I always say the 80s was the best decade butvi forgetvthe 90s had some straightvl bangers in all genres.. myvfavoritevpf all the 90s is YOU OUGHTA KNOW. ALANIS
My grandfather called me one morning, like 3 in the morning. He told me he was going to die. He told me he didn't want to live if he couldn't be himself, if he couldn't take care of himself. He had no one left, no one to talk too. He didn't even feel like his house was home anymore. Grandma had died the prior year. All my cousins were grown and spread out. I was in Cali, Gramps was in Nebraska. He died the following day. A week or so later I bought jar of flies. When I heard nutshell, I lost it. To this day, however many years later, I still think of that night he called. I still think of you Gramps. RIP Darryl Curnes. Thank you AIC (and the POR)
Wow, my grandmother called me in the hospital when I was 17 as I was recouping from one of my many hip replacement surgeries and we had the loveliest conversations and when we said our goodbyes, she TOLD me well my grandson, since this will be the last time we ever speak, I want you to know that I love you and I know you'll do great things in life. The next day my cousin called to ask if I knew where my mom was and I said at work, why? And she was in a panic because she'd called her job and no one answered. So I asked her what's wrong and she said Granma had a massive heart attack last night and she's in critical condition and they don't think she's going to make it through the day! I had money saved up for my first car in my dresser at home, and I told my mom go ahead, take the money and go see your mom before she goes, and MY ENTIRE FAMILY WENT while I stayed at the hospital! LOL She waited until my mom (who is the youngest of 7) made it and she spoke very weakly, and held my mom's hand as she took her last breath. Crazy how some people know it's their time.
Don’t give Layne ALL the credit. Jerry Cantrell not only can play a guitar, he can also sing! Layne and Jerry created some of the best harmonies in grunge!
@@TwoMuleBlues agree 100%, “harmonies in grunge” sounds really dumb, i just couldn’t think of a better way to say it. I listened to AIC for quite a while before I figured out that Layne wasn’t the only one singing…
Aren't there a number of AIC tracks that have three part harmony? I'm not as familiar with them as I'd like to be, and it's 5:40am, but who was the third voice?
I am a Gen X kid and I love grunge. It makes me sad that the majority of the singers I idolized are gone. Layne Staley, Scott Weiland, Kurt Cobain, and Chris Cornell. I was a teenager in the 80's. so I loved the party atmosphere of that music. When I was a young adult and grunge took off, I really identified with the music as I was going through some stuff myself. A lot of people believe that grunge killed 80's music. It did not. The A&R guys killed it. Instead of looking for originality, they wanted to sign the next Skid Row or Warrant or Poison or pick any of the largest artists of that era.
You are not wrong, Adam. This was the end of what I believe to be the ultimate music era that started in the late 60's and ended in the early 90's. Music will never be the same. There will still be great bands but never in the quantity we seen in those days. I was just talking to my girlfriend the other day while watching Radiohead's creep video and reminiscing over how you could turn on much music back then and never be disappointed. One amazing band after another would be playing. I miss those days, buddy! Cheers!
I liked the spectrum (60s to 90s) you mentioned. Honestly, I would expand it from '55 to '05. Some of STPs later work (early 00s) and The Hives 1st & 2nd LPs need to be included.
@@bobbcarpenter7031 But the 90's in particular were a bit of a dark age, right? - I mean some of the "00's" almost seem like a back-reaction to that crap (like: Ghost Hounds, Joanna Connor....)
The Ultimate Music Era from 1954 to about 1990 ended with this crap they call grunge. Which led to the even worse crap of 2000 to now. To appreciate 'grunge' you had to be a real loser, usually stoned out of your mind, on some really weird mind-bending drugs and drunker than uncle cooter on Saturday night.
“Love Hate Love” is to Alice In Chains as “Black” is to Pearl Jam. Off AIC’s first album, “Love Hate Love” was never released as a single; but to Layne Staley fans, it is his greatest achievement as a vocalist. This vocal was before Layne was tempted and became an addict. His tone, control, breath support, range and raw emotion are at its peak during one of AIC’s darkest songs ever.
That song is quite possibly THE tour de force of grunge song. It is soaring and swooping and by the time it's done, there is no one in the house that is unaware of how Layne feels. It runs the gamut of an emotional roller coaster that is a marathon in itself. I know guys who are trained singers who won't try that one. Black is emotional, but Love Hate Love? Is beyond that. Eddie does not have the range that Layne was gifted with.
Well, before Layne's addiction brought him to heroin. Make no mistake, there were plenty of drugs even before Alice in Chains was formed. Still, Layne stayed away (no pun intended) from heroin for a while, but even after seeing what it did to his friends, eventually he fell in with it.
Soul.... This music has soul.... Born of blood, sweat, tears, truth, heart, soul and guts with no interest in glory. They just played what came out and didn't give a sht what anyone thought. It's gritty, It's real, and it's fkn amazing!!! We traded our heroes for ghosts, And no one sings like them anymore.
Why would anyone NOT like this time in music? That is baffling to hear. I bet all of us would love for Rock n Roll to be as popular now as it was back then. If we ever needed another Rock revolution it's NOW but it seems like the music companies have no interest in it any longer. Rest in Peace to all we've lost from this era. Some are still hard to think about.
I happen to love grunge music as it was popular during my childhood growing up in the ‘90’s. The grunge movement, in my opinion, is a pretty good part of contemporary music history. Bands of the 60’s and 70’s paved the way for bands like Green River, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, etc. I remember hearing those bands on MTV and VH1 growing up before I started learning about it all while I studied music in a college.
I know a lot of people who either hated grunge or were unaware of it. The ones who hated it thought it was all about suicide. It wasn’t, of course. But, I really loved that there was a different sound beyond rehashed disco and adult contemporary. Established bands just were too comfortable in cranking out re-treads, but nothing gut-wrenchingly raw like grunge was.
@timomalley9332 the people that I personally know that hated it, were people that loved r&b or dance music or something that was completely different. People who just did not like Rock in general. But from online and hearing comments and seeing comments, you have these old metalheads that never forgave Nirvana for what they did 😄
It’s because they overplayed “Smells Like Teen Spirit “ people grew sick of it. Like most songs that get over played. Hell it wasn’t even the best song of the time.
Yep. Gen Xer here, and former resident of the Emerald City. This list nails it. Everyone skips over Mother Love Bone, but they started the ball rolling. In my old neighborhood (Wallingford) someone wrote "Mother Love Bone" into wet sidewalk concrete near 45th Street. I would walk by it recognize it for what it was...a tip of the hat from a local resident. No idea if it's still there.
I bought Jar of Flies just before spring break in '94. My folks had traveled for Easter, so I stayed at school rather than going home. I hooked up with a neighbor and we pretty much spent the week in bed listening to that EP over and over. Steph and I didn't last much past that week, but I have worn out at least two copies of that EP since then. It is one of my fondest college memories and by far my favorite AIC album. I love grunge and I don't care if you know.
You just went through some of my most favorite bands. The version of "Black" from the MTV Unplugged session is agonizing. "Jar of Flies" is one of the best albums ever, IMO. I've seen AiC's MTV Unplugged session aptly described as the closest you'll ever see to someone singing at their own funeral.
Prof, we need a Top Industrial Rock/Metal vid! NIN, Ministry, Rammstein, Zombie, Filter all had “charting” songs &/or albums, & whole lot more bands (KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, My Life w/ TKK) where all over movie & game sound tracks in the 90s-00s, had a big cult following & are still loved today !
I have grown up with Grunge and even played Grunge as a radio DJ in the Seattle area. While growing up in the late 80s, I never realized that it was grunge, but just hard rock. Though mainstream grunge was not for me, checking out the local bands was an enjoyable experience for me. I even recorded some early concerts on reel-to-reel, but they got destroyed in a basement flood. I didn't think they were going to be big. Remember, every high school between Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC had at least one band. Even the members of Queensryche helped out a lot of these local bands out. The one song that resonated to me that you have briefly mentioned was "Spoonman" by Soundgarden. Spoonman was a real person named Artis the Spoonman who was a street musician who played at the Pike Place Market in Seattle with his spoons as instruments. He also lived in a bus as his home, but would play his spoons every day. Later on, I found out that he also played his spoons with Frank Zappa in 1981. I learned about Artis when I ended up doing an interview of Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America in 2002 (as well as an interview with Chris Cornell's mom, Karen Cornell, who was a psychic) that Artis had suffered a heart attack and the grunge community got together to do a benefit concert for him.
Layne Staley's passing is still devastating to me. His voice was so amazing and he was such a great talent! I can't imagine the 90s being what they were without him and I'm so happy that we were gifted by his voice even though it was for too short of a time, but it was a very special time. I miss Layne more than any of the singers from that time (followed by Kurt then Scott) and wish more than anything, that he had gotten help and beat his addiction 💔. RIP Layne... You are missed
Me too, I've heard the whole story of his last couple of years of life and ... a lot of people more or less abandoned him. Predictably, this led to substance abuse.
This episode left me profoundly moved. In the early '90s, as a high schooler, I was completely swept away by these artists. Their music consumed me, each note and lyric etched into my soul. The choice to highlight these particular bands makes perfect sense, given their place in the Seattle movement. But there’s something about Stone Temple Pilots, Blind Melon, and The Smashing Pumpkins that also resonates deeply with me-they were just as much a part of my world. I’ve been following your TH-cam channel for almost a year now, though I’ve remained silent up until this point. There have been standout episodes, but none quite like this one. It made me smile and weep all at once. The loss of these four men, who tragically left us too soon, still feels so raw. Perhaps their passing was not in vain-they may have died for us in some symbolic way. Yet, their music endures, immortalizing their legacy in the hearts of those who remember. Thank you for having the courage to share this episode. It’s a tribute that stirs so many memories, both beautiful and painful.
