- (React) We have brought in our music fans for a '90s Grunge
Music Trivia Battle. - A '90s Grunge Music Trivia Battle.
Okay! - ♪ Jeremy spoke in class today ♪
- He's from Seattle, so I'm a little worried
because he has that advantage. - (laughs)
- But I don't know. I feel like I'll do pretty well.
- Middle of the road. I'm gonna stay in my lane,
middle of the road. That's where I'm gonna be.
- I definitely have some blind spots.
There are some bands that I know better than others.
♪ (audio in reverse) ♪
- Oh my god! That's so hard. - Oh my gosh.
♪ (audio in reverse) ♪ (bell rings)
- Soundgarden, "Black Hole Sun." (ding)
- (React) Yeah! - (gasps)
- (React) Hell yeah. - What?!
- (laughs) - Is this Soundgarden? "Black Hole Sun"?
- (React) Yeah! - Okay.
- Oh, nice! -All right. All right.
I was like, this is what it sounds like, but it's not right.
- "Black Hole Sun," Soundgarden? - (React) Yeah! You got it!
- Wowwwww! - Get outta town! No-- what?!
- (React) Yeah. - Stop it.
- ♪ In my eyes ♪ - Yup.
- ♪ Indisposed ♪ - This is a horrifying music video.
- (chuckles) - Ohhhhhh!
- (both laugh) - I'm gonna get high as a kite
and watch this later. - (both laugh)
- (both sing along) ♪ Black hole sun ♪ ♪ Won't you come ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Wash away the rain ♪ - Wow.
This is gonna be really hard. - Man, those Seattle guys are weird.
- (both laugh) - How long would you guess
that it took Chris Cornell to write this song?
- Oh, I'm gonna guess it's something like five minutes
or something crazy, right? - Yeah, like three hours or something.
- Is this when he did in, like, two seconds?
- Yeah. - It's just gonna be one of those?
- That was my first guess was it's super quick.
- 15 minutes. - Stop it!
- Insane. - (wheezes)
- (React) Tell me what you're seeing. - There's a dog in a cone.
- It's giving mad scientist vibes. It's giving...animal testing. (laughs)
- (React) "Animal testing"? (bell rings)
- "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana? (buzzer)
- Is this Alice in Chains? (buzzer)
- (React) No. - Ooh.
- Maybe Bush? - (React) No.
♪ (guitar plays) ♪ (buzzer rings)
- Oh! (laughs) This is Nirvana, "Come As You Are."
(ding) - (React) You got it. Yup.
- "Come As You Are"? - (React) Yeah!
You got it. - Ayyy! (laughs)
- Yeah. - Nirvana, "Come As You Are."
(ding) - (React) Yeah.
- Ahhh! - (both sing along) ♪ As you are ♪
♪ As you were ♪ ♪ And as I want you to be ♪
- I think visually this is really very grungy.
- See, but that was the thing about the lyrics in this era,
this type of music, it sounded like all the singers
were straining to take a crap. So, it was just like
♪ (melodic groaning) ♪ - Half the time, I can't tell
what the hell they're saying. It's like listening to Pearl Jam.
(laughs) I'm like what the hell is Eddie Vedder saying?
- (React) Which iconic grunge song featuring The lyric, "Rest his head
on a pillow made of concrete" is about the experience
of being a homeless man? - I'm hearing this song
in my head, specifically that lyric, and I can't come up with the title.
- Um...first of all, so sad, so deep. (laughs)
- To be fair-- all right, let's just clarify.
We enjoy grunge here. - Yes.
- But I think we can also admit, sometimes it's kind of hard
to tell what they're saying. - Mm-hmm. Most of the time.
- Yes. - (React) Think about who likes
to write about current events and social issues and bring--
- Don't help her! (laughs) - I don't know.
(buzzer) - Just guessing. I'm gonna say
"Concrete" by Pearl Jam. I know that's not the name.
- (React) Is that a song by Pearl Jam? - I don't know.
- (React) Oh. - I just-- "Concrete,"
'cause you said concrete. - (React) Oh! No, that's a good guess.
Three, two, one! (ding)
- Nice. Pearl Jam, "Even Flow." - Pearl Jam. Yeah.
- (React) Got it. - Yeah.
- Yeah, the minute you said social, they-- I was like--
- "Social issues," I thought Pearl Jam. - (React) Yeah, you both got it.
Awesome. - Yeah! All right. All right. Fine.
- (laughs) - They boycotted Ticketmaster
for possibly overpricing tickets. - I didn't know that.
- And so, they didn't even work with Ticketmaster for years.
- Oh, oh, oh! It's Stone Temple Pilots.
- (React) What song? - Oh, [censored].
(buzzer rings) - Is it STP?
- (React) Yup. - Yeah. And it's "Plush."
- (React) Yeah! - Yeah.
- Wow! - (React) Okay!
