See our rating of each “Big 4” grunge album from worst to greatest.

Thrash might have their “Big 4,” however so does grunge — Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden — they usually all had been accountable for placing the Seattle sound on the scene within the early ’90s and dominating the music world for somewhat over half the last decade.

The 4 teams all loved their greatest successes within the ’90s, although three of the 4 teams continued to put out data within the twenty first century. Alice In Chains recruited William DuVall a number of years after the loss of life of Layne Staley and have launched three albums with him, Soundgarden regrouped within the 2010s and shared King Animal (2012), whereas Pearl Jam by no means stopped releasing new materials.

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The collective works of all 4 bands helped pave the best way for a rawer and sometimes darker sound that permeated the early to mid ’90s, influencing a wealth of acts and flipping the music world on its ear.

So be a part of us as we take a better take a look at the works of Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and the way they stack up in opposition to one another under. The data are ranked from worst to greatest, although we’d argue that there actually aren’t any unhealthy apples of the bunch.

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