Out of all the grunge Soundgarden probably had the most talented musicians. Wgat a depressing genre. I’ll take my hair metal over that depressing garbage....I liked it at first but it got old quick, the constant drum beat of woe is me.
Yup there’s a lot of difference between sympathy and a continual ode to down.
I liked grunge as well because I liked the loud guitars and the unpretentiousness of the performers. I would turn 21 at the end of '89, a child of the MTV suburbs in flyover country, I was tired of the pretty boy hair bands and their needle-needle guitar solos. Grunge was a welcome change.
But, yes, it did get old fast. Eventually, all the bands sounded like the same sludge. It's strange to think that for many, grunge was the defining music of the 1990s. In truth, it had peaked by '93 and by 1994 nobody wanted anything to do with it. Us white kids were listening to the Beastie Boys and 311 by then, upbeat and funky, prefect for the growing optimism of the times.
Of all the grunge acts, only Pearl Jam was able to stay relevant through changing musical tastes, primarily because they didn't allow themselves to be defined by one particular genre.