Adam, sir, this is the MOST difinitive countdown stile show that you’ve ever done. Simply amazing.. Grunge ruled my life and still does, its dark and emotive structure that tear and etch itself upon the souls of us. And still does. I grew up in Seattle, a transplanted Brit trying to find his own identity in the madness. I had joined the American military, and grunge emerged shortly after my enlistment. It became my staple, my identity. And I’m so grateful for it. Thank you for your grunge podcast,sir. It was quite remarkable.. Keep the music alive, my friend! Respectfully, Will C.,SEATTLE Re-patriot, I’m returning to London next!
I am glad you are going down this road Professor! I had found myself walled off from everyone and everything in the late 80’s. I grew up in the ER of a naval hospital with no spiritual base to deal with the trauma’s and senseless waste of life witnessed and lost. Therapy didn’t help. Whiskey didn’t help. The honesty of the pain that came through so many songs by Grunge groups helped me feel not alone. For me Alice In Chains, “Down in a hole” is my #1. The Lyric, “Down in a hole and I don’t know if I can be saved” followed by, “See my heart, I decorate it like a grave”. To be followed in few moments by, “Look at me now, I am a mean who won’t let himself be.” Layne’s delivery spoke to me. I think it was the place I was in and the desperation of wanting to change, but not knowing how, but it gave me hope. Ironically, Grunge music with all its pain, The TV show “Touched but an angel”, and Jack Daniel’s, got me in touch with what it was like to feel again. I was so numb for so long. I am 61 years old and recently got an MRI on my knee. They asked me what kind of music I wanted to be played. I said can you do a playlist from a group? I think they were expecting country or something, but I asked for Alice In Chains. Sadly, they didn’t have anything, So I went with Pearl Jam’s Ten. It took them by surprise. It was a good MRI, other than needing a knee replacement surgery soon. :0) Grunge saved my life. Made me feel like things were going to be okay, and for the most parts they have been. Thanks for listening!
Lots of great rock music came from this era. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots...the list goes on. Any hate this category gets is completely unfounded, I think.
Where's the anti-grunge hate? I'm not seeing it. It's just Adam framing himself as the courageous hero to get more views. It's like all those titles he's made about You Tube persecuting him. It's clickbait. It works. I guess.
Grunge tripped me out. A lot of the artists who are lumped into that category hate the term, but, guys, you sort of earned it. Punk rock could have been called grunge, if you're old enough to look back before grunge of the 90s to what the word meant in the first place. Punks of the 70s and 80s were definitely grungy and these guys in the "grunge" "movement" were also mostly grungy. In fact, I see (and indeed saw) 90s grunge as a continuation of the 80s California punk that I grew up with, like the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü....these guys were not so punky but they were definitely grungy, at least in appearance, and you could call them "pre-grunge" or "proto-grunge". I loved it. When Nevermind came out, I was living in New Zealand. I had turned down the drum throne for L7 because in my mind at the time, punk was dying. I took a gig with a band forming in Hamilton, and by the time Nevermind hit, the band I chose to go with had already folded, Smells Like Teen Spirit came out, and right around the same time I was introduced by my very good but now late good friend Chris Hyde, to TOOL and White Zombie as well as the 80s hair band holdovers, New Zealand's own Push Push. I thought Push Push were ridiculous (though somewhere on TH-cam you can find their song Trippin'), and the next thing I knew, I started seeing L7 - the band I'd turned down! - in record stores and New Zealand music video channels. Man oh man. Talk about a bad call. Yeah, that stuff's gone now (at least from the popular mind) but to think I could have had another 10+ years to make a mark. And where was I? I was in New Zealand. Talk about bad calls.
Alice in Chains' "Facelift" will always be a masterpiece album to me, but "Nutshell" is devastating. Layne's voice is good, but is a shadow of his former vocal self. I always tear up when I hear it. RIP Layne.
#1! Mother Love Bone "Chloe Dancer/ Crown of Thorns'! Adam, you NAILED IT!!! YES!!!! I was introduced to this one on the Singles soundtrack along with "Seasons," and both songs blew my MIND! I absolutely HAD to hear more MLB after that and imagine how bittersweet it was for me to discover Andrew was already taken from us and we were robbed of the experience to see MLB truly explode on to the music scene alongside Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice In Chains et al..... but without Andrew Wood's passing.... there would never have been the AMAZING Temple of the Dog album, a tribute to Andrew Wood..... and there would not have been a PEARL JAM either! I am a vocalist myself and Andrew Wood's voice was truly one of THE BEST to come out of that early Seattle scene and I was heartbroken to hear that Andrew was gone. Adam, Thank you a thousand times over for selecting Mother Love Bone as #1! 👍🤘
Don’t Follow is one of my favorite songs off Jar of flies….it rarely gets any mention. Such a sad song. My childhood friend, who I used to play in a band with, passed away a few years back, he struggled with alcohol, this song always reminds me of him.
I was a senior in college when grunge completely took over the radio. I was completely into it. Hard to believe that's been over 30 years ago now. AiC is still heavy in my regular rotation.
I love that picture of a young Chris Cornell with his arm around Andrew Wood while Andrew is looking up at Chris. So sad to lose these legends and beautiful voices. 😢
I'm a Boomer and Grunge was reminiscent of older music to me and I loved it! I've not cared for any new music since. Great episode Professor! Thanks for keeping the music alive!👍
@musclecarmitch908 I’m a gen X but I agree with you that I haven’t liked much music since the 90’s. Don’t even get me started about autotune!! However I do have two exceptions: Muse and The Killers. I would recommend that you check them out. ✌🏼💖
Speaking of the Pumpkins, I don't recall you doing a show on them yet. I think they deserve one. the question is which song or album to focus on. Their early album "Gish" heavily influenced me in college - ha..I picked it up just cause the band name was so cool, but was blown away by the album. However, Siamese Dream would probably be the best place to start..like with the song "Today".
Thanks Adam! Thank you for including Andrew Wood and Mother Love Bone in this list! Would love to see an episode devoted to Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns! Hell, I’d even watch one on Captain Hightop. Keep up the great work!
I still feel the powerful emotion from "Nutshell". I always sing along with Lane wishing I sound that amazing. The last few lyrics just remind me of what a tragic loss Lane's death was. I couldn't imagine what extraordinary music would have been made if he was still here. For me one of the greatest singers of any genre. RIP Lane
I can't do it. There are a few songs that I can no longer listen to from AIC, not in company at least. Layne's death still breaks me up more than 20 years later. I just hear the possibilities, really drag me down.
I grew up just outside of Seattle so spent a lot of time there in my teenage years and was big in the grunge scene (I swear I've still got flannel in my blood). It was a great time and my friends and me had a lot of fun. It was a great way to burn off our teenage angst and just enjoy being in the moment. Outshined was and still remains one of my absolute favorite songs ever recorded. I often wonder if the way we felt about being in Seattle during the grunge era is how teenagers in the middle 60s felt about being in San Francisco.
Ran a small PA rental to my brothers' friends in the Seattle aera during this whole era, got to know all of these { Kids} at the time. While they were breaking out playing all ages venues, practicing in storage units and my basement, Living on beer Jojo's and dreams. watched them all gain fame and sadly succumb to addictions, I'm 63, retired and vocal in a cover band, trying to honor the legacy of these kids that I called friends, I truly miss them all, thank you for this segment, it touched me deeply.
Awesome episode. I'm 63 years old and I recently took a trip to New Orleans from Houston for Thanksgiving. I found my favorite Sirius station to be Lithium. I played it for 7 hours in Thanksgiving traffic. Grunge likes this old man.
Im gen X, Native Seattlite here. I love this music more now than I did when it 1st came out. So real and so tortured and I love it so much. Im obsessed with Layne.
62 feel the same. Many decades and genres. Adam nails the description of grunge. Those who do not like it have probably only heard what was on the radio. You have to listen to the albums to get the best of it and understand the depth.
Grunge is a fantastic genre that put real songwriting at the forefront and still supported that big rock sound! I’m always glad to see a new video about the history behind it
That was an emotional journey. Thank you man. My teenage-adult years fit neatly within the sphere of the grunge period, I have so many memories and emotions tied to those songs. But the genre gets a lot of unfair hate. I have mixed feelings myself, but not about the art created which I think is some of the most emotionally impactful music ever made, but because of all the demons that surround that scene. The sad truth is that Grunge was largely fueled by heroin, bleakness and isolation. It is a look into the self destructive and self loathing parts of ourselves. But these are part of what makes us human and when we hear those songs we feel like the bands knew us. But the deaths are hard to take. It's true the candle that burns half as long burns twice as bright. But it is not true that it is better to burn out than to fade away.
I really appreciate your commentary in this one. I grew up in the Seattle area and was of a similar age to these artists. It is difficult to overstate the impact that these songs and the culture around the music scene had. You did an eloquent job here.
One of my favorite grunge songs comes from a band you would never expect. The song is Admiral Mike by the Monkees from their 1996 album Justus. Michael Nesmith wrote the song as a criticism of the news industry, in much the same vein as Dirty Laundry by Don Henley. Nesmith's guitar riff shows how versatile he was as a musician. Micky's vocal and drumming were great too. The thing I love most about this album is that it was 100% written, produced, and performed by the Monkees themselves, thereby finally burying the notion that they were not real musicians.
