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PEARL JAM Members Prep For GREEN RIVER Reunion
- July 10, 2008
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The Pulse of Radio reports that PEARL JAM bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard are prepping for this weekend's reunion performance with GREEN RIVER, the Seattle-based band in which both musicians got their start. The group, which also features members of MUDHONEY and was one of the earliest influences on the legendary Seattle "grunge" scene, will perform for the first time in almost 21 years on Sunday (July 13) at the 20th anniversary celebration of Sub Pop Records.
Ament told Billboard.com that the band has re-learned two previously unreleased songs called "Leech" and "Baby, Help Me Forget" from its first demo for the occasion. Ament explained, "In a weird way, those are probably some of the best songs we have...At the time, we thought they were way too simple or not challenging enough. But in retrospect, they're really great pop songs. We re-learned those two, but there are five or six songs that never got released."
GREEN RIVER has rehearsed five times in anticipation of the show, and Ament hinted that the group could work together again in the future, saying, "It would be fun to write a couple of new songs with those guys."
Ament and Gossard will join the rest of PEARL JAM on Saturday (July 12) for the taping of the "VH1 Rock Honors" tribute to THE WHO. They'll be joined by FOO FIGHTERS, INCUBUS, THE FLAMING LIPS, TENACIOUS D and THE WHO themselves. PEARL JAM will perform "The Real Me".
In other news, New York's Daily News reported that PEARL JAM singer Eddie Vedder rewarded a fan who found Vedder's girlfriend's cell phone in the back seat of a New York City taxi. The phone, which contained private photos of Vedder, his girlfriend and their family, was discovered last week. After Vedder called the number, the fan immediately returned the phone. Vedder gave him a thank-you letter, an engraved Zippo lighter and a $500 cash reward.
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COMMENT | Hey, who cares!
posted by : FreedomOfSpeech
7/10/2008 3:08:39 PM
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Man, the '90s were the worst time for music. Everything was so depressing and boring at that time. Lets all forget Pearl Jam, Nirvana and all those depresso bands. Lets just focus on good old metal. Dont you real metal fans agree? UNITE!
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COMMENT | yea
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:13:40 PM
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you're so lame.
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COMMENT | FreedomOfSpeech
posted by : The Endless Obsession
7/10/2008 3:17:25 PM
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tries too hard.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:25:09 PM
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the grunge years were awesome. grunge killed cock-rock and and spared the good metal at the same time. the 90s went downhill when pop-punk and nu metal kicked in circa '96, not grunge.
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COMMENT | 90'S SUCKED
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:32:30 PM
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With the exception of some bands like Nirvana, smashing. Guns, Radiohead. Most of the 90 sucked.
So many clone bands who sounded like pearl jam made me sick. It was the internet that everyone hates who gave the metal bands a chance to get airplay through the wires and into our homes. It was the internet who helped the metal music in the millennium.It was the internet that breathed life into the metal arenas
Metal still does not get video and airplay but at least now we can downlaod and buy and try our music.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Firefly
7/10/2008 3:38:19 PM
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Personally, I think the 70's was the greatest decade for music (Zeppelin, Sabbath, Kiss, The Clash...etc). I also think the early to mid 90's was a great time for music too. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Jeff Buckley, Tool and of course Nirvana which I wasn't such a big fan of but, a huge influence to a lot of people. I think the whole rap/metal and Nu Metal thing ruined the 90's...now that was terrible. The 80's certainly had its moments with the thrash scene, hardcore and the whole glam scene....that was a great time. Basically, IMO everything from 1997 to now hasn't been all that great or inspiring. Oh yeah...Pearl Jam is still a great band.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:40:27 PM
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the above is total bullshit.
all the internet has brought to us is a sea of irrelevant imitators that hide the otherwise rare quality metal bands. quantity doesn't mean quality! honestly, the only bands that have impressed me in the last 7 years are demo acts. the labels all sold out and flood the market with hundreds of disposable releases each month.
metal's never been as good as when it was unpopular and underground, period.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:41:04 PM
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***my post was directed at sonic boom***
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COMMENT | now that i'm at it...
