Other bands had done it before (including pioneering Seattle rock band Green River, which split the difference by evolving into Pearl Jam and Mudhoney) and it would be the basis of the sound of the then-nascent grunge genre, but Soundgarden were the first band where it truly felt like both genres were proudly equal in their collective DNA. One of the many objectives was to be the kind of band that we looked at, like the Ramones or Pink Floyd or the MC5 or Black Sabbath, and say, hey, thank you guys, and we’re going to pass it forward. Of course, along the way, there are compromises where you have to accommodate to a market that is in some ways inflexible and institutionalized, and obviously, there are things that help those doors open and helped us bend the market, like the success of Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
Author: Jem Aswad
Published at: 2025-11-07 15:00:00
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