In multiple genres of rock music in the late-80s and early 90s, four huge bands tended to dominate the public perception of that genre. The bands were often fairly diverse within the genre, with one standing out as particularly edgy, one being more pop-friendly, one being more laid-back, and one being a wild card.
Thrash had Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth
Grunge had Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Pearl Jam
Pick a genre and tell me what bands would be its "big four".
Sludge: High on Fire (Alice in Chains), Baroness (Soundgarden), Mastodon (Nirvana), and Red Fang (Pearl Jam)
Kayden Morris
Bonus points if you can do this for baroque music
Gavin Rodriguez
mozart beethoven handel josquin des prez
Easy.
William Lopez
>no Melvins for Sludge This a joke yeah?
Carter Davis
Hmmmm, no sludge here.
Nicholas Gomez
>No Bach
Fuck you pal
Jackson Foster
Indie Rock Pop: Modest Mouse Laid back: Built to Spill Wildcard: Pavement Edgy: ?
Jonathan Young
Absolutely horrendous taste in sludge delete yourself
Asher Morales
More sludge there than in HOF and Red Fang, but hey wikipedia is god
Daniel Hernandez
Nominate EyeHateGod for sludge list edge lords and Melvins for wildcard
Isaiah Cooper
Prog rock:
Edgy: King Crimson Pop friendly: Art Zoyd Laid back: Orthotronics Wild Card: John Zorn
Eli Bailey
My Bloody Valentine - edgy Ride - pop friendly Slowdive - laid back ???
Lush? Chapterhouse? Swervedriver never really fit in so maybe them
Wyatt Rodriguez
>Using Wikipedia as a source Wew
Also, shit taste in sludge. Real one is Melvins, Eyehategod, Crowbar and Acid Bath
Samuel Price
edgy is anco
Anthony Richardson
Are they edgy or indie rock? I mean I get Indie is more a scene than a sound but I still don't think AC qualify
David Green
>Sludge: High on Fire (Alice in Chains), Baroness (Soundgarden), Mastodon (Nirvana), and Red Fang (Pearl Jam)
Britpop also had a convention of using short, one word band names suggesting either bright materials or fluidity.
Adrian Barnes
Burzum Emperor Immortal Darkthrone
Jose Thomas
that's easier
Jimmy Page - Edgy Robert Plant - Pop-Friendly John Paul Jones - Laid-Back John Bonham - Wild Card
Caleb Carter
>Black Metal Bathory Mayhem Burzum Darkthrone
Liam Smith
Funk Metal: RHCP Faith No More Primus Mr. Bungle
Anthony Smith
I don't agree.
Kayden Evans
Hip hop Edgy: Kanye Pop: Drake Laid back: Kendrick Wild card: Tyler? Danny Brown? Future?
Lincoln Mitchell
Nickolai Fraiture - Edgy Julian Casablancas - Pop-friendly Fab Moretti - Laid back Albert Hammond jr - wild card
Connor Reed
>Grindcore Napalm Death Carcass Terrorizer Repulsion
Ayden Young
The Clash- pop friendly Ramones- laid back Sex Pistols- edgy Black Flag- wild cards
Noah Cook
switch sex pistols and clash
Camden Howard
>modern grindcore Insect Warfare Death Toll 80k Anaal Nathrakh Magrudergrind
Landon Young
this thread is stupid
Jordan Hughes
Edgy could well be Bloc Party, though I don't mean this in the positive sense and their musical output suffered an enormous quality drop after Silent Alarm. Listening to A Weekend in the City and Intimacy never fail to provide a laugh though in all fairness Four is a fairly decent album in its own right (even if the bonus tracks are better than the actual album).
Gabriel Johnson
The progenitors of the genre aren't always in the big four. Melvins started grunge too but got nothing out of it, and while they're still a contemporary band, they still have no recognition. They shouldn't be in the sludge big four because they're honestly not relevant at this point despite being one of the most influential bands of all time.
Jonathan Smith
That's not my personal taste. I don't like Pearl Jam or Nirvana but they're still in the big four. I didn't say name your four favorite sludge bands.
Charles Butler
Panda: pop-friendly Avey: edgy Deakin: le wild carde Geo: laid-back
