at least mentioned....STP had a very similar sound to Nirvana and Soundgarden and they werent from Seattle but they were still around at that moment. I feel like Stone Temple Pilots never get the recognition they deserve as a band.
@@birdsongvalley STP's "Core" absolutely had the Grunge sound to it. But,you're right. They went into complete different directions with their next albums. I recently bought the deluxe version of "Core". I absolutely love a song on there called,"Only Dying". From what I've read,it was originally meant for the "Crow" Soundtrack,but was passed up in favor for "Big Empty" instead,because of Brandon Lee's death. Awesome song! If you've never heard it before,then I'd definitely recommend you check it out!
Same with Hip Hop. Many people say that real Hip Hop is dead or that rap sucks, but there's so much good underground Hip Hop music today. There are actually so many good Hip Hop artist today that care about there craft.
Alice in Chains was and is my favourite band. Ever. Layne's voice with Cantrell's harmonies and Starr/inez thumping bass is of a kind I've never heard before or since. I was in high school when grunge exploded and they were some sweet old days! After AIC finished, Britney Spears arrived.
Eva Satnikova you are right. I too was a teenager when everything hit. Was an awesome time. Now there is no more. Tough to find good live shows and all our old heroes are either dead or retired.
I was fortunate enuf to have played with AIC and PJ before they made it huge. I saw Green River in '86. Got to see Soundgraden play The OffRamp club downtown. Now I'm older and I see this kind of video and it definitely makes me feel melancholy and lucky. Music has never really been as honest as it was during those early grunge years since then. I just wonder what the kids today think is real.
thetillerman23 I am a huge fan of all rock/metal genre. 60s to late 90s, and some after. But grunge is huge for me. I loved that part of my life. I’m from NY, but me and my girlfriend go to Seattle and I’ve worked there at one time for 9 weeks. I love that part of the country so much. Just being there I was able to feel the energy of the best genre of music. It still lives today. Not as much obviously. But the rest of the country isn’t at all on the same page. Music isn’t real anymore. I’d sadly started dying in 94’ after Kurt’s death. And fully died around 2001-2002. It’s true even though some don’t want to hear or believe it. We can see it when the rock icons we all love that play today can’t even replicate what once was. I go to concerts all the time. All great bands like Metallica, Alice In Chains, slayer, offspring, sound garden and many more that I’ve seen and 85% of their shows are all their great old songs. During their new shit you can tell no one pays attention. It’s called a “bathroom” break. It’s just not the same. If a time machine ever existed, 89-94 would be the years to go back to... for me at least.
thetillerman23 what can you tell me about your band Cats and Dogs?I got a cassette almost 30 years ago.Rebecca Moon was a tasty song.Did y'all come out with anything else?
man.. when they were like whats Layne at now? i cried a little... because i think Laynes eventual death was the final nail in that coffin. so many great people and musicians in the 90's Cobain, Staley, Hoon, Wood, all died and its actually tragic. Drug abuse is definitely stupid. if they were all still around today music would be much different.
Drugs are a coping mechanism for a lot of people. To you they're stupid (and, yes, they are as a rule) but to many it's a way to function without continual trauma getting in the way. I've been struggling with heroin addiction for over 20 years and have been on methadone almost as long and I wouldn't wish it on anyone..to not be able to get by without those liquid handcuffs is torture. As Layne said "I never wanted to go out this way"...but addiction's a hard, long road that many never return from.
I'm so sick of people saying Pearl Jam was an overnight success when Jeff and Stone indeed paid their dues. They started with Green River, then they formed forces with Malfunksun's Andrew Wood which became, Mother Love Bone. They suffered tragedy with the loss of Andy and 6 months later, Mookie Blaylock/Pearl Jam was born. Eddie was the one who experienced over night success and was torn about what others would think. I love Pearl Jam's debut album Ten but truth be told, I love the sound of Mother Love Bone so much more. Which is funny because this all starts from the beginning. I've always preferred Malfunkshun to MLB and PJ. Funny huh? I'd like to add that, Alice in Chains is one of the best bands to come out of this movement. I don't use the term Grunge. For me it was a movement. "It's only rock n' roll but I like it"....🤘
jonny L8 Can you believe it Jonny? 90's now in the classic rock title?! We must be getting old. Lol..As for influence carried over today, I don't hear it. Today's music is shit. If you wanna call it music..We lost so much raw talent. Now I understand how my dad felt when his generation lost greats like, Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin. 😠
I know its mad! I read a comment recently saying the noughties were retro! I guess our generation is now the old generation :( the phrase "you don't know what you've got until its gone" is relevant
jonny L8 I completely agree. You'll like this..Alice Cooper recently toured with Mötley Crue. Alice is from the 70's generation. He blew Crue off stage. My point is real talent never fades. The Crue didn't have that something special. Although I do like Nikki Sixx. I've also seen them live, twice. Theater of Pain was the only great album. They got too commercial. Alice is a legend and twice their age. Idk. It narrows down to talent in the end.
Katrina Hamilton I went through a crue phase but kinda got bored of them. Good shout with the cooper! In fact, that's what Im going to listen to today! x
Graduated high school in 1989 & not going to lie...I LOVED hair bands; soundtrack to my teens. 91 came around and it was like hearing music for the first time!!! Seattle made me realize what I was missing. Just NOW in 2022; can I listen to hair bands again. LONG LIVE GRUNGE!!
Am I the only one who got chills at 36:11 when the one guy was like "let's just hope Layne emerges again" Jesus, that's deep. This must have only been a few years before Layne's death
Wow that explains a lot. After Layne's death, you can see how much Sean Kinney changed, here he still had his cool sense of humor and life in his eyes, after Layne died he became like a zombie. Fortunately, he's better nowadays.
Popular music is so stagnant right now. I hope and pray something as creative and original as grunge will one day bring meaningful music back to the masses.
I agree, stagnant and burnout pop music and culture in general is usually what brings on Seattle in the 90s, or San Fran in late 60s. We shall see if there will be another...probably I mean has anyone heard whats popular music now? soulless trash for the most part
What made this genre so special is it was punk but all those bands were into The Beatles heavily and it introduced melody to punk. And I’m blessed to have grown up to with it
@@lonzolotto cause everything is about them. Everything from 1963 on is directly linked to them. You may not like it but you can’t change that fact. If it makes you feel better you can go back further and start it with Elvis cause there’d be no Beatles without him
@@spence7985 Yes, man, keep believing everything that happened in rock music is directly related to a pseudo-intellectual, a granny song writer and a mediocre drummer. No garage rock, no blues-based British Invasion bands, everything is about Brian Epstein's boy band.
When Tad was talking about Layne being “up to no good”.... that hit hard. The fact that layne was still around when this was made makes me very sad. Layne was and always will be my one and only favourite singer ever.
All i know during those days was the best time of my life, i loved every minute of it and when Kurt died that was definitely the end of it and music has pretty much went down hill from there.
To all the Grunge fans check out the documentary on the band TAD called busted circuits and ringing ears. TAD was one of the great unsung Seattle bands and was probably the heaviest group in the scene. They never got the recognition they deserved. Its a great documentary.
I still listen to this music all the time! Grunge will never be dead for me. My 12 year old daughter said she prefers this music others like myself grew up with. She's not really into stuff from today.
Superblaster Megamaster Doesn't matter if it's a derivative of 70s rock or 80s punk or 90s grunge. A new band is still a new band. I don't really like Nickleback, but I give them much respect for keeping the name of Rock & Roll alive and making sure that rock music still gets on the radio stations. I don't need to prove my statement 'cause the billboard charts prove it for me. You have proven (yet again) that you're a fucking moron AND a troll. Go back under your bridge, troll.
