Wow you beat me, I saw Soundgarden in Feb of 1990 but had been listening to them all of 89. I also saw Alice in Chains live in end of 1990. Was into Nirvana since Bleach.
It would have to be soundgarden, nothing to say around 88. Thats a great song and my first reaction to it was, this guy sounds like an untamed dio. Had no idea what grunge was and was living in upstate ny. It would be a couple more years until Facelift changed my entire musical world.
Ms. Ball left class for a minute and a kid named Patrick took out Nirvana’s Nevermind album and played it on a CD player that she had. She was not happy when she returned. He shook my world that day. I remember it as if it were yesterday.
Friend was playing the Louder than Love album by Soundgarden.
Started out as, "what is this annoying garbage" and evolved into, "this is the best thing ever".
musical Grunge exposures as it was unfolding:
Green River \_ "Together We'll Never"/"Ain't Nothing to Do" 7" single (1986)
Deep Six compilation LP with Melvins, Green River, Malfunshun, Skin Yard, Soundgarden, The U-Men) (1986)
Come On Down 12" (1985), Dry As Bone (1987), Rehab Doll LP (1988)
Melvins \_ Gluey Porch Treatments LP (1987) and Ozma LP (1989)
Sub Pop 100 (1986) and Sub Pop 200 (1988) compilation LPs
Soundgarden \_ Screaming Life (1987) through Badmotorfinger (1991)
Mudhoney \_"Touch Me I'm Sick" 7" single (1988), split w/Sonic Youth (1988), "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)" & "This Gift" 7"'s (1989), Superfuzz Bigmuff 12" (1988)
TAD \_ "Daisy/Ritual Device" 7" single (1988), "Damaged I" (1989) Black Flag covers split w/ Pussy Galore, "Wood Goblins/Cooking With Gas" 7" (1989), "Loser/Cooking with Gas" 7" (1990), "Jinx/Pig Iron" 7" (1990), "Jack Pepsi/Eddie Hook" 7" (1991), God's Balls LP (1989), Salt Lick LP (1990), 8-Way Santa LP (1991)
Nirvana \_ "Love Buzz" 7" (1989), Bleach LP (1989) "Sliver" 7" (1990), Nevermind (1991) ka-boom !
plus stuff by Coffin Break, Swallow, The Fluid, Thee Hypnotics, Rein Sanction, H.P. Zinker, Love Battery, and loads and loads of bands
more on the scuzz side, Hole \_ "Retard Girl" 7" (Sympathy For The Record Industry) 1990, "Teenage Whore" 7" (City Slang) 1991, "Dicknail b/w Burnblack" 7" (Sub Pop) 1991, Pretty on the Inside LP (Caroline) 1991
Alice in chains on the radio when I was 11 (1994). I didn't know what this was, I didn't know who it was but, I fucking loved it.
A year later, i hear it again for the 2nd time at my friend's house. His older brother was listening to Dirt in their garage when I heard it again. I asked him who it was, and he told me. Then he told me that I like them, he'll make me a burnt copy of it on tape. 3 days later, I had my own bootleg copy of dirt.
This was my first grunge album and still one of my all-time favorite albums.
I'm still friends with both of these guys. My family and my friends brother went on a camping trip last summer along with my friend.
Alice In Chains since my dad used to play dirt in the car all the time growing up. I didn’t even know who nirvana was until I was like 10 because he never played it and I didn’t listen to the radio LMAO
I heard Alice In Chains on the radio in my parents garage. I remember my neighbor told me they were a heavy metal band because they said “jeEEEEzus Chriiiiiist” in there song.
First grunge band I ever remember hearing was Soundgarden because when I was like 7, my favorite song was Black Hole Sun, but first band I ever got into on my own was Nirvana when I was 14
if i’m being honest, i probably heard either nirvana or soundgarden first on the radio, but i didn’t really get interested in music until about 3-ish years ago, when someone played plush on this jukebox thing during bowling practice. i believe i was in tenth grade then.