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:44:57 PM
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I was proud being a metalhead in the 90s because it meant originality. now i'm just embarassed being assimilated to those bozos that wear COF or slipknot shirts and sleek and dye their hair every morning. makes me want to shave my head sometimes!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:49:11 PM
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Pearl Jam rocked!!! I think grunge served as such a stark contrast to 80's hair metal that its awesome. From glamour to dirty, even the music was polar opposite. I think thats why it stuck such a chord with so many people, it was so radically different from what was going on.
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COMMENT | last and leastly
posted by :
7/10/2008 3:51:24 PM
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where are the metalheads if metal's so popular today? I hardly see any of them in the streets. perhaps I should open a facebook account? haha gimme a break.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 4:04:28 PM
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Perhaps a lot of you are too young to remember the metal scene in the 90's. It was dead, you had to Go south America and in south america you do not sell any cds it's all bootlegs
Priest, Maiden Sabbeth, Dio, Crue, Saxon ect.. with of course a few exceptions where all palying small theatres in north maerican and europe in the 1990's. No air play, no video play, no one at the shows. Metal bands were getting thrown off labels, bottom line no money.
Today all of the above are doing great in concerts, they are selling more merchandise and are slowely making a comeback without airplay or video play. You know why becuase of the net!!!
Downloading has allowed the world access to music that was not being available. Statistics show they more you download the more you buy.
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COMMENT | The internet is a filter forthe better
posted by :
7/10/2008 4:12:41 PM
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The internet was filerted out all the fools. In the 80's there were sooo many bands who were in it just to be cool and make money.
Today if you start a band you are not in it for the money or glamour, your in it for the music becuase you love making and playing music.(of course you need money to survive). Today it's a job a hard job. you really have to earn your money like all other jobs
Sure there are a lot of crap bands out there, there were just as many crappy bands in the 80-90's. The only diff is today bands make music cause they love music not just for the love of money
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COMMENT | ... ...
posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL
7/10/2008 4:19:57 PM
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posted by : DTC
7/10/2008 3:51:24 PM
where are the metalheads if metal's so popular today? I hardly see any of them in the streets
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Probably at work ! as a metalhead since 1980, myself I disagree with your rant that metal died a certain era, or a certain year. It has always been found at the same webzine since 1991 (when it was a fanzine) and the same fanzine since 1995.
Truemetal.org/snakepit
voicesfromthedarkside.de
As a fan I always try to add at least a dozen titles to my collection every week, that includes working after work, and begging for overtime, every chance I get.
It is not cheap to add 300, 400, or 500 titles to a collection every year + there is merchanise, and attending CHOICE concerts.
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COMMENT | Good point
posted by :
7/10/2008 4:32:30 PM
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The metal heads of the 80's are now 40 so most of us work and have families. The good news is our children are trhe second coming
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 4:39:49 PM
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The 90's were great, no different really than the 1970's in some ways.
People need to relax about this "true metal" shit, it's called "get a life".
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COMMENT | Sonic boom
posted by :
7/10/2008 4:39:57 PM
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I still disagree.
there's a few genre leaders in every subgenre and the rest of the scene consists of filler clone acts. why do these do exist? because they are less talented musicians that want to live off their music too.
the subtlety is, upstart bands generally don't make nearly as much money today as did their peers 20 years ago because the more beggars at the banquet the less cake for everyone. but a musician's lifestyle legend goes on and it's still a dream factory for any youth no matter the degradation of the musician life standard.
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COMMENT | to slaytera93
posted by :
7/10/2008 4:44:11 PM
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pantera were just as much part of the MTV circus in the 90s as the grunge acts you hate. i'm guessing by your screen name you were too young then to know about that.