I'm off to give it a listen right now. Thank you for letting us know this album even existed. I was a fan of the Monkees as a kid so it should be interesting.
Never heard this, but until I do, I always knew that The Monkees best stuff came after Mr Nesmith punched a hole in the wall, and the brass decided to let them do their own stuff, all of which has been incredibly overlooked, but to them it was OK. They knew the truth.
I was just watching a live performance from Alice In Chains in 1991. And was blown away by the talent and the raw emotion in the lyrics and their delivery. That same emotion, pain, and suffering carried over to all the grunge. Much like punk, new wave, etc, it spoke to a generation. For me it was my first year in college being away from home and starting a new chapter. These songs and artists resonated with me.
Professor!!! DR here. Your Grunge special was amazing. All the awesome bands, the excitement of Singles, and the sadness that eventually followed - The way you described it all, I felt like we shared this amazing 90’s history from across the globe. Please do much, much more like this.
AIC is one of my fav bands. Layne Staley still has one of the most unique voices in rock ever. Btw, the band has lost TWO members. Rest peacefully, Mike Starr. You are missed, too.
Isn't it ironic that one Seattle band that defined the 90s, Nirvana, helped kill another Seattle band whose sound helped define the 80s, Queensryche. I have nothing against grunge, just prefer straight rock more. Let's face it, grunge changed music in the 90s. Thanks Professor. Another great episode to start the week.
Operation Mindcrime is one of the best albums ever IMO. I loved the grunge/alt from the 90s but sad that it was at the expense of some of my favorite rock bands from the 80s.
My best friend's Mom worked at Vancouver Studios and let us have a listen to Empire months before it's release . Listinening to that in a soundproof room for the first time was nothing short of epic ....
Gen Xer here (circa 1977), and IMO this is the last best era in music. The 80s were more about superficiality, whereas the 90s were more about the visceral realities in life. RIP to all from that era who left an indelible mark on my heart and soul, most specifically, Layne Staley and Kurt Cobain. 🕊️♥️♾️🤘🏻
What a top 5 - this is like a soundtrack for my teens and includes probably my top 5 all time favourite songs (although I would have added Footsteps by Pearl Jam). This has been my favourite episode so far, the 90s brought us such amazing music that has well and truly stood the test of time. Please cover some more 90s music!!!
Hearing Chris singing Seasons you can almost visualise the thread weaving all the way back to Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin, Chris was such an amazing talent and is sorely missed
I find it strange how some don't like listening to Grunge. If they would get past the underlying darkness. Couldn't they hear each song resonating a melodic beauty. It is like fluid poetry. My top 3 favorite bands are Pink Floyd, The Beatles and the Doors. Guess that is why I love Grunge so much. The genre's melodic nature calls to me. Just like my top 3. One can really tell. The love you have for every song talked about on the show. It's the passion in your voice. That passion makes me want to go and listen to them all over again. Thank you Professor!
I was born in 1970, so I turned 21 that year, too. Grunge was getting popular, but I dismissed it overall, since it had been already done before, and better, too--e.g., Joy Division. Only in retrospect, many years later, have I come to appreciate SOME of it. But still, I give most of it a pass.
Husker Du and Bob Mould's next project, Sugar, were foundational to this sound, too. Grunge was kind of like a hockey enforcer throwing some elbows, dropping the gloves now and then, it made room for the power pop/pop rock and alternative rock of the mid 90s.
4:02 Number five, Lithium. Solid pick. I was there (Seattle’s Paramount Theater) that night, and the photographer I went with, Karen Mason, brought black, felt Santa hats for the meet and greet with Chris and Kurt and a pic from that wound up on the inside of the LIVE in New York CD liner notes. Halloween’91. 🎉 After my girlfriend moved to Osaka, Japan, I remember walking home to Ballard from downtown one night singing Lithium at the top of my lungs. Walking north, in the rain in the middle lane on Aurora (Highway 99). 😢
POR, mostly what you proved here is your ability to share your enthusiasm for this music. Some good. Some not. At least it's better than what's out today. ☕☕🎶🎵🎶
Great Episode. Keep the 90s stuff coming. General “Alternative” Rock stuff too. I loved the music you plucked for the “grunge” but there was so much other stuff huge at the time. The old 120 Minutes on MTV era of music was amazing. Couple NON grunge classic alternative rock tracks that I think define this era too… Mayonaise by Smashing Pumpkins, Interstate Love Song by STP, Linger by Cranberries, and No Rain by Blind Mellon. So sad that 3 of these songs singers aren’t with us anymore either.
Wow! This episode brought back so many good memories of my early 20’s. Great picks! I love all of these songs. Grunge is my absolute favorite genre in music, after the New Wave era. I really can’t believe anyone could hate on grunge.
I would love to see some videos detailing history of some of these bands and/or artists, from childhood to stardom. Musical background, interests and influences, personal stories, things like that.
As someone who grew up in the 60's and 70's. I thought Grunge was Gen-Xs way of trying to be relevant in the rock world. Some was really good, some not so good. Just like every other genre...
Completely agree. I have a large music collection from all of the periods of decades of music history of sp many different genres, and I am still discovering music. No matter the decade, there's still a lot of garbage, but every once in awhile, you will find a gem and wonder why it wasn't played very often on the air or why it's no longer considered to be a classic even though it did well in the charts.
As a GenXer, I was in my 20s in the '90s, and I still have all my CDs to prove it, esp. grunge ("alt-rock"). Since I lived through it as a young adult, been to the concerts (Lollapalooza, etc.) and bought the t-shirts, I moved on in my 30s, figuratively in the music and literally, from Boston to LA, in the new millenium. Recently, my sister and I went to a Letters to Cleo concert and talked about the funny movie Singles (great Seattle soundtrack). In the last several years, I focused on other music, but I have to give "Black" (and so many others) another listen.🖤 *This genre is a mix of folk, hard rock, metal, post-punk, etc. It's dismissed, I think, b/c so many of the songs were about the 3 Ds: Depression, Drugs, and Death. Since many of its best have died, maybe the music takes us back to a dark place in our psyche where we don't want to go. Yet these songs are always there if we need them.
Your edit is on target. I loved so much of the music from the grunge bands at the time, but I don't often listen to it now, aside from the songs that are still on rotation on the radio, because I wasn't in a good place at the time and I don't like being brought back to those feelings and thoughts again through the music. It's still good music and it came at a time when I needed it to help me understand some of what I felt but didn't know how to explain.
I’m such a melting pot for music. I love everything from Motown to current metal. I appreciate music for what it gives us. Grunge is no exception. So many great bands from that era. Alice In Chains is my favorite for sure but Soundgarden, Nirvana, and STP made such an impact on me. Grunge was an awesome era and an awesome time to be alive. Thanks for the vid and bringing me back to that short but sweet time of music.
Ya all 4 years of it lol. Then Alternative 4 years. When something becomes really popular, it's everywhere 24/7, but it only lasts so long. Disco was huge..... for about 4 years lol.
Love your channel and always enjoy learning something new. However, you did not sell me on grunge... I did watch all the way to the end, and you do a great job of telling the back stories. Keep up the great work!
Great show! Thank you for taking this risk. I love what you do, the stories that you share with us, but this is my music. I was in high school when grunge came out. My mom calls it my ‘dark years”. I grew my hair out, ripped my jeans, and added flannel to everything. Grunge, hard rock, and metal became all I listened to every change I was able to use my Walkman. I have no idea of how much money I spent on Walkman, head phones, and batteries, a fortune I’m sure…lol. Even with this, I learned so much from this episode! Most of my crew liked grunge, but Metallica was our favorite, so I did not know much about grunge. I knew about Temple of the Dog, but did not know how it gave us Pearl Jan until your episode on it. You shared Mother Love Bone with me for the first time. Thank you! More please 🙏. Comment for algorithm.😮
I was surprised that you didn't have any songs from STP! I personally thought they were one of the best groups in the grunge era. R.I.P. Scott Weiland!
They were one of the best bands at reinventing themselves every album. Little grunge here, then just some straight rock , get a little pop going. They were amazing
Even if I'm not a fan, I love that you play music I don't always focus on...few times you delve into the depths of my favorite styles (90s goth or 2000s industrial), I will always love a good story and learn something. Thanks as always!
6:52 I think sums up how you feel about your youth and self identity; believe me Adam, so it does for millions of other Gen Xrs. I don’t listen to it much nowadays as it evokes memories of the quiet desperation and wildly manic internal battles of my youth, yet on the rare occasion that I do it also provides the beloved opportunity to reflect on the grace and love that my longstanding relationship with Jesus has brought into my life. Your channel continues to bear fruit to so many! Thank you 🙏 you are appreciated brother!
Thank you for covering grunge. This was my teenage years and was there for me during a really rough time in my life. Black is by far the best Pearl Jam song. I kind of got sick of Jeremy. It was played so much. Seasons is vastly underrated. It's beautiful. Alice in Chains was my favorite. Nutshell is so raw and such a stunning song. Would is still my favorite. It's so sad what happened to Layne and all the others. The way I look at it, a lot of them left us but their music kept us alive and they live on through us.
Thank you. Gen-Xers know. The haters are typically just not deep enough to get grunge. Gotta be able think outside of the domain on linear thought. Appreciate, ya, brother.
