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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen
Even if one tries (as many do) to come up with some characteristic elements of grunge music, I then guarantee that you'll find that Pearl Jam, at least, don't fit it.
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One over-riding characterist was HEAVINESS. These bands had a thick bottom end, loud strong singers and guitarists, and marked the resurgence of hard rock...not metal. The most inventive musically was Soundgarden, playing psychedelic, progressive bluesy hard-rock/metal that has never been repeated by anyone else. Pearl Jam's 10 was the album most identified with Grunge, and consequently the most copied (Creed, Nickleback, Puddle of Mud, etc.). You may have a point about PJ not fitting the Grunge sound in their latter releases, but for me Pearl Jam and Grunge are inexplicably intertwined.
Party Guy