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COMMENT | That would...
posted by : -gODGRINDER-
7/10/2008 4:54:34 PM
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...be an awesome show to see.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 4:58:59 PM
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you'll hate to admit that but Pantera were trendy then, and to a certain extent, huge as well. don't forget Far Beyond Driven hit the #1 chart position in 94-95 in the united states which was something unprecedented for a heavy metal band.
even Slayer didn't like Pantera too much then and were complaining about how they were getting heavy rotation on MTV while Divine Intervention had lasted only a few weeks in the top 30. this is fact. I still have the magazine and these words from Tom Araya.
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COMMENT | slaytera93 is moron of the week
posted by : Blackthorned
7/10/2008 5:04:31 PM
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You're name says it all but you are so wide of the mark it's unreal - what bands are you talking about? Grunge was just a sales tag they gave bands that came out of the North West in the early nineties. How is it a musical style? I'll disregard your Kurt comment on the grounds that you're one of the Pantera fans that gives metal a bad name so know nothing. But are you saying Soundgarden were the emo of their time? They were the Black Sabbath of their time you imbecile. Listen to their music you twat.
You are an utter moron whose ignorance is making me feel nauseous. Go and educate yourself before making absurd sweeping statements.
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COMMENT | PanterA
posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL
7/10/2008 5:05:36 PM
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I knew that band was going to be huge when I first heard them in 1988, ala the "Power Metal" CD.
I have always been a huge fan of Exhorder, they threw in the towel only after 2 RoadrunneR releases, way to soon.
People may complain about Exhorder's influence on Pantera, but you should check out Pantera's influence on former Exhorder members on the Fall From Grace CD released on Mayhem/ Fierce Record in 1997.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 5:08:23 PM
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posted by : slaytera93
7/10/2008 5:00:31 PM
They sold so many albums and were so big because they toured there fuckin ass off constantly.
don't be so naive. Cannibal Corpse have been recording and touring their asses off for almost 20 years...they made a living of it but it didn't made them millionnaires who can afford getting coked every day like Anselmo.
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COMMENT | see user name
posted by : ilikegrunge
7/10/2008 5:10:26 PM
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'nuff said.
i would love to be at this show... alas, 'tis not to be...
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COMMENT | NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL
posted by :
7/10/2008 5:11:39 PM
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yup Exhorder ruled, it's too bad nowadays they're mostly known as "the band who influenced Pantera" which is actually very exagerated. Pantera were trendy but still good...in their own way.
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COMMENT | K
posted by :
7/10/2008 5:14:24 PM
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Well being 38, that make's me an 80's Metalhead. The 'Shave my Head" comment made me think back to 2001 when I did just that. I had my hair long to my waist, grew since I was a teen. And just one day in 2001 I decided I wanted to see what it was like to have no hair, So off it came.
I was into the thrash scene in the 80's. I listened to mainly Slayer Metallica and Megadeth along with Testament. More and more bands started to make it as the before mentioned bands opened up the avenues for the fans to get a taste of the newer unheard of bands.
I remember it was 89 and I was off to see Metallica @ MLG in Toronto. I felt like a poser standing there because the fans who were waiting toget in looked rabid, pissed off and just about to kill anything that walks five feet within their space... Why did I feel like that? Because I just felt like they were more metal then me LOL.. I was in my leather jacket, my tight jeans, my high top runners and was ready to let er rip.. but those fans just seemed heavier... This goes with the comment about not seeing true Metalheads around now... I see kids now walking around looking like they should be into Avril Lavinge more then anything Metal.
Just shit changes... I still follow the bands I did 20 plus years ago, I just doing it with a shaved head and the heart I had when I was looking like a Metalhead...
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COMMENT | eeeeeeeeeee.
posted by :
7/10/2008 5:18:14 PM
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Well it was kinda scary to see Kerry king do stuff for ........ SUM 41... LOL... and to some may argue. He wrote shit for Beastie Boys too...
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 5:29:15 PM
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that's actually the best thing about Pantera...nice gateway to more underground stuff.
