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WafflehouseJK
10/20/19 9:44:13 PM
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, "*insert here* isn't actually grunge!!!!", whatever.

This was a super hard ranking to make tbh, and while I searched pretty extensively through my grunge collection, it's very possible I missed a couple of fantastic ones along the way. But all 20 of these are for sure some of the best the genre has to offer IMO.

20. Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
19. Stardog Champion (Mother Love Bone)
18. Heart-Shaped Box (Nirvana)
17. Burden In My Hand (Soundgarden)
16. Everything Zen (Bush)
15. Comedown (Bush)
14. Junkhead (Alice In Chains)
13. I'm Above (Mad Season)
12. Black (Pearl Jam)
11. Hunger Strike (Temple Of The Dog)
10. Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Nirvana)
9. Daughter (Pearl Jam)
8. Sex Type Thing (Stone Temple Pilots)
7. Rain When I Die (Alice In Chains)
6. Do The Evolution (Pearl Jam)
5. God Smack (Alice In Chains)
4. Water's Edge (Seven Mary Three)
3. Jesus Christ Pose (Soundgarden)
2. Down In A Hole (Alice In Chains)
1. Jeremy (Pearl Jam)

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stoltenberg11
10/20/19 9:45:29 PM
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Are there really only like 4 grunge bands
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WafflehouseJK
10/20/19 9:50:23 PM
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stoltenberg11 posted...
Are there really only like 4 grunge bands
There's only 4 that are universally considered grunge, the "big 4", being Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains.

Stone Temple Pilots are usually in the conversation too, but then anything past them is usually hotly debated.

You have bands like Mother Love Bone and Green River that were by many criteria the "first" grunge bands, so I count them. Alos bands like Bush, Seven Mary Three, Mudhoney, Candlebox, Silverchair, and sometimes even Collective Soul are brought into the conversation, and I include most of them as well.

It doesn't help that there's the stupid "post-grunge" genre that fucks with everything.

Some people try to put The Smashing Pumpkins and a few other similar bands in the category, but I don't include them personally.

Edit: Oh, and of course the "super-groups" like Mad Season and Temple of the Dog.

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lilORANG
10/20/19 9:56:48 PM
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You by Candlebox needs to be on the list

And Jeremy isn't close to PJ's best song.
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KillerKhan420
10/20/19 9:56:54 PM
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No silverchair? Tommorow was an awesome grunge song. I think any list that doesn't have teen spirit in it as number 1 since it started the genre is null and void. Stp on there but no vasoline? Come on...
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R1masher
10/20/19 9:57:54 PM
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Isnt Bush a Christian band?
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WafflehouseJK
10/20/19 10:01:00 PM
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lilORANG posted...
You by Candlebox needs to be on the list

And Jeremy isn't close to PJ's best song.
I went back and forth hard on Candlebox; they definitely could have made the list tbh, it was super close.

KillerKhan420 posted...
No silverchair? Tommorow was an awesome grunge song. I think any list that doesn't have teen spirit in it as number 1 since it started the genre is null and void. Stp on there but no vasoline? Come on...
I also considered Silverchair, but they just never hooked me as much as the other bands.

Tenn Spirit is overrated as fuck tbh; Also it may have popularized the genre, but I more credit Mother Love Bone and Green River with starting it.

Sex Type Thing is def STP's best song IMO, no question. Vaseline is pretty great too though and I definitely considered it for the list.

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anth0ny
10/20/19 10:02:05 PM
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im working on a grunge song!!!
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vigorm0rtis
10/20/19 10:05:42 PM
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Songs that'd go on my list:
Release by PJ
Rooster, Would and Rainier Fog by AiC.
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KainWind
10/20/19 10:06:24 PM
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Never heard of 3, 4, 6, and 19. I'm not about to argue rankings, but it's interesting how much those differ from some of my favorites.
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lilORANG
10/20/19 10:06:57 PM
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Yeah, Release is s much better choice for PJ. Eddie's vox on that track are mad beautiful.
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anth0ny
10/20/19 10:07:32 PM
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SrRd_RacinG
10/20/19 10:07:51 PM
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Hate seeing Black Hole Sun on any list.

Please look up like every other song on the Super Unknown album and then return to this thread.

Also listen to Tighter and Tighter by Soundgarden.
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WafflehouseJK
10/20/19 10:11:09 PM
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KainWind posted...
Never heard of 3, 4, 6, and 19. I'm not about to argue rankings, but it's interesting how much those differ from some of my favorites.
Oh man, you should check them out, the first 3 especially.

Water's Edge in particular is a bit of a hidden gem; most people only know Seven Mary Three for Cumbersome, but Water's Edge is by far their best song.

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SrRd_RacinG
10/20/19 10:21:15 PM
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Conflict posted...
SrRd_RacinG posted...
Hate seeing Black Hole Sun on any list.

