Grunge Forever

Published by Toronto Mike on November 30, 2002 @ 12:27 in Edge 102 ~ CFNY, Music, Pearl Jam

Nirvana's NevermindMusic peaked in 1991-1994. Specifically, the days between the release of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and the moment a self-inflicted gunshot pierced Kurt Cobain's brain. There is little doubt of this fact.

Here we are in the year 2002..almost 2003 and this music from the early 90's "grunge" scene continues to dominate rock charts. Lets take a closer look at the current top 7 from CFNY's (I'm well aware they're now Edge102, but they'll always be CFNY to me) Thursday 30 which I have posted below.

  1. Nirvana - You Know You're Right
  2. Foo Fighters - All My Life
  3. Pearl Jam - I Am Mine
  4. Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
  5. U2 - Electrical Storm
  6. Audioslave - Chochise

Notice anything interesting about these bands? Am I stuck in a time-warp? Holy moly Marge...every band represented or at least a part of every band represented is straight outta 1991. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

Nirvana - A band straight outta 1991.
Foo Fighters - A band with a lead singer and song writer straight outta Nirvana which is a band straight outta 1991.
Pearl Jam - A band straight outta 1991.
Queens of the Stone Age - A song with a drummer straight outta Nirvana which is a band straight outta 1991.
U2 - A band straight outta 1991.
Audioslave - A band with a lead singer straight outta Soundgarden which is a band straight outta 1991.

Get the picture? Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell and Dave Grohl have something to do with 6 of the top 7 songs in the current Thursday 30. Further proof that 1991 Seattle was the epitome of rock unquestionably, undeniably and unarguably.

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3 Responses to "Grunge Forever"

Jason Meltzer Patterson
September 20, 2007 / 12:43

ok but u2 is the exception, they are so NOT stright outta 1991

Toronto Mike
September 20, 2007 / 13:16

Dude, you're missing the point. U2 was active and charting in 1991. The point is (was) that nothing from the previous decade was making headway like the performers from an earlier time.

CQ
May 31, 2009 / 14:23

"Here we are in the year"...
The Edge Top 30 (May 28th, 2009) includes:
Green Day (1), The Tragically Hip (5), Pearl Jam (9)
Rise Against (18), Nine Inch Nails (21), Rancid (22), Depeche Mode (23), Our Lady Peace (30)
-for 8 of 26 different bands, 30.7%

JackFM Top 20 (May 23rd-29th, 2009) includes:
AC/DC (1), The Tragically Hip (3), Nickelback (4) (15) & (19), Green Day (5), Coldplay (8), Pearl Jam (9)
U2 (16) & (20), Staind (18)
-for 8 of 17 different bands, 47.1%
combined 13/(26+5+8) = 13/39 = 33.33%
One is a "new music" station owned by a Shaw subsidiary; the other is a Rogers owned station with a broadcast TV video show.

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