I'm not saying Slayer actually disliked Pantera but their comments regarding their success made it clear they were pissed and jealous at one point. it's true though that they became friends later on when pantera kicked the mtv stuff circa 98. at that same time slayer became friends with sepultura too after years of open hate and shit talking.
the bottom line is...if you can't defeat your enemy, befriend him. hahaha
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COMMENT | inker
posted by :
7/10/2008 5:33:39 PM
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funny story dude, thanks for sharing it. myself I'm 28 but often used to feel like that too in my teens. you're right I can't see either any of those real tough looking guys anymore...they used to impress me but I kinda regret this feeling now, that tough older brother who knows metal thing haha...
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COMMENT | Shitty Vidder
posted by :
7/10/2008 5:45:57 PM
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Pearl Yam BLOWS!
Gossard is a pole smoker.......
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 6:15:52 PM
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^^^^
grunge's mostly rooted in sabbath's and stooges' sound & attitude imo. but it's just a tag. pearl jam were pure 70s resurgence stuff, sonic youth were more extreme. then you have the british/european shoegazer bands which is another different thing. the only common thing between all those acts is that their sound was rooted in the 70s.
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COMMENT | To sum it up the '90s SUCKED.
posted by : FreedomOfSpeech
7/10/2008 6:40:44 PM
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We were plagued with the worst "music" ever, no heart, no soul, just depressing music to hang yourself by. Pearl Jam and Nirvana were the worst of them all. They, along with the big corporations, contributed to the demise of many great bands and for that they will always be despised by billions of true metal fans.
You grunge fans (if they're any left) should be ashamed, as you would never admit in public that you like any of those depresso bands. It is a proven fact that grunge was a fad and it died very quickly and shamefully. It will never be back.
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COMMENT | ^^^
posted by :
7/10/2008 6:55:19 PM
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"You grunge fans (if they're any left) should be ashamed, as you would never admit in public that you like any of those depresso bands. It is a proven fact that grunge was a fad and it died very quickly and shamefully. It will never be back."
LMAO...thanks for making my day! That, my friends, is high comedy!!
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COMMENT | ^^^^Nice Copy/Paste skills^^^^
posted by : FreedomOfSpeech
7/10/2008 7:00:39 PM
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I prefer to be original. It is a fact that nobody would be proud to be called a Pearl Jam or Nirvana fan. Also I think Soundgarden gave a headache (horrible cacophony).
To the brainiacs that compared any grunge bands to Black Sabbath (that is sacrilege), I dare you say that out loud in a moshpit.
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COMMENT | FreedomOfSpeech
posted by : Metal Gimp
7/10/2008 7:02:33 PM
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you think GRUNGE is depressive?? Try checking out some early 90s death/doom or funeral doom....
oh yes, and I am a grunge fan too. However, I am also a thrash, death, doom, black & NWoBHM fan.... so ummm?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 7:19:25 PM
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Have to say Pearl Jam still going they have about 8 or 9 CD's. For you dumb asses that are single minded. RIP Layne one of the best voices ever
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COMMENT | Some of you are missing the point.
posted by : FreedomOfSpeech
7/10/2008 7:22:41 PM
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Grunge is dead, thats a fact. It was a fad and a horrible one at that. Heavy metal is all about energy, taking no bullcrap, great music, great shows and having a good time. Grunge was about depression, wearing the latest trend, crying and whyning and boring the hell out of the audience.
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COMMENT | FreedomOfSpeech
posted by :
7/10/2008 7:45:16 PM
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I'm into anything from Skynard to Slayer so your opinion is like an asshole, it stinks
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COMMENT |
posted by : RiotAct666
7/10/2008 7:54:06 PM
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Cool
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COMMENT | As usual, you're all a bunch of fuckin' idiots
posted by :
7/10/2008 7:55:20 PM
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GREEN RIVER, who this article is about, were alive and rocking in THE FUCKING 80'S so quit bitching about how lame the 90's were. They have nothing to do with the 90's. Besides, GR live blew away most bands, metal or otherwise. And Mudhoney still fuckin' rules.