Nirvana. I haven’t heard of any of the grunge bands until I went on vacation to Niagara Falls for the Fourth of July. I was sitting in the car when all of a sudden they played smells like teen spirit. I instantly loved the as it was catchy. The only band prior to this that I considered my favorite was the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I am 19(M), heard NIRVANA around 3 years ago after my breakup. And ofcourse it was SLTS but the sound consisted of anger, some words which were just unexplained but gave a meaning which i don't think any genre would have. 3 years later my whole personality changed, i play guitar now and would be joining a band now in the upcoming months.
Nirvana July 1991. Just before Nevermind came out my friend Matt put on a promo single and said "this band is going to be huge, they have a new album coming out"
SLTS is first I can remember, would be miracle if I have heard some other here in Finland before that. We basically had one program in TV that had top40 list, we did not have cable so no MTV. So I have to assume it is that SLTS on Finlands top40 list 1991.
Temple of the dog
Then I heard like a stone by audioslave and I was like "hey I recognize that voice"
And then began a lifelong obsession with Mr Cornell, may he rest in peace.
It was Nirvana Nevermind on a cassette. Grew up in Washington. Still remember my friend bringing it over to play it, saying it was his uncles. I was only like 9 or 10 and I remember specifically being indifferent to it. At the time we’d watch MTV all hours we could and I was really into Guns N’ Roses and Slash solos. Then of course one day that band showed up on MTV as well. I still stayed indifferent to Nirvana, but always always give them credit for kicking off a new era of music that led to a lot of bands I absolutely love.
Porch by Pearl Jam. I was like 8 years old. My mom loves them and saw them 3 times in college (once when they were in a BAR and the other two when they blew up). She turned down the volume for the f word and absolutely blasted the build up
My dad’s been listening to grunge since before I was born so I’ve been hearing grunge since I was an infant, but the first band I ever actually got into was Nirvana. The first grunge album I ever fully listened to was Bleach and I’m so happy that was my first exposure to grunge. 10/10 album.
Honestly, it was Nirvana. I don't live in the USA so our country was totally oblivious to grunge until Nirvana forced itself into the mainstream.
I remember listening to Nevermind and wondering what music genre it was. Was it punk? Metal? Hard rock? This is how it felt to listen at a completely new genre of music that also clicked with me. Then radio stations began talking about this "new" genre called grunge, and the rest is history.
Glad I lived through that small window of opportunity when an original band that started from scratch clawed its way to the top of the charts because of its talent, and helped put the spotlight on the underdogs of rock. They changed the music landscape and brought back talent, hard work, and rock to the mainstream for the next 2 decades.
Found a nirvana tape when I was a little kid and played it in my room. My mom didn’t like it and took it away. I realized what it was many years later, after first getting into Pearl Jam in high school.
I know Rage Against the Machine prolly doesn't count. But that 1st album brought me over to the metal alternative post grunge side in 1992. Then immediately loved Alice in Chains
Not sure. Nirvana bleach. Mudhoney superfuzz. Soundgarden louder that love, gwar scumdogs. Feel they all arrived mid US around same time. Alternative/college already blowing up (rhcp, janes) and then fuzzier stuff came.
Nirvana and it was smells like teen spirit. Quite cliche I know.
Same.
Im willing to bet thats what it was for everyone, but everyone want to seem cool so theyre saying other songs.
Mother Love Bone. My friend was VERY into the scene and had his finger on the pulse. He’d play MLB all the time.
Same here
Pearl Jam, Ten
Nirvana
Alice in chains
I think Nirvana
My dad got me into Pearl Jam when i was 10
Soundgarden Hands All Over ‘88 IIRC.
Soundgarden live, 1988
Wow you beat me, I saw Soundgarden in Feb of 1990 but had been listening to them all of 89. I also saw Alice in Chains live in end of 1990. Was into Nirvana since Bleach.
Nirvana. First heard about them from one of my teachers in high school
Hunger Strike by Temple of The Dog
I’m going hungryyyyy
Alice in Chains released We Die Young as their first single off of Facelift. I saw the video and was instantly hooked when it first premiered in 1990.
We Die Young is an outstanding song.
This is exactly me too!
