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EverDownward posted...

WafflehouseJK posted...

That's a good way of putting it. Like I mentioned earlier though, despite probably having some of the darkest subject mater in their songs overall, they still didn't feel like they were ever wallowing in it as much as the other bands. Like, Black in a lot of ways is a song about self pity; AiC doesn't really have songs like that. Their approach to their subject matter isn't about being sad about these miserable things, it's more of an apathy, yet is still passionate. It's such a unique and strange tone that I don't think any other band has truly captured. It's some powerful shit, man,

Yeah, I can see what you're saying. Alice certainly felt more nihilistic than the other major three on the scene. They were arguably the outlier, too. Pretty sure you mentioned they were pretty different from the others, and I'd agree. They were more metal, that's for sure.

I never meant to imply they were wallowing in their misery, necessarily, just that it seemed like every grunge group was writing about subject material that was considerably heavier and somber than the metal scene of the 80s that came before it was offering.

Yeah, for sure. I feel like that was Grunge's big hook in a lot of ways, that they tackled these dark, heavy subjects with such passion and gusto, not holding back for anything or anyone. That kind of passion and straightforwardness is appealing to a lot of people, and I feel like that's a big part of why grunge became as huge as it did.

Ok, actually bed time now. More write ups tomorrow.
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