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Originally Posted by Skaligojurah
It's so weird to me that Soundgarden is lumped in with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice In Chains. To me, they musically share very few traits with those three bands, even if they were getting big at the same time, and from the same place.
Used to only like bits and pieces of Soundgarden, but over the years, they've grown on me. One of those band I put down for years at one point in time, and picked up again, appreciating more than when I first listened.
Very decent Hard Rock band. Nothing too deep, but Spoonman, Limo Wreck, Blackhole Sun, Outshined, and Burden in my Hand will always be true classics in my eyes. Even have a taste for "Room a 1000 years wide".
Albeit, anything else Chris Cornell has ever done(especially his solo work) blows.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I agree. In fact, I don't remember ever hearing them referred to as grunge back in the early 90s, I'm pretty sure they were generally regarded as metal. So were Alice in Chains for that matter.
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I'm not sure when or where AIC and Soundgarden got lumped into the grunge scene, but in the end, there's just not enough that seperates them from other grunges bands to avoid the label.
That being said, while AIC and Soundgarden were both on the heavier side of grunge, if you think about it, it's still grunge. It came from the American Northwest in the late 80's/early 90's and featured a similar sound to other bands in the area. They also shared the stage with a lot of "cliche grunge bands", which doesn't exactly set them apart from the scene.
The most important thing to remember here is that grunge was a "scene" before it was a genre, and Soundgarden were an integral part of that scene. So they're grunge.