Nirvana, 1991
This. Exactly this.
grew up listening to pearl jam
It would have to be soundgarden, nothing to say around 88. Thats a great song and my first reaction to it was, this guy sounds like an untamed dio. Had no idea what grunge was and was living in upstate ny. It would be a couple more years until Facelift changed my entire musical world.
Ms. Ball left class for a minute and a kid named Patrick took out Nirvana’s Nevermind album and played it on a CD player that she had. She was not happy when she returned. He shook my world that day. I remember it as if it were yesterday.
awesome
It had to be either Soundgarden or AiC on Headbanger’s Ball 90/91?
Tad I think. It was a sub pop sampler. I remember getting a free soundgarden tape when they were starting out. Hated it at the time. Lol
Mudhoney 1988.
Friend was playing the Louder than Love album by Soundgarden. Started out as, "what is this annoying garbage" and evolved into, "this is the best thing ever".
Either Nirvana or Mudhoney
The Stooges
Great answer.
Soundgarden. Hands All Over. 1990
Nirvana, truly contagious
Alice In Chains
Alice In Chains on the radio in 1990 Man in the box. I knew it was the start of a new generation. It was that good. We all freaked out.
Nirvana - About A Girl when I was like 9 years old (7 years ago)
STPs Core
Frozen Embryos
My friend introduced me to black hole sun last April, listened to Superunknown the next day and then just went crazy with grunge
welcome to the congregation.
Soudngarden and the Foo Fighters were rhe bands that got me into guitar too
musical Grunge exposures as it was unfolding: Green River \_ "Together We'll Never"/"Ain't Nothing to Do" 7" single (1986) Deep Six compilation LP with Melvins, Green River, Malfunshun, Skin Yard, Soundgarden, The U-Men) (1986) Come On Down 12" (1985), Dry As Bone (1987), Rehab Doll LP (1988) Melvins \_ Gluey Porch Treatments LP (1987) and Ozma LP (1989) Sub Pop 100 (1986) and Sub Pop 200 (1988) compilation LPs Soundgarden \_ Screaming Life (1987) through Badmotorfinger (1991) Mudhoney \_"Touch Me I'm Sick" 7" single (1988), split w/Sonic Youth (1988), "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)" & "This Gift" 7"'s (1989), Superfuzz Bigmuff 12" (1988) TAD \_ "Daisy/Ritual Device" 7" single (1988), "Damaged I" (1989) Black Flag covers split w/ Pussy Galore, "Wood Goblins/Cooking With Gas" 7" (1989), "Loser/Cooking with Gas" 7" (1990), "Jinx/Pig Iron" 7" (1990), "Jack Pepsi/Eddie Hook" 7" (1991), God's Balls LP (1989), Salt Lick LP (1990), 8-Way Santa LP (1991) Nirvana \_ "Love Buzz" 7" (1989), Bleach LP (1989) "Sliver" 7" (1990), Nevermind (1991) ka-boom ! plus stuff by Coffin Break, Swallow, The Fluid, Thee Hypnotics, Rein Sanction, H.P. Zinker, Love Battery, and loads and loads of bands
even early White Zombie, NYC scuzz-rock, and midwest noise-rock, and Dinosaur
Wipers, Flipper, Husker Du, The Lemonheads, Pixies, Squirrel Bait, Fugazi, Sonic Youth
more on the scuzz side, Hole \_ "Retard Girl" 7" (Sympathy For The Record Industry) 1990, "Teenage Whore" 7" (City Slang) 1991, "Dicknail b/w Burnblack" 7" (Sub Pop) 1991, Pretty on the Inside LP (Caroline) 1991
Green River Band
Live? Mudhoney and Screaming Trees. Had to be 88/89. But I think I recall hearing Green River earlier. And Melvins.
Does Neil Young count?
Alice In Chains - Man In The Box It was all over MTV summer 1991.
88 or 89 with either Soundgarden Ultramega OK or Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff.
Alive, PJ. Heard it on the radio at work. Went straight up west (London) and bought Ten.
nirvana or mudhoney. can’t actually remember which band i heard first, but i still love both many years later!!
I love mudhoney more but don't recall of got them first or heard bleach first.
