I'm just curious...
2007-09-02 11:53:08 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
@ Smudgeward...actually, emo was born and died before Kurt was old enough to buy lottery tickets, in D.C. circa 1985 (the almighty Rites of Spring).
Nirvana would generally be considered grunge, but their primary influences were the Pixies and Husker Du, meaning rock and progressive hardcore, respectively.
In any case, the right answer to the question, given the available choices, is most definitely grunge, though I'd say Mudhoney is more aptly the progenitor thereof.
2007-09-02 13:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by blacksheepboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Wikipedia
"Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s, due mainly to the release of Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten. The success of these bands boosted the popularity of alternative rock and made grunge the most popular form of hard rock music at the time.[1] The genre became closely associated with Generation X in the US, since the awareness of each rose simultaneously. However, many grunge bands were uncomfortable with this popularity. Although most grunge bands had disbanded or faded from view by the late 1990s, their influence continues to impact modern rock music."
So I second the poster who said the band created Grunge.
2007-09-02 18:58:24 · answer #2 · answered by finncloverbea 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grunge
2007-09-02 19:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by dancingqueen 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as the whole grunge movement was started by Nirvana and Emo wasn't thought of for another 10 years...
btw Kurt's original intention was to mix the dynamic of The Pixies w. a new commercial hard rock sound.
2007-09-02 18:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They Were Some Of The Founding Fathers Of Grunge. If you would even consider them emo you are an IDIOT!
2007-09-02 19:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew T 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are considered Grunge
2007-09-02 18:57:49 · answer #6 · answered by Dani G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana were the godfathers of grunge.
2007-09-02 20:05:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that since they were in existence before Emo, they'd be Grunge by default.
2007-09-02 18:57:16 · answer #8 · answered by Bob Thompson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana invented Grunge. If they weren't, there wouldn't be such a thing as grunge.
2007-09-02 23:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh my god you people have gone too far nowadays
Nirvana is Grunge
What is with emo?
why does everybody call artists who write sad songs emo?
Would Nights in White satin be an emo song by this definition?
2007-09-02 18:57:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