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Originally Posted by Theo
Oh grunge did happen, and Nirvana were a part of it (they didn't enjoy that label though). It just had nothing to do with Pearl Jam in terms of sound. For me, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana are the three top "grunge" bands, despite the fact they all have a unique established style, their music is dark, and most of the time slow and heavy - a fusion between fast pased punk and slow metallic powerchoding.
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Fair point. By those grounds, with the exception of a few tracks, Pearl Jam aren't grunge. Then again, I've always thought as grunge as having being descended from country (Niel Young being the 'missing link'). Maybe it's best to call them, and Young, proto-grunge?