Ain't nothing wrong with the sound being derivative of 70's 80's 90's or whatever, as long as you're doing it yourself, for yourself, then it shouldn't matter what others think. If I wrote my songs solely for the purpose of wanting others to like it, to me, that alone is selling out bcuz I wouldn't be doing it for myself, but it's personal so it isn't for others to have a say. If they want, they can write their own songs. However, if ppl actually happen to relate & aren't just saying things to be nice then that's still not going to change things, it's still personal. If bands write, play, & sell for reasons other than the music being personal, then that's a damn shame, but it's not my place to say what they can or can't do. I just don't agree with it & I'm going to do my own thing, so it really doesn't matter. Like what you like, ignore what you don't like & who cares what others say or think! RocknRoll!
this is a little misleading to imply that alice in chains and pearl jam showed up late and capitalized on nirvana's success. like these bands were around at the same time nirvana was starting. alice in chains was performing before nirvana was even formed. these bands all opened for each other, there wasn't one group that started it
Ya they were there ok, alice in chains, pear jam, but their direction in music was different, more kind of Alternative Rock/metal, a little punk, they didn't invent the Grunge sound, Nirvana did. Once grunge became so popular (thanks to Nirvana) the others "adopted" and you can surely notice the difference in the evolution of their music as they started implementing the elements of Grunge in their following albums after the influence of Nirvana
@@eleniko2 that's not true either. nirvana's first grunge album was in 1989. sub pop had been publishing grunge like green river since 1986. including soundgarden in 1987 and mudhoney in 1988. no offense, but the fact that you didn't mention any of them tells me you don't know much about the history of grunge.
and for reference, sub pop published nirvana's debut single in late 1988, nirvana's debut album in mid 1989. it's true that alice in chains was more of a heavy metal band in the mid 80s, but they were playing grunge shows in 88 too. they were a bit late to publish a grunge album (1990) but they were still a well-known part of the scene before then.
also I should add that alice in chains never stopped being a heavy metal band. they were somewhere in the middle of a venn diagram of grunge and heavy metal.
The four vocalist that came out of the scene, Cornell, Staley, Vedder and Cobain were all incredible. Everyone has their favorite. What can be said is all wrote incredible songs and delivered them in unique ways. What happened then will never happen again. There were others but to me, for me, the big four were untouchable.
I was a teenager in the nineties, and I was just starting to get into classic rock from the seventies at the time. I was very much aware of the Seattle grunge rock scene that dominated rock radio at the time, but I didn't become a devoted fan during its heyday. However, Music videos such as Pearl Jam's "Evenflow" , Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" and the Screaming Trees "Nearly Lost You" really captivated my imagination at the time. Even today, those music videos are the perfect embodiment of the spirit of the nineties for some reason. If you're an introvert who came of age during the nineties, you may recall a time when there was quite a bit of freedom to explore the concept of individualism. Back then, it seemed that people would permit you to be whatever you wanted to be. The whole grunge rock scene to me seemed to be about finding your sense of purpose and pursuing your passions when they didn't conform to the trends. One of my now favorite bands to come out of that era was the Screaming Trees. I still listen to their classic albums "Sweet Oblivion" and "Dust" all the time to this day.
To hear them say "10 years ago" like it was forever ago is quite amazing now. All of this music was all that I knew when I was introduced to music as a kid. I still love all of these bands and I'm sure I always will.
I learned a lot from this documentary that I first saw just a year ago and just kept watching it several times already. May you rest in peace Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Mike Starr, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, etc. - A grunge lover from the 🇵🇭, Philippines.👍✌️♥️🤘😉
My top 10 nirvana songs of all time: 10. Aneurysm 5. About A girl (Acoustic live) 9. Pennyroyal tea 4. Dumb 8. In blood 3. All apologies 7. Polly 2. Heart-shaped box 6. Come as you are 1. Smells like teen spirit
I love how in hiphop terms NWA would be considered a kick in the ass for rap while grunge was a kick in the ass for rock and it all happened in the 90s.
My top 10 alice in chains songs of all time: 10. We die young 5. Heaven besides you 9. I stay away 4. Got me wrong (Acoustic live) 8. No excuses 3. Rooster 7. Your decision 2. Man in the box 6. Angry chair 1. Would?
Grunge is basically metal and punk mixed. Similar origins to both genres, and every band had a hand in diversifying those genres beyond what Thrash metal could (especially after tallica sold out in 90).
Alice in Chains was always my favorite out of these great bands and I still pop in their CDs in my stereo. They were so heavy, unique, and dark. It's such a shame how heroin killed such great talent. RIP Layne, Kurt, Chris, and Andrew \M/
Same here. No one in the history of music has ever sounded like them. Musically, they are top 5 all time among bands that hit the mainstream imo. I put them #1. They're the closest thing to Classical Music level musical skill/orchestration etc that ever hit the mainstream. I say it that way only to acknowledge maybe someone else somewhere that never got heard hit some outrageous level. But among stuff on the radio, in terms of musical skill, Alice in Chains was the best in musicianship. Lyrically they were great, but there have been better I think. But musically, wow. Shockingly great band.
I thought Ann Wilson gave a helping hand to a few of these bands in the early '90s. She gave them time in her studio and professional assistance. When she performed at one of the VH1 Rock Honors (2005 ish) one of the Seattle bands was backing her up.
@@screamrad218 Jeff Ament and King Buzzo were really into Venom and Hellhammer. This myth that the Washington bands were against Metal is kind of bogus. They were against Hair Metal, not Metal in general.
@@Ebby-lu3cy And one of Chris's best friends. Like Brothers. Long Live "Temple of the Dog." Oh these Angels. Sending You and Yours Positive Energy. RockOn
For me,metal will always be my very 1st love, but looking at this awesome piece,grunge has become my 2nd new love. This special was worth watching. Thank you,VH1!!!!!!
I know this doc is older and on the Seattle sound, but man I love Silver Chair. They so suited to have been in Seattle at the time, damn talented band from Australia.
Frogstomp definitely shows Daniel Johns idolised Kurt/Nirvana.. especially the filmclip to Tomorrow. He's dressed like Kurt, has the same stance etc.. it's great. As they matured, they developed their own style. Us Aussies have some wicked bands arise from Down Under 😁👌🏻
@@nelliesilvers1210 no Daniel early its pure grunge bcs he's have a problem him self.. not being kurt cobain or only his hair a blond?.. he have a blond hair its not being kurt cobain..😑😑
@@elishifter7995 I can't fully understand what you're saying but it's not just his hair. His stance (including the way he's holding his arm up), his mannerisms and nearly everything else is obviously a thumbs up to Kurt and his style. Many people have said the same thing. Everybody is inspired by someone's style.. whether it be music, personality or dress sense. Kurt was obviously Daniel's inspiration. He said so himself many years ago when the similarities were mentioned to him. He certainly didn't deny his idolisation of Kurt
Also, the problem I think you're talking about was anorexia. Johns had anorexia...not a drug addiction. I'm not sure if that's what you were saying but wanted to point out he wasn't a drug addict like many used to think.
I could never find the right band to listen to while growing up, I mean a band that I actually liked. But then in 2012 I started listening to a song and that song was so good and I listened to it for hours but it wasn't until 2013 that I started listening to more of their songs and I just loved them all...and that first song was "Smells like teen spirit..:" Then I got my hands on Heart-shaped box and Come as you are, and then I started listening to L7 and the Melvins and other great Grunge bands, I just wish I could of seen Nirvana play live, But sadly I was born in 1996.... Grunge ROCKS!!!!! Kurt Cobain is just an awesome singer n it's a shame that he's gone now R.I.P Kurt!!!!
I was really lucky - paid over the odds to go to the Reading festival of 92 to just to see them. Worth just to sing along with hundreds of other people to Lithium. Kicking myself quite a lot I didn't go and see 'Siamese Dream' era Smashing Pumpkins who were playing a session tent on the same bill. Loved the shit out of Siamese Dream - never really liked 'Mellie Collie' and lost interest after that kinda of.
Just came back from visiting Seattle today...so fucking nostalgic... seeing the museum of pop culture, Kurt cobains makeshift memorial behind his house, Chris Cornell’s statue, the best short trip I ever took. If you’re a grunge fan you have to visit Seattle. I fell in love.
I´m from Brazil and, even here, the land of samba/pagode, the grunge phenomena happened and the mainstream radio stations played nirvana, peal jam and soundgarden, it was amazing times. It all started here with faith no more, can´t say they were grunge, but they did a good job dragging the folks´ attention to rock back then. My favorite will always be soundgarden, chris cornell forever...
Everyone is saying how much they love grunge and only site AIC, Nirvana, or Pearl Jam as the bands they love and admire. The scene had so many other great bands like the Melvins, Tad, Screaming Trees, Malfunkshun, Skinyard, Mudhoney, Truly, the Gits, ect. The list is long and vast. Personally I think Soundgarden was the most talented band of the scene. They really were diverse and experimented with odd time signatures, polyrhythms, alternate tunings, and incorporated a multitude of styles. Their music was very layered and had a ton of depth. Cornell was a prolific song writer and had the same ability as Cobain to write very powerfull hooks and melodies. As a band each member brought in great musical ideas and were all very talented. The one band I have tried to get others into the most is TAD but no one seems to like them. I think Tad Doyle's voice puts people off because he was not a good singer but he was a great musician and TAD was one of the heaviest bands in the scene. They were truly a great group. Truly is another unsung Seattle band which featured former Soundgarden bassist Hiro Yamamoto. They were very psychedelic and had some great lush sounding songs. I could go on and on about awesome bands of the era but I encourage everyone who loves the big bands of Seattle to check out the lesser known groups who were really great bands in their own right.
