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@supersoul: it is undeniable that all these groups recycled what they had learned from the past, and that’s not why Green River were original. They were original mainly because of a matter of "grunge ethics and aesthetics": they were the first in Seattle (let me specify, in Seattle) to play a type of rock music that deviated from what dominated the rock market at the time, and even if future careers show that some had something to do with the mainstream (specifically Ament and Gossard), they were still important. "That they were innovators went unnoticed by those who loved that kind of music": I don't quite agree; just think that Swallow My Pride was covered by Soundgarden precisely for their debut EP Screaming Life. Maybe outside of Seattle nobody noticed, but in Seattle they were pioneers. As for the Pink Fairies, it may be my limitation, but it seems to me that they took the best of British and American rock from that period, but that’s another story. @Rooftrampler: "What I'm saying is that the concept of grunge music is forced, where anything or nothing can fit in, since you can find garage, pop rock, psychedelia, metal, etc., I won’t list everything for you"... For this reason, I think that grunge is not simply a genre but a very localized and heterogeneous artistic phenomenon.

Great review. I saw them live three years ago and I had the same impressions. They are certainly inferior to PFM (who I've also seen twice) and Banco, but nonetheless they are valid representatives of our local progressive scene.

To average out

The album is two and a half, it's not worth it as a first listen. If you care so much about getting to know them, why didn't you start with something else? As for the review, you can do better.

MJ64 has expressed exactly what I think: Rattle And Hum marked the beginning of the end, the end of the passionate and credible U2. From that point on, they are no longer the young and alternative U2, marked by the contrasts of their homeland and spokespersons of politically correct civic engagement; they are the U2 hungry for success and money, the soundtrack for yuppies and bourgeois. Although the moral eclipse began during this period, the music still maintains interesting and certainly dignified levels up to Zooropa, and then the decline, even artistically. Anyway, this album is definitely remarkable, but every now and then that rhetoric timidly emerges, which will soon take over and devastate the band: this happens especially in Pride, a legendary and memorable song but perhaps the first in the group's history to reveal Bono's prophetic urges, leaving a somewhat bitter aftertaste of demagoguery and falsehood. As for the review, you could have spent a few more words on the music instead of just describing sensations.

Let's say I'm fond of this album and I don't dislike it, but it's not the manifesto of the Smashing Pumpkins. This is a transitional album and like most of them, it's not entirely successful. In hindsight, one could also say that it was a transition that ultimately led to mediocrity.

I also save the first two albums while Chocolate Starfish was cleverly designed to ride the wave of success. Yes, I'm magnanimous towards Limp Bizkit; I have some nice memories linked to them, but their time has passed, like all bands of that genre... Oh yes, the nu-metal cycle has come to an end, so much so that in my opinion we can no longer speak of nu.

Well, despite some verbosity, the review is good this time. Album not heard yet.

I don't like single reviews done this way: what's the point of describing the song minute by minute just to fill space?! I haven't heard the track yet, but by now I don't expect anything anymore.

I like Muse, but only up to a certain point; they have never fully convinced me. Don't get me wrong, they're good, with beautiful songs, but I've never been able to listen to one of their albums all the way through (that is, I've listened to them entirely, but in several sittings) due to all those pompous and melodramatic atmospheres that eventually bore me. As for the review, I don’t think it's inappropriate to include grunge among their influences, so I can't completely disagree with you, Starblazer, even though I believe Radiohead and Jeff Buckley are also among their references, especially in terms of vocals. Regarding style, if you put your mind to it, you write well, but personally, I find it unnecessary to describe every song in detail. "Each band deserves its own review... I prefer to review Muse with a track-by-track approach because each of their songs is a standalone piece to analyze separately from the rest": you always do the track-by-track, not just with Muse, and if you did it a little less often, it would be better. Additionally, the introduction is quite improbable, and thank goodness this time you didn’t shoehorn in Dream Theater for the umpteenth time...