I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty.
We were perceived as a post-grunge band.
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.
It's like, what happened, I was always leading fashion, and then the grunge thing kind of came along. And because I've been so on top in the '80s you know, I, you know, what can I do? Suddenly go grunge?
As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
When I was in high school, if my favorite band got too popular, I'd watch carefully.
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.
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.
I never really followed grunge.