New Foo Fighters album

[The-Sir]

Sure, they were largely influenced by metal, but you can't say they are a metal band because of it. The grunge genre is a very loosely used term, if you think of some of the bands labeled grunge you get wildly different styles of music.

 

In the past bands (from the Melvins to the Pixies) were categorized under grunge, and I don't think either of them are. The thing with Alice In Chains is that they're much heavier than most grunge bands and thus get labeled a "shit metal" band.

 

That was said tongue in cheek when compared to the Melvins, early Meat Puppets, Jesus Lizard but you get the idea.

[hamstrung]

Sure, they were largely influenced by metal, but you can't say they are a metal band because of it. The grunge genre is a very loosely used term, if you think of some of the bands labeled grunge you get wildly different styles of music.

 

In the past bands (from the Melvins to the Pixies) were categorized under grunge, and I don't think either of them are. The thing with Alice In Chains is that they're much heavier than most grunge bands and thus get labeled a "shit metal" band.

 

Ok - maybe its just a categorisation then. They've more in common with black album era metallica than they have with the majority of "grunge" bands of a similar status, barring maybe Soundgarden. Also basically a metal band, but a better one IMO. I suppose you've got 3 different types of music than come under the label - the punky stuff, the metal stuff and the straight hard rock stuff. I prefer the punky stuff, generally.

 

Perhaps it was my interpretation of what you had written previously. To say they got lucky on the back of the genesis of grunge is unfair because it totally negates their input and influence on the whole grunge scene. Hence my reply.

 

I am pretty sure I have had this argument before, but a lot of bands benefited from that scene. I am sure they would have been successful anyway because they did what they did pretty well, but they were exposed to a bigger audience than the average heavy metal band would be, because of grunge.

[Sugar Ape]

Foo Fighters documentary on bbc 2 now; followed by a live performance.