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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:26 PM
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Poll question: Best band from Seattle that never really went anywhere
Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 03:29 PM by Beware the Beast Man
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:31 PM
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1. I vote for Seaweed.
Actually, could the Posies claim to have "gone somewhere?" It ain't like they acheived Soundgardenesque fame and fortune.

And if you consider Portland an annex to Seatlle (an insult to Seattleites, I'm sure), then my vote would go to Pond.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:32 PM
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2. True. I forgot about the Posies
It may be because they were a bit removed from the whole "grunge" thing, I guess.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:39 PM
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4. They were, although with "Frosting on the Beater"
they sure did try to beef up their sound in order to qualify for for "grunge" status.

I thought they were the best band of that whole scene and era, even though, yes, they did stand apart, and had gotten a major label deal before Nirvana.

Still, Seaweed was more uptempo than the others, and slightly more melodic, so I voted for them, too.

I thought Pond was really underrated, too (if we're talking about the SubPop bands)
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 04:00 PM
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18. Ahh, Portland, the "New Seattle."
And I can remember when MTV actually tried to convince people that Cinicnnati was to be the "next Seattle" as well.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 08:37 PM
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21. Seattle was the next Portland
I was there back in the day.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:37 PM
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Tad
Love Tad.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:37 PM
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3. Tad
Love Tad.
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frictionlessO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:39 PM
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5. hey would Screaming Trees be able to get in on this?
if not then Tad!
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:41 PM
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8. Oooh yes Screaming Trees!
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:44 PM
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10. Technically,
Screaming Trees had modest success with the "Sweet Oblivion" CD. And I left out Mudhoney since they were (and still are) a huge cult band.
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dean_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:44 PM
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11. That would be my vote...
I would have also said Death Cab for Cutie, but it looks like they actually are getting somewhere these days.
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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:39 PM
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6. Mother Love Bone
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:45 PM
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12. Yeah, but they more or less weathered a personal tragedy,
and then morphed into Pearl Jam.
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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:58 PM
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17. Tru dat.....
...but I liked them better than PJ. Better hooks and less self-conscious. They were too early in the curve to make it big, plus like you said, they had the death of the lead singer to deal with and splintered from there.
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AmandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:40 PM
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7. Fastbacks
has to be the Fastbacks, maybe the Young Fresh Fellows as well.
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:43 PM
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9. you forgot NIRVANA!!!!!
how could you forget them!?!?! I mean they were not well known at all, only playing in like 10 different clubs, but come on! they were the best no name band in seattle EVER!!!!
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 08:38 PM
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22. Nirvana went somewhere
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:56 AM
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28. hmm, i guess my sarcasm meter was too low
will have to turn it up. :-)
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HR_Pufnstuf Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:49 PM
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13. Beat Happening
Technically OlympiaWA, but were on seattle's subpop records...

some of the best lo-fi ever.

Goooog 'beat happening'
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22beat+happening%22+&btnG=Search
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:52 PM
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14. Once I made a mix tape for a friend
Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 03:52 PM by Beware the Beast Man
That consisted of "Red Head Walking" on a continuous loop. The novelty wore off quickly. :)
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:52 PM
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15. I'd go for Mudhoney or Young Fresh Fellows
Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 03:53 PM by Wickerman
myself, but would also consider the Fastbacks.

on edit, hey AmandaRuth!

:hi:
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 04:06 PM
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20. Mudhoney WERE grunge.
They were the only band out of that scene truly deserving of that title. The first time I heard Mudhoney, they blew my mind (it may have been the ganja I smoked, too, but I digress). They rocked. I didn't have the heart to include them in the poll, though.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 03:53 PM
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16. The Sonics
kickass garage-rock band from the 60s. They had a couple of minor regional hits but never hit it huge.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 04:04 PM
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19. I like Tad and Temple of the Dog. n/t
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 08:40 PM
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23. Dharma Bums...
...weren't they from Seattle?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 08:53 PM
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24. Gits
nt
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:51 AM
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25. Tad,but Mudhoney and the Melvins are the best thing
to come out of that scene.

But the first two Tad cd's are great!

Gruntruck and SkinYard were basically the same band.Good,but not great.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:54 AM
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26. Oh, and I must add: Skin Yard's cover of the Beatles' "Hey Bulldog" was
almost as good, if not better in certain ways, than the original.

That is all.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:55 AM
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27. Vendette Red.
Or Temple of the Dog, which kinda reminds me of The Traveling Wilburys, a group with a lot of great musicians that should have been way more popular then they were. :(
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