Nirvana

[BengalsRocker]

(10-04-2016, 12:42 PM)Wyche Wrote: I'm just not into pop music, be it rock, country, hip hop, what have you.  I like deeper lyrics, and musicianship.  Perhaps that is why Nirvana never appealed to me in any manner whatsoever.  I just couldn't stand Eddie Vedder....lol....but they were better than Nirvana, NIN, STP, AiC, Soundgarden, RHCP, Tool, Primus, Jane's Addiction, I mean SO MANY bands from that era were just better.  I just never understood it.

FWIW, I hold AiC in high esteem, because I caught them in Louisville not long before Layne Staley passsed away.  They were one of the best live acts I've ever seen.

The funny thing about Seattlle back in the late 80s entering into the 90s is the presence of glam rock.

You wouldn't think it was even there as the town was stamped "grunge".

It was there.  I know.  I was there.

AIC used to be a glam rock band.  They were Alice n' Chains. My Sister's Machine spun off out of that.

I remember hearing Cantrell's previous band called Diamond Lie before Layne joined.  I thought they were a Christian metal band.  LOL

Check out videos from the sidebar on Youtube of this terrible but enlightening video.  Pretty interesting if you didn't know.




There was a pretty popular local glam band called Bathtub Gin for a while. 

All these bands played bars but rented out music halls to have shows too.

I remember seeing Candlebox on a public access show playing at The Crocodile.  Those guys could actually play!  Very good guitars.  Too many people want to trash on them.  I never understood why.

Sweetwater and Paisley Sin were other local bands that were popular but never quite made it. 





War Babies were glam too which briefly had Jeff Ament from Mother Love Bone who went on to play bass in Pearl Jam.




Fifth Angel was a damn good straightforward hard rock band band that got overlooked.  Guitarist incorporated Schenker/Jake E Lee/George Lynch style riffs and solos.

It was such a shame that they got Terry Brown(of Rush fame)to produce their album and got no push after it was released.

Howard Stern used one of their songs on his first TV show. 




I myself tried to get the singer from them to come out of retirement after being dumped from their label.  He was finishing his medical degree, so he was done playing in bands.  He's now a dentist. LMAO

One of my best friends from Seattle played with James Byrd of the first inception of Fifth Angel and also was friends with Jeff Loomis from Nevermore.

Q5 was another hard rock band that was a local fav in the 80s before grunge hit. 

Floyd Rose was in that band.  Yes, the famous whammy bar inventor guy. LOL