#grunge fandom

[theweilandbitch]

One of the first things that came to mind when I learned about Chris Cornell’s passing was the Grunge Fandom on here, thus prompting me to get back to blogging. I’m still pretty heartbroken over it.

[baphobae]

made the Chris necklace 😿

[josiebelladonna]

I guess this is just from my breaking out of my summer ‘17 depression following Chris’ passing and diving headfirst into heavy metal and love for the 2000s, but I get a little wary of grunge/90s themed blogs now, especially the newer ones, the ones that sprung up after May 2017. First of all, they all look exactly the same--all the same bands, same depressive vibe (”everything sucks and I hate myself but my taste is good”), same everything. I didn’t like how being around those people made me feel in 2016 and I still don’t like it because it only made my own depression flare up. As with every rule, there are a few exceptions but it’s something I’ve noticed now that I’ve moved onto new things. And second, after Chris died, these were the same people who couldn’t give me the comfort I needed on that day on here. I remember playing Euphoria Mourning and just bawling my eyes out. You guys lost the man with the voice: I lost the man with the voice and the guy who set the stage for me. I lost the man who was more of a dad to me than my own father. I lost my biggest fan, and all I was given was the tag “no one sings like you anymore” and a bunch of mopey pricks who couldn’t be bothered. (One person actually said they’ll go if Dave and Eddie go and I’m like “okay, you’re putting up shit like that in a fandom that’s already pretty notorious for being melodramatic about shit and contributing to the glut of depressive posts while gleaning over your own problems? Do me a favor and shut the fuck up.”)

I’m not trying to trash anyone--no, the grunge scene is forever my favorite. It’s my love and everyone making up that music scene have been like my best friends since I was a 14 year old who discovered it all while being bunked up in my grandmother’s guest room with Sirius Lithium because it made better sense to me as a teenager in 2008 than anything that was hot at the time. But I say we put this whole thing to rest, because our time with grunge and 90s nostalgia has gotten stale my stomach turns and I exhale I’m sorry I couldn’t help that. What’s done is done. It’s all saturated to the point where there’s nothing new about any of it now. It’s time to move on.

[josiebelladonna]

I really like visiting people’s blogs, usually the grunge/90s/classic rock fandom ones, and going through their archives and finding metal bands there, particularly Metallica and Megadeth, like let me give a shout out to all of you: you guys rule. And it goes even more for the kids getting into Goth rock, and more than just The Cure and Siouxsie Sioux, too. I’m not just saying that because Dave and Metallica are my saving grace right now and I’ve always been in touch with the dark side, too.

It used to be I’d go through people’s archives and I’d see more alt rock, and even I though I’ll always give it a listen, it all felt so pretentious (I had to stop myself from writing “wimpy”), like I better know who the Smiths are or I’m a freak. I felt like a freak, too. I was a hard rock girl lost in a sea of hipsters. I still feel alone at times because I actually can’t stand the term “grunge” or “classic rock”--the former doesn’t tell you anything, whereas we’re getting crazy with the latter; apparently Nine Inch Nails are considered classic rock now gracious God--but bless all of you for expanding your horizons and developing your palettes.

That said, I can foresee another period of intense “crossover” as Ben would call it. It won’t be long before we start seeing more metalheads getting into alternative rock and vice versa.

On a final note, this whole entire time I was thinking of a quote from Kim (I forget what year, it was a long time ago I know that) saying alt rock fans were afraid of them because they were associated with metal and metalheads looked down on them because their name was Soundgarden and not Skullfuck.

[jodieeshannon]

Oh yes.. Too fucking rad \m/

[peachy-angel]

☯Down the rabbit hole☟ 

[alienburger]

Have you been in that state of being obsessed with certain bands when you don't know how their personalities are and you start to attribute things like "he seems like the funny one", "he seems like the serious one" etc.

I used to think that Eddie y Layne were the funniest ones haha and I thought Jerry was very estrict or something.