Layne best ever u can hear his soul when he opened his mouth. Kurtd y layne so intelligent y talented.... god i get goose bumps and i will listen to layne till the day i die !!!!!
Grunge started alternative and we really needed this movement. We had nothing at the time. Now it’s been almost 15 years since we’ve had anything decent. It’s time for something new.
I was born in 1999 and only discovered grunge when I was around 9 years old and it honestly changed my life forever. It got me into actually playing music and appreciating music and just gave me this huge love for all of it. And honestly I wish I had lived through the actual time of grunge but it’s nice to still have it around so I can listen to what in my opinion is the best genre ever created. It taught me to play bass, guitar, sing, and helped shaped me not only as a musician but as a person. Long live grunge
It's mind blowing so many insanely talented vocalists, each very individual and uniqie, in such a small gene pool. But I have to say no one moves me to chills the way Chris Cornell 's banchee yet lullaby voice does. Superb doc, too many taken too early, shockingly painful. RIP to them all
I was born in 1965 and grew up with Hendrix,Sabbath,Zeppelin,Cream,Purple and discovered Sex Pistols,Ramones and Clash in my early teens. Fast forward to the early 90's and as a father of two sons , I felt like a teen again when I stumbled unaware head-on in to the whole grunge wave. I was so blown away and started buying records like there was no tomorrow. Hahaha. Now , at 51 , I got 3 sons , 27,25&16 years old , and they are all music nerds like their old man. They've grown up on punk , thrash and grunge.
awesome!
That's how I am, my parents grew up in 70s, 80s, and 90s and I was born in the 90s but didn't get to experience grunge, only got to experience post grunge and pop punk of the early 2000s and my parents got me into classic rock and grunge well my mom did, my dad was more into country. I listen to all kinds of music and it's what really got me into guitar when I was 8 and been playing for 11 years. It all started when my parents handed me their record collection at a young age.
i like everything you just said, until you mentioned thrash
Beautiful
Mike Miller you’re right
What a great time to be a teenage kid and have this for the soundtrack of our youth. There will never be anything like it again.
So fucking true!
It was for me and I feel very lucky. I know its like a cliché but when I saw the smells like teen spirit video for the first time it changed me. I was 13. My first concert was Nirvana with Mudhoney.
I became a teenager the month that Kurt Cobain died. It was still awesome.
No doubt! These bands were the soundtrack to my Jr High years. Good times
I became a baby two months before Kurt Cobain died. I wish I got to experience the magic of this era.
R.I.P Andrew, Kurt, Layne and Chris.
and Scott. I swear even this video did not remember STP.
Andrew was apparently the one many of the Seattle bands looked up to, the guy leading the charge of grunge. Albums have been dedicated to him.
@R4M Razr location literally has nothing to do with grunge. Stp was one of the best grunge bands.
@R4M Razr tf? u mean by that. Just bc they are not from seattle they can still play grunge?
keep Eddie alive at all costs
I was the editor on this show and it was due to air September 13, 2001. And then 9/11 happened. I remember that morning waking up and feeling so great that the show had been finished the night before and all I had to do on that beautiful NY morning was lay the show out to tape. After seeing the gaping black holes in the WTC, I actually got on the subway and headed to Times Square because the show had to get out. When I arrived in the studio my producer was in tears as we watched both towers come down. And then we evacuated. The show aired a few days later, but it's forever connected to that terrible day.
Thats a crazy story, man. At that point (9/11) the 90s were truly over. Thank You for that piece of work. I wonder how different, the doc would be now, 30 years after Neverninds release. There hasn't been anything like that since. I think the world is ready.
@@Bobbalek Thanks! I would love to do a follow-up show on it 20 years later. This still remains one of my favorite pieces I ever worked on.
Wow, what a comment. This is one of my favorite docs on grunge.
As unfortunate as it is you should be proud of your work nonetheless mate this is a great document on the Grunge scene, I find myself returning to watch it every few months 🙂
@@alexanderwood3465 thanks so much! It remains one of my favorite things I ever worked on.
IMO Alice in Chains was the best band to come out of Seattle. I can groove to Nirvana, I can feel Pearl Jam, but I lose my shit to Alice in Chains! Layne Staley to this day remains my favorite vocalist of all time.
Aaaaaah whats the diference ill dieeeeeeee in this sick world of mine
Well said.
Then what do you do to Soundgarden??
@@Tocoinaphrase Probably rolling on the floor to it.
Love them all, but yeah, Alice in Chains was something very special.
Nirvana was a kick in the ass for the music industry, a much needed 1. A short lived, but great band. Music in 2016 needs a kick in the ass. Popular music today sucks, or maybe I'm just too old. =)
You may be too old (me too), but pop music today still sucks.
You say that music today sucks,well maybe because you are waiting for the media to find the new Nirvana,or the new rock trend,there are a lot of good bands around,just because they're not on MTV or on the radio,it doesn't mean the music sucks,go find it for yourself!
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no I feel you, there's some good stuff out there, but it needs a new kick in the ass.
you got a point ... popular music media sucks
I was THERE when Grunge exploded overnight. Was a teenager in the big bad 80's and pretty much hair bands & hard rock was everywhere. Believe me; it was fun times. When "Smells Like Teen Spirit" premiered in 91' it KILLED the music scene. More like changed. After Nirvana, Green River, The Melvins, Alice... you could NEVER go back to listening to all that "Rock All Night" stuff ever again. It changed something inside you ....
I was 16 when Nirvana hit big. In the UK, pretty much all you ever heard on the radio was techno and dance.
It was **such** a relief when grunge hit it big. Heartbreaking that it took the toll on pretty much all that did.
Grunge was where you could say US had it's own version of punk, the 70s version, it's style, ethos, nihilistic attitudes was more of copying or complementing the more visible punk scene at Malcolm Mclaren's Sex club and seminal punk bands like the Clash, Sex Pistols, Damned, Buzzcocks. Sure, there was the CBGB crowd but they were very eclectic, more bouncy, intellectual sort of crowd than there UK counterparts who were railing against a repressive, out-of-touch leadership and also Britian's worst recession since 1930s in the mid-late 70s. There was also rumors or suggestions that National Service was being brought back, or that several high-ranking British military leaders were considering a military coup to force out PM Harold Wilson(some Labour supporters argue they did just that in 1976 when they and several other Labour leaders/PM's forced Wilson to resign because he wanted to push through some very unpopular, socialist economic reforms and British military establishment finally put their foot down), then there was the IRA/Sein Fein issue in Northern Ireland still grinding out and Britain's industrial infrastructure was old, crumbling, outdated and worker efficiency, productivity suffered as a result. Britain was being labeled as Europe's "new sick man" compared to newer, more dynamic, diversified economies of West Germany, France, and the Nordic countries. So, punk had more of an instant, credible message to lot of unemployed, disenfranchised youths who thought the late 60s idealism and activism was naive, simplistic bullshit which really didn't change anything substantiative and tangible. If anything, UK by the mid 70s was in a worse state a decade earlier with the " Swinging London" consumerist counter-culture. In the US and Canada, it wasn't until hardcore punk came along in the early 80s that punk started making a dent in its own right in underground musical circles like in New York, Minnesota, San Francisco with Dead Kennedys, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. with Black Flag.
@@davidroberts7282 Please make a new paragraph every now and then. Thanks.
Glam metal had its era but MTV were too over saturated the market with those new bands from another cities apart from LA sunset strip glam metal. Vito there were too many loud voice from all those newcomers that overshadowed the real bands by the early 90s. Also most of these bands shifted from metal sound to power ballad which I think it's their own Trojan horse to this genre. It's their own fault that glam metal got pounded. It has nothing to do with the 'grudge tsunami'. I think people just tired of this sound and moved on to the newer voices
I was there too. I still love my '80's music, in fact it's my main love; but I will say that for a while at the time, I could only listen to Grunge. It really comes down to the melodys though; the melodys-of any genre, which are good enough; will survive the test of time. When I [sparingly, lest I get sick of it] play my music collection, I do tend to play groups of songs from different eras, i.e; I'll play, say, three Grunge songs-then some eighties, as opposed to eighties, grunge, eighties, grunge. That's because the sounds are so different, they don't really "play" nicely together.
