re: New conspiracy theory. Was grunge put together the same as boy bands in the 90's?

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Alice in Chains also wasn't grunge.

The media put them in that box because they were from that time and Seattle.

Their sound pummels any grunge act from that time.

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Perhaps Facelift was more metal than grunge, but Dirt, Jar of Flies, and their self-titled 1995 album are very much grunge albums. (Grunge encompassed a spectrum from metal to punk. And Alice in Chains were on the metal side with Soundgarden.)

Edit: Nirvana was also very much on that side of the spectrum up until and including Bleach. It was with Nevermind that they shifted to what we now call "punk pop."

Edit: The metallic side of grunge was differentiated from other forms of heavy metal by a much slower tempo and an emphasis on power chord riffing compared to the virtuosic and lightning fast tempo of thrash metal that was popular at the same time.