We were perceived as a post-grunge band.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense.
When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie - but that was basically it. It was seen as dirty and kind of ignorant to have these ambitions, to want to be a big band.
We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be like any of the other bands.
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.
We were lumped into the Lite Metal radio bands.
I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated appearance or anything like Kiss.
When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.
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