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re: Who were some of the bands that smoothed the transition from hair metal to grunge?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 10:32 am to Honest Tune
Posted on 5/20/24 at 10:32 am to Honest Tune
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Tesla
As a big hair metal fan who was in high school from 1986-90, I always felt like Tesla and GnR were "different" from the rest of the hair bands I typically favored and, if we can categorize an in-between phase before grunge took over, they should be included.
Having said all of that, the band that made me say, "WTF", before I first heard Nirvana on the radio was Faith No More. That might not be a great example, but the song and the video for Epic sticks out to me as one of the early death knells for hair metal.
It seems to have greased the skids for wider acceptance of grunge when the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit was released a few years later.
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Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:50 pm to Oswald
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Having said all of that, the band that made me say, "WTF", before I first heard Nirvana on the radio was Faith No More.
That’s actually a pretty good choice.
I might throw in Suicidal Tendencies to the mix as well.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:17 pm to Oswald
Like Faith No More, Living Colour also helped smooth the way for grunge. They rocked, but they weren't hair metal and they were a little outside of the mainstream - I haven't listened to them in years, but I remember really digging their second and third albums. The third record got slept on because it came out in 93 at the height of grunge and they were out of style - but there are some songs that kick arse on it
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