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 haven't listened to this band much, but I like what I hear. Smooth female vocals over atmospheric synths and post-grunge guitar riffs. Sets a very poppy mood, but there's enough grunge riffage in the background to keep it edgy. From Canada. This came out in 2010 on their album Pins and Needles . Dead as the nightlife, hindsight, watching another mistake
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