I might have not grew up this and I'm not from Seattle but grunge will be my all time favorite rock genre
Heavy/Shine Design same
Same
SAME
Thats deep man. Congratulations
Likewise
Heroin is STILL absolutely EVERYWHERE here in Seattle.
I'm only less than 2 years clean.
30 miles north of Seattle in Everett.
Watching the part of this video talking about Cobain killing himself on my birthday.
April 5th.
Layne Staley had to die on my birthday too.
Less than 10 years later.
Lucky, (or unluckily?) for me, now the Seattle Rock radio station KISW plays nothing but Seattle music for 24 hours on April 5th every year.
But it's not just "Grunge."
They toss in Jimi Hendrix, Heart, Queensryche, etc. etc.
ANY Rock music from Seattle, it's a birthday soundtrack.
I'd trade it to have Layne Staley back in a heartbeat!!
Keep up the good work. You are strong. 🤗
Look forward, not back.
Layne...so raw so real...rip
kepp up the awesome work mate ive been off the H for 19 yrs from one addict to another even though im in Australia bro Im proud of you for kicking the devil to the curb
Third world person here.
Help me understand a little bit, how come Washington state be so sad and gloomy?
It looks super comfy in pictures and videos. All that green and water.
Remember when VH1 used to do the most badass documentaries about music? I miss it so much.
dashkuluma yes me too...😓
Vh1 behind the vh1
they're gonna start doing it again!!
Yep, they were good at that.
REST IN PEACE CHRIS CORNELL
RIP CHRIS CORNELL
@@conkyvsricki4710 He was right. Nothing but himself.....
The Best singer of all times !
REST IN PEACE LAYNE STAYLE
@@46_and28 REST IN PEACE LAYNE STAYLE
i love this documentary
lol like 30% of the content is just the same clips repeated
@@netlean9081 who cares it’s still good
@@rnrtruestories init proper interesting bruv
I come back to this documentary so often
@@InvaderWeezle Same
Grunge never died. It's still living in the hearts and minds of my generation.
And there are some bands in the last 10 years who carry on the Grunge sound as they were inspired by the sound of the 90s grunge. It may not be popular anymore but it doesn't really matter because if the interest is genuine, that's all that matters.
Even in Poland we do it now so i think that grunge music will live longer than any of us
Awesome! Check out what we're doing!!
heck yea! i’m 23 and grunge is my favorite!!!
Yeah ❤
I'm a metalhead (thrash, death, groove, doom, power) and I LOVE Grunge. AIC is my favorite group, RIP LAYNE STALEY, MIKE STARR, SCOTT WEILAND, KURT COBAIN, ANDREW WOOD, AND CHRIS CORNELL. You continue to live on through the legacy of.music you've left behind, we'll see you again.
Bro same here, alot of metal heads are elitist and very biased that won't open their minds to other music besides their fav bands or metal genres and hate anything that isn't their fav bands
Beautifully said. 🤗
Me too, Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, Slayer, Anthrax, Sepulttura, I’m metal head all day, never close minded, loved Soundgarden, AIC, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Melvins, Mudhoney.
I was 15 when I first heard “ Smells like teen Spirit “ on the radio ... I was stoned ... alone ...depressed... and instantly alive . All of a sudden I no longer had to try to understand music ... because music had finally come to understand Me.
Thank you for uploading this! I was the editor on this show back in 2001. I still think it's some of my best work.
Well, I keep getting this fucking audio lag and the voices aren't matching up to the video. So, why?
(Oh, man. Bless!) Rough Documentary Work given the speed and variety of tumult. Sending you so much Positive Energy.
Do you know the song at 0:46?
@Tyler Joseph ok...www.imdb.com/title/tt11188122/?ref_=nm_flmg_edt_18
@@grungeboy1752 it definitely sounds like early Nirvana. Don't know the name of it though.
I'm 22 minutes in and they haven't mentioned temple of the dog which was a band formed to honor mother love bone...
they didn't mention Mad Season either although they played the live version of "I Don't Know Anything" in the background at one point and a brief clip of Layne playing guitar/singing it. but to someone who doesn't know they may have thought it was Alice in Chains. They should have mentioned that Mad Season was a big part of this too
dunkinking or Mad Season
No TOTD and really no mention of Screaming Trees besides the fact that they have an interview with one of the members which has nothing to do with his band.lol
Were all going hungry
Sandra Borg haha. Classic.
This makes me want to go find a garage and start a fucking band. Yeah, I don't know shit about actually playing any instruments, but whatever. People are still looking for the next wave of musical revolution, I might as well try to find it too.
I'm trying to start my own band too good luck in your endeavors :-)
Same. Me and my two freinds are in a band. I sing and play guitar alongside my freinds who play bass and drums. We play a hard nirvana style of grunge rock. We are mainly inspired by pearl jam and nirvana with a bit of Alice in chains
Which is what music should do :-)
Please do. We need new kick ass grunge bands.
Cole Ohanian ; Let us know if you succeed without having to sucuumb to devilish temptations.
It's sad hearing Tad talk about Layne. I really wish that guy would've pulled it together. Layne was a one of a kind guy.
Indeed. RockInParadise, Layne. He's in fantastic company. Sending you and yours Positive Energy.
I love Pearl Jam but when all the dust cleared, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden were the 2 best things to ever come out of Seattle.
totally agree
Kenny Not really, lol.
Nirvana at Third
Mother Love Bone buddy
Pearl Jam > everything. Fight me
It's a shame. I'm literally in tears provided I've been drinking earlier but I wish Alice in Chains were covered more. The band had so much potential. With Layne Staley's voice they could've went Diamond in America alone. I believe it. I just wish they had that chance....
+SUPERCHARGER2001 They were a fantastic band, and they DID have the chance, but unfortunately smack kills your creativity and motivation... such a shame.
SUPERCHARGER2001 When they said they hoped Layne would re-emerge, I was really sad. Gone far too soon.
SUPERCHARGER2001 I don't know why people just don't get it. I personally love AIC they're an awesome band for sure. but it seems just about every chains fan and his kid brother just "wish AIC had more credit" or "I wish they were more popular" dude they just are not the type of band that's gonna be Justin Bieber backstreet boys popular or whatever. they appeal to those of us with a certain kind of musical taste who like heavy metal bluesy soulful music and whatnot but fact of the matter is most people listen to and enjoy pure shit. and frankly you shouldn't care about the whole popularity thing anyway. be proud that all those leeches didn't jump on the AIC bandwagon and ruin it sort of like what happened to Nirvana. Just too much fame. Chains were pretty damn famous in their own right anyway...
SUPERCHARGER2001 they were successful as a band. Not as much as Pearl Jam, Nirvana or Soundgarden but ultimately they didn't have a as commercial sound. The real tragedy is how Layne seemingly drifted away from the rest of the band and wasted away, dying a lonely, young, death.
Bryan Kinney How did leeches ruin Nirvana again?
Back when mtv meant something
that was actually vh1 but i kno wut u mean.. no music on music television anymore wtf
+Ian o'rourke
This show was made by VH1 but grunge played out on Mtv.
VH1 was busy playing Michael Bolton and Kenny G.
if u say so but that wasn't my point
nikkii bee they literally did some documentary on the clash lol
nikkii bee MTV was the sell out network even then.
"Alice in chains Dirt slowly snaked up the charts" I guess, if debuting at number six on the charts and being platinum within a month ofn albums release is slowly snaking up the charts,lol.
Your right it's not because most of this video focus on Nirvana and Kurt with Courtney. Alice in chains were the first successful grunge band even a little bit before nevermind came out, they were having success with facelift. Ignore a lot of this video, Dirt was big, so big that even glam band Warrant noticed that in late of 1992, their new album poster was taking out and replaced by Dirt from Alice in chains in a store or a record label store. Alice in chains fucking rules and Layne was a amazing singer and one of the best yarl vocalists I ever heard. That man could sing. RIP Layne and also hugely celebrity but still cool Kurt Cobain.
+I K Grunge can be heavy metal as well, it was a mixture of punk and metal.
Bryan Diaz ; Except more attitude in Punk. Punk spells serious rule haters. Grunge loosened things up a little.
