Word: grungeã
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...Entertainers of the Year,” on a shortlist that also included Nia Vardalos and Kelly Clarkson. The magazine cheerfully proclaimed, “Rock was clawing its way up from underground to infiltrate the mainstream in a way not seen since grunge??s glory days...
...been drumming with the Queens of the Stone Age and finally released the final Nirvana album, he is fronting one of the most reliable and melodic rock bands known to man. Though album opener and lead single “All My Life” is clearly informed by grunge??s grimy sense of grievance, Grohl’s voice is distinctly smoother than Cobain’s, at least until he looses his trademark, teeth-baring howl. One By One is a rock album far more than a grunge hangover, from the glammy sheen...
...first few chords are distinctly Nirvana, but slightly different Nirvana—a song we haven’t heard before. It’s a sound that many ears have been craving since the end of grunge??s stint on the airwaves. In his typical verse-chorus-verse form, Cobain breaks out in screams—and the memory of his suicide on April 5, 1994, makes it impossible not to wonder whether he was screaming out in pain. “You Know You’re Right” doesn’t have...
...people still listen to Nirvana on the regular basis they once did back in grunge??s apogee. With this new release, Nirvana enters the playlist on radios and CD players, reminding us of the seductive power of the gloomy, angry, angsty Seattle heyday. There’s a reason grunge and Nirvana became huge—they were a highly talented rock band and this album makes sure we don’t forget the band’s contribution to music...
...although it was true that Cobain truly wished to “burn out” rather “than to fade away,” his motivations for doing so were based upon self-retention of permanent superstar status, not upon disillusionment with selling out and abandoning grunge??s ethos of private alienation...
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