Born just before the Carter administration. I like and listen to nearly every genre of music and grunge was the absolute worst. Ruined music for me for over a decade probably. Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder are the most painful. Black hole sun is a song that still makes me nauseous. Red Hot Chilli Peppers are a auto shut of for me.

It was kind of rock and roll's last stand though, wasn't it? Name a good rock band that has come out since. I can't think of one.

how has nobody mentioned nirvana yet? it was a relatively short reign from sub-pop records to geffen records glory (nevermind) and then they did the hardest trick by coming back from their mega-pop-success and making a more artistic album..... before kurt had to fake his own death to get the fuck out of the game and away from courtney.... or courtney had him killed. pick one.

alls i know is she was real cozy with WILLIAM PATRICK CORGAN(TM) shortly after *giggles* THE DEATH!

There have been plenty. You're forgetting about the Garage Rock scene of the early 00's (The White Stripes, The Strokes, etc.).

Yep. Forgot about Smashing Pumpkins. I'll put them in the Soundgarden tier.

They're not grunge though. More like an update of Boston or Kansas for the 90s.

They're not grunge though. More like an update of Boston or Kansas for the 90s.

Pearl Jam is my favorite band, but I think a lot of the criticism is apt. There are basically two reasons why I like them. One, I was a certain age when they broke. Two, they're kind of Generation X's Rolling Stones. It's been fun following the same band for 30 years.

If you mean you could understand the lyrics, I suppose that’s true.

There’s another generation saying the same thing about Dave Matthews. Sad really.

It was kind of rock and roll's last stand though, wasn't it? Name a good rock band that has come out since. I can't think of one.

There’s another generation saying the same thing about Dave Matthews. Sad really.

The guitars are super processed.

DMB hasn't been anywhere near as prolific as Pearl Jam.

I just can't understand why they have their own Sirius channel. So you can listen to "Ants Marching" and "Crash" ten times per day?

Grunge pushed out the “big hair” bands of the late ‘80s. That alone is reason to like them.

I hate that band, so I've never listened to the channel. However, 20-25 years ago, it was a pass time to trade DMB concert recordings on Napster and other music sharing services. I suspect the channel mostly plays live tracks.

Speaking of Live, that's another band that should probably go in that Alice In Chains tier.

Hair metal and the scene associated with it go so over cooked that it needed to end, however, a lot of the music rocks and I would listen to it over just about any grunge era band.

Agreed. Prog metal was killed by grunge in the US but somehow continued to thrive in Europe. Maybe it was because there is more of a classical music element present, but I'm happy there is still quality metal and prog rock being produced today.