Trulysarcastic44 not to mention after dirt was a success , facelift started to gain much more momentum
I was familiar with the Man in the Box video at the beginning of my sophomore year in high school, but then I saw Alice in Chains open up the Clash of the Titans tour, and Slayer fans booed them and threw stuff at them. They stood strong and earned respect. Mad respect. If you watch any of the live videos from that tour, Alice in Chains was playing for their lives. Then when Sap and the Singles soundtrack came out, they made everybody hungry. And Dirt did not disappoint. That album was stellar from top to bottom. Perfect timing, and a perfect album. It made them legends
In popular culture Nevermind defines the grunge era, but in my opinion, it actually marks the start of the end ...
That's a really interesting view point ! I feel the same in the sense that it wasn't really a pinnacle, but a catalyst
What we talk here is music, but it could be fashion or politics ... it happens every time a cultural phenomenon goes from underground to mainstream and become "raw material" for new phenomena.
I feel like grunge took the “fun” out of rock and metal in my opinion then Hip Hop found a way to merge in. Big mistake.
@@metalrockstarizer89 ... interesting !
@@metalrockstarizer89 am I missing something? Wasn’t that the point of grunge? That they didn’t really write about happy shit?
I love how Sonic Youth weren't even grunge but were always a big part of the scene
It’s cause nirvana worshiped them a lot
Pearl jam did them just because they didn't sound like nirvana didn't mean they were "fake grunge" whatever that is anyway. Pearl jam is pearl jam and nirvana is nirvana
Yeah I thought that was really stupid saying they hadn't come up and earned it like Nirvana. Okay maybe as a band they were new but their members had been part of Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog and they were in the Seattle scene so they earned that. It seems like the only reason for saying that is that Vedder hadn't come up in the Seattle scene but he's not the only band member and they needed a lead singer.
Dulcinel Nunez .personally i love Nirvana,but you're right.The only difference between any of them was just pot luck.the public wanted a certain sound and Nirvana were it.
So a lot of people called Pearl Jam fake grunge because Eddie wasn’t from the area and didn’t “pay the dues “ of being a struggling musician around Seattle and just all around being an outsider to the scene. But he’s lived here ever since and they’ve made some good tunes so eff it.
It's as if everyone is lost at the fucking library and need labels on everything. Like what you love.
Dulcinel Nunez almost correct but wrong about Temple of the Dog. Temple of the Dog was just a project until Vedder joined. So what are you talking about?
This was aired before Layne's death :(
+Lee Torry "I hope he emerges again, _I don't know what the hell he's doing now but_.. hes probably not up to good"
And its also interesting to note that Jerry wasn't interviewed, this means he was still living like a hermit during this time.
They just stopped doing anything, and were all left to deal with their own problems individually it seems.
+Lee Torry Poor Layne. Wish things had been different for him.
+Christen Kimbell same here. If the stupid paparazzi would've left him alone, I wonder if he could've been saved. He lived as a hermit because of the weight loss, teeth loss. They would've been all over him had he walked outside. It took Dave Mustaine 17 trips to rehab before it worked. Layne went many times. After Demri died, Layne gave up. So sad, he was a great vocalist!! One of my all time favorites.
This special was made before 2002... poor Tad was wondering where Layne was at the time.
I thought the same thing watching this. So sad
And now Chris Cornell. :(
So damn sad R.I.P Layne
When was this? Timestamp?
I'm guessing this is from 2000. That live Pearl Jam clip of Better Man is from their 2000 film Touring Band. Also there's a brief clip of the Foo Fighters Breakout music video which came out in 2000
So tired of morons who aren't actually from Seattle claiming that Seattle is cold, rainy and everyone avoids going outside. I have lived all over this entire country now after growing up in Seattle and the Northwest and I will tell you, people up there spend far far far more time outdoors than any other state I have lived in with the exception of Colorado. It rains and is overcast for less than half of the year generally, depending on the year. From May until October it is generally sunny with periods of rain moving in usually at night and in the early morning clearing up in the afternoons. It's absolutely beautiful, warm and amazing.
Sometimes we have months and months go by without a drop of rain in the summer. When it is sunny like that in puget sound it is the most beautiful place in the US. And I've seen all the coastal areas.
The south is wetter and murkier than the northwest will ever be.
I would love to visit one day
@@meganmata3479 do it- you wont be sorry
@@melorgomolox6828 ...Oregon & Washington are beautiful states indeed 🌼
"They were these sort of zombie looking people with beautiful eyes,"
That stuck out to me, too.
I love grunge, I love AIC most of all, and the sad thing is, for as long as Ive been listening to it I havent been able to find people to start a band with that would play this kind of music. I have plenty of originals written, but no one to play them / record them with. I guarantee Im not the only one in this situation and that is why grunge style music isnt released anymore, regardless of if its mainstream or underground...
Same here
chinchillaman1 Try finding stoner rock bands. Stoner rock is literally grunge's psychedelic brother, and many musicians cross over very well.
Edit: In fact, Mark Arm, Buzz Osborne, Dave Grohl, and several others have recorded with various stoner rock/metal bands.
If i was in a band i would so be inspired by alice in chains. I wish i can sound like Layne. Lol. RIP. He was taken too soon. Fuck Heroin
+chinchillaman1 ya i feel the same way...I write a lot of originals...very grungy with some sonic youth and a bit of pink floyd and radiohead sound too...I believe it'l happen again...when the world is ready which may be soon...you just gotta keep writing and try to write as best as you can...have faith...and hang out and jam with a lot of people...Im having trouble finding people to play with too... :(
+chinchillaman1 You mean the "phoenix effect". We will emerge from the shadows to recover what the system had us removed. Same here.
i dont think the Minneapolis scene gets enough credit. even kurt cobain sights that scene as an influence.. husker du, soul asylum and the replacements probably the biggest bands in that scene def helped pave the way.. kurt also mentions the south west scene: meat puppets, butthole surfers and chilli peppers are leading examples to come from that movement
preach brother
This is def an incomplete documentary.
+Ian o'rourke I wish Australia had a large enough population to have decent indie/alternative 'scenes' in different parts of the country, and we do have them, but they are tiny! We have 24 mill pop in Aus... There's probably 28 mil people in the US who dig the Replacements, Minutemen, Huskies, etc!! It's really hard to break through in this country!! : (
danozism yeahhh.. has too many crappy little seens so labels just pick up garbage bands instead of of good music made from devotion (not ambition!) And lol the only Australian bands/artists i kno are silver chair and natlie imbuglia so i see wut u mean
+Ian o'rourke I never was a chilli peppers fan but their music wasn't bad. I just disliked some lyrics. "I don't ever wanna feel like I did DAT day. Take me to DE place I luvvvvv, take me all DE way. Lol, really, I thought FLEA was a badass!! Minneapolis had some damn great music!!!!
I honestly like the term grunge it makes it sound dirtier than metal
Totally agree! I never understood the whole "negative connotation" thing, even as a little kid I disagreed and being a lifelong metal fan I always thought "grunge" sounded cool. Better than "punk" IMO!!!
+robert lallo Yeh I think they rejected being labeled as grunge just to avoid becoming more famous
Yea I would say not trying to actually avoid becoming more famous, but being viewed as apart of the new "pop" scene like the so called "hair metal" in the eighties. It was apparently considered metal but it was pop n it also didn't last very long. It blew up the scene n then disappeared just as quickly.
I'm sure you are referring to "power ballad" which gave others the opportunity to be less-heavy in sound. Very emotional, melodic and musical but heavy at the same time that no one could ever write but only metalheads! Until this loser punks Nirvana and the others came out..
If "metal" sounds too clean, maybe dirty metal can be called rust.
Dirt, Badmotorfinger, and Superunknown still stand the test of time.
I love Superunknown
Jar of Flies!
In Utero!!
Those and Beach
BLEACH
Other people might not consider STP grunge, but Im surprised that they arent at least mentioned....STP had a very similar sound to Nirvana and Soundgarden and they werent from Seattle but they were still around at that moment. I feel like Stone Temple Pilots never get the recognition they deserve as a band.
Maroon Blossom Saw STP in 2000 around Halloween . Tight show. They killed it.
I think because only Core was on that level but they changed with their next album. Love them too They were fuckin great!
They didn't mention STP but played a little bit of Down close to the end
@@birdsongvalley STP's "Core" absolutely had the Grunge sound to it. But,you're right. They went into complete different directions with their next albums. I recently bought the deluxe version of "Core". I absolutely love a song on there called,"Only Dying". From what I've read,it was originally meant for the "Crow" Soundtrack,but was passed up in favor for "Big Empty" instead,because of Brandon Lee's death. Awesome song! If you've never heard it before,then I'd definitely recommend you check it out!
Surprisingly Smashing Pumpkins, not STP. I believe it to be Seattle verses "grunge" (like) specific.
