For this paper I decided to go a different route and compare two bands that I recently discussed and debated with my father about, Nirvana and Motley Creu. This comparison is driven by how my father is trying to school me on the type of music he likes. These two bands are considered “grunge” and “glam metal”. Personally, I believe Nirvana and Motley Creu are very different. Though they both fall under the rock category of music, as we know all rock music is not made the same. Motley Creu had its “Glam Metal” approach which was fun, entertaining and made for partying. While Nirvana had a more “Alternative” and “Grunge” style of rock, which was generally angst filled and introspective; not as lively and fun as “Glam Metal”. In my research I discovered
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At their bare bones these bands are similar; they both had a singer, guitar player, bass/second guitar player and a drummer, which is the normal set up for any rock band. Nirvana and Motley Crue bands both found similar influences from bands, such as, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, etc. As I stated prior, Nirvana had a “Seattle” style of rock, this is both a similarity and a difference for both these bands, both originating from the West Coast of the U.S. Motley Creu came up with the majority of the other Hair Metal bands that were a part of the Los Angeles circuit in the early 1980s. Los Angeles was where this Hair Metal style of rock …show more content…
Personally, I do not believe that he “ended” it because the hair metal genre still had a lot of loyal and devoted fans. I do believe the rise of “grunge” knocked “hair metal” off the tracks very rapidly. In my opinion it was not a very gracious transition; it feels as though Nirvana released “Smells like teen Spirit” in 1991 and by the next week the world had already fully shifted to the “grunge” era of rock without even giving it a second thought, so my father says. That being said, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue has said that he welcomed Nirvana because it was going to “stir things up” since numerous bands were starting to sound the same. Nirvana was the lead into a whole new subgenre of rock, this happening whether they wanted to be or not. In my opinion, Motley Crew was very successful in their own right as well. They never led the charge into a separate genre like Nirvana, they simply fell in line with the other ‘Hair Metal” bands. Nirvana gambled to be different and do things their own way when it came to their music, which is ultimately why I think they had the success they
At their bare bones these bands are similar; they both had a singer, guitar player, bass/second guitar player and a drummer, which is the normal set up for any rock band. Nirvana and Motley Crue bands both found similar influences from bands, such as, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, etc. As I stated prior, Nirvana had a “Seattle” style of rock, this is both a similarity and a difference for both these bands, both originating from the West Coast of the U.S. Motley Creu came up with the majority of the other Hair Metal bands that were a part of the Los Angeles circuit in the early 1980s. Los Angeles was where this Hair Metal style of rock …show more content…
Personally, I do not believe that he “ended” it because the hair metal genre still had a lot of loyal and devoted fans. I do believe the rise of “grunge” knocked “hair metal” off the tracks very rapidly. In my opinion it was not a very gracious transition; it feels as though Nirvana released “Smells like teen Spirit” in 1991 and by the next week the world had already fully shifted to the “grunge” era of rock without even giving it a second thought, so my father says. That being said, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue has said that he welcomed Nirvana because it was going to “stir things up” since numerous bands were starting to sound the same. Nirvana was the lead into a whole new subgenre of rock, this happening whether they wanted to be or not. In my opinion, Motley Crew was very successful in their own right as well. They never led the charge into a separate genre like Nirvana, they simply fell in line with the other ‘Hair Metal” bands. Nirvana gambled to be different and do things their own way when it came to their music, which is ultimately why I think they had the success they