I did not appreciate Grunge when it first came around but I wasn't listening, I was hung up on Hair Metal and catching the next beat! I now love Grunge and the message it was and still conveys, agree it was the last great rock revolution. We need another one soonest!!
When I moved to Seattle and was fortunate enough to be able to see most of those bands live. No real rock fan doesn’t like grunge! I think would be great for you to do an episode about Mother Love Bone
Thank you thank you thank you. I watch all your videos and love them all but this is the music of my heart. Having your introspective deep dive into some of my favorite songs is awesome. I have so many high school stories for each one of these tracks. Thank you.
I like grunge. I latched on to it immediately. It will never compare to earlier genres. Its great in its own right. Comparing grunge to earlier genres is comparing apples to rocks.
I was just a toddler when Cobain passed, but I can still remember the first time I heard the unplugged Man Who Sold the World on the radio. You Know You’re Right is my all time favorite grunge song, though.
You're a great creator! I'm going to back-up a lot of these other commenters, keep up with the Grunge and Alternative. We're around the same age and we both had fathers that insisted we listen to their music. But, when it was our turn to find the great music, we had Grunge. It was so amazing. My dad was blown away. After I brought home Gn'R and the Crue, my dad was like: meh. But PJ, AIC, Soundgarden, Nirvana. That spoke to him. Keep up the good work.
Adam........ Well done brother!! My man I couldn't agree more! You just FLOOOOOOOODED my mind of ALL sorts of memories from back in the day! AMAZING! Yes, I think Mother Love Bone deserves its own video from you, go for it. Shine!
I'm with you on Lithium and Layne being the best and most underrated of the singers, although I would go with "Love Hate Love" or "Down in a Hole" over "Nutshell". Also, I severely underrated are "Big Dumb Sex" by Soundgarden and "Lifeless Dead" by Mad Season (Layne Staley, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, and Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees). Have a great day! - Dave
Thank you for this episode. It is not my cup of tea and I believe the dissonance of the music is the reflection of damaged souls. Having said that this is a chance to get a glimpse into the artists by hearing some of the more popular tracks and I appreciate that.
My son who was born in 1989, LOVED the 90's music and losing a few of his favourite singers and performers to drugs - hurt him a lot! It also made him who he is as well! HE never partook in drugs - and he been to many concerts and backstage, but became a ER Doctor and even works concerts! HE doesn't want to see another kid or musician over dose!! Scott Weiland he absolutely loved and when he saw him with Slash he was estatic! When it was announced that Scott died - he was absolutely devastated! This was an amazing decade like the 80's were for me! Your video here is amazing and gives a background of these people with respect and heart!! Thank you Adam!
I'd love to see you do a deep dive into Mother Love Bone. I'm also a big fan of the Screaming Trees (and their lead vocaliat Mark Lanegan,, may he rest in peace). The track from Singles ("Nearly Lost You") is a good song, but far from their best IMHO. Their album Sweet Oblivion is a true gem of the genre, and Lanegan's voice is so fantastic. Check out "Winter Song" for pure emotional depth. Mark Lanegan released a solo album (Whiskey for the Holy Ghost) with some gems on it as well (my favorites include "Borracho," El Sol," and "House a Home").
Yeah, people leave bands like Screaming Trees, Peace & Silence, Second Coming and Mother Love Bone (until Hunger Strike got popular) out, but they were part of that sound as well. I am a big fan of almost everything from that era. If you get a chance, try out Rusty some time as well.
Risk? You got me to subscribe with this video. I rarely watch ANYTHING that has a half hour timestamp. I watched this twice. Excellent work, Professor of Rock. How am I just now discovering you? Subscribed. Hit the notification bell. Looking forward to your next drop. And I'd LOVE to see an episode dedicated to Mother Love Bone. You rock.
Man, as soon as you said “two songs in one” I knew immediately what song you were about to profile. I had to pause the video for a moment just to prepare myself; always feel a deep sense of grief and longing when I hear this song. I love it so much, but can’t listen to it too often. “Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns” absolutely needs its own episode. Thank you so much for touching on this gorgeous and profound epic.
I’m soooo glad you did this video!!! I’m a Gen Xer and loved grunge. Your top 5 is fantastic and I too put Alice In Chains ahead of PJ and Nirvana, which makes the fact that they’re not in the Hall all the more infuriating.
Initially I had a resentment for grunge shutting down the airplay of the 80s but much of it has more staying power and definitely more emotion. It's easier for me to go back and love these songs.
I felt that way too, at the time. I think the corporate media took advantage of the moment to sweep away established artists and exert more financial control over new acts. Then came gangsta rap... then came the boy/girl bands, all under heavy authority of the labels. Artists were replaced by 'employees' who were to do as they were told. By the time the nineties were over, the spirit of Rock had been crushed. There were outliers, to be sure; but the dream that any young kid could become a rock star was now a one-in-a-million shot. It's easy to blame grunge for that... yet the artists who powered that movement were great. And maybe, the last of their kind.
This one hurt me bad. I couldn'tstop crying for a while. I love Layne Staley so much and I was never able to see him live. I have seen some of the biggest artists out there. Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Van Halen 1984, Bon Jovi, Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Lolla Palozza, Ozzfest, P!nk and Katy Perry to name a few. I would trade it all in to see Layne with AiC or even Mad Season. Rest in Peace Layne. 😢😢😢
Hey, I just noticed there's a little thing missing from the Nevermind cover in your graphic. I just caught it and had to pause for a second. No problem, I just chuckled when I noticed. Another great episode.
Growing up in a poor family, going to a broke ass school, with really mean teachers and not knowing anyone at that school, spending all your time feeling afraid for existing. This song was an absolute life line to this 14 year old loner. I had no idea what the song was about or even what the lyrics were as I have bad hearing since young, the sound and mood of the song, felt soooo right and sooo liberating.
Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST SONG of the 90s?
Alice in Chains' "Love, Hate, Love"
I always say the 80s was the best decade butvi forgetvthe 90s had some straightvl bangers in all genres.. myvfavoritevpf all the 90s is YOU OUGHTA KNOW. ALANIS
What It's Like - Everlast
Enter Sandman
November Rain
Zombie
Life Is A Highway Tom Cochrane
Ocean Drive Lighthouse Family
Hold My Hand Hootie
Drinking in LA Bran Van 3000
Someday We’ll Know New Radicals
My grandfather called me one morning, like 3 in the morning. He told me he was going to die. He told me he didn't want to live if he couldn't be himself, if he couldn't take care of himself. He had no one left, no one to talk too. He didn't even feel like his house was home anymore. Grandma had died the prior year. All my cousins were grown and spread out. I was in Cali, Gramps was in Nebraska. He died the following day. A week or so later I bought jar of flies. When I heard nutshell, I lost it. To this day, however many years later, I still think of that night he called. I still think of you Gramps. RIP Darryl Curnes. Thank you AIC (and the POR)
I’m so sorry for your loss. Music has a way of speaking to our soul. I’m glad you found comfort in AIC! ✌🏼💖
He's with the one he loves now brother.❤
Wow that's a lot to deal with. I could see how Nutshell would be perfect.
Sending hugs and prayers to you! Sorry for your loss! 😔💔🙏🏻
Wow, my grandmother called me in the hospital when I was 17 as I was recouping from one of my many hip replacement surgeries and we had the loveliest conversations and when we said our goodbyes, she TOLD me well my grandson, since this will be the last time we ever speak, I want you to know that I love you and I know you'll do great things in life.
The next day my cousin called to ask if I knew where my mom was and I said at work, why? And she was in a panic because she'd called her job and no one answered. So I asked her what's wrong and she said Granma had a massive heart attack last night and she's in critical condition and they don't think she's going to make it through the day!
I had money saved up for my first car in my dresser at home, and I told my mom go ahead, take the money and go see your mom before she goes, and MY ENTIRE FAMILY WENT while I stayed at the hospital! LOL She waited until my mom (who is the youngest of 7) made it and she spoke very weakly, and held my mom's hand as she took her last breath.
Crazy how some people know it's their time.
Don’t give Layne ALL the credit. Jerry Cantrell not only can play a guitar, he can also sing! Layne and Jerry created some of the best harmonies in grunge!
True!
Those two voices became one voice. Its rare and amazing when it happens. Beyond harmony
@@TwoMuleBlues agree 100%, “harmonies in grunge” sounds really dumb, i just couldn’t think of a better way to say it. I listened to AIC for quite a while before I figured out that Layne wasn’t the only one singing…
"31/32"
Amazing Jerry Cantrell song. It feels like Layne is there too.
Aren't there a number of AIC tracks that have three part harmony? I'm not as familiar with them as I'd like to be, and it's 5:40am, but who was the third voice?
Grunge is what happened when gen xers who had to raise themselves get older. The 80s rock was our party era and grunge was our, 'wtf do we do now'
perfectly said
Poetry! Excellent description.
Wow that is so profound so true!
Well put!
Very well said.
Boomer here. Grunge is awesome, the last great surge of the rock era.
Why would anyone hate grunge. Like you said, the last great rock era.
I am a Gen X kid and I love grunge. It makes me sad that the majority of the singers I idolized are gone. Layne Staley, Scott Weiland, Kurt Cobain, and Chris Cornell. I was a teenager in the 80's. so I loved the party atmosphere of that music. When I was a young adult and grunge took off, I really identified with the music as I was going through some stuff myself. A lot of people believe that grunge killed 80's music. It did not. The A&R guys killed it. Instead of looking for originality, they wanted to sign the next Skid Row or Warrant or Poison or pick any of the largest artists of that era.