\m/
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COMMENT | For fucks sake...
posted by : youcunt
7/10/2008 8:00:49 PM
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Who are the Mudhoney members???
If you're going to do a news report, do it fucking properly. Fuck!
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COMMENT | Mark Arm
posted by :
7/10/2008 8:05:45 PM
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Mark from Mudhoney was the singer for Green River. Steve Turner, Mudhoney's guitarist was also an original Gree River member but I'm not sure if he's participating in the reunion.
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COMMENT | Well....
posted by :
7/10/2008 9:43:08 PM
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dont know for sure but I would assume Steve Turner will be part of it for sure. Mudhoney covered "baby halp me forget", Melvins recorded (and pretty much owned) "leech" way back in '87 for thier first album.
Why do some of you people keep having to segregate the music you like, or don't like, and box it in to some label? Who cares? You either like some band, or you don't. "metal will never die.." Who the fuck cares? There is only two kinds of music: good music, and bad music.
some people always need some kind of imaginary adversary to help define what they like, when no one really gives a shit.
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COMMENT |
posted by : abigllama
7/10/2008 9:51:58 PM
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Pear Jam might not be on the radio, and still totally blow, but people still listen to it. They sold out two nights at Air Canada Centre here like a year ago and I had no idea they still had fans..but apparently there's still a fuck load. What I've heard doesn't sound anything like grunge but more like super generic arena rock...so grunge is dead but PJ isn't.
Also for those of you that say metal died in the 90s... Not sure what the fuck you were doing but I was having a great time at death metal shows in the 90s.
I do miss the dangerous feeling of metal shows back in the late 80s and 90s. Shows are still fun but there's a totally different mix of people that show up at them now. The "coat rack" factor is through the roof these days. Coat racks are girls that are dragged to a metal show by bf that likes on or two songs by the band and look scared and misreble and compain that "they can't see".
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/10/2008 10:05:50 PM
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I like Vs. and Vitalogy but PJ's first album was overrated and overplayed (much like nevermind) and the rest of their catalogue is kinda lame. Still liked Nirvana Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, but when it comes to Seattle, i prefer Melvins and Earth.
I like thrash, death, doom/sludge too, but it started with early 90s alternative and mainstream Pantera/Slayer metal, so i wouldnt dismiss the alternative/grunge world either.
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COMMENT | Message In Blood
posted by :
7/10/2008 10:14:33 PM
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I'm Glad We Are All United What Ever Era We Came From!!! Seriously, If U Don't Like Some Music Don't Listen To It. Me Music Is My Religion So I Respect It No Matter What It Is Do The Same , Support Buy Music So We Can Keep Talking Another 30-75 Years
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COMMENT | freedomofspeech
posted by :
7/11/2008 6:07:34 AM
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probably is a frustrated cock rocker wishing he was around in the 80s to enjoy spandex and curl wigs. the sad thing is, you're also a ignorant moron who's probably never listened to a black sabbath record neither real metal.
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COMMENT | Yes, Green River was an 80's band idiots
posted by :
7/11/2008 6:33:41 AM
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and fucking awesome along with the Melvins(going 26 years strong) some of the best shit to come out of the Seattle area. If you think grunge is an actual musical genre and not a fashion fad(like emo), you are reatarded.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/11/2008 9:02:37 AM
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Every decade had great and shitty music.
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COMMENT | awesome
posted by :
7/11/2008 11:55:44 AM
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you guys at the end of this thread totally saved it. And to the guy that mentioned the Melvins cover of "Leeech" - you are RIGHT ON. That is one motherfucking HEAVY song!!! Have you heard their cover of Malfunkshun's "With Yo' Heart Not Yo' Hands"? Fuck I love the Melvins.
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COMMENT | FreedomOfSpeech
posted by :
7/21/2008 7:07:58 AM
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So FreedomOfSpeech.....you really dont care hey?? Well then, please explain why you were the frst to post on this article??
If you really didnt care, you would not have read this article in the first place.
Now, please just fuck off!
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