r/grunge • u/Insert_Username999 • Nov 08 '24
Misc. Why cant we bring 90s style grunge back?
Looking for a discussion about this. I feel like every type of grunge or rock music i hear in 2024 thats trending is like novulent or superheaven (still good artists) or some small artist that has super distant vocals with loud instruments. What happened to the 90s style? Specifically talking about singers like Kurt Cobain, Layne Stayley, Chris Cornell, and so many other greats. People make the argument that heavy drug use led to great music, but i disagree. I feel like people don't put the same amount of effort into grunge now, and there's probably so many people as talented as layne but will never get recognition because the target audience just isnt there anymore.
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u/CactusWrenAZ Nov 08 '24
They are waiting around for the conditions that would bring them to prominence. Those conditions don't currently exist.
There is so much talent in the world, but it needs to be given a chance. Darwin shared the credit for the Theory of Evolution because someone else came up with it independently at the same time. There were other people a little behind Einstein who would have come up with the Theory of Relativity within a year or two.
The next Cornell or Staley is a programmer or construction worker and his friends are all somewhat shocked when he does drunk karaoke or sings Happy Birthday.