They say Grunge is dead, but we can change that.
Stoner Footbag no musical genre is dead some go underground again or slip into mainstream music
Same with Hip Hop. Many people say that real Hip Hop is dead or that rap sucks, but there's so much good underground Hip Hop music today. There are actually so many good Hip Hop artist today that care about there craft.
It's about to happen
TheRapperMCJosiah It's not Hip Hop that's dead. It's Rap that's dead.
True
I say we bring Grunge back.
All in favor?
So glad to have grown up in the 90's and graduated in '98. Good times and great music.
Alice in Chains was and is my favourite band. Ever. Layne's voice with Cantrell's harmonies and Starr/inez thumping bass is of a kind I've never heard before or since. I was in high school when grunge exploded and they were some sweet old days! After AIC finished, Britney Spears arrived.
Eva Satnikova you are right. I too was a teenager when everything hit. Was an awesome time. Now there is no more. Tough to find good live shows and all our old heroes are either dead or retired.
Gary it would be great if you uploaded some on YT please let me know if you'll do so X
Yeah, her in that skimpy schoolgirl outfit, being grossly marketed as jailbait to horny 40-year-old married Midwestern men. Disgusting.
Eva Satnikova SPOT ON
Same, their music is timeless and they are the best from the grunge scene❤
I was fortunate enuf to have played with AIC and PJ before they made it huge. I saw Green River in '86. Got to see Soundgraden play The OffRamp club downtown. Now I'm older and I see this kind of video and it definitely makes me feel melancholy and lucky. Music has never really been as honest as it was during those early grunge years since then. I just wonder what the kids today think is real.
thetillerman23 what was name of your band?
Walter Luhm --Cats and Dogs. Silly name but in a way very relevant.
thetillerman23 I am a huge fan of all rock/metal genre. 60s to late 90s, and some after. But grunge is huge for me. I loved that part of my life. I’m from NY, but me and my girlfriend go to Seattle and I’ve worked there at one time for 9 weeks. I love that part of the country so much. Just being there I was able to feel the energy of the best genre of music. It still lives today. Not as much obviously. But the rest of the country isn’t at all on the same page. Music isn’t real anymore. I’d sadly started dying in 94’ after Kurt’s death. And fully died around 2001-2002. It’s true even though some don’t want to hear or believe it. We can see it when the rock icons we all love that play today can’t even replicate what once was. I go to concerts all the time. All great bands like Metallica, Alice In Chains, slayer, offspring, sound garden and many more that I’ve seen and 85% of their shows are all their great old songs. During their new shit you can tell no one pays attention. It’s called a “bathroom” break. It’s just not the same. If a time machine ever existed, 89-94 would be the years to go back to... for me at least.
thetillerman23 what can you tell me about your band Cats and Dogs?I got a cassette almost 30 years ago.Rebecca Moon was a tasty song.Did y'all come out with anything else?
Grunge was rock's most boring, uninteresting era. The music literally puts me to sleep
This actually makes me cry. I MISS THIS STUFF SO MUCH.
I miss you Layne 💔 I hope you are well wherever you are
man.. when they were like whats Layne at now? i cried a little... because i think Laynes eventual death was the final nail in that coffin. so many great people and musicians in the 90's Cobain, Staley, Hoon, Wood, all died and its actually tragic. Drug abuse is definitely stupid. if they were all still around today music would be much different.
yeah it sucks and has taken way too many great people
And now Cornell and Weiland. 😢
Drugs are a coping mechanism for a lot of people. To you they're stupid (and, yes, they are as a rule) but to many it's a way to function without continual trauma getting in the way. I've been struggling with heroin addiction for over 20 years and have been on methadone almost as long and I wouldn't wish it on anyone..to not be able to get by without those liquid handcuffs is torture. As Layne said "I never wanted to go out this way"...but addiction's a hard, long road that many never return from.
Layne deserved a better life 😢
I'm so sick of people saying Pearl Jam was an overnight success when Jeff and Stone indeed paid their dues.
They started with Green River, then they formed forces with Malfunksun's Andrew Wood which became, Mother Love Bone.
They suffered tragedy with the loss of Andy and 6 months later, Mookie Blaylock/Pearl Jam was born.
Eddie was the one who experienced over night success and was torn about what others would think.
I love Pearl Jam's debut album Ten but truth be told, I love the sound of Mother Love Bone so much more. Which is funny because this all starts from the beginning. I've always preferred Malfunkshun to MLB and PJ. Funny huh?
I'd like to add that, Alice in Chains is one of the best bands to come out of this movement. I don't use the term Grunge. For me it was a movement. "It's only rock n' roll but I like it"....🤘
Katrina Hamilton Most "grunge" hits from the 90s are now classics, its safe to say it was a music movement that still carries influence today
jonny L8 Can you believe it Jonny? 90's now in the classic rock title?! We must be getting old. Lol..As for influence carried over today, I don't hear it. Today's music is shit. If you wanna call it music..We lost so much raw talent. Now I understand how my dad felt when his generation lost greats like, Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin. 😠
I know its mad! I read a comment recently saying the noughties were retro! I guess our generation is now the old generation :( the phrase "you don't know what you've got until its gone" is relevant
jonny L8 I completely agree. You'll like this..Alice Cooper recently toured with Mötley Crue. Alice is from the 70's generation. He blew Crue off stage. My point is real talent never fades. The Crue didn't have that something special. Although I do like Nikki Sixx. I've also seen them live, twice. Theater of Pain was the only great album. They got too commercial. Alice is a legend and twice their age. Idk. It narrows down to talent in the end.
Katrina Hamilton I went through a crue phase but kinda got bored of them. Good shout with the cooper! In fact, that's what Im going to listen to today! x
Graduated high school in 1989 & not going to lie...I LOVED hair bands; soundtrack to my teens.
91 came around and it was like hearing music for the first time!!!
Seattle made me realize what I was missing. Just NOW in 2022; can I listen to hair bands again.
LONG LIVE GRUNGE!!
They didn't even mention Temple of the Dog, they're crucial to the creation of PJ
No mention of STP as well.
They mentioned Mother Love Bone.
Or mad season
Charlito Guzman stp was from so cal. Not Seattle so it’s hard to label them as grunge
I never got the push back some folks had about Pearl Jam. It's like, you know this group was once Mother Love Bone right?
Am I the only one who got chills at 36:11 when the one guy was like "let's just hope Layne emerges again"
Jesus, that's deep. This must have only been a few years before Layne's death
That one hit hard. It cleared up the publication date of this for me right quick. Epic loss. Positive Energy to You and Yours.
it was 2001
Wow that explains a lot. After Layne's death, you can see how much Sean Kinney changed, here he still had his cool sense of humor and life in his eyes, after Layne died he became like a zombie. Fortunately, he's better nowadays.
Layne, R.I.P., died a year after this.
Mother Love Bone could have been huge had it not been for Andrew's death. But also we wouldn't have Pearl Jam if they excisted today.
TheRealMrJL I would die without PJ they're incredible
Blake Boros they're the weakest link out of the 90s. They capatlized on the flannels and long hair bullshit. They're like the glam band of grunge
takinadeuce shut the fuck up dude if anything stone temple tride to be grunge
Blake Boros Ten was a great album but the songs got meh after that
MrTechselect vs still had some kick ass songs tho
Popular music is so stagnant right now. I hope and pray something as creative and original as grunge will one day bring meaningful music back to the masses.
I agree, stagnant and burnout pop music and culture in general is usually what brings on Seattle in the 90s, or San Fran in late 60s. We shall see if there will be another...probably I mean has anyone heard whats popular music now? soulless trash for the most part
It's Disney Channel/American Fido not Idol socalled"" musuc TODAY!!!
We need a new Metal music scene where we don't to rely on the dead moto of MTV which by the way screwed both Metal and Grunge.
There is decent stuff still being created. But it's more disjointed now, and you have to go looking for it.
Rival Sons! They are leading the way now. Every time they said rock was dead the past 50 years, a new band shows rock is still alive.
What made this genre so special is it was punk but all those bands were into The Beatles heavily and it introduced melody to punk. And I’m blessed to have grown up to with it
Surprised no one mentioned their influence.
All music post 1966 has been influenced by the Beatles
Jesus Christ, can you Beatles fans stop making everything about them?
@@lonzolotto cause everything is about them. Everything from 1963 on is directly linked to them. You may not like it but you can’t change that fact. If it makes you feel better you can go back further and start it with Elvis cause there’d be no Beatles without him
@@spence7985 Yes, man, keep believing everything that happened in rock music is directly related to a pseudo-intellectual, a granny song writer and a mediocre drummer. No garage rock, no blues-based British Invasion bands, everything is about Brian Epstein's boy band.
