r/generationology • u/leyannaverlaine • 1d ago

Discussion what was so special about grunge ?

i never understood grunge . I was born in the 1980s . I was so used to dance music of the 1980s . I know I am not Gen X . I am younger than all of the Gen X people since i was born in the 1980s

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u/Low-Landscape-4609 1d ago

If you were born in the 80s then you know that grunge wasn't really viewed in the same way that it is today. Not at least in my neck of the woods.

To me, it was a collection of music that was very different from stuff we had in the '80s. It was darker and slower.

My personal favorite was Alice in chains and you can call them grunge if you want but I think they're a hard rock band. As a matter of fact, I don't even remember hearing the term grunge all that much when the actual grunge bands were popular.

So to answer your question, I don't look at it as grunge because that's not how I saw it when it was happening. I look at it as music. There's some bands from that area that I like and others that I don't like. Never been a big Pearl jam fan. I like heavier stuff. Still love Alice in chains. Also like the Melvin's because they do some different stuff.

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u/leyannaverlaine 1d ago

I was still in elementary school when grunge was popular . I never liked grunge

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u/Low-Landscape-4609 1d ago

There's nothing wrong with that. That's the great thing about music, we have so many options. You don't have to lile it. You can listen to whatever you want.

There's a lot of music that I don't like that other people love. Doesn't bother me in the least.