No band did more to vanquish the reign of tacky ‘80s hair metal than this trio. Attacking his insecurities and social awkwardness with sardonic humor, frontman Kurt Cobain made punk palatable to the masses with impossibly catchy radio hooks. Nevermind was the group’s high-water mark, making the case that personal anguish could be the basis for powerful songwriting that reached millions of listeners. And when Nirvana imploded after Cobain's suicide, the group spawned one of contemporary rock's biggest acts: Foo Fighters. N mesti semua tau apa yg terjadi kpd Kurt Cobain kan?
2. PEARL JAM
Nirvana’s chart rival perfected an arena-rock variation of grunge, highlighted by singer Eddie Vedder’s booming, empathetic tales of teenage disillusionment and family dysfunction. Ten made their name, but subsequent albums have revealed a group interested in pursuing folk-rock, punk and whatever other genres catch their fancy.
3. SOUNDGARDEN
Of the Seattle bands who catapulted to mainstream success, Soundgarden were the most indebted to bygone metal groups like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Chris Cornell had the pinup good looks and majestic pipes, but underrated guitarist Kim Thayil provided the dense thicket of power chords and fiery solos. Superunknown is both their best and bestselling album, the record that made the rest of the competition look positively puny by comparison.
4. ALICE IN CHAIN
Dark lyrical themes were a hallmark of Seattle bands, but nobody dug as deep as this quartet. Utilizing metal’s grim urgency while forgoing the accessibility of their popular grunge peers, Alice in Chains chronicled the scourge of drug addiction on albums like Dirt. Frontman Layne Staley howled and whaled like a man up to his chin in quicksand, but, sadly, his subject matter wasn’t entirely fictional – he died in 2002 of an overdose.
5. SCREAMING TREES
Grunge was losing popularity by 1996, which might explain why even though this garage-rock unit released its strongest album, Dust, that year, it barely made a ripple. Soon, the band broke up, but they left behind a legacy of gritty rockers that rejected studio polish for raw combustion. Lead singer Mark Lanegan has since moved on to contribute occasional vocals to Queens of the Stone Age.
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