Talk:Grunge

Can someone verify that a stylistic origin of grunge is college rock? Roscoe the Horse (talk) 07:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

if you showed a person who has never seen/listened grunge music before and show them this image, they would think its a 2000s ska punk genre. Some suggestions for me is any frame from the American Idiot (song) music video, or an image of Foo Fighters drummer Dave Grohl. I don't like the image at the top of this article, same goes for Nirvana (band) and Kurt Cobain. Hous9onhishead (talk) 05:47, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

I...what? First of all we can't do the Green Day song for copyright reasons but they're on an entirely different planet than grunge. Are you implying either of these would represent grunge better than Nirvana? I'm sorry, but are you sure you know what grunge is? mftp dan ^oops 05:52, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

I'm not saying that Nirvana isn't a good face of grunge, that image in particular just dosent look grunge like. I understand the Green Day argument, but i think it would be better if we did a better image of Nirvana or any other band, it would be healthy. Hous9onhishead (talk) 09:38, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Tell me then, since this image apparently doesn't represent grunge well, what is your idea of what grunge does look like? mftp dan ^oops 18:11, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

I disagree. Nirvana is undoubtedly one of the major bands that come to mind when thinking of the grunge genre (I say this while listening to Heart-Shaped Box). Defiantly can't do a frame from a music video, as that's a copyright vio. If your problem with the picture being just of Kurt, then how does a picture of just Dave Grohl improve the article? ☩ ^{(Babysharkboss2)} 18:14, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Again, Nirvana is a good face of grunge, but that image in particular of them isn't very good. Its a little blurry, you can only see two members of the band, and they look like a ska punk, yacht rock band from that angle. A different image of nirvana would be better, but not that one. Hous9onhishead (talk) 22:34, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

No, really, they don't look like a Ska punk or yacht rock band. I doubt you're going to find anyone who agrees. We're not trying to gaslight you, and I'm not sure how to say this politely, but you sound like you don't know what you're talking about. If you read the Clothing and fashion section, Kurt's actually a pretty good representative of what grunge looks like in this shot. mftp dan ^oops 17:29, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

I think that it is a pretty safe conclusion that "Hous9onhishead" has no idea what they are talking about. CAVincent (talk) 01:51, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Calling a spade a spade isn't offensive. ☩ ^{(Babysharkboss2)} 14:46, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

No offense intended, but anyone who thinks "American Idiot" is grunge should probably not be making substantive edits to this article. CAVincent (talk) 05:22, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

The article states, in the third paragraph, that grunge bands "became less visible", and later says they "faded from view". This is unclear, and should probably be reworded. Even I am not sure exactly what this means. Darkflux (talk) 14:48, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

From the album notes of Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 7: The Northwest (1984): "Take a loud, sloppy, grungy band, give 'em an old R&B riff like "Louie Louie" or any Little Richard song, add a vocalist who has mastered the blood curdling visceral scream and an inept but deranged guitarist conditioned to spring into action at the words "Let's give it to 'em!", and record the whole thing in some teenage nightclub in suburban Oregon or Washington, and you've got the prototypical Northwest disc." - Jmabel | Talk 20:19, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

This is a great page, but I noticed that there is no mention of Tina Bell and Bam Bam. They are widely regarded as one of the first bands to begin shaping the early Seattle Grunge sound.

Drummer, Matt Cameron was in the band and went on to play with Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. In fact it has also been reported that Kurt Cobain was a fan and even was a roadie for them prior to forming Nirvana.

Can we please add some information about their contribution to the sound and Tina Bell being considered the “Godmother of Grunge?” ~2026-14658-84 (talk) 21:13, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

This is nonsense. Firstly, Tina Bell is already mentioned in the article. Secondly, claims of her being the "Godmother or Grunge" etc. are false over-reactions that have come up in recent years. Matt Cameron is fully entitled to speak up for a lost friend of his, as is her son, but Tina Bell was not particularly important to grunge. There is nothing to add. CAVincent (talk) 23:20, 7 March 2026 (UTC)