When Tad was talking about Layne being “up to no good”.... that hit hard. The fact that layne was still around when this was made makes me very sad. Layne was and always will be my one and only favourite singer ever.
Holy crap I just realized today is the 20th anniversary of Layne's passing.
He was being honest he knew he was on drugs and his teeth were gone from doing drugs hint he messed up his singing career
at the end of the video that pissed me off I WANT GRUNGE BACK PLZ i hate today's music
Bragger Mussle 23 i'll try
All i know during those days was the best time of my life, i loved every minute of it and when Kurt died that was definitely the end of it and music has pretty much went down hill from there.
To all the Grunge fans check out the documentary on the band TAD called busted circuits and ringing ears. TAD was one of the great unsung Seattle bands and was probably the heaviest group in the scene. They never got the recognition they deserved. Its a great documentary.
Tad certainly was the heaviest, he weighed about 500lbs!
+Keith Bellew ...I thought it was 300..
+Keith Bellew hahaha it's my birthday and you just made me laugh thanks!
+Kris Ross do u live under a rock?
+Kris Ross Love TAD- will check it out- thanks for the shout ; )
1/3 of the people featured in this documentary have now passed away :c
Yeah. Lead singer for a grunge band has to be the most dangerous job in the world.
Punkyagogo Makes me cry while watching. :(
@@johnjohns3903
Ditto that. (Today of ALL days!) Sending you and yours Positive Energy. Take good care and RockRightOn
I still listen to this music all the time! Grunge will never be dead for me. My 12 year old daughter said she prefers this music others like myself grew up with. She's not really into stuff from today.
Melvins & Mudhoney staying true to themselves is why they are still around.
Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice In Chains are still around.
Superblaster Megamaster Doesn't matter if it's a derivative of 70s rock or 80s punk or 90s grunge. A new band is still a new band. I don't really like Nickleback, but I give them much respect for keeping the name of Rock & Roll alive and making sure that rock music still gets on the radio stations. I don't need to prove my statement 'cause the billboard charts prove it for me. You have proven (yet again) that you're a fucking moron AND a troll. Go back under your bridge, troll.
Superblaster Megamaster hahahahahahaha, you're funny, troll.
Superblaster Megamaster wakwakwaka
You got me. :)
Ain't nothing wrong with the sound being derivative of 70's 80's 90's or whatever, as long as you're doing it yourself, for yourself, then it shouldn't matter what others think. If I wrote my songs solely for the purpose of wanting others to like it, to me, that alone is selling out bcuz I wouldn't be doing it for myself, but it's personal so it isn't for others to have a say. If they want, they can write their own songs. However, if ppl actually happen to relate & aren't just saying things to be nice then that's still not going to change things, it's still personal. If bands write, play, & sell for reasons other than the music being personal, then that's a damn shame, but it's not my place to say what they can or can't do. I just don't agree with it & I'm going to do my own thing, so it really doesn't matter. Like what you like, ignore what you don't like & who cares what others say or think! RocknRoll!
R.I.P Chris Cornell....cant believe all these great legends are now gone.
this is a little misleading to imply that alice in chains and pearl jam showed up late and capitalized on nirvana's success. like these bands were around at the same time nirvana was starting. alice in chains was performing before nirvana was even formed. these bands all opened for each other, there wasn't one group that started it
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Ya they were there ok, alice in chains, pear jam, but their direction in music was different, more kind of Alternative Rock/metal, a little punk, they didn't invent the Grunge sound, Nirvana did. Once grunge became so popular (thanks to Nirvana) the others "adopted" and you can surely notice the difference in the evolution of their music as they started implementing the elements of Grunge in their following albums after the influence of Nirvana
@@eleniko2 that's not true either. nirvana's first grunge album was in 1989. sub pop had been publishing grunge like green river since 1986. including soundgarden in 1987 and mudhoney in 1988. no offense, but the fact that you didn't mention any of them tells me you don't know much about the history of grunge.
and for reference, sub pop published nirvana's debut single in late 1988, nirvana's debut album in mid 1989. it's true that alice in chains was more of a heavy metal band in the mid 80s, but they were playing grunge shows in 88 too. they were a bit late to publish a grunge album (1990) but they were still a well-known part of the scene before then.
also I should add that alice in chains never stopped being a heavy metal band. they were somewhere in the middle of a venn diagram of grunge and heavy metal.
The four vocalist that came out of the scene, Cornell, Staley, Vedder and Cobain were all incredible. Everyone has their favorite. What can be said is all wrote incredible songs and delivered them in unique ways. What happened then will never happen again. There were others but to me, for me, the big four were untouchable.
All great but does not get better than Staley!
What about Weyland? Every bit as good.
@@bezoticallyyours83 I dont think he is but I get why people do.
I was a teenager in the nineties, and I was just starting to get into classic rock from the seventies at the time. I was very much aware of the Seattle grunge rock scene that dominated rock radio at the time, but I didn't become a devoted fan during its heyday. However, Music videos such as Pearl Jam's "Evenflow" , Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" and the Screaming Trees "Nearly Lost You" really captivated my imagination at the time. Even today, those music videos are the perfect embodiment of the spirit of the nineties for some reason. If you're an introvert who came of age during the nineties, you may recall a time when there was quite a bit of freedom to explore the concept of individualism. Back then, it seemed that people would permit you to be whatever you wanted to be. The whole grunge rock scene to me seemed to be about finding your sense of purpose and pursuing your passions when they didn't conform to the trends. One of my now favorite bands to come out of that era was the Screaming Trees. I still listen to their classic albums "Sweet Oblivion" and "Dust" all the time to this day.
So sad when Tad said he didn't know what Layne was up to. RIP man.
Mudhoney was cool , loved Motherlovebone but Alice In Chains are my Fav
Alice In Chains were on another level from the other bands.
To hear them say "10 years ago" like it was forever ago is quite amazing now. All of this music was all that I knew when I was introduced to music as a kid. I still love all of these bands and I'm sure I always will.
I learned a lot from this documentary that I first saw just a year ago and just kept watching it several times already. May you rest in peace Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Mike Starr, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, etc. - A grunge lover from the 🇵🇭, Philippines.👍✌️♥️🤘😉
My top 10 nirvana songs of all time:
10. Aneurysm 5. About A girl (Acoustic live)
9. Pennyroyal tea 4. Dumb
8. In blood 3. All apologies
7. Polly 2. Heart-shaped box
6. Come as you are 1. Smells like teen spirit
I love how in hiphop terms NWA would be considered a kick in the ass for rap while grunge was a kick in the ass for rock and it all happened in the 90s.
My top 10 alice in chains songs of all time:
10. We die young 5. Heaven besides you
9. I stay away 4. Got me wrong (Acoustic live)
8. No excuses 3. Rooster
7. Your decision 2. Man in the box
6. Angry chair 1. Would?
Junkhead
Yeeees! Nice! RockRightOn! Bless
Yeah man, that's an awesome list you made
Junkhead is great and I also really like confusion and love, hate, love.
Would? is one of the best songs ever.
Grunge is basically metal and punk mixed. Similar origins to both genres, and every band had a hand in diversifying those genres beyond what Thrash metal could (especially after tallica sold out in 90).
Disco and Metal with Punk Screaming.
Hard rock and blues is in its DNA too
Alice in Chains was always my favorite out of these great bands and I still pop in their CDs in my stereo. They were so heavy, unique, and dark. It's such a shame how heroin killed such great talent. RIP Layne, Kurt, Chris, and Andrew \M/
Same here. No one in the history of music has ever sounded like them. Musically, they are top 5 all time among bands that hit the mainstream imo. I put them #1. They're the closest thing to Classical Music level musical skill/orchestration etc that ever hit the mainstream. I say it that way only to acknowledge maybe someone else somewhere that never got heard hit some outrageous level. But among stuff on the radio, in terms of musical skill, Alice in Chains was the best in musicianship. Lyrically they were great, but there have been better I think. But musically, wow. Shockingly great band.
Same I felt like Alice In Chains had the best balance of what grunge was.
I was born In 1991 so too young to have experienced it at the time, but I love Grunge! Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam are my favourite bands.
I thought Ann Wilson gave a helping hand to a few of these bands in the early '90s. She gave them time in her studio and professional assistance. When she performed at one of the VH1 Rock Honors (2005 ish) one of the Seattle bands was backing her up.
