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Question: Me and my friends have started a grunge band and i want to know what characteristics or elements grunge has like clothes, lyrics, sounds, etc.


Answers: Me and my friends have started a grunge band and i want to know what characteristics or elements grunge has like clothes, lyrics, sounds, etc.

Seems kind've silly to start a band to make a certain "sound" if you don't know what that sound is. Or if you have to ask advice on what clothes to wear? This is a real question, right?

Grunge is a generic term for a variety of different Seattle bands. While Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Nirvana are often cited as being "grunge" in reality the bands don't really belong together. They might've dressed similarly once, but they always sounded different...

Mudhoney is a good Seattle band that was mostly overlooked through the "grunge" era. Good stuff for that type of music. Tad I think is another. Big Head Todd is another... man it's been a long time since I've listened to any of that. It was a whole different time for me...

I think I would characterize the grunge sound as cheap equipment through good amps and microphones. Many of Kurt's guitars were basically crap.... but he used good quality Mesa amps for many of Nirvana's records.

Honestly, there's a certain mentality involved... it's not just wearing certain clothes or having a certain sound, it's the thought process behind it all... doing more with less, doing it yourself, being imperfect and saying that's okay. Very punk, in its own way.

Try listening to music that inspired grunge artists... the Melvins and the Pixies inspired Kurt, I know that much. Do some reading on them and go from there...

Good luck!

Saul

This should help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge

shaggy clothes - i mean an old washed-up t-shirt, a shirt over that, old ruined blue jeans and dirty old snickers - if you're looking for the kurt cobain look. shorts if you're looking for the pearl jam 90's look.

lyrics donno - listen to nirvana. they invented grunge

sounds.... why would you start a band from a genre you do not know at all? i mean, you should know and like the genre.

How'd you start a grunge band if you don't know what it's about. Thatsa what I'da like to know.

very "dirty" or "unorganized" kind of alternative rock. try not to think much about the sound. because grunge is the kind of music where you really don't give a **** what it really sounds like.

so lyrics that people would be in shock.
really deep and down lyrics.
write about things people would never discuss
try reading some of nirvana's lyrics. they might inspire some of your songs:
http://www.nirvana-music.com/nirvana-lyr...
(check out "mrs. butterworth" , "rape me"and "moist V*****")

Distortion, Distortion, Distortion
the music is almost the bastard child of 80s hardcore and heavy metal.....there can be a very melodic aspect to the music (check out Temple of the Dog and some Alice in Chains) while there can also be an energetic disorganization that seems to work (i.e. Nirvana's Territorial Pissings)

lyrics about alienation, apathy
plaid
ripped jeans/t-shirts

WOW...grunge rules...if you can do this,i'll be your fan:D



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