Will grunge make a comeback?

[Roddy]

We've had massive 60s, 70s and 80s revivals. I've actually read in a few places over the last few years that the next big 'retro' thing will be the early 90s. But it hasn't happened yet. Do you think it will? And why/why not????

 

[Roddy]

Not a single opinion on this?? Amazing....

 

[finrod]

Not a single opinion on this?? Amazing....

When was there an 80s revival?? Well I wouldn't be suprised if there is a 90s revival, but not for a few years yet...

 

[Roddy]

When was there an 80s revival?? Well I wouldn't be suprised if there is a 90s revival, but not for a few years yet...

If you haven't noticed the 80s revival we've been having, you must have had your head in the sand for the past 3-4 years....

 

[Milkman]

We've had massive 60s, 70s and 80s revivals. I've actually read in a few places over the last few years that the next big 'retro' thing will be the early 90s. But it hasn't happened yet. Do you think it will? And why/why not????

What is grunge anyway?

Isn't it just rock in flannel shirts?

 

[don vito of fitzroy]

No. There hasn't been any good music from Seattle since most of those groups bar Pearl Jam broke up.

Roddy, can you be more specific on the 80s revival? Is it crap pop music? Is it that film soundtracks have a fair share of 80s tracks?

The early 90s revival that I want to see is that U2 can move back into that dance-type stuff but better. It's doubtful though.

 

[Roddy]

No. There hasn't been any good music from Seattle since most of those groups bar Pearl Jam broke up.

Roddy, can you be more specific on the 80s revival? Is it crap pop music? Is it that film soundtracks have a fair share of 80s tracks?

All of that and more. You could probably trace the 80s revival, in music, film and culture, back to a movie like the Wedding Singer, which from memory came out probably 10 years ago. And then you had other movies like Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, and 80s TV shows like Dukes of Hazzard and Miami Vice being remade as movies to cash in on the trend. All with typically 80s soundtracks. Foxtel is currently choccers with 80s re-runs: Married with Children, Cosby Show, The A Team. And 80s movies like Ferris Bueller and Bill and Ted.
Musically, you have bands like the Killers, who I, and many others, think sound very 80s influenced, and the amount of 80s-peaking bands making comebacks to cash in is unreal: Van Halen, The Police, Genesis. The Violent Femmes, Simple Minds and the Pixies all making 'comebacks' to jump on the bandwagon.
I could go on.....

 

[Ed_Gein]

It could make a comeback, who knows? If record companies feel it could be very profitable for them, then no doubt they'll push it through. Oh, and it won't be bands that have made their way through the scene by starting out playing in front of 10 people. Those days are long gone. They'll be manufactured and given an image the record company wants them to portray.

 

[materamagic]

It's originator, Mr N. Young is still going strong. Elements of what was known grunge had been present since "Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere" circa 1969 and also several musicians who pioneered the DIY lo-fi approach to recording, raw and non polished, not bombastic, etc...

Grunge as a term became popular through the media and hype, Nirvana, Soundgarden, PJ, etc all were hitting it big commercial, MTV got on the bandwagon and grunge was what "was cool"

It probably will never reach the heights it did in the early 90's but its elements will be heard in some music, played by good bands.

 

[Bourky23]

i'd like to think not

 

[Korn]

it will comeback for sure. This generation of people are so uncreative that they need to re-make everything.

 

[PHX]

Ah I guess it will but I'm happy to listen to the 90s stuff still so it doesnt bother me.

 

[Heisenberg_]

Not likely, music these days is too much image rather then quality, and well Grunge isn't really an image that will appeal to the market they would be trying to get, the only people who would be into it are the people who already like it, and even they would probably be pretty cynical.
Its a shame because ********ing hell did it produce some of the best bands ever

 

[Adrian Shelton]

Its the 20 yr rule in effect, it'll be back in about 2011

 

[Contra Mundum]

It will come back as Kurt Cobain hagiography once evey ten years. It happened with Ian Curtis too!

 

[Adrian Shelton]

yeah it was funny that, used to see 'Love will tear us apart' heaps on Rage in the early -mid 90's

 

[Angus1]

If grunge means American rock music from the early to mid 90's then well i listen to it regularly. Pearl Jam released an album last year that went back to their roots and I saw them in concert last November and they played heaps of early songs and did it with gusto. I say grunge still lives on for some of us.
Do I want to see it copied by some band the equivalent of Jet? No thanks. I prefer the real thing.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

yeah it was funny that, used to see 'Love will tear us apart' heaps on Rage in the early -mid 90's

That was other artists programming Rage selecting that song.

At the same time The Clash's London Calling and Echo and the Bunnymen's Killing Moon seemed to be on every second week too.

Pretty sure Love will tear us apart is the most programmed song on Rage.

 

[Carlos]

If you're talking about "grunge" as a movement or fad or statement or whatever in terms it being a reaction to what is/was popular (first time around it was glam/hair bands) and the resulting minimalist fashion and attitude of the key people representing the whole thing, then no, i dont think so.

Trends just change too quickly these days, not to mention the fact that as much as alot of today's popular music is pretty crappy, one thing it certainly is IMO is diverse (even if all the options are pretty sh*t).

You look at the top 20 singles at any one stage and you'll find r&B, hip hop, electronica, cheesy pop, and more instrumental based stuff (Eskimo Joe, Evermore, Fallout Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Killers etc)

The fact is, there aint too much worth really rebelling against.

If you're using the term "grunge" to represent that dirty, muddy guitar sound that bands/artists like Neil Young, Sonic Youth, The Melvins, Mud Honey and Green River used and which Nirvana bought into the mainstream, then i'd argue that grunge has been back for years. I'm horrified at some of the sounds being made from some bands these days, but that is purely a personal thing. I just hate crap sounding instruments.

But if by "grunge" you're referring to the bands that came out of that era, well thats probably where i sign off. I personally hated the term. I still do and never ever used it to describe any of the bands i got into from what was one of the most fertile eras (and specifically that Seattle scene) to produce music in history. IMO, there was nothing "grungy" about Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Smashing Pumpkins etc etc etc. They were just kick arse rock bands.

But some would argue that with the comeback in US of guitar based bands over the last 6 or so years (Creed, Nickelback, 3 Doors Down etc etc) who are all Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains-lite, that the cycle did repeat, only extremely watered down and with as much depth as a puddle of piiss.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

But some would argue that with the comeback in US of guitar based bands over the last 6 or so years (Creed, Nickelback, 3 Doors Down etc etc) who are all Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains-lite, that the cycle did repeat, only extremely watered down and with as much depth as a puddle of piiss.

You've just successfully pigeon-holed Nickleback with Pearl Jam.

Genius!

 

[krisholio14]

the question should be, did 'grunge' ever really exist in the first place?

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

I purposefully missed it the first time round.

 

[evo]

I think the question is-did it ever leave?

If Powderfinger or Wolfmother came from Seattle and it was the 90's their music would be labelled 'grunge'

It was always a generic term that didn't mean alot.And was applied to alot more bands than just Pearl Jam and Nirvanna.

 

[Darealrath]

But some would argue that with the comeback in US of guitar based bands over the last 6 or so years (Creed, Nickelback, 3 Doors Down etc etc) who are all Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains-lite, that the cycle did repeat, only extremely watered down and with as much depth as a puddle of piiss.

You missed a great opportunity to replace piiss with mudd there Carlos.

 

[Therussian]

You missed a great opportunity to replace piiss with mudd there Carlos.

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Modern Rock Classics: The '90s (grunge and later)