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Instead, it's a killer album, even better than Icky Thump. It’s simpler compared to White's other works, but there's a terrifying synergy. Still, some tracks, especially in the second half of the album, draw heavily from The Who, not so much in similarities, but in the very hard rock arrangements, à la Who. Damn, I was ready to review it. What a pity. Anyway, great review.

They had already inspired me some time ago, but I never had the chance to listen to them. Your review encouraged me, and I really think that since White Pony seems to be the best overall, I will download something.

I've never listened to Tractor, but I have to say that it doesn't really inspire me much; I don't know, maybe it's just that certain stuff isn't sitting well with me these days. Anyway, great review, as always.

But is it possible that every time I enter Debaser, Blackdog is always busy fighting and kicking someone's ass? Incredible. And thank goodness the dog was man's best friend. Maybe the zeppelins have demonized man's best friend. :P

@Ole: The problem is that if you define grunge like that, you consider it a proper genre. In reality, it's just an attitude. Punk was punk because the songs lasted two minutes, the chords were the same repeated a thousand times, the lyrics were nihilistic, and besides, perhaps indifferent, they were studded and pinned right between the balls. Psychedelia was psychedelia because the music became a vacation, the tracks were long years, and the sound was taken to the extreme. Grunge was grunge, just because someone called it that, labeling anything from SubPop with the term grunge, because MTV called it that. I also like to call that 7/8 music with that broken tone at the end of the verses grunge. Musically, the recipe is a bit the same: a bit of hardcore fury on a base of sincere rock. Stylistically, it might be defined by those Seattle boys dressed as tormented carpenters (like Heidi's grandfather) with the addition of classic wrinkled and faded Converse. But the essence is still the same.

Lifestyle.

@telspalla: yes, it's all true. But musically, Frusciante from 89-92 is the spitting image of Slovak. In every way. While it’s true that sometimes Frusciante allows for solos that lean a bit more towards hard rock (especially in the works from Californication onwards, the decadent phase of the Peppers), it’s also very true that in some tracks (to name a couple, Funky Monks from Blood Sugar, Taste the Pain from Mother's Milk) the guitar is very funk, and at the same time expressive. And very similar, indeed, almost identical to Slovak's. Slovak was, besides Hendrix, one of Frusciante’s idols (he said it himself). In the two albums with him on guitar, the reference to Slovak is crystal clear. Slovak was perhaps more frenetic, a bit more punk (that’s evident in Uplift Mofo), but the style of the two is unmistakably twin.

Anyway, we have come to a conclusion: grunge is a fashion, not a music.

Yes Alessio, I took a bit of a risk with the Melvins, maybe because the only album I've really listened to is Houdini, which is the one that sounds the most grunge (am I wrong?). Regarding the album, well, it's true, Mudhoney has been doing the same thing for twenty years now, and some people might be fed up with that kind of stuff, but it's still done with a divine touch. In my opinion, this album is largely in line with the first part of Fun House by the Stooges. Some similarities are really obvious. And are you telling me otherwise?

Awesome Motorpsycho, great Lewis. Even though Little Lucid Moments kind of bored me, maybe it's too experimental and not cohesive enough? Well, anyway, I have a bit of envy too.