classic albums released after the Grune Revolution

Smindas wrote:

get_the_firehouse wrote:

...The culture (Grunge) that emerged was essentially proto-emo.

...no. I'm far from a grunge fanatic, but to imply bands like Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains are 'proto-emo' just isn't right ;P

I think he meant more in attitude rather than sound. But i don't tow the party line that the attitudes are similar in the commonly held belief that both music scenes embody "self loathing" and " woe is me" attitudes.

Smindas wrote:

get_the_firehouse wrote:

...The culture (Grunge) that emerged was essentially proto-emo.

...no. I'm far from a grunge fanatic, but to imply bands like Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains are 'proto-emo' just isn't right ;P

I'm talking about the culture, not the music per se. Look at how youth started acting. Everyone became gloomy, depressed, and pessimistic. The culture was very cynical. In that sense, it was prot-emo.

get_the_firehouse wrote:

Smindas wrote:

get_the_firehouse wrote:

...The culture (Grunge) that emerged was essentially proto-emo.

...no. I'm far from a grunge fanatic, but to imply bands like Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains are 'proto-emo' just isn't right ;P

I'm talking about the culture, not the music per se. Look at how youth started acting. Everyone became gloomy, depressed, and pessimistic. The culture was very cynical. In that sense, it was prot-emo.

Doesn't it have more to do with the times and decade rather than the music. The 80's were two steps removed from the 90's. Two polar opposites if you like.

Monstrosity - Millennium

Fight - A Small Deadly Space
Ark - Burn The Sun

Ah, I can kind of see where you're coming from. But as rattpoison says, I think that was more of a cultural thing than musical.

get_the_firehouse wrote:

Smindas wrote:

get_the_firehouse wrote:

...The culture (Grunge) that emerged was essentially proto-emo.

...no. I'm far from a grunge fanatic, but to imply bands like Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains are 'proto-emo' just isn't right ;P

I'm talking about the culture, not the music per se. Look at how youth started acting. Everyone became gloomy, depressed, and pessimistic. The culture was very cynical. In that sense, it was prot-emo.

I agree that the grunge message was very depressive.