Ok, let's finally get to a song by one of the icons of grunge, Layne Staley, formerly of Alice in Chains. This song is so grunge goth, it sounds like it could be a cover of an '80s goth rock tune. Not to mention, the song title seems like something an '80s goth band would use. But the vocals are pure grunge, at its finest.
Rumor has it that Layne wrote this song about his girlfriend, Demri Parrott, after she left him. As you may know, she died of a heroin dose not long after. And then, some time after that, so did Layne.
Then a demon came to him
"You must know I'm gonna win"
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.
There was a lot of gothy stuff on Soundgarden's first album, 1988's Ultramega OK. Chris Cornell said he was influenced by Bauhaus, so maybe the only thing surprising about it is that he put nearly all of his goth side into this one album and got it out of his system. Far beyond the wheel Spin your life around By driving flesh and blood Deep into the ground
This is a good example of a song that goes back and forth between goth and grunge/metal. Originally a doom metal band, Lacrimas Profundere are from Germany and have been bringing us awesome grunge goth since the '90s. This song was on their 2004 album Ave End . I held you Or no one For a bitter touch
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