FACTS
Because those guys are our age and understand what we are and how to express it in a way we understand...
Totally agree
@@pattonmoore completely agree
The 70's was the most creative era, but as a Gen-Xer I'm far more emotionally anchored in the 90s.
Black is one of the greatest songs ever written. The lyrics and how they are delivered by EV, capture heartbreak unlike any other.
Amen!
EV sang what all of us had been through at one time or another with “Black”
10 is the one album I could always turn to no matter how bad I was feeling. It gave me hope to carry on.
It’s a song I can’t listen to for months at a time.
10 is mother love bone with eddie vedder on vocals
You are not wrong, Adam. This was the end of what I believe to be the ultimate music era that started in the late 60's and ended in the early 90's. Music will never be the same. There will still be great bands but never in the quantity we seen in those days. I was just talking to my girlfriend the other day while watching Radiohead's creep video and reminiscing over how you could turn on much music back then and never be disappointed. One amazing band after another would be playing. I miss those days, buddy! Cheers!
I liked the spectrum (60s to 90s) you mentioned.
Honestly, I would expand it from '55 to '05. Some of STPs later work (early 00s) and The Hives 1st & 2nd LPs need to be included.
@@bobbcarpenter7031 But the 90's in particular were a bit of a dark age, right? - I mean some of the "00's" almost seem like a back-reaction to that crap (like: Ghost Hounds, Joanna Connor....)
Adam is severely wrong!
The Ultimate Music Era from 1954 to about 1990 ended with this crap they call grunge. Which led to the even worse crap of 2000 to now. To appreciate 'grunge' you had to be a real loser, usually stoned out of your mind, on some really weird mind-bending drugs and drunker than uncle cooter on Saturday night.
He's aways wrong.
I think CANDLEBOX is very underrated. Their Debut album is on track with TEN, JAR OF FLIES and SUPERUNKNOWN.
Weird... I was just listening to that álbum about an hour ago
“Love Hate Love” is to Alice In Chains as “Black” is to Pearl Jam. Off AIC’s first album, “Love Hate Love” was never released as a single; but to Layne Staley fans, it is his greatest achievement as a vocalist. This vocal was before Layne was tempted and became an addict. His tone, control, breath support, range and raw emotion are at its peak during one of AIC’s darkest songs ever.
That song is quite possibly THE tour de force of grunge song. It is soaring and swooping and by the time it's done, there is no one in the house that is unaware of how Layne feels. It runs the gamut of an emotional roller coaster that is a marathon in itself. I know guys who are trained singers who won't try that one. Black is emotional, but Love Hate Love? Is beyond that. Eddie does not have the range that Layne was gifted with.
Well, before Layne's addiction brought him to heroin. Make no mistake, there were plenty of drugs even before Alice in Chains was formed. Still, Layne stayed away (no pun intended) from heroin for a while, but even after seeing what it did to his friends, eventually he fell in with it.
Soul.... This music has soul.... Born of blood, sweat, tears, truth, heart, soul and guts with no interest in glory. They just played what came out and didn't give a sht what anyone thought. It's gritty, It's real, and it's fkn amazing!!! We traded our heroes for ghosts, And no one sings like them anymore.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s incredibly inspiring.
well said! they did it for themselves, and the music reflects that.
Sold our cool breeze for hot air and change, for cold comfort.
Why would anyone NOT like this time in music? That is baffling to hear. I bet all of us would love for Rock n Roll to be as popular now as it was back then. If we ever needed another Rock revolution it's NOW but it seems like the music companies have no interest in it any longer. Rest in Peace to all we've lost from this era. Some are still hard to think about.
I happen to love grunge music as it was popular during my childhood growing up in the ‘90’s. The grunge movement, in my opinion, is a pretty good part of contemporary music history. Bands of the 60’s and 70’s paved the way for bands like Green River, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, etc. I remember hearing those bands on MTV and VH1 growing up before I started learning about it all while I studied music in a college.
Some 80s hair metal lovers were pissed about that era dying
I know a lot of people who either hated grunge or were unaware of it. The ones who hated it thought it was all about suicide. It wasn’t, of course. But, I really loved that there was a different sound beyond rehashed disco and adult contemporary. Established bands just were too comfortable in cranking out re-treads, but nothing gut-wrenchingly raw like grunge was.
@timomalley9332 the people that I personally know that hated it, were people that loved r&b or dance music or something that was completely different. People who just did not like Rock in general.
But from online and hearing comments and seeing comments, you have these old metalheads that never forgave Nirvana for what they did 😄
It’s because they overplayed “Smells Like Teen Spirit “ people grew sick of it. Like most songs that get over played. Hell it wasn’t even the best song of the time.
Yep. Gen Xer here, and former resident of the Emerald City. This list nails it. Everyone skips over Mother Love Bone, but they started the ball rolling. In my old neighborhood (Wallingford) someone wrote "Mother Love Bone" into wet sidewalk concrete near 45th Street. I would walk by it recognize it for what it was...a tip of the hat from a local resident. No idea if it's still there.
Thanks!
I don’t know much about them but they seemed pretty cool! I love Hunger Strike.
Ha! I know that spot, I lived in the Udistrict. Sadly a lot of those classic music venues/bars are gone from the city.
I would love an episode of Cloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns. This was my music and still is. Grunge is Gen X...Gen X is Grunge. We turning 60 this year!
I bought Jar of Flies just before spring break in '94. My folks had traveled for Easter, so I stayed at school rather than going home. I hooked up with a neighbor and we pretty much spent the week in bed listening to that EP over and over. Steph and I didn't last much past that week, but I have worn out at least two copies of that EP since then. It is one of my fondest college memories and by far my favorite AIC album. I love grunge and I don't care if you know.
You just went through some of my most favorite bands. The version of "Black" from the MTV Unplugged session is agonizing. "Jar of Flies" is one of the best albums ever, IMO. I've seen AiC's MTV Unplugged session aptly described as the closest you'll ever see to someone singing at their own funeral.
Prof, we need a Top Industrial Rock/Metal vid! NIN, Ministry, Rammstein, Zombie, Filter all had “charting” songs &/or albums, & whole lot more bands (KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, My Life w/ TKK) where all over movie & game sound tracks in the 90s-00s, had a big cult following & are still loved today !
Thanks DC!
@ let me know if ya need a “research assistant” on that!🤘🤠😈
Hear, hear!
Skinny Puppy was amazing, at least until Dwayne passed away. Fuck heroin.
KMFDM Sucks!!! 🤘🏼❤️🔥🤘🏼
@ 🤣🤣🤣🤘🤘 used to have that shirt😡
This episode spoke to my soul. Thank you. This era of music is not talked about or explored much. Thank you for this.
I am so glad you included mother. Love bone. They were a great band !
I have grown up with Grunge and even played Grunge as a radio DJ in the Seattle area. While growing up in the late 80s, I never realized that it was grunge, but just hard rock. Though mainstream grunge was not for me, checking out the local bands was an enjoyable experience for me. I even recorded some early concerts on reel-to-reel, but they got destroyed in a basement flood. I didn't think they were going to be big. Remember, every high school between Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC had at least one band. Even the members of Queensryche helped out a lot of these local bands out. The one song that resonated to me that you have briefly mentioned was "Spoonman" by Soundgarden. Spoonman was a real person named Artis the Spoonman who was a street musician who played at the Pike Place Market in Seattle with his spoons as instruments. He also lived in a bus as his home, but would play his spoons every day. Later on, I found out that he also played his spoons with Frank Zappa in 1981. I learned about Artis when I ended up doing an interview of Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America in 2002 (as well as an interview with Chris Cornell's mom, Karen Cornell, who was a psychic) that Artis had suffered a heart attack and the grunge community got together to do a benefit concert for him.
Layne Staley's passing is still devastating to me. His voice was so amazing and he was such a great talent! I can't imagine the 90s being what they were without him and I'm so happy that we were gifted by his voice even though it was for too short of a time, but it was a very special time. I miss Layne more than any of the singers from that time (followed by Kurt then Scott) and wish more than anything, that he had gotten help and beat his addiction 💔. RIP Layne... You are missed
I'm with you!
Me too, I've heard the whole story of his last couple of years of life and ... a lot of people more or less abandoned him. Predictably, this led to substance abuse.
Agreed! I miss Layne and Scott so much. Their voices were amazing.
So sad.
Me too! I still cry when I think of him...)
This episode left me profoundly moved. In the early '90s, as a high schooler, I was completely swept away by these artists. Their music consumed me, each note and lyric etched into my soul. The choice to highlight these particular bands makes perfect sense, given their place in the Seattle movement. But there’s something about Stone Temple Pilots, Blind Melon, and The Smashing Pumpkins that also resonates deeply with me-they were just as much a part of my world.
I’ve been following your TH-cam channel for almost a year now, though I’ve remained silent up until this point. There have been standout episodes, but none quite like this one. It made me smile and weep all at once. The loss of these four men, who tragically left us too soon, still feels so raw. Perhaps their passing was not in vain-they may have died for us in some symbolic way. Yet, their music endures, immortalizing their legacy in the hearts of those who remember.
Thank you for having the courage to share this episode. It’s a tribute that stirs so many memories, both beautiful and painful.
Seattle scene was actual substance. Flash of lightning that we were lucky got recorded.