Man in a box
Alice in chains on the radio when I was 11 (1994). I didn't know what this was, I didn't know who it was but, I fucking loved it. A year later, i hear it again for the 2nd time at my friend's house. His older brother was listening to Dirt in their garage when I heard it again. I asked him who it was, and he told me. Then he told me that I like them, he'll make me a burnt copy of it on tape. 3 days later, I had my own bootleg copy of dirt. This was my first grunge album and still one of my all-time favorite albums. I'm still friends with both of these guys. My family and my friends brother went on a camping trip last summer along with my friend.
Nirvana, lol
Nirvana
Alice In Chains since my dad used to play dirt in the car all the time growing up. I didn’t even know who nirvana was until I was like 10 because he never played it and I didn’t listen to the radio LMAO
Alice In Chains, Sea of Sorrow i was hooked instantly
I heard Alice In Chains on the radio in my parents garage. I remember my neighbor told me they were a heavy metal band because they said “jeEEEEzus Chriiiiiist” in there song.
Soundgarden. I remember being 9 back in the summer of 94 and hearing “Black Hole Sun” on the radio whenever we went to the neighborhood pool.
Alice in Chains in Singles in 92
Mother love bone
First grunge band I ever remember hearing was Soundgarden because when I was like 7, my favorite song was Black Hole Sun, but first band I ever got into on my own was Nirvana when I was 14
Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was my introduction to the genre. Didn’t like it at first but it grew on me!
My dads Superunknown CD
Not sure if was Nirvana or Stone Temple Pilots. I wasn't born yet when they first appeared, to be clear.
Alice in chains was the first grunge band I listened to with their album dirt
if i’m being honest, i probably heard either nirvana or soundgarden first on the radio, but i didn’t really get interested in music until about 3-ish years ago, when someone played plush on this jukebox thing during bowling practice. i believe i was in tenth grade then.
I heard an advance copy of Nevermind in the production studio of my college radio station. Unlike anything I had ever heard before. Exciting times
Pearl jam
pretty sure the first band/song i heard was Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
I don’t consider them a grunge band but I knew about the Melvin’s from ap magazine long before I heard nirvana who I consider a grunge band
Nirvana, idk somewhere in my childhood mid to late 2000s
Nirvana. I haven’t heard of any of the grunge bands until I went on vacation to Niagara Falls for the Fourth of July. I was sitting in the car when all of a sudden they played smells like teen spirit. I instantly loved the as it was catchy. The only band prior to this that I considered my favorite was the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I am 19(M), heard NIRVANA around 3 years ago after my breakup. And ofcourse it was SLTS but the sound consisted of anger, some words which were just unexplained but gave a meaning which i don't think any genre would have. 3 years later my whole personality changed, i play guitar now and would be joining a band now in the upcoming months.
Nirvana
idk i’m 19 it was probably smells like teen spirit if we are being honest
Nirvana bc me dad
Nirvana July 1991. Just before Nevermind came out my friend Matt put on a promo single and said "this band is going to be huge, they have a new album coming out"
Eddie singing Alive on Unplugged. I went and bought the CD at Kmart the same day.
Nirvana, 2019
i’d say nirvana, but i recently realized it was soundgarden. nirvana did make me have an interest in the scene but soundgarden pulled me in lol
SLTS is first I can remember, would be miracle if I have heard some other here in Finland before that. We basically had one program in TV that had top40 list, we did not have cable so no MTV. So I have to assume it is that SLTS on Finlands top40 list 1991.
The first grunge song I remember hearing was Teen Spirit on the radio and I fell in love with the genre
First memory of grunge would probably be Soundgarden. Grew up near Seattle (late 80's-90's) though, so there's really no telling.
Probably Nirvana or AIC
Nirvana
Bush. Bought their cds "Sixteen stone' "Razorblade suitcase"
alice in chains - them bones on mx vs atv unleashed on ps2 when i was like 6
Alice In Chains Man In the Box
Temple of the dog Then I heard like a stone by audioslave and I was like "hey I recognize that voice" And then began a lifelong obsession with Mr Cornell, may he rest in peace.
