England's Skeletal Family, considered part of the mid-'80s "positive punk" movement, wasn't a particularly grungy band. But they have moments in many tracks when they're almost hard to tell apart from the later American band Babes in Toyland, particularly due to vocalist Anne-Marie Hurst's confident yelps and willingness to sound a little crazy and spooky at every turn. "Ritual," from their debut album Burning Oil in 1984, is a great example of this. Also, the guitar is a little more forward and aggressive in this song compared to the majority of their songs. With this second song on their first album, they certainly introduced themselves to the world as a grunge goth band.
Nirvana didn't have a lot of tracks that sounded gothy, but there were a few. "Big Long Now," from 1992's Incesticide , was one of their darkest sounding tracks. The lyrics were pretty obscure, but the sound is a combination of mopey and angry. Endless climb, I am blind Why can't I leave? Color blind
I love this weird-ass Brooklyn band so hard. That voice is unmatched anywhere. Amazing lyrics, too. Not much else to say, really. "Nettie" was on their 2003 album Life Is Killing Me. The song was named after front man Peter Steele's mother. A victim of the curse of empathy Her reward of compassion is to suffer
Comments
Post a Comment