Adam, sir, this is the MOST difinitive countdown stile show that you’ve ever done. Simply amazing.. Grunge ruled my life and still does, its dark and emotive structure that tear and etch itself upon the souls of us. And still does. I grew up in Seattle, a transplanted Brit trying to find his own identity in the madness. I had joined the American military, and grunge emerged shortly after my enlistment. It became my staple, my identity. And I’m so grateful for it. Thank you for your grunge podcast,sir. It was quite remarkable.. Keep the music alive, my friend!
Respectfully,
Will C.,SEATTLE Re-patriot, I’m returning to London next!
I am glad you are going down this road Professor! I had found myself walled off from everyone and everything in the late 80’s. I grew up in the ER of a naval hospital with no spiritual base to deal with the trauma’s and senseless waste of life witnessed and lost. Therapy didn’t help. Whiskey didn’t help. The honesty of the pain that came through so many songs by Grunge groups helped me feel not alone. For me Alice In Chains, “Down in a hole” is my #1. The Lyric, “Down in a hole and I don’t know if I can be saved” followed by, “See my heart, I decorate it like a grave”. To be followed in few moments by, “Look at me now, I am a mean who won’t let himself be.” Layne’s delivery spoke to me. I think it was the place I was in and the desperation of wanting to change, but not knowing how, but it gave me hope. Ironically, Grunge music with all its pain, The TV show “Touched but an angel”, and Jack Daniel’s, got me in touch with what it was like to feel again. I was so numb for so long. I am 61 years old and recently got an MRI on my knee. They asked me what kind of music I wanted to be played. I said can you do a playlist from a group? I think they were expecting country or something, but I asked for Alice In Chains. Sadly, they didn’t have anything, So I went with Pearl Jam’s Ten. It took them by surprise. It was a good MRI, other than needing a knee replacement surgery soon. :0) Grunge saved my life. Made me feel like things were going to be okay, and for the most parts they have been. Thanks for listening!
Trinity and Hank Hanegraaff of equip website bless you
Lots of great rock music came from this era. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots...the list goes on. Any hate this category gets is completely unfounded, I think.
Facts!
Where's the anti-grunge hate? I'm not seeing it. It's just Adam framing himself as the courageous hero to get more views. It's like all those titles he's made about You Tube persecuting him. It's clickbait. It works. I guess.
If only pearl jam would of had a good vocalist.
@@beenaplumber8379You clicked on it, watched and even left a comment. Lol.
My brother, I'm Generation Jones, and I completely agree with you.
Grunge tripped me out. A lot of the artists who are lumped into that category hate the term, but, guys, you sort of earned it. Punk rock could have been called grunge, if you're old enough to look back before grunge of the 90s to what the word meant in the first place. Punks of the 70s and 80s were definitely grungy and these guys in the "grunge" "movement" were also mostly grungy. In fact, I see (and indeed saw) 90s grunge as a continuation of the 80s California punk that I grew up with, like the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü....these guys were not so punky but they were definitely grungy, at least in appearance, and you could call them "pre-grunge" or "proto-grunge". I loved it. When Nevermind came out, I was living in New Zealand. I had turned down the drum throne for L7 because in my mind at the time, punk was dying. I took a gig with a band forming in Hamilton, and by the time Nevermind hit, the band I chose to go with had already folded, Smells Like Teen Spirit came out, and right around the same time I was introduced by my very good but now late good friend Chris Hyde, to TOOL and White Zombie as well as the 80s hair band holdovers, New Zealand's own Push Push. I thought Push Push were ridiculous (though somewhere on TH-cam you can find their song Trippin'), and the next thing I knew, I started seeing L7 - the band I'd turned down! - in record stores and New Zealand music video channels. Man oh man. Talk about a bad call. Yeah, that stuff's gone now (at least from the popular mind) but to think I could have had another 10+ years to make a mark. And where was I? I was in New Zealand. Talk about bad calls.
Brutal, dude! 😬 Hope it all worked out well regardless.
Alice in Chains' "Facelift" will always be a masterpiece album to me, but "Nutshell" is devastating. Layne's voice is good, but is a shadow of his former vocal self. I always tear up when I hear it. RIP Layne.
It's so sad. It cuts me to the bone EVERY TIME!
It’s so sad that he died so young.
#1! Mother Love Bone "Chloe Dancer/ Crown of Thorns'! Adam, you NAILED IT!!! YES!!!!
I was introduced to this one on the Singles soundtrack along with "Seasons," and both songs blew my MIND! I absolutely HAD to hear more MLB after that and imagine how bittersweet it was for me to discover Andrew was already taken from us and we were robbed of the experience to see MLB truly explode on to the music scene alongside Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice In Chains et al..... but without Andrew Wood's passing.... there would never have been the AMAZING Temple of the Dog album, a tribute to Andrew Wood..... and there would not have been a PEARL JAM either! I am a vocalist myself and Andrew Wood's voice was truly one of THE BEST to come out of that early Seattle scene and I was heartbroken to hear that Andrew was gone.
Adam, Thank you a thousand times over for selecting Mother Love Bone as #1! 👍🤘
Don’t Follow is one of my favorite songs off Jar of flies….it rarely gets any mention. Such a sad song.
My childhood friend, who I used to play in a band with, passed away a few years back, he struggled with alcohol, this song always reminds me of him.
I was a senior in college when grunge completely took over the radio. I was completely into it. Hard to believe that's been over 30 years ago now. AiC is still heavy in my regular rotation.
No kidding!
I love that picture of a young Chris Cornell with his arm around Andrew Wood while Andrew is looking up at Chris. So sad to lose these legends and beautiful voices. 😢
Amen.
And they’re both gone now. 😢
I'm a Boomer and Grunge was reminiscent of older music to me and I loved it! I've not cared for any new music since. Great episode Professor! Thanks for keeping the music alive!👍
@musclecarmitch908 I’m a gen X but I agree with you that I haven’t liked much music since the 90’s. Don’t even get me started about autotune!! However I do have two exceptions: Muse and The Killers. I would recommend that you check them out. ✌🏼💖
Yes, this!👍🏻
Same here dude
😎👍
Speaking of the Pumpkins, I don't recall you doing a show on them yet. I think they deserve one. the question is which song or album to focus on. Their early album "Gish" heavily influenced me in college - ha..I picked it up just cause the band name was so cool, but was blown away by the album. However, Siamese Dream would probably be the best place to start..like with the song "Today".
Thanks Adam! Thank you for including Andrew Wood and Mother Love Bone in this list! Would love to see an episode devoted to Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns! Hell, I’d even watch one on Captain Hightop. Keep up the great work!
I still feel the powerful emotion from "Nutshell". I always sing along with Lane wishing I sound that amazing. The last few lyrics just remind me of what a tragic loss Lane's death was. I couldn't imagine what extraordinary music would have been made if he was still here. For me one of the greatest singers of any genre. RIP Lane
I can't do it. There are a few songs that I can no longer listen to from AIC, not in company at least. Layne's death still breaks me up more than 20 years later. I just hear the possibilities, really drag me down.
I grew up just outside of Seattle so spent a lot of time there in my teenage years and was big in the grunge scene (I swear I've still got flannel in my blood). It was a great time and my friends and me had a lot of fun. It was a great way to burn off our teenage angst and just enjoy being in the moment.
Outshined was and still remains one of my absolute favorite songs ever recorded.
I often wonder if the way we felt about being in Seattle during the grunge era is how teenagers in the middle 60s felt about being in San Francisco.
Thanks for sharing! Great insight!
Chris Cornell was amazing and Outshined is 4:12 of some of the best thud ever created.
1990-1995 has some of the greatest music ever written.
Ran a small PA rental to my brothers' friends in the Seattle aera during this whole era, got to know all of these { Kids} at the time. While they were breaking out playing all ages venues, practicing in storage units and my basement, Living on beer Jojo's and dreams. watched them all gain fame and sadly succumb to addictions, I'm 63, retired and vocal in a cover band, trying to honor the legacy of these kids that I called friends, I truly miss them all, thank you for this segment, it touched me deeply.
Awesome episode. I'm 63 years old and I recently took a trip to New Orleans from Houston for Thanksgiving. I found my favorite Sirius station to be Lithium. I played it for 7 hours in Thanksgiving traffic. Grunge likes this old man.
Im gen X, Native Seattlite here. I love this music more now than I did when it 1st came out. So real and so tortured and I love it so much. Im obsessed with Layne.
Is it cold in Seattle right now?
I’m 66 years old, love music from all decades, 90s one of the best decades
62 feel the same. Many decades and genres. Adam nails the description of grunge. Those who do not like it have probably only heard what was on the radio. You have to listen to the albums to get the best of it and understand the depth.
Grunge is a fantastic genre that put real songwriting at the forefront and still supported that big rock sound! I’m always glad to see a new video about the history behind it
Thanks! I agree!
That was an emotional journey. Thank you man. My teenage-adult years fit neatly within the sphere of the grunge period, I have so many memories and emotions tied to those songs. But the genre gets a lot of unfair hate. I have mixed feelings myself, but not about the art created which I think is some of the most emotionally impactful music ever made, but because of all the demons that surround that scene. The sad truth is that Grunge was largely fueled by heroin, bleakness and isolation. It is a look into the self destructive and self loathing parts of ourselves. But these are part of what makes us human and when we hear those songs we feel like the bands knew us. But the deaths are hard to take. It's true the candle that burns half as long burns twice as bright. But it is not true that it is better to burn out than to fade away.
