The seminal grunge bands: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, etc. were great. Alice in Chains is amongst my favorite bands.
While Nirvana's music may not have very technical, Kurt Cobain still pioneered a new form of music with his genuine melancholy and despair.
However, the 90's bands I was 'railing' against are the ones that have degenerated quite a bit from the grunge style. The original honesty is gone, as is the lack of care for an aesthetic. It's as if modern music has taken the worst of the glam era and grunge - all aesthetic with little technicality.
Indeed, Motley Crue and Poison did act (and look) like a bunch of clowns, but I wasn't interested in their act, I was simply interested in the music. I liked their attitude of 'go out and have a great time.'
Education is a whip, and I'm being flogged.
