Soundgarden Genre?

They are classified as grunge but I don't know if I agree with that. I think they are more Alt. Metal/Alt. Rock.

It's good you've come along to correct everyone, they've apparently been erroneously classified as grunge for 30 years.

grunge

Black Rider wrote:It's good you've come along to correct everyone, they've apparently been erroneously classified as grunge for 30 years.

I think the grunge thing in the 90's was more what the bands felt and were doing rather than what the music actually sounds like. Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Soundgarden are each pretty different from each other. Grunge more feels like the bands were just doing everything in their power to be anti-mainstream.

every genre has bands that sound different from each other

Temple of Blood wrote:every genre has bands that sound different from each other

The thing is Soundgarden is much less grunge sounding than the other bands like Nirvana. And I normally think grunge is just really meh, but Soundgarden is awesome. IMO they sound closer to Alt. than grunge.

Like I said, it's good you can correct everyone, 15 year olds know best.

Black Rider wrote:Like I said, it's good you can correct everyone, 15 year olds know best.

I'm kinda sick of adults immediately pushing away arguments made by younger people just because "I'm older therefore I automatically know more". Just because you are older doesn't mean you are more knowledgeable. Now, I'm not saying you specifically. This is a website with a bunch of music lovers who have loved it for years and do know more than me in certain areas. There are still areas I'm very confident I know more about than some of the guys here.

I'm saying people more than twice your age know more. Soundgarden is a poster child for grunge but you want to tell everyone they're wrong. Kid, you have an ego problem.

Black Rider wrote:I'm saying people more than twice your age know more. Soundgarden is a poster child for grunge but you want to tell everyone they're wrong. Kid, you have an ego problem.

It seems like you have a problem with people disagreeing with you. Anytime I have a different opinion from you, like here or with Ritual Servant, you're response is along the lines of "Yep, you're right, what would I know?" or "You're just 15. What do you know?". And again, just because you are older doesn't automatically make you more knowledgeable. If a 40 year old who loves pop and hasn't done any research into metal said "I know more about metal than you because I'm older", you would agree with them? Again, that won't happen on this website, just an example to show age doesn't = knowledge.

I have nothing to say about Soundgarden’s genre except that I don’t like it. However, CTR has a point. All the snarky comments about young people and their presumable ignorance and bad musical taste are not helpful to anyone in the slightest. Heck, the fact that a 15 year old is into Christian metal to begin with is awesome.

So what if he doesn’t think Soundgarden sounds like grunge? It’s fine to correct him respectfully, but getting personally offended at that statement is ridiculous

seth wrote:I have nothing to say about Soundgarden’s genre except that I don’t like it. However, CTR has a point. All the snarky comments about young people and their presumable ignorance and bad musical taste are not helpful to anyone in the slightest. Heck, the fact that a 15 year old is into Christian metal to begin with is awesome.

Thanks. I wish there were more Christian metalheads my age so that I can have someone to talk to in person about my music (my dad doesn't like metal).

. Yes, it still says grunge there but I already said what I think grunge actually is. To me it's less a genre ,(except for Nirvana), and more the attitude and era.

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:

seth wrote:I have nothing to say about Soundgarden’s genre except that I don’t like it. However, CTR has a point. All the snarky comments about young people and their presumable ignorance and bad musical taste are not helpful to anyone in the slightest. Heck, the fact that a 15 year old is into Christian metal to begin with is awesome.

Thanks. I wish there were more Christian metalheads my age so that I can have someone to talk to in person about my music (my dad doesn't like metal).

Well at least I'm your age

StevenCressler wrote:

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:

seth wrote:I have nothing to say about Soundgarden’s genre except that I don’t like it. However, CTR has a point. All the snarky comments about young people and their presumable ignorance and bad musical taste are not helpful to anyone in the slightest. Heck, the fact that a 15 year old is into Christian metal to begin with is awesome.

Thanks. I wish there were more Christian metalheads my age so that I can have someone to talk to in person about my music (my dad doesn't like metal).

Well at least I'm your age

I don't have any Christian metalheads to talk to in person. But yeah, it is nice not being the only 15 year old here lol.

If it makes you feel better I also got attacked personally for saying certain hard rock bands didn't play metal just because magazines at the time called them metal.

Interestingly, I read Geezer Butler's book last night and he seemed to agree with me.

Temple of Blood wrote:If it makes you feel better I also got attacked personally for saying certain hard rock bands didn't play metal just because magazines at the time called them metal.

Interestingly, I read Geezer Butler's book last night and he seemed to agree with me.

I've heard about stuff like that. Bands getting called metal when it's clear that they aren't. Honestly, I think most of Skillet's discography isn't metal.

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:If it makes you feel better I also got attacked personally for saying certain hard rock bands didn't play metal just because magazines at the time called them metal.

Interestingly, I read Geezer Butler's book last night and he seemed to agree with me.

I've heard about stuff like that. Bands getting called metal when it's clear that they aren't. Honestly, I think most of Skillet's discography isn't metal.

Agree. Collide is their only metal album.

I would say that Soundgarden's early material was more grunge, but over time they morphed into a more sophisticated band that encompassed grunge, alternative, and classic rock.

Either way, they had/have a compelling sound, as do/did AIC and STP, especially at their respective peaks.

Constantine wrote:I would say that Soundgarden's early material was more grunge, but over time they morphed into a more sophisticated band that encompassed grunge, alternative, and classic rock.

Either way, they had/have a compelling sound, as do/did AIC and STP, especially at their respective peaks.  

AIC is Alice In Chains. What is STP?

Stone Temple Pilots

Pethead wrote:Stone Temple Pilots

Ohhhhh... ok.

Isn't Crawl to China grunge?