I really appreciate your commentary in this one. I grew up in the Seattle area and was of a similar age to these artists. It is difficult to overstate the impact that these songs and the culture around the music scene had. You did an eloquent job here.
One of my favorite grunge songs comes from a band you would never expect. The song is Admiral Mike by the Monkees from their 1996 album Justus. Michael Nesmith wrote the song as a criticism of the news industry, in much the same vein as Dirty Laundry by Don Henley. Nesmith's guitar riff shows how versatile he was as a musician. Micky's vocal and drumming were great too. The thing I love most about this album is that it was 100% written, produced, and performed by the Monkees themselves, thereby finally burying the notion that they were not real musicians.
I'm off to give it a listen right now. Thank you for letting us know this album even existed. I was a fan of the Monkees as a kid so it should be interesting.
Thanks for the recommendation. I had no idea that The Monkees released an album in 1996.
Never heard this, but until I do, I always knew that The Monkees best stuff came after Mr Nesmith punched a hole in the wall, and the brass decided to let them do their own stuff, all of which has been incredibly overlooked, but to them it was OK. They knew the truth.
I was just watching a live performance from Alice In Chains in 1991. And was blown away by the talent and the raw emotion in the lyrics and their delivery. That same emotion, pain, and suffering carried over to all the grunge. Much like punk, new wave, etc, it spoke to a generation. For me it was my first year in college being away from home and starting a new chapter. These songs and artists resonated with me.
Cool!
Saw them open for van Halen on 1991
Amazing!
Layne Staley was an amazing and underrated singer. Jar of Flies is so powerful. You should also check out his other band Mad Season.
I know you’re talking about Layne but,Mad Season was the first time I began to notice what a great guitarist McReady is.
I will, thanks!
@@myleslong5584 "River of Deceit" is such a hauntingly beautiful song.
Above is one of my all time favorite albums. Every single song is a triumph.
@@elizabethsullivan7176the first time I heard it , chills. It spooked me
Professor!!! DR here. Your Grunge special was amazing. All the awesome bands, the excitement of Singles, and the sadness that eventually followed - The way you described it all, I felt like we shared this amazing 90’s history from across the globe. Please do much, much more like this.
These bands were SO GOOD. Mind blowing that anyone out there doesn’t long for the time when music was this real.
AIC is one of my fav bands. Layne Staley still has one of the most unique voices in rock ever. Btw, the band has lost TWO members. Rest peacefully, Mike Starr. You are missed, too.
So sad.
When did Starr pass? I didn’t know that
@terrygracy8345 2011 from an overdose. He took Staley's death hard andnever recovered.
Isn't it ironic that one Seattle band that defined the 90s, Nirvana, helped kill another Seattle band whose sound helped define the 80s, Queensryche.
I have nothing against grunge, just prefer straight rock more. Let's face it, grunge changed music in the 90s.
Thanks Professor. Another great episode to start the week.
Operation Mindcrime is one of the best albums ever IMO. I loved the grunge/alt from the 90s but sad that it was at the expense of some of my favorite rock bands from the 80s.
Thanks Roger!
My best friend's Mom worked at Vancouver Studios and let us have a listen to Empire months before it's release . Listinening to that in a soundproof room for the first time was nothing short of epic ....
I'm 71 and grunge is one of my favorite periods in music.
Gen Xer here (circa 1977), and IMO this is the last best era in music. The 80s were more about superficiality, whereas the 90s were more about the visceral realities in life.
RIP to all from that era who left an indelible mark on my heart and soul, most specifically, Layne Staley and Kurt Cobain. 🕊️♥️♾️🤘🏻
What a top 5 - this is like a soundtrack for my teens and includes probably my top 5 all time favourite songs (although I would have added Footsteps by Pearl Jam). This has been my favourite episode so far, the 90s brought us such amazing music that has well and truly stood the test of time. Please cover some more 90s music!!!
Hearing Chris singing Seasons you can almost visualise the thread weaving all the way back to Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin, Chris was such an amazing talent and is sorely missed
I find it strange how some don't like listening to Grunge. If they would get past the underlying darkness. Couldn't they hear each song resonating a melodic beauty. It is like fluid poetry. My top 3 favorite bands are Pink Floyd, The Beatles and the Doors. Guess that is why I love Grunge so much. The genre's melodic nature calls to me. Just like my top 3.
One can really tell. The love you have for every song talked about on the show. It's the passion in your voice. That passion makes me want to go and listen to them all over again. Thank you Professor!
I was 21 in 91. I was on board from the start of grunge. The culture changed overnight and it was amazing to behold
Amen!
I was born in 1970, so I turned 21 that year, too. Grunge was getting popular, but I dismissed it overall, since it had been already done before, and better, too--e.g., Joy Division. Only in retrospect, many years later, have I come to appreciate SOME of it. But still, I give most of it a pass.
Cool!
I was 19. Man, being in your 20s in the 90s was awesome.
Husker Du and Bob Mould's next project, Sugar, were foundational to this sound, too. Grunge was kind of like a hockey enforcer throwing some elbows, dropping the gloves now and then, it made room for the power pop/pop rock and alternative rock of the mid 90s.
4:02 Number five, Lithium. Solid pick. I was there (Seattle’s Paramount Theater) that night, and the photographer I went with, Karen Mason, brought black, felt Santa hats for the meet and greet with Chris and Kurt and a pic from that wound up on the inside of the LIVE in New York CD liner notes. Halloween’91. 🎉
After my girlfriend moved to Osaka, Japan, I remember walking home to Ballard from downtown one night singing Lithium at the top of my lungs. Walking north, in the rain in the middle lane on Aurora (Highway 99). 😢
Nothing else captured that era more than that seattle sound. The Pumpkins were sort of the only throwback to the 80s left alive in that period
@@MisterBillfold A Chicago band that didn’t sound like Nirvana copycats set The Smashing Pumpkins apart
I’ve been listening to a lot of SP again these days. Siamese Dream is a great album loaded with awesome tracks. Hummer is my favourite.
Siamese Dream was the soundtrack to my high school days, and Pisces Iscariot was seminal for me.
@ D’arcy was the soundtrack of my imagination during that time 😉
Good call.
POR, mostly what you proved here is your ability to share your enthusiasm for this music. Some good. Some not. At least it's better than what's out today.
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Great Episode. Keep the 90s stuff coming. General “Alternative” Rock stuff too. I loved the music you plucked for the “grunge” but there was so much other stuff huge at the time. The old 120 Minutes on MTV era of music was amazing. Couple NON grunge classic alternative rock tracks that I think define this era too… Mayonaise by Smashing Pumpkins, Interstate Love Song by STP, Linger by Cranberries, and No Rain by Blind Mellon. So sad that 3 of these songs singers aren’t with us anymore either.
Mayonaise is undoubtedly one of the greatest songs by anybody.
Wow! This episode brought back so many good memories of my early 20’s. Great picks! I love all of these songs. Grunge is my absolute favorite genre in music, after the New Wave era. I really can’t believe anyone could hate on grunge.
I would love to see some videos detailing history of some of these bands and/or artists, from childhood to stardom. Musical background, interests and influences, personal stories, things like that.
As someone who grew up in the 60's and 70's. I thought Grunge was Gen-Xs way of trying to be relevant in the rock world. Some was really good, some not so good. Just like every other genre...
For sure!
Are you Rick Allen, the drummer in Def Leopard?
Completely agree. I have a large music collection from all of the periods of decades of music history of sp many different genres, and I am still discovering music. No matter the decade, there's still a lot of garbage, but every once in awhile, you will find a gem and wonder why it wasn't played very often on the air or why it's no longer considered to be a classic even though it did well in the charts.
As a GenXer, I was in my 20s in the '90s, and I still have all my CDs to prove it, esp. grunge ("alt-rock"). Since I lived through it as a young adult, been to the concerts (Lollapalooza, etc.) and bought the t-shirts, I moved on in my 30s, figuratively in the music and literally, from
Boston to LA, in the new millenium. Recently, my sister and I went to a Letters to Cleo concert and talked about the funny movie Singles (great Seattle soundtrack). In the last several years, I focused on other music, but I have to give "Black" (and so many others) another listen.🖤
*This genre is a mix of folk, hard rock, metal, post-punk, etc. It's dismissed, I think, b/c so many of the songs were about the 3 Ds: Depression, Drugs, and Death. Since many of its best have died, maybe the music takes us back to a dark place in our psyche where we don't want to go. Yet these songs are always there if we need them.
Your edit is on target. I loved so much of the music from the grunge bands at the time, but I don't often listen to it now, aside from the songs that are still on rotation on the radio, because I wasn't in a good place at the time and I don't like being brought back to those feelings and thoughts again through the music.
It's still good music and it came at a time when I needed it to help me understand some of what I felt but didn't know how to explain.
I’m such a melting pot for music. I love everything from Motown to current metal. I appreciate music for what it gives us. Grunge is no exception. So many great bands from that era. Alice In Chains is my favorite for sure but Soundgarden, Nirvana, and STP made such an impact on me. Grunge was an awesome era and an awesome time to be alive. Thanks for the vid and bringing me back to that short but sweet time of music.
Ya all 4 years of it lol. Then Alternative 4 years. When something becomes really popular, it's everywhere 24/7, but it only lasts so long. Disco was huge..... for about 4 years lol.
This was a great list the singles soundtrack is probably the greatest album of the decade
Love your channel and always enjoy learning something new. However, you did not sell me on grunge... I did watch all the way to the end, and you do a great job of telling the back stories. Keep up the great work!
