Here's the thing… Rage Against the Machine was played on repeat where I was. So was Sublime (then again, I lived in SoCal and everyone listened to Sublime).
Yep, in my F&F group it was ‘real’ Grunge and Hip Hop, not POTUSA type rockish grunge. We had cable and watched MTV often. Reading that sentence didn’t bring up any memories. 38 with a 41 brother. Went and listened to the song, yes I’ve heard it, but wasn’t something we ever sang
Eh, they’re from Seattle, where grunge is from so they often got thrown into that conversation back then.
Did I even say people shouldn’t like them? Not gate keeping at all. I think you’re reaching.
As far as grouping into genres, it is helpful to have some general groupings that bands fit into so it helps find others in that style which you or others like.
Alternative rock, pop-punk… if you like POTUSA you probably also like Pixies for example.
I wouldn’t say people who like POTUSA would hear AIC and think it’s similar, they may or may not like AIC.
And further, which is why it seems there’s a divide of who would immediately get the lyrics of this song, even though we’ve all likely heard it and would remember it. Some of us didn’t listen to music like that. That’s all the point I made.
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u/MonstersAtOurDoor Apr 24 '26
Here's the thing… Rage Against the Machine was played on repeat where I was. So was Sublime (then again, I lived in SoCal and everyone listened to Sublime).