Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
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As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
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 absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.
Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America.
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
I've been a fan of Metallica and friends with those guys for a long time and that was just great - half Alice In Chains and half Metallica playing together.
We're not like Alice In Chains where somebody dies and the band breaks up.
When I got into all the grunge stuff, I really liked Hole. I actually saw them in concert when I was a sophomore in high school. It was kind of rare to see a successful female rocker get down and dirty with the guys. And Courtney Love did. It was fun to be a fan of something different.
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.
I think Alison Krauss and her band are the best today. The same goes for Rick Skaggs and his band.