The Wilson sisters are friends of AIC and Pearl Jam. In fact one or both contributed vocals to the AIC song; Brother.
It's so weird seeing Kurt being interviewed, and then them talking about his suicide 5 minutes later.
That freaked me out 2
It is rarely mentioned that Kurt and the Grunge scene were into Venom and Celtic Frost.
Layne was into Slayer. Spended his teens listening to that band.
@@screamrad218 Jeff Ament and King Buzzo were really into Venom and Hellhammer. This myth that the Washington bands were against Metal is kind of bogus. They were against Hair Metal, not Metal in general.
I love Susan Silver.
Man I can’t believe how many of these amazing people we’ve lost now 💔 I’ll always love these bands.
Sad ro say Chris Cornell's death brought me here the last of the original grunge vocal Legends ='(
DJ Philantropic Impulse I agree, I grew up knowing cobain was gone and it was hard to accept but seeing Chris I still can’t accept it.
Cobain,Staley and Cornell where the best
Different sound or not, Vedder is part of grunge. Put him in a bubble w 24 hr protection!!!!
@@Ebby-lu3cy
And one of Chris's best friends. Like Brothers. Long Live "Temple of the Dog." Oh these Angels. Sending You and Yours Positive Energy. RockOn
This captures the spirit behind the sound perfectly. I love documentaries and biographies, and this is one of the best. WOW!
Grunge blew up when I was leaving g junior high into high school. Best time of my life ♡ these bands mean everything to me..
For me,metal will always be my very 1st love, but looking at this awesome piece,grunge has become my 2nd new love. This special was worth watching. Thank you,VH1!!!!!!
35:11 "Searching for radio friendly grunge bands who looked good in flannel" in a serious voice lmao
rest in peace chris cornel the front man of sound garden and audioslave ...who was also one of the founder of grunge music..miss you man.../m/...✊✊✊
I know this doc is older and on the Seattle sound, but man I love Silver Chair. They so suited to have been in Seattle at the time, damn talented band from Australia.
I loved Silverchair! I always forget to see how the lead singer is ... I know he battled with anorexia for a while ...
Frogstomp definitely shows Daniel Johns idolised Kurt/Nirvana.. especially the filmclip to Tomorrow. He's dressed like Kurt, has the same stance etc.. it's great. As they matured, they developed their own style. Us Aussies have some wicked bands arise from Down Under 😁👌🏻
@@nelliesilvers1210 no Daniel early its pure grunge bcs he's have a problem him self.. not being kurt cobain or only his hair a blond?.. he have a blond hair its not being kurt cobain..😑😑
@@elishifter7995 I can't fully understand what you're saying but it's not just his hair. His stance (including the way he's holding his arm up), his mannerisms and nearly everything else is obviously a thumbs up to Kurt and his style. Many people have said the same thing. Everybody is inspired by someone's style.. whether it be music, personality or dress sense. Kurt was obviously Daniel's inspiration. He said so himself many years ago when the similarities were mentioned to him. He certainly didn't deny his idolisation of Kurt
Also, the problem I think you're talking about was anorexia. Johns had anorexia...not a drug addiction. I'm not sure if that's what you were saying but wanted to point out he wasn't a drug addict like many used to think.
I could never find the right band to listen to while growing up, I mean a band that I actually liked. But then in 2012 I started listening to a song and that song was so good and I listened to it for hours but it wasn't until 2013 that I started listening to more of their songs and I just loved them all...and that first song was "Smells like teen spirit..:" Then I got my hands on Heart-shaped box and Come as you are, and then I started listening to L7 and the Melvins and other great Grunge bands, I just wish I could of seen Nirvana play live, But sadly I was born in 1996.... Grunge ROCKS!!!!!
Kurt Cobain is just an awesome singer n it's a shame that he's gone now R.I.P Kurt!!!!
I was really lucky - paid over the odds to go to the Reading festival of 92 to just to see them. Worth just to sing along with hundreds of other people to Lithium. Kicking myself quite a lot I didn't go and see 'Siamese Dream' era Smashing Pumpkins who were playing a session tent on the same bill. Loved the shit out of Siamese Dream - never really liked 'Mellie Collie' and lost interest after that kinda of.
Just came back from visiting Seattle today...so fucking nostalgic... seeing the museum of pop culture, Kurt cobains makeshift memorial behind his house, Chris Cornell’s statue, the best short trip I ever took. If you’re a grunge fan you have to visit Seattle. I fell in love.
I´m from Brazil and, even here, the land of samba/pagode, the grunge phenomena happened and the mainstream radio stations played nirvana, peal jam and soundgarden, it was amazing times. It all started here with faith no more, can´t say they were grunge, but they did a good job dragging the folks´ attention to rock back then. My favorite will always be soundgarden, chris cornell forever...
LMAO Sean Kinney is a nut. Backstreet boys of grunge. hahaha
Ik lol love his attitude
He's good looking cant help it
All of the AIC band members are HUGE goofballs
AIC was suppose to be a gimic grunge band at first in 1988-89.
But their sound was too damn good
The early 90's was the greatest era in history for rock and roll...
Everyone is saying how much they love grunge and only site AIC, Nirvana, or Pearl Jam as the bands they love and admire. The scene had so many other great bands like the Melvins, Tad, Screaming Trees, Malfunkshun, Skinyard, Mudhoney, Truly, the Gits, ect. The list is long and vast. Personally I think Soundgarden was the most talented band of the scene. They really were diverse and experimented with odd time signatures, polyrhythms, alternate tunings, and incorporated a multitude of styles. Their music was very layered and had a ton of depth. Cornell was a prolific song writer and had the same ability as Cobain to write very powerfull hooks and melodies. As a band each member brought in great musical ideas and were all very talented. The one band I have tried to get others into the most is TAD but no one seems to like them. I think Tad Doyle's voice puts people off because he was not a good singer but he was a great musician and TAD was one of the heaviest bands in the scene. They were truly a great group. Truly is another unsung Seattle band which featured former Soundgarden bassist Hiro Yamamoto. They were very psychedelic and had some great lush sounding songs. I could go on and on about awesome bands of the era but I encourage everyone who loves the big bands of Seattle to check out the lesser known groups who were really great bands in their own right.
Graduated high school in 93; my jr and sr years of high school was fueled by these bands and I still love them!
One of my all time favorite music documentaries
I love this documentary! Thank you!!!! rest in peace Chris!!!
Aic was that dark genious sitting in the dark corner waiting to inject influential long lasting musical influence
Thank you Seattle for grunge 🎸🎸🤘🤘
Layne best ever u can hear his soul when he opened his mouth. Kurtd y layne so intelligent y talented.... god i get goose bumps and i will listen to layne till the day i die !!!!!
Grunge started alternative and we really needed this movement. We had nothing at the time. Now it’s been almost 15 years since we’ve had anything decent. It’s time for something new.
Don't care what anyone says, Dirt by Alice is the Grunge Bible.
Yup. Never leaves rotation in my car stereo. Just had it cranked today actually 👌🏻
Wrong !
Ten by Pearl Jam is the true bible.
@@ennoch Hell no man, but hey I respect you by not saying "No it's NeVeRMinD!" And you only listen to Smells like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are.
@@darisfilmsdirect4038 goddamn right brother
@@ennoch Alice In Chains shut PJ down
lmao...Did Courtney Love use heroin during her pregnancy? The question is, was there ever a time when she _wasn't_ stoned.
I wouldn't be surprised if she did, but @ the time.... it didn't matter to me. She is a complete ass.
Loneliness is not a phase Did you hang out with her while she was pregnant?
I think she confessed about it a couple of years ago.
oml they had a crack baby 😭
Stabsnipers ummmm no
I like Thurston Moore and Buzzo a lot, i really like to hear them speak about those days in their own characterestic way. Tons of respect for them..
I was born in 1999 and only discovered grunge when I was around 9 years old and it honestly changed my life forever. It got me into actually playing music and appreciating music and just gave me this huge love for all of it. And honestly I wish I had lived through the actual time of grunge but it’s nice to still have it around so I can listen to what in my opinion is the best genre ever created. It taught me to play bass, guitar, sing, and helped shaped me not only as a musician but as a person. Long live grunge
AIC were way ahead of their time. I know people who are barely discovering them now and obsessed.
It's mind blowing so many insanely talented vocalists, each very individual and uniqie, in such a small gene pool. But I have to say no one moves me to chills the way Chris Cornell 's banchee yet lullaby voice does. Superb doc, too many taken too early, shockingly painful. RIP to them all