posted by Robert on Jun 4
The 1990s was a decade of good music. Disco music and new wave of the 80s was taken over by alternative rock, in particular, grunge. With its heavily distorted guitar sound and voice quality so dense, grunge music embodied emotional and taboo topics and made it heard.
Often known as the Sound of Seattle, the top 5 grunge bands of all time are all natives of Seattle.
In enumerating the best bands of the grunge music scene then, (and justifying the choices in the process,) the following five of the biggest band names of the movement definitely made their mark in half-decade run highlighted by bands quick rise to fame and success but marred by problems such as drug abuse and a short period of fame for rock bands.
5. Soundgarden
Formed in 1984, Soundgarden did not actually gain recognition until the 1990s, the same time that Nirvana and Pearl Jam made grunge music sell. Soundgarden most important and most successful album was Superunknown, which was released in 1994. It was nominated for the Best Rock Album in the 1995 Grammy Awards and ranked first place in the Billboard Top 200. Their singles Black Hole Sun and Spoonman from the said album each earned a Grammy award.
TO BE CONTINUED