GRUNGE... SO WHAT?

GRUNGE... SO WHAT?. Gan, masih ingat ketika band-band heavy metal & hard rock berguguran hidup segan mati tak mau di tahun pertengahan 90-an? Kejayaan memang ada eranya, demikian pula dengan genre yang satu ini nyaris terpuruk hanya karena Kurt Cobain bersama Nirvana menyebar wabah baru di dunia rock and roll, Grunge (Seattle sound) adalah sound distorsi gitar berat dengan lirik apatis/melankolis, ...dan selanjutnya apa yang terjadi? selera anak mudapun segera berubah.

Akibat yang ditimbulkan benar-benar merubah peta industri musik rock sejagad, termasuk pula di tanah air, Power Metal hilang tajinya, Grass Rock tenggelam padahal mereka sedang seger-segernya, nyaris cuma Slank saja yang tetap eksis karena lebih berani bermain dan bereksplorasi di wilayah rock and roll yang lebih luas dan sedikit keluar dari pakem hard rock mainstream. Sementara Boomerang & Jamrud yang lahir agak bontot masih sanggup menyita perhatian pecinta rock tanah air.

Nirvana unplugged in New York

Wabah Grunge berlanjut hingga dikuti band-band berikutnya, terutama dari wilayah Seattle semisal Pearl Jam yang merilis album 'Ten' kemudian disusul band Alice in Chains dan juga Soundgarden. Mati surinya aliran hard rock & heavy metal membuat band-band baru enggan melirik genre ini sehingga lebih memilih sound-sound baru namun cenderung tidak mengekor typical Grunge untuk menghindari stigma epigon, kecuali yang benar-benar dengan lantang teriak di panggung "nih gue Grunge" semacam Cupumanik (Bandung), Konspirasi (Jakarta), Navicula (Bali), Jawa Clown (Kediri) dll. Fenomena ini benar-benar menambah warna rock and roll kian ramai saat itu, mereka-mereka inilah di tanah air yang lebih sreg disebut berada di wilayah jalur Rock Alternatif (post-grunge, acoustic rock, britpop, rock-indie). Walaupun para pelopor Grunge sendiri sebenarnya juga di kategorikan dalam wilayah alternatif dalam wilayah akar musik rock yang lebih luas.

Revolusi ini membuat para pemain lama enggan untuk mengubur diri, merubah sedikit warna musik untuk berkompromi dengan selera pasar dan trend adalah sebuah keniscayaan dan mereka tak perlu untuk minta maaf ataupun merasa mengingkari idealisme tetapi lebih menyikapinya sebagai sebuah kenyataan. Sebagai contoh sebut saja Metallica, the Beatlesnya heavy metal ini dengan sentuhan Bob Rock merombak habis pakem musiknya yang berubah total pada Album Metallica (Black) menjadi lebih kendo, tak sekencang album-album terdahulu yang banyak mengundang protes para penggemar loyalis. Toh trik pasar Bob Rock ini terbukti manjur, membuat Metallica tetap eksis hingga Album Black menjadi dagangan industri musik paling laris saat itu di kawal ketat GNR, hal ini berlangsung hingga album Metallica berikutnya pada Load, Reload, S& M maupun ST. Anger.   Atau simak juga Album Scorpions Eye To Eye menjadi album Scorpions yang benar-benar berbeda dengan kompromi pada Sound Techno Industrialnya. Fenomena ini lebih tepat jika disebut saling pengaruh-mempengaruhi, akar musik Grunge banyak dipengaruhi  Heavy metal/ hardrock awal tahun 1970-an, sedangkan Heavy metal trend baru lebih banyak dipengaruhi Grunge. Oke sobat artikel pendek ini hanyalah opini pribadi saya yang sebenarnya tak begitu nglotok betul tentang musik rock, jadi bukanlah sebuah kesimpulan, jika anda setuju ya monggo kalau anda anggap ngaco mohon kepala saya jangan ditimpuk bata.

Selanjutnya di bawah ini beberapa lagu Rock Alternative yang sering wara-wiri di MTV maupun stasiun radio di tahun 90-an hingga kini. Daftar ini merupakan representasi akurat dari apa yang anda dengar di stasiun radio rock alternatif di tahun 90-an, saya yakin anda masih ingat atau malah sangat lekat dengan list di bawah ini, sorry tidak menyertakan link download.

