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Grunge Years

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Firstly, I did NOT buy this for the Nirvana song. To be so shallow as to think that would be the only good song on this compilation is unbelievable. True, Nirvana is the only really well-known band on this one, but for those of us who have advanced a bit deeper into the world of grunge, Dive is only one of several gems found here.

This album features the heavy metal song "Stumbling Man" by Tad, with Soundgarden-like riffs and deep vocals. It also features punkish "House" with Babes in Toyland where Courtney Love does some superb angry vocals. Most of the rest of the songs are rather grungy, most are really good.

I recommend this album for any fan of Nirvana not yet familar with the rest of the Seattle scene, as it contains some very good examples of grunge songs, and some good reasons to check these bands out further. Also recommended for fans of any of the bands on the record, as the songs on this compilation are mostly singles that are hard to get hold of otherwise.

Though it may look like it, this isn't a "Best of Grunge", or even a "Best of Sub-Pop" collection. But it is a great bunch of random songs from random bands of the genre. The first two tracks are probably the most well known, but they're all just as good. I especially like the songs from "Tad", "Mark Lanegan", "The Afghan Whigs", and "The Walkabouts". The "Mudhoney" one is good also. To tell the truth, I'm kind of suprised Sup-Pop never did a "Best Of" type thing, or anyone for that matter. Also, all these songs were released in 1990-91, and after my copy of this, there's only 499,999 others, so happy hunting.

This cd is a wonderful theme and collection of only a taste of a few of the bands from the "Seattle Scene". - "I dont know why people put so much emphasis on scenes, i mean its happened all over the place, minneapolis, new york, L.A." -Kurt Cobain- Kurt Cobain is from Nirvana, they contributed the deep dark sounds of Dive to this wonderful cd. --- Also featured is the most excellent poppy band Mud Honey. --- I would just like to add the comment that this cd now is a great closing, or was an opening to a door of grunge music that let many people learn that there was more to music than just the stuff played on TV! give a listen, im sure you will like it...

i was so depressed and lonely and even suicidal before this wonderfully inspiring musical selection by so many artists that i have grown to love. each and every one of these songs have been influincial to me in some way. "dive" by Nirvana, was the most influincial by far. i felt as though it spoke to me and begged me to pull myself out of the deep pit of despair and depression, using the rope of musical talent given to me by Kurt Cobain. i urge each and every one of you depressed and lonely people out there to buy this album and put it on "repeat" in your cd player. i did, and i feel 1,000 times better. i feel alive.

Another Sub Pop compilation filled with as many "lesser" bands as household names. Not quite the quality (in the music or the packaging) as the Sub Pop 200 re-issue, but a nice snapshot of what came to be known as The Grunge Era.

Unfortunately, the overall quality of this (and other discs like it - not to mention the individual band catalogues) serves as a constant reminder just what a boring musical time we live in now. Nothing lends weight to music like a "music scene," and the folks at Sub Pop played the Seattle angle to the hilt. Lucky us they did . . .

Anyone that says the only well known artist on this compilation is Nirvana is incredibly unfamiliar with the grunge genre. Let's not forget Mark Lanegan and the Screaming Trees, Afghan Whigs, Mudhoney, etc, all just as noteworthy in the genre's history.

With that said, the comp is a great record of some obscure songs by some great bands, which, if grunge is near and dear to you, you already know. I was happy to find it in the used bin years ago. However, if you're only a moderate grunge fan and you know it, this one's not for you.

I bought this CD in Tokyo last year and it's a favourite, I mean what could somebody born to musical energy with "smells like teen spirit" hope for? This is music that makes me feel more elated, more alive when I play it, I just love to listen to it on a walkman, on a sleepy suburb train, it feels like a storm in my ears when all my eyes can contemplate is dullness. I only know most of the bands from this compilation and they all do a great job on it but the song by Babes in Toyland, whose singer, if I'm not mistaken, is Courtney Love, just comes on top for pure raw sound (that bass! that VOICE! God, THAT VOOOIIIICE! ).

this cd rocks, besides my personal hero ( kurt cobain ) great bands like mudhoney and l7 are on this terrific cd. GRUNGE IS NOT DEAD!!! ONLY SLEEPING!!!

This music was a blessing! It put all those spandex loving, make - up wearing gay or glam metal (which ever way you want to look at it) , bands to death! That so-called music was long overdue to die off!

I have been in to this kind of music for a long time this not the best stuff that I have heard by these artist but still it's not good music it's more than likely to be some of the best stuff in the universe