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Another Nirvana Moment in Time

Yeshuasdaughter

Yeshuasdaughter

You know, that one lady we met that one time.
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Remember back in the early nineties when all the mainstream music was overproduced and saccharine. It was nothing but big showoffs with big hair and even bigger egos. Whether it was Bon Jovi or Whitesnake or Wilson Phillips, ALL the music sucked. There was nothing relatable for the youth.

Then Nirvana hit the mainstream. From the moment Smells Like Teen Spirit hit the radio, everything changed. Suddenly all the lovely little indie alternative bands started getting attention too. Sure Nirvana wasn't the first alternative band that played that style of music, bands like The Pixies, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, and Sonic Youth had been around for a while with some attention. But everything changed after the album Nevermind.

I've been listening to folk punk for a while now. It used to be streetcorner music played by Oogles (gutterpunks), and it still is relatively underground, but there are a few acts that are getting more play. I really like it. It's popular in my city. Think streetcorner crusties playing the mandolin and washboard with really fast surfer riffs, singing about the road.

But just the other day, I found a band that is PURE punk rock. I'm talking like, 1982 all over again. The band is Amyl and the Sniffers. They are from Australia, and the music sounds like a cross between Iggy Pop, Skeletal Family, The Exploited, Sonic Youth, and Joan Jett.

It's real punk, and honestly, we haven't heard a mainstream punk band since maybe 1993.

I really feel like this band could be the next Nirvana type band that changes the music industry forever.


 
Personally, I'm not sure either of those 2 songs are catchy or melodic enough to end up catapulted into the mainstream like Smells Like Teen Spirit did.

If you look at that Green Day's top singles:
  • Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. Released: December 2004.
  • Wake Me Up When September Ends. Released: June 2005.
  • Basket Case. Released: August 1994
  • Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) Released: January 1998
  • American Idiot. Released: September 2004.
Most of those have very catchy choruses, and in general their mood and energy is a lot more accessible than most punk music probably is to the general public. Anything too thrashy or with abrasive vocals probably won't end up being in the limelight.

I must say though, for a genre that was all about musical rebellion - punk ended up being one of the most generic sounding genres I've ever explored in music. Oh, the irony.

I thoroughly recommend this Nevermind The Buzzcocks episode with Donny Tourette in it:


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Raggamuffin said:
Personally, I'm not sure either of those 2 songs are catchy or melodic enough to end up catapulted into the mainstream like Smells Like Teen Spirit did.

If you look at that Green Day's top singles:
  • Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. Released: December 2004.
  • Wake Me Up When September Ends. Released: June 2005.
  • Basket Case. Released: August 1994
  • Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) Released: January 1998
  • American Idiot. Released: September 2004.
Most of those have very catchy choruses, and in general their mood and energy is a lot more accessible than most punk music probably is to the general public. Anything too thrashy or with abrasive vocals probably won't end up being in the limelight.

I must say though, for a genre that was all about musical rebellion - punk ended up being one of the most generic sounding genres I've ever explored in music. Oh, the irony.

I thoroughly recommend this Nevermind The Buzzcocks episode with Donny Tourette in it:


5Hrl-e.gif


Ed
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Wow, are these old guys the surviving members of The Buzzcocks?

Green Day is too safe and parental friendly. What we need is a group of friends who can barely play music to come together and blow all the overproduced, autotune synthpop bands away.

We need someone like another Layne Staley to sing raw, emotional lyrics to hard music that's written by the band.
 
Nah it was a music quiz/comedy show in the UK called Nevermind the Buzzcocks.

I think that's why Green Day had those singles in the early 2000's though. As you safe it's safe and parental friendly.

Nothing too brash or caustic would hit the mainstream. Which is why I've always been drawn towards underground music genres.

I must admit, I thought the Synthwave revival was going to hit the mainstream, but instead it seems a lot of Trap music is on the radio these days. I always thought that 80's style synth music was a lot more user friendly than wannabe gangsters and their autotuned vocals.

Ed
 
Punk is going strong in Japan as Pop Punk. Here are a couple from Longman and After Squall. My favorite, though is the rock band Radwimps.

 
Those songs reminded me that there's something about the vocal pitch that I heard a lot in Asian film and anime that I found very off-putting. Quite a piercing tone that makes me instantly feel uncomfortable.

Ed
 
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