Music: Is Bush grunge?

[Roo Returns]

I was never really into them but saw them play in the fall of 2011 when a friend gave me a free ticket (was his ex's originally lol). It was an excellent show and they gave their all (by this point Chris Traynor was already playing guitar for them after stints in Orange9mm and Helmet).

 

[GKJ]

Feel like Silverchair wasn’t as big as you guys think, at least not in the US. I know they did better in Canada.

 

[#37]

Feel like Silverchair wasn’t as big as you guys think, at least not in the US. I know they did better in Canada.

They were big for a minute, my local alt-rock radio station wore it out, and then people got over 'Tomorrow'.

But I don't think anyone here is saying they were BIG. I think it is more like we are saying that comparing them to 'grundge' is akin to comparing The Knickerbockers ('Lies') to the 'British Invasion'. Derivative... like Bush.

 

[Hippasus]

I like the alternative rock description more than grunge, but I can see how they're influenced by grunge with Gavin Rossdale's voice, for instance. That first album, Sixteen Stone, was chock-full of singles and then they sort of faded away from the radar.

True grunge has to sound a bit dirty, like Melvins, Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Stone Temple Pilots, and Pearl Jam.

 

[#37]

Just as a footnote, this happened right before grunge...



To me, it paved the way... just saying. Without this, maybe we heard the Seattle bands maybe we didn't... I kind of feel like the importance of Jane's Addiction gets lost once Nirvana break. They were important back in the day. Perry Farrol was important for a brief minute. A brief minute.

 

[#37]

My honest opinion? There is only one 'grunge' band....everything after is alt-rock.



What a f***ing genius Kobain was.

 

[#37]

Taking the piss out of himself... I'm sorry, but this is the grundgiest thing ever. Game over.