No.	Judul Lagu	Artist/Band	Dari Album
1	Karma Police	Radiohead	OK Computer
2	No Excuses	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies
3	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana	Nevermind
4	Bittersweet Symphony	The Verve	Urban Hymns
5	Heaven Beside You	Alice in Chains	Alice in Chains
6	One Headlight	The Wallflowers	Bringing Down the Horse
7	Jesus Christ Pose	Soundgarden	Badmotorfinger
8	Bullet With Butterfly Wings	Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
9	Lithium	Nirvana	Nevermind
10	1979	Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie & The Infinite..
11	Paranoid Android	Radiohead	OK Computer
12	Down in a Hole	Alice in Chains	Dirt
13	Nutshell	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies
14	Otherside	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication
15	Losing My Religion	REM	Out of Time
16	Everlong	Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape
17	Cherub Rock	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream
18	Come As You Are	Nirvana	Nevermind
19	Wonderwall	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
20	The Way	Fastball	All the Pain Money Can Buy
21	I Stay Away	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies
22	Brain Stew	Green Day	Insomniac
23	Creep	Stone Temple Pilots	Core
24	In Bloom	Nirvana	Nevermind
25	Rotten Apple	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies
26	Heart Shaped Box	Nirvana	In Utero
27	Plush	Stone Temple Pilots	Core
28	The Man Who Sold The World (Cover)	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York
29	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication
30	Ænima	Tool	Ænima
31	Grind	Alice in Chains	Alice in Chains
32	Mr. Jones	Counting Crows	August and Everything After
33	Personal Jesus	Depeche Mode	Violator
34	Under The Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik
35	Bound for the Floor	Local H	As Good As Dead
36	Touch, Peel and Stand	Days of the New	Days of the New
37	Man In The Box	Alice in Chains	Facelift
38	Your Woman	White Town	Women In Technology
39	No Shelter	Rage Against the Machine	The Battle of Los Angeles
40	All The Small Things	Blink-182	Enema of the State
41	Would?	Alice in Chains	Dirt
42	In The Meantime	Spacehog	Resident Alien
43	Dumb	Nirvana	In Utero
44	You Ought to Know	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
45	All I Want	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Fear
46	December	Collective Soul	Collective Soul
47	Dirt	Alice in Chains	Dirt
48	Mayonaise	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream
49	Song 2	Blur	Blur
50	A Long December	Counting Crows	Recovering the Satellites
51	Santa Monica	Everclear	Sparkle & Fade
52	Rooster	Alice in Chains	Dirt
53	Counting Blue Cars	Dishwalla	Pet Your Friends
54	Buddy Holly	Weezer	Blue Album
55	Burden In My Hand	Soundgarden	Down on the Upside
56	Soma	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream
57	Junkhead	Alice in Chains	Dirt
58	Flagpole Sitta	Harvey Danger	Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
59	Enter Sandman	Metallica	Metallica
60	I Alone	Live	Throwing Copper
61	Run	Collective Soul	Dosage
62	Find The River	REM	Automatic for the People
63	A Tout Le Monde	Megadeth	Youthanasia
64	Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm	Crash Test Dummies	God Shuffled his Feet
65	Unglued	Stone Temple Pilots	Purple
66	Low	Cracker	Kerosene Hat
67	Streets of Philadelphia	Bruce Springsteen	Soundtrack: Philadelphia
68	Interstate Love Song	Stone Temple Pilots	Purple
69	Self Esteem	The Offspring	Smash
70	Sex and Candy	Marcy Playground	Marcy Playground
71	Lucky Man	The Verve	Urban Hymns
72	Semi Charmed Life	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind
73	Thief	Our Lady Peace	Happiness... Is Not A Fish...
74	Possum Kingdom	Toadies	Rubberneck
75	Rape Me	Nirvana	In Utero
76	Zero	Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
77	Tyler	Toadies	Rubberneck
78	Lucky	Radiohead	OK Computer
79	Blow up the Outside World	Soundgarden	Down on the Upside
80	Drive	REM	Automatic for the People
81	Iris	Goo Goo Dolls	Dizzy Up the Girl
82	Today	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream
83	Big Empty	Stone Temple Pilots	Purple
84	Hate To Feel	Alice in Chains	Dirt
85	Mary Jane's Last Dance	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Greatest Hits
86	Why I'm Here	Oleander	February Son
87	Sour Girl	Stone Temple Pilots	No. 4
88	Closing Time	Semisonic	Feeling Strangely Fine
89	Nearly Lost You	Screaming Trees	Sweet Oblivion
90	Say It Ain't So	Weezer	Blue Album
91	What's The Frequency, Kenneth?	REM	Monster
92	Carnival	Natalie Merchant	Tigerlily
93	Crazy Life	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Coil
94	Never Let You Go	Third Eye Blind	Blue
95	Linger	The Cranberries	Everybody Else is Doing It
96	Losing A Whole Year	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind
97	You Learn	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
98	Runaway Train	Soul Asylum	Grave Dancer's Union
99	All My Friends	Counting Crows	This Desert Life
