05-23-2017, 07:52 AM
I am with you guys on the Nirvana thing. I never really fell in love with Nivrvana the same way I did bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mad Season and Temple of the Dog. Hell, out of all the bigger grunge bands in Seattle at that time, Nirvana was really the only odd man out. All of those bands had connections to each other in some way or another. Seattle really was different in that way than most other scenes and that is what I love about it. I think most of us are always looking for new bands through some odd connection in our favourite bands. Whether it's a side project of a member, or past project, etc...we all make connections that way. Seattle was gold when it came to those connections.
A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I started talking about all the connections in bands that we could think of and obviously all these Seattle bands came up, although we wanted to focus more on the lesser known members at the time, the whole "family tree" thing just blew up. I am sure it's been talked about 100 times (including PJ20) but it's so much crazier when you start to write it all down and make the connections. PJ20 touches on all the connections with PJ, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog, but it goes on to Mad Season with McCready and Staley and then guys from Screaming Trees. Obviously that's also connected to Alice in Chains and Skin Yard and so many other bands...
Here is an article we put together that has a really cool Seattle family tree graph with the bands and members.
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A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I started talking about all the connections in bands that we could think of and obviously all these Seattle bands came up, although we wanted to focus more on the lesser known members at the time, the whole "family tree" thing just blew up. I am sure it's been talked about 100 times (including PJ20) but it's so much crazier when you start to write it all down and make the connections. PJ20 touches on all the connections with PJ, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog, but it goes on to Mad Season with McCready and Staley and then guys from Screaming Trees. Obviously that's also connected to Alice in Chains and Skin Yard and so many other bands...
Here is an article we put together that has a really cool Seattle family tree graph with the bands and members.
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