Who was most unaware of uncaring grunge had taken over?

Judas Priest.

Leatherface wrote:

Judas Priest.

they didn't do much while grunge was at it's height.

TheNazgul wrote:

My vote is Axel Rudi Pell, he just kept doing what he wanted to and put out some smoking albums.

Megadeth

fingers wrote:

TheNazgul wrote:

My vote is Axel Rudi Pell, he just kept doing what he wanted to and put out some smoking albums.

Megadeth

They may not have gone "grunge", but they sure did go from killer to SUCK in record time.

detuned wrote:

fingers wrote:

TheNazgul wrote:

My vote is Axel Rudi Pell, he just kept doing what he wanted to and put out some smoking albums.

Megadeth

They may not have gone "grunge", but they sure did go from killer to SUCK in record time.

They lost the bullet belts and bought flannel.

I think they succumbed to the change of sound even if they didn't go grunge.

PANTERA for sure - they had a #1 album when grunge was at its so called peak.

Ben Grimm wrote:

DIO

Angry Machines was not 'classic' Dio. Grungy.

Troublezone wrote:

PANTERA

When Nirvana got huge Pantera made Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven.

Nah.

Once grunge came out, Pantera saw the trend, washed their makeup off, stopped teasing their hair and started to act all tough.

Seems it was the European power metal bands that didn't change. Metal Church kept on but it was very sporadic.

RAGE, RUNNING WILD, HELLOWEEN (OKAY, chamaleon was a sh´it it a shi.t album but it was not grunge), GRAVE DIGGER, SAXON, MAIDEN, etc...

krokus wrote:

RAGE, RUNNING WILD, HELLOWEEN (OKAY, chamaleon was a sh´it it a shi.t album but it was not grunge), GRAVE DIGGER, SAXON, MAIDEN, etc...

Rage may not have gone grunge, but they started their steady decent into ultra-crap during the same time period.

'Chameleon' vs Grunge would be some debate...


US, you dislike 'The Missing Link' and 'Black in Mind'? Is it the symphonic stuff afterwards you mean you dislike or you hate these two also? Because those are '93 and '95 and I think two of their best, and nothing modern about either except a better production.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

'Chameleon' vs Grunge would be some debate...


US, you dislike 'The Missing Link' and 'Black in Mind'? Is it the symphonic stuff afterwards you mean you dislike or you hate these two also? Because those are '93 and '95 and I think two of their best, and nothing modern about either except a better production.

I just think "personal growth" is overrated. Rage was one of the world's truly great speed metal bands. Just my taste, but I would have been more than fine with Perfect Man Parts II-whatever. The Accused [just an example] have not changed in 25 years and neither have I [ok, not totally true. But my main musical tastes have not changed.]. Of course, we do not all live in Uncle Saxon's Utopia though.

UNCLE SAXON wrote:

The Accused [just an example] have not changed in 25 years and neither have I

Well, technically, you could call "Gruntruck" the temporary side-step of The Accused. Though I will admit that they were totally kick ass live.

Now I wanna hear MORE FUN THAN AN OPEN CASKET FUNERAL!

Who was most unaware or uncaring??


Wouldn't that be all of us??

Joe wrote:

Who was most unaware or uncaring??


Wouldn't that be all of us??

Not me, I listened to the grunge and nu-metal bands back then in the 90's. there are a few good from the bunch, but their music wasn't consistent and I used to find myself frustrated skipping songs on most of their albums, and I broke and gave away 90% of my 90's collection

Honestly, there were a lot of hair bands that kept going as well (or band lumped into that genre) that didn't really change. Great White, Tesla, and Poison all come to mind. Sure, their sound matured a bit, but they didn't change who they were.

Aerosmith was rather unaffected, as well.

U.D.O. didn't give a hoot, either!


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