100	Don't Look Back In Anger	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
101	Rhinoceros	Smashing Pumpkins	Gish
102	Hand In My Pocket	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
103	Ava Adore	Smashing Pumpkins	Adore
104	Rain When I Die	Alice in Chains	Dirt
105	Tighter & Tighter	Soundgarden	Down on the Upside
106	Only in Dreams	Weezer	Blue Album
107	Killing in the Name of	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine
108	Outshined	Soundgarden	Badmotorfinger
109	One of Us	Joan Osborne	Relish
110	Tonight, Tonight	Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
111	Zombie	The Cranberries	No Need To Argue
112	Saint Joe on the School Bus	Marcy Playground	Marcy Playground
113	Bittersweet Me	REM	New Adventures in Hi-Fi
114	Good Morning Baby	Bic Runga and Dan Wilson	Soundtrack: American Pie
115	Good	Better than Ezra	Deluxe
116	Take a Picture	Filter	Title of Record
117	The Chemicals Between Us	Bush	The Science of Things
118	The Good Life	Weezer	Pinkerton
119	We Are	Vertical Horizon	Everything You Want
120	Whats My Age Again?	Blink-182	Enema of the State
121	Don't Follow	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies
122	Selling The Drama	Live	Throwing Copper
123	On a Plain	Nirvana	Nevermind
124	Bulls on Parade	Rage Against the Machine	Evil Empire
125	Ironic	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
126	Drive	Incubus	Make Yourself
127	Stranger By the Day	Shades Apart	Eyewitness
128	Love Spreads	Stone Roses	Second Coming
129	Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth	Primitive Radio Gods	Rocket
130	Cuts You Up	Peter Murphy	Deep
131	Enjoy The Silence	Depeche Mode	Violator
132	Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead	The Bends
133	Weapon and the Wound	Days of the New	Days of the New
134	Over Now	Alice in Chains	Alice in Chains
135	Prophecy	Remy Zero	Villa Elaine
136	Fell On Black Days	Soundgarden	Superunknown
137	Headache	Frank Black	Teenager of the Year
138	High	Feeder	Polythene
139	Compliment	Collective Soul	Dosage
140	Woodburning	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Dulcinea
141	About A Girl (Live)	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York
142	Creep	Radiohead	Pablo Honey
143	In the Garage	Weezer	Blue Album
144	Gotta Get Away	The Offspring	Smash
145	Nothing Else Matters	Metallica	Metallica
146	Shine	Collective Soul	Hints, Allegations, and Things...
147	Breed	Nirvana	Nevermind
148	Casual Affair	Tonic	Lemon Parade
149	Fade Into You	Mazzy Star	So Tonight That I Might See
150	My Friends	Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute
151	Black Hole Sun	Soundgarden	Superunknown
152	My Name is Jonas	Weezer	Blue Album
153	Out of My Head	Fastball	All the Pain Money Can Buy
154	Beautiful Disaster	311	Transistor
155	Champagne Supernova	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
156	All I Know	Screaming Trees	Dust
157	Gone Away	The Offspring	Ixnay on the Hombre
158	Santeria	Sublime	Sublime
159	Columbia	Oasis	Definitely Maybe
160	The Freshman	Verve Pipe	Villains
161	All Over You	Live	Throwing Copper
162	The Unforgiven	Metallica	Metallica
163	Jeremy	Pearl Jam	Ten
164	Hold Her Down	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Fear
165	Piece Of Pie	Stone Temple Pilots	Core
166	Silvergun Superman	Stone Temple Pilots	Purple
167	Black	Pearl Jam	Ten
168	Warm Machine	Bush	The Science of Things
169	Rocket	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream
170	Whiskey In The Jar (Cover)	Metallica	Garage Inc.
171	Closer	Nine Inch Nails	Downward Spiral
172	Just	Radiohead	The Bends
173	Hows It Gonna Be	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind
174	Jumper	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind
175	Mysterious Ways	U2	Achtung Baby
176	Army Ants	Stone Temple Pilots	Purple
177	Uno	Muse	Showbiz
178	Everything You Want	Vertical Horizon	Everything You Want
179	My Iron Lung	Radiohead	The Bends
180	Desperately Wanting	Better than Ezra	Friction, Baby
181	What The Hell Have I?	Alice in Chains	Nothing Safe
182	Hello Kitty Kat	Smashing Pumpkins	Pisces Iscariot
183	Walk On The Ocean	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Fear
184	Break It Down Again	Tears for Fears	Elemental
185	Laid	James	Laid
186	Morning Glory	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
187	Head Over Feet	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
188	Quiet	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream
189	The Day I Tried to Live	Soundgarden	Superunknown
190	Far Behind	Candlebox	Candlebox
191	King Nothing	Metallica	Load
192	Lake Of Fire (Cover)	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York
193	Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication
194	The Difference	The Wallflowers	Bringing Down the Horse
195	Muscle Museum (Live)	Muse	Showbiz
196	The Bends	Radiohead	The Bends
197	Sweet 69	Babes In Toyland	Nemesisters
198	Pepper	Butthole Surfers	Electriclarryland
199	Underneath the Sky	Oasis	The Masterplan
200	Disarm	Smashing Pumpkins

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