Great show! Thank you for taking this risk. I love what you do, the stories that you share with us, but this is my music. I was in high school when grunge came out. My mom calls it my ‘dark years”. I grew my hair out, ripped my jeans, and added flannel to everything. Grunge, hard rock, and metal became all I listened to every change I was able to use my Walkman. I have no idea of how much money I spent on Walkman, head phones, and batteries, a fortune I’m sure…lol. Even with this, I learned so much from this episode! Most of my crew liked grunge, but Metallica was our favorite, so I did not know much about grunge. I knew about Temple of the Dog, but did not know how it gave us Pearl Jan until your episode on it. You shared Mother Love Bone with me for the first time. Thank you! More please 🙏.
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I was surprised that you didn't have any songs from STP! I personally thought they were one of the best groups in the grunge era. R.I.P. Scott Weiland!
Agree %100
They were one of the best bands at reinventing themselves every album. Little grunge here, then just some straight rock , get a little pop going. They were amazing
Jar of Flies was transformative for me, it still gives me chills--those vocals! Also, Temple of the Dog was where I fell in love with the sound.
Who are these weirdos that don't love grunge?
Even if I'm not a fan, I love that you play music I don't always focus on...few times you delve into the depths of my favorite styles (90s goth or 2000s industrial), I will always love a good story and learn something. Thanks as always!
6:52 I think sums up how you feel about your youth and self identity; believe me Adam, so it does for millions of other Gen Xrs. I don’t listen to it much nowadays as it evokes memories of the quiet desperation and wildly manic internal battles of my youth, yet on the rare occasion that I do it also provides the beloved opportunity to reflect on the grace and love that my longstanding relationship with Jesus has brought into my life.
Your channel continues to bear fruit to so many! Thank you 🙏 you are appreciated brother!
Thank you for covering grunge. This was my teenage years and was there for me during a really rough time in my life. Black is by far the best Pearl Jam song. I kind of got sick of Jeremy. It was played so much. Seasons is vastly underrated. It's beautiful. Alice in Chains was my favorite. Nutshell is so raw and such a stunning song. Would is still my favorite. It's so sad what happened to Layne and all the others. The way I look at it, a lot of them left us but their music kept us alive and they live on through us.
Thank you. Gen-Xers know. The haters are typically just not deep enough to get grunge. Gotta be able think outside of the domain on linear thought.
Appreciate, ya, brother.
I did not appreciate Grunge when it first came around but I wasn't listening, I was hung up on Hair Metal and catching the next beat! I now love Grunge and the message it was and still conveys, agree it was the last great rock revolution. We need another one soonest!!
Thanks!
Yes grunge is so cool!
When I moved to Seattle and was fortunate enough to be able to see most of those bands live. No real rock fan doesn’t like grunge! I think would be great for you to do an episode about Mother Love Bone
Thank you thank you thank you. I watch all your videos and love them all but this is the music of my heart. Having your introspective deep dive into some of my favorite songs is awesome. I have so many high school stories for each one of these tracks. Thank you.
I like grunge. I latched on to it immediately. It will never compare to earlier genres. Its great in its own right. Comparing grunge to earlier genres is comparing apples to rocks.
I was just a toddler when Cobain passed, but I can still remember the first time I heard the unplugged Man Who Sold the World on the radio. You Know You’re Right is my all time favorite grunge song, though.
Growing up in the Puget Sound area during the era, we just thought we were punk. Then the world came calling and we found out we were something else.
When I first heard Nirvana, I thought it was Punk with better production.
@petercena9497 I had a friend who got the tracks without vocals on cassette in '91 it was glorious
You're a great creator! I'm going to back-up a lot of these other commenters, keep up with the Grunge and Alternative. We're around the same age and we both had fathers that insisted we listen to their music. But, when it was our turn to find the great music, we had Grunge. It was so amazing. My dad was blown away. After I brought home Gn'R and the Crue, my dad was like: meh. But PJ, AIC, Soundgarden, Nirvana. That spoke to him. Keep up the good work.
Also, Crown of Thorns always brings a tear to my eye. What an amazing song. I would absolutely love to see an episode about it.
Adam........ Well done brother!! My man I couldn't agree more!
You just FLOOOOOOOODED my mind of ALL sorts of memories from back in the day! AMAZING!
Yes, I think Mother Love Bone deserves its own video from you, go for it. Shine!
I'm with you on Lithium and Layne being the best and most underrated of the singers, although I would go with "Love Hate Love" or "Down in a Hole" over "Nutshell". Also, I severely underrated are "Big Dumb Sex" by Soundgarden and "Lifeless Dead" by Mad Season (Layne Staley, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, and Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees). Have a great day! - Dave
Down In a hole. That one gets me every time. I agree with you on that song. Great great song.
“Down in a Hole” or “Love Hate Love” for sure.
lol. i was wondering who might give BIG DUMB SEX a shoutout. well played
Thank you for this episode. It is not my cup of tea and I believe the dissonance of the music is the reflection of damaged souls. Having said that this is a chance to get a glimpse into the artists by hearing some of the more popular tracks and I appreciate that.
My son who was born in 1989, LOVED the 90's music and losing a few of his favourite singers and performers to drugs - hurt him a lot! It also made him who he is as well! HE never partook in drugs - and he been to many concerts and backstage, but became a ER Doctor and even works concerts! HE doesn't want to see another kid or musician over dose!! Scott Weiland he absolutely loved and when he saw him with Slash he was estatic! When it was announced that Scott died - he was absolutely devastated! This was an amazing decade like the 80's were for me! Your video here is amazing and gives a background of these people with respect and heart!! Thank you Adam!
LOVE THIS EPISODE! You could do a full episode on each of the best bands of that era, and it would not be enough. Top of class episode Professor!
I'd love to see you do a deep dive into Mother Love Bone.
I'm also a big fan of the Screaming Trees (and their lead vocaliat Mark Lanegan,, may he rest in peace). The track from Singles ("Nearly Lost You") is a good song, but far from their best IMHO. Their album Sweet Oblivion is a true gem of the genre, and Lanegan's voice is so fantastic. Check out "Winter Song" for pure emotional depth.
Mark Lanegan released a solo album (Whiskey for the Holy Ghost) with some gems on it as well (my favorites include "Borracho," El Sol," and "House a Home").
Yeah, people leave bands like Screaming Trees, Peace & Silence, Second Coming and Mother Love Bone (until Hunger Strike got popular) out, but they were part of that sound as well. I am a big fan of almost everything from that era. If you get a chance, try out Rusty some time as well.
The entire Dust album strays a bit from their roots but is spectacular imo. Very underrated. Very "Beatlesque".
I don’t listen to the Screaming Trees much, maybe I should.
I love grunge, my favorite is Pearl Jam, my favorite of theirs is black unplugged oh and I’m am 66 years old and still rockin.
Risk? You got me to subscribe with this video. I rarely watch ANYTHING that has a half hour timestamp. I watched this twice. Excellent work, Professor of Rock. How am I just now discovering you? Subscribed. Hit the notification bell. Looking forward to your next drop. And I'd LOVE to see an episode dedicated to Mother Love Bone. You rock.
Oh are you going to love going down this rabbit hole. Hold on for the ride of your life! Welcome!
Man, as soon as you said “two songs in one” I knew immediately what song you were about to profile. I had to pause the video for a moment just to prepare myself; always feel a deep sense of grief and longing when I hear this song. I love it so much, but can’t listen to it too often. “Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns” absolutely needs its own episode. Thank you so much for touching on this gorgeous and profound epic.
I’m soooo glad you did this video!!! I’m a Gen Xer and loved grunge. Your top 5 is fantastic and I too put Alice In Chains ahead of PJ and Nirvana, which makes the fact that they’re not in the Hall all the more infuriating.
Initially I had a resentment for grunge shutting down the airplay of the 80s but much of it has more staying power and definitely more emotion. It's easier for me to go back and love these songs.
That's exactly how I felt!
I felt that way too, at the time. I think the corporate media took advantage of the moment to sweep away established artists and exert more financial control over new acts. Then came gangsta rap... then came the boy/girl bands, all under heavy authority of the labels. Artists were replaced by 'employees' who were to do as they were told. By the time the nineties were over, the spirit of Rock had been crushed. There were outliers, to be sure; but the dream that any young kid could become a rock star was now a one-in-a-million shot. It's easy to blame grunge for that... yet the artists who powered that movement were great. And maybe, the last of their kind.
I looked at the title and the thumbnail and went "ah, Nutshell"
Same
This one hurt me bad. I couldn'tstop crying for a while. I love Layne Staley so much and I was never able to see him live. I have seen some of the biggest artists out there. Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Van Halen 1984, Bon Jovi, Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Lolla Palozza, Ozzfest, P!nk and Katy Perry to name a few. I would trade it all in to see Layne with AiC or even Mad Season. Rest in Peace Layne. 😢😢😢
Never heard of her.
Hey, I just noticed there's a little thing missing from the Nevermind cover in your graphic. I just caught it and had to pause for a second. No problem, I just chuckled when I noticed. Another great episode.
Growing up in a poor family, going to a broke ass school, with really mean teachers and not knowing anyone at that school, spending all your time feeling afraid for existing. This song was an absolute life line to this 14 year old loner. I had no idea what the song was about or even what the lyrics were as I have bad hearing since young, the sound and mood of the song, felt soooo right and sooo liberating.