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DirkDiggles posted...

1. Soundgarden - Chris Cornell had the best voice, not just grunge, but in all rock imo. He had tremendous range.

2. Nirvana - Even though I don't personally like them, they made the genre a household name and got the most playtime on MTV and radio over the other bands in the genre.

3. AiC - They had a natural grunge sound produced by Layne Staley's voice. The new incarnation of AiC is nowhere even close to the original sound.

4. Pearl Jam - IMO, the weakest of the big four for good reason. They were grunge up until Ten. After that, I feel that they lost their identity after they put out Vitalogy.

1. Agreed, on a technical level Cornell is almost unarguably one of the greatest singers ever, deserves way more credit.

2. I'd argue that while Nirvana may have popularized it, the genre would just straight up not exist if not for Cornell. Not only for Soundgarden, but Pearl Jam came together because of him, and he had huge influence on the rest of not only the Grunge genre, but rock as a whole.

3. Agreed, but honestly, new AiC honestly isn't bad, even if it is very different.

4. Ten, Vs., and Vitalogy all are indisputably grunge, and while they start to stray from it a bit later, it's undeniably still a huge part of their sound in Yield, No Code, Riot Act, etc. It's only really Backspacer and Lightning Bolt that just straight up ditches their grunge routes.
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