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I know a lot of people think the term “Grunge” is exclusive to just Seattle bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, The Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, and Soundgarden (even some of those bands hate the term Grunge) and many might be pissed off we’re covering other bands too and grouping them all together as “Grunge” but I basically wanted to create a site that covers news on the bands that got big in the early 90s and revolutionized rock music in that decade. This is why we are also covering Stone Temple Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins, they may not exactly be Seattle “Grunge” but they were amazing bands that came out around the same time as the big Seattle bands and had the same soul and agression in their music. STP may be more Grunge than the Pumpkins, but both are at least loosely affiliated with the Grunge movement. I would have preferred to use the domain GenXMusic.com but sadly it was taken. A lot of people are fans of all of these bands and I thought it would be nice to have a website to go to to keep up on news on the early 90s rock bands/musicians that are still active without having to see news on shitty bands like Fall Out Boy and Coldplay.
GrungeReport.net covers active Grunge bands like the newly reunited Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, Mudhoney, the Melvins, Love Battery, and many more. The side projects of current and former members of Grunge bands are also covered, including Mark Lanegan/Screaming Trees.
You can contact GrungeReport.net owner Brett Buchanan today at grungereport @yahoo.com
What about Winger and Dokken?
Dokken and Winger were glam/pop metal. they should be grouped with bands like poison and warrant
Just stumbled on this site and I am instantly hooked. Love the description as well!
hey,if your includin’ STP, why not smashing pumpkins, I ain’t the biggest fan but they fit the mold
We included the Pumpkins during the first couple of months of the site and they just didn’t seem to fit in with the rest. I might reconsider covering them whenever Billy Corgan aka The Smashing Pumpkin decides to release another record.
you should really do your research before coming out with a site like this. the seattle sound also includes unbelievable bands like malfunkshun, green river, pond, PAW, love battery, cat butt, girl trouble, the fluid, the melvins, mother love bone, TAD, temple of the dog, mad season..
you should have another section for post grunge, it’s not the correct term to put bands like stone temple pilots and candlebox under a grunge label.
I did my research before opening it. Look in the Bands section, a lot of the bands you mentioned are in there, I still haven’t added all of them because it is time consuming updating this website. A lot of them just are not active or it’s hard to find news on them.
I don’t cover Candlebox. STP are heavily associated with the Grunge era, they may not have originated in Seattle but they had the same spirit and were apart of the same generation, they had the same progressive hard sounds and got popular in 1992/1993, the exact same time that Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden were also popular/gaining popularity. I know STP are not from Seattle but they are very much apart of the Grunge era, literally every article written about them calls them “Grunge rockers” or “Grunge legends.” Also they reunited last year so it made sense to include them.
Good job. Keep it coming!
hey i love the smashing pumpkins and they should fit in nicely here:)
Keep in mind this also brings up the debate if grunge actually is an actual style of music
Hey man, I stumbled across this website one day, and have visited every day since. I am in complete agreement with what you have decided. Keep up the good work man, the site is wicked.
I’m starting to consider covering The Smashing Pumpkins again, I’ll probably wait until either AIC, Pearl Jam, or STP go on hiatus and the news gets dry.
nice job Brett…thumbs up for you. I agree, STP were part of the grunge ride, although they were not from seattle. And why should you cover those who are not active…not much of news there…since, well not much is going on, although they are intresting like afghan whigs, L7, MLB, Tad or even mighty green river.
Temple of the dogs can be covered under soundgarden or PJ and so on since, like mad season, it was a side project
Sadly 2 of 4, or 5 if mark lanegan is included, are dead…I find Mad Season´s Above to be my ultimate favourite of all “grunge” lp´s out there.
I’d just like to say I would be opposed to adding Smashing Pumpkins. I think your initial instincts were correct – they just don’t quite fit.
Also I will fight the person that lumped in STP with Candlebox.
So, mention the word Grunge and out people come from the woodwork to tell you what it ‘really’ means. I love the site Brett, I’m glad I found it after my experiences with you in another community.
Content is content, I think if we can find a place where we can go and hide back in the better days of ‘new’ rock’s zenith and update on what our favorite bands/artists are up to we shouldn’t be bickering over who or what belongs. If you think something is relevant, pass it on and maybe you’ll start seeing your suggestions come to life. If you look at a list of bands and see the words “bands like…” it means these bands and other who are similar or have common ground or a connection so stop quibbling over whatever bands aren’t on the list.
wait, SP is like forty years old right? who cares, they’re not my favorite band but i think they’re still good.
I would say Malfunkshun should be included once we look at a wider specturm (not ‘grunge’ per se). And it is missing in ‘Goups’ section. I think Malfunksun was a great influence on the Seattle scene over all
I miss that era, and the music that change the world. People and ideals were different back then, and sad to say they were so great they sucked out the creation of good music…when the grunge era ended so did the life the music breathed like the 60’s and 70’s. Dont forget to give props to Dinosuar Jr an amazing band which is still writing today!!
Whale & Wasp is playing right now. isn’t that a pure grunge song?
Relax people!
btw Brett, I Bookmarked this site ’cause I like it, so keep on rocking dude. thumbs up!
Brett
Got a free plug from dana white on twitter today for stp new album.
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@BDUV STP is fucking awesome they actually played for my 40th bday last summer!!!
I don’t cover Candlebox. STP are heavily associated with the Grunge era, they may not have originated in Seattle but they had the same spirit and were apart of the same generation, they had the same progressive hard sounds and got popular in 1992/1993, the exact same time that Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden were also popular/gaining popularity. I know STP are not from Seattle but they are very much apart of the Grunge era, literally every article written about them calls them “Grunge rockers” or “Grunge legends.” Also they reunited last year so it made sense to include them.
+1
COVER “TRULY”!
You need to do a story on My Sisters Machine playing the Reunion show for the Layne Stayle benefit show.
Brett – great job with the site.
I’m fine with the inclusion of Billy Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins and I like the Pumpkins as well. However, what is the reasoning behind making them one of the 5 main categories? I would usually suggest Nirvana, but are they being taken out due to lack of news and lack of existence? Just my two cents on the matter.
Anyways, good luck on the website and keep up the good work. Your popularity is rising.
The 5 main categories are the bands that have the most stories posted about them and are active bands. It was either going to be the Pumpkins or Hole as the fifth one. Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are dead unfortunately, therefore news is scarce about them. I do cover Grohl and Foo Fighters though.
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