Grunge

I've been really into Nirvana's "You Know You're Right" over the past few weeks. This song is quite interesting in a number of ways. It was the last song Nirvana ever recorded, but it wasn't officially released until it appeared on the Nirvana compilation album in Late 2002. This is because it was the subject of a legal battle between Courtney Love and the surviving members of Nirvana, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. Dave and Krist had wanted this to appear on a Nirvana box-set, while Courtney thought it was a 'potential hit' and would be better suited to a single-disc collection.

I've always felt as though there is something quite different about this song in comparison to their other releases. I'm not sure if it's simply due to the context in which "You Know You're Right" was released in, but even the overall sound and production of this is notably distinct as well; it sounds more "metal" than their other works. It's not something I have an issue with, however. This would personally have to be one of my favourite Nirvana songs. 

Great to hear that you're a big fan of it as well! How did you become interested in Grunge?

Personally, I became interested in the genre when I was 5. My Dad introduced me to Pearl Jam at the time and since then, Grunge eventually became my favourite genre of music. Both of my parents listened to a lot of grunge and post-grunge albums in the car when I was growing up as well.


Yep, that's true. It's a shame that they are no longer with us.


If you want to give post-grunge a try, I would highly suggest listening to the Mid-Late '90s groups. They sound nothing like the watered-down, '00s crap such as Nickelback, 3 Doors Down etc. The post-grunge bands that were popular during the second-half of the '90s generally stayed more true to the Seattle sound and many of those groups were genuinely great bands in their own right. Bands I suggest listening to include Bush, early Foo Fighters (anything before One By One), Silverchair, Live, Garbage and Collective Soul.

Here are some post-grunge songs from that era which I think you would enjoy:





"Exhausted" was almost a Nirvana song. Dave showed an early demo of this to Kurt sometime during the Early '90s and he really liked it, so much so that he wanted to include it onto a Nirvana album. Unfortunately, that never came to be.




Nirvana are my favourite band from the Seattle scene as well. When I was younger, Pearl Jam were actually the band that I liked the most, but when I started to explore the genre more when I was 17, I started to appreciate and resonate more with Nirvana's output. I just wish that weren't so universally acclaimed. When you say that you are a fan of Nirvana, it's annoying that you also get lumped in with the fans who only know "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and nothing else. I don't even like "Teen Spirit", to be honest. It's incredibly overrated and Nirvana had so many better songs. 

This is how I would personally rank the "Top-4" Seattle bands from favourite to least favourite:

1. Nirvana
2. Pearl Jam
3. Soundgarden
4. Alice in Chains

I've never been able to take to Alice in Chains. I listened to "Would?", "Rooster" and "Man In The Box" for the first time just over a month ago, but their music simply doesn't appeal to me. In a way, I think it's because i'm somewhat bias towards the other three. My parents don't like or listen to Alice in Chains' music, so unlike the other three Seattle bands, I was never exposed to them when I was a kid.