The George Lite Zone

Thanks to Suki for reminding me just how good L7 are. I meant to follow up on them when I heard the track Shitlist on the Natural Born Killers Soundtrack album years ago and was mightily impressed. It's taken from the album Bricks Are Heavy which is a good place to start with the band. In terms of all female grunge bands they kick Hole's ass. Now that just doesn't sound right now, does it! Here's a video of the girls playing Shitlist in Rio in '93. Play it loud, then play it again, this is good stuff.

Another grunge list, this time culled from the pages of Q magazine. 15 Grunge Classics Babes in Toyland Fontanelle Further listening - Spanking Machine Tha Afghan Wings Gentlemen Further listening - Black Love Smashing Pumpkins Gish Further listening - Siamese Dream Hole Live Through This Further listening - Celebrity Skin Stone Temple Pilots Core Further listening - Purple The Breeders Last Splash Further listening - Pod The Jesus Lizard Goat Further listening - Goat Soundgarden Superunknown Further listening - Badmotorfinger Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion Further listening - Mark Lanegan, Whiskey for the Holy Ghost Pearl Jam Ten Further listening - Vs Mother Love Bone Apple Further listening - Malfunkshun - Return to Olympus Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff Further listening - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Alice in Chains Dirt Further listening - Jar of Flies Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog Further listening - Shame by Brad Nirvana Nevermind Further listening - Bleach Q Classic Nirvan...

ESSENTIAL The Classics Nirvana - Nevermind Pearl Jam - Ten SUPERIOR The Albums That Built Their Genre Soundarden - Badmotorfinger Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog Mother Love Bone - Apple Alice In Chains - Facelift GOOD Worth Exploring Dinosaur Jr - Bug Stone Temple Pilots - Core Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia AVOID Silverchair - Frogstomp A STARTER Singles Original Sound Track THE REST Green River - Rehab Doll / Dry As A Bone Malfunshun - Return To Olympus Tad - 8 Way Santa Smashing Pumpkins - Gish L7 - Bricks Are Heavy Hole - Pretty On The Inside Mudhoney - Superfuzzbigmuff

1) Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden 2) Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog 3) Alice in Chains - Dirt 4) Stone Temple Pilots - Core 5) Pearl Jam - 10 6) Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 7) Nirvana - Nevermind