Please look up like every other song on the Super Unknown album and then return to this thread.


It's better than >75% of the songs on that album. Spoonman and The Day I Tried To Live are a few exceptions.


Better than Fresh Tendrils or Limo Wreck or 4tu of July or The Day I tried to live?

Not better than Tighter and Tighter.
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KainWind
10/20/19 10:34:31 PM
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WafflehouseJK posted...
KainWind posted...
Never heard of 3, 4, 6, and 19. I'm not about to argue rankings, but it's interesting how much those differ from some of my favorites.
Oh man, you should check them out, the first 3 especially.

Water's Edge in particular is a bit of a hidden gem; most people only know Seven Mary Three for Cumbersome, but Water's Edge is by far their best song.

Yeah I will.

Also wanted to say I'm heavily biased towards AiC and I can respect Down in a Hole being that high. You also really like Dirt.
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inloveanddeath0
10/20/19 10:37:36 PM
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Ide say interstate love song is more popular of a STP song
Also glad I saw them before Scott's death
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vigorm0rtis
10/20/19 10:38:34 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
Ide say interstate love song is more popular of a STP song


popular =/= best.
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inloveanddeath0
10/20/19 10:40:28 PM
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vigorm0rtis posted...
inloveanddeath0 posted...
Ide say interstate love song is more popular of a STP song


popular =/= best.

While I agree what are you really going to judge it on here, personal taste?
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anth0ny
10/20/19 10:50:59 PM
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i know nobody cares...
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anth0ny
10/20/19 10:52:31 PM
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but ive got a hit of acid and an electric guitar calling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wr-XeDkYxI" data-time="

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inloveanddeath0
10/20/19 10:54:07 PM
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anth0ny posted...
but ive got a hit of acid and an electric guitar calling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wr-XeDkYxI" data-time="

I mean it's obvious you're not on our plane currently
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EverDownward
10/20/19 10:55:40 PM
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>PJ taking top spot
I am okay with this
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EverDownward
10/20/19 10:56:24 PM
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That said, the greatest grunge song ever conceived is the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUb450Alpps" data-time="

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vigorm0rtis
10/20/19 10:56:34 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
vigorm0rtis posted...
inloveanddeath0 posted...
Ide say interstate love song is more popular of a STP song


popular =/= best.

While I agree what are you really going to judge it on here, personal taste?


That seems to be what tc is asking for.
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anth0ny
10/20/19 10:56:46 PM
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i want on a plane :<
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WafflehouseJK
10/21/19 7:31:27 AM
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KainWind posted...

KainWind posted...
Yeah I will.

Also wanted to say I'm heavily biased towards AiC and I can respect Down in a Hole being that high. You also really like Dirt.


Dirt is, IMO, essentially a perfect album. If someone were to ask me what the greatest albums of all time are, I'd point them towards Dirt and Pearl Jam's Ten.

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WafflehouseJK
10/21/19 7:32:49 AM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
While I agree what are you really going to judge it on here, personal taste?
I mean, that's what mine is based off of. >_>

If I were to do a list solely based on popularity it would be a very different list.

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WafflehouseJK
10/21/19 5:46:14 PM
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bump

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pauIie
10/21/19 5:52:04 PM
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nice to see junkhead get some love
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frogman_295
10/21/19 6:05:07 PM
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Nirvana- in Bloom
Alice in Chains-Would
Soundgarden-Black Hole Sun
Pearl Jam-Alive

Don't feel like doing 20, but there's my top track from each of the "big four".
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ledbowman
10/21/19 6:06:25 PM
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Shotgunnova
10/21/19 6:06:29 PM
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Where's Plague Years?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNvuXcMvJDE" data-time="

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nevershine
10/21/19 6:13:50 PM
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P good list, I would have found some way to squeeze in anthem for the year 2000 by silverchair

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WafflehouseJK
10/21/19 6:30:02 PM
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pauIie posted...
nice to see junkhead get some love
Junkhead is a fantastic track.

Shotgunnova posted...
Where's Plague Years?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNvuXcMvJDE" data-time="
Honestly never heard them before, but this track is interesting.

Also at the suggestion of multiple people in here, I re-listened to The Day I Tried To Live for the first time in a very long time, and I legit forgot how good it is. IDK if it cracks top 20 or not, I'd have to think on it, but it is pretty damn good, thank you for reminding me it existed.

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WafflehouseJK
10/22/19 6:39:25 PM
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Bump.

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BlingBling22947
10/24/19 6:59:24 AM
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I'll check out this list later today.

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WafflehouseJK
10/25/19 1:10:14 PM
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:D

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WafflehouseJK
10/25/19 5:15:29 PM
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Never understood the Black Hole Sun hate; it's a solid track,

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