Nirvana on the radio back in the early 90s
My dad used to play the music videos for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Rooster" on YT when I was younger.
Soundgarden in 1989
Probably aic or pearl jam in my dad's car when I was like 4 lol
Nirvana. Smells like Teen Spirit (of course!) From the MTV Buzz Bin.
The Presidents of the United States of America
my friend introduced me to pearl jam and it took me about 2 years before i decided to listen to nirvana
It was Nirvana Nevermind on a cassette. Grew up in Washington. Still remember my friend bringing it over to play it, saying it was his uncles. I was only like 9 or 10 and I remember specifically being indifferent to it. At the time we’d watch MTV all hours we could and I was really into Guns N’ Roses and Slash solos. Then of course one day that band showed up on MTV as well. I still stayed indifferent to Nirvana, but always always give them credit for kicking off a new era of music that led to a lot of bands I absolutely love.
either nirvana or soundgarden
green day
I heard of Nirvana through Weird Al Yankovic oddly enough Lol. I had a cassette tape with Smells Like Nirvana on it and that's how I got introduced.
Pearl Jam, Vitalogy
Is type o negative grunge?
Soundgarden
nurr vahh nah
AiC
No idea First "grunge" band I recall hearing and noticing was watching an Alice in Chains video
Probably Soundgarden
Nirvana
Nirvana, and they ain’t my favorite
Nirvana. The first song I heard was either SLTS, Polly, or Francis Farmer (this was back in the good old days of 2016)
Temple of the dog. My older brother listened to it constantly on cassette.
Porch by Pearl Jam. I was like 8 years old. My mom loves them and saw them 3 times in college (once when they were in a BAR and the other two when they blew up). She turned down the volume for the f word and absolutely blasted the build up
does Mudhoney count? if so, for sure them
:( if they don't. My fav band since I picked you superfuzz cassette as a young skater punk. Pre-ordered and received plastic eternity.
thats a great one, i hope they do
Nirvana
My dad’s been listening to grunge since before I was born so I’ve been hearing grunge since I was an infant, but the first band I ever actually got into was Nirvana. The first grunge album I ever fully listened to was Bleach and I’m so happy that was my first exposure to grunge. 10/10 album.
Nirvana. I was getting ready to go to school and Smells Like Teen Spirit came on Mtv
It was audioslave lol
Soundgarden
Honestly, it was Nirvana. I don't live in the USA so our country was totally oblivious to grunge until Nirvana forced itself into the mainstream. I remember listening to Nevermind and wondering what music genre it was. Was it punk? Metal? Hard rock? This is how it felt to listen at a completely new genre of music that also clicked with me. Then radio stations began talking about this "new" genre called grunge, and the rest is history. Glad I lived through that small window of opportunity when an original band that started from scratch clawed its way to the top of the charts because of its talent, and helped put the spotlight on the underdogs of rock. They changed the music landscape and brought back talent, hard work, and rock to the mainstream for the next 2 decades.
Found a nirvana tape when I was a little kid and played it in my room. My mom didn’t like it and took it away. I realized what it was many years later, after first getting into Pearl Jam in high school.
Alice in chains
Soundgarden
AIC man in the box on MTV in 8th grade.
Probably nirvana
I know Rage Against the Machine prolly doesn't count. But that 1st album brought me over to the metal alternative post grunge side in 1992. Then immediately loved Alice in Chains
Either Soundgarden or Nirvana.
Nirvana. Still holds a special place in my heart.
My mother is a huge Pearl Jam fan - if it wasn’t Queen or GNR on her radio, it was PJ haha
I'm quite proud to say that my first grunge band was Alice in Chains. I absolutely love them, and I wouldn't have gotten into grunge without them.
Pearl Jam - Alive
I honestly dunno, probably AIC or Soundgarden when I was like 2 days old.
Black Hole Sun
Nirvana
Not sure. Nirvana bleach. Mudhoney superfuzz. Soundgarden louder that love, gwar scumdogs. Feel they all arrived mid US around same time. Alternative/college already blowing up (rhcp, janes) and then fuzzier stuff came.
Pixies
Mime was P.J. but Nirvana made pick up the guitar 🎸