![]() If it wasn’t for some unfortunate timing and a lawsuit dealing with the cover of “8-Way Santa,” it’s possible these guys could have been as big as Nirvana. Fronted by the good-humored Tad Doyle, Tad’s 1991 Sub Pop release, “8-Way Santa,” is legendary. The band came up alongside Nirvana on Sub Pop and were one of the first bands of the grunge era. Tad doesn’t often appear on these best-of grunge lists, and we don’t know why. Mudhoney, which also featured members of the aforementioned Green River, never achieved the kind of commercial success of some other grunge bands, but they’re certainly one of the most important bands of that era. He formed Mudhoney in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, and the band went on to sign to Sub Pop and achieve moderate success. Mark Arm of Mudhoney is one of grunge’s last standing frontmen. But, they’re responsible for the term “grunge.” Bruce Pavitt of the Sub Pop record label coined the term “grunge” as a reference to Green River’s “Dry As A Bone” EP in 1987, calling it “gritty vocals, roaring Marshall amps, ultra-loose grunge that destroyed the morals of a generation.” Hence, the band that created the term grunge, by default, is one of the best grunge bands of all time. Perhaps including Green River might raise some eyebrows, as they weren’t a blockbuster grunge band. Reach out to us with your favorite grunge bands on social media. Here, we present Audio Ink Radio’s top 13 best grunge bands of all time. Still, for this list, we focused on the bread-and-butter grunge names that made the genre a household name. There are also plenty of grunge bands that didn’t blow up big but were just as influential to the genre. Many of the big grunge names come to mind when putting together list of the band grunge bands of all time, but it’s not that easy. ![]() So, what are the best grunge bands of all time? The grunge movement swept through America and the world in the early 1990s, changing popular culture, music and fashion with one song: Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” It’s hard to imagine what would have become of rock and metal music if Nirvana hadn’t blown up in the 1990s, sparking a new style of music and influencing countless bands to follow. Here are Audio Ink Radio’s picks for the 13 best grunge bands of all time Nirvana – Story by Anne Erickson, photo by Chris Cuffaro
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