- Yeah. - "Plush."
- Yes, thank you! Dammit. - (React) Hell yeah.
- Dammit. - "Plush," Stone Temple.
- "Plush." - (React) Yeah.
- Yes! - Oh, it's "Plush." Yup.
- Honestly, this is my favorite band of that era.
- What a great voice. - (sings along) ♪ Time's
a-wasting, go ♪ - Man. Ah, dude. Yeah.
- ♪ (sings gibberish) ♪ - Yeah. (laughs)
- ♪ Got time and time ♪ - I'm just in my head, like,
I can't even think about singing 'cause it'd just
totally ruin what she's doing. - No! No.
- Stone Temple Pilots rose to fame during the grunge movement
of the '90s, but they also hit a variety of different genres:
psychedelic rock, bossa nova, classic rock.
- Bossa nova? - They dipped their toes in--
(buzzer rings) - (groans)
- ♪ Glycerine ♪ - (React) Yeah!
- By Bush. - Bush! Dammit! Yup,
"Glycerine" by Bush. Yup, that's another great band.
- "Glycerine." - (React) Yeah!
You got it! - Wow.
- "Glycerine" by-- "Glycerine" by Bush.
(laughs) - Very good. Very good.
- This was the first song I ever downloaded on Napster.
- (sings along) ♪ All right ♪ ♪ Everything's gray ♪
Yeah, this was-- - You're really good. That's great.
That's great. - This was back when he was with Gwen.
- And I really love how the majority of these videos have a lot
of dark blues and a lot of like super imposed
white on the skin, like they're dead almost.
- Dude, it's-- look how pretty he is. Look how pretty he is!
He's a beautiful man! - He's not grunge.
- He is not grunge. - Their music was considered
a mix of grunge, post-grunge, alternative rock,
but the album "16 Stone," featuring the song "Glycerine"
was strongly influenced by grunge, so we had to throw 'em in here for ya.
First round, you're gonna name the band.
Next round, you're gonna name the song.
This popular grunge metal band is responsible for the album "Facelift,"
which hit the Billboard charts in 1991.
- I should know this of all people. - (both laugh)
- (React) Two, one! (ding)
You got it. - All right. Woo!
- Yeah! Clink. - Clink, clink, clinketty.
(ding) - (both) Alice in Chains.
- (React) You both got it. - Sweet.
- (React) Yeah! You got it. - Wooo!
- (React) Name the song that this lyric comes from.
"Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?"
- Ohh. - I definitely-- I mean, I...
I can't think of it. - It is their most popular song.
- It's like... again, all-- - ♪ (hums) ♪
- ♪ Won't you come and save me? ♪ - Blank!
- (React) "Man in the Box." Yeah! You got it!
- Ohhh. - "Man in a Box."
- (React) "Man in the Box." You got it.
- Yeah. I was like, this is their biggest freakin' song.
- No. - (React) Yeah, you got it.
- Golly. - Awww.
- Dude, I can't believe I was blanking on that name.
- Yeah. I'm surprised you didn't know it either. (laughs)
- Easy, Haley. - (both laugh)
- "Cramping styles is the plan. They've got us in the palm
of every hand."
- (React) Anything? - ♪ Styles is the plan ♪
- (both laugh) - ♪ They've got us in the palm
of every-- ♪ (laughs)
- Man, if there were a genre that-- or can you tell what the lyrics are
for this song? Grunge is just like--
- I feel like the hard thing is they're all kind of the same.
- I have no idea. (bell rings)
- "Hungry" by Temple of the Dog? (buzzer)
- ♪ (man singing) ♪ - Whoa.
- (React) Any bells? - Oh my god.
- No. - That's not L7, is it?
- (React) It sure is. - Okay.
- Is it L7?
- (React) It is L7. - Ah.
- (React) It is L7. - L7?
- (React) L7, an all-female rock band from LA.
- ♪ What's up with what's going down ♪ - Ohhh.
Yeah, I think I've heard this. - Yeah, I've--
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Okay, I've heard this.
- Man, '90s bands and slow-mo footage just can't help themselves.
- Yup. And I love how they're always outside,
kind of far away. Like... - You love to see a girl rock band.
Mm-hmm. - Oh yeah.
- Yes, ladies. - They did a lot of stuff live.
Like, there was this one time where they raffled off the drummer
for a one night stand. - (laughs)
- And I think the lead singer took out her tampon
and threw it at the audience. It was just like [censored]
or something like that. - Well, I'm sure in the '90s that
would've been especially controversial. - Yeah.
- So their aesthetic and sound were associated with the grunge movement,
but their music was definitely more punk rock, alternative rock.
- (laughs) Temple of the Dog, "Hunger Strike."
- (React) Yeah! - Damn!
- (React) Hell yeah! (bell rings)
- Temple of the Dog. - (React) Yeah. What's the song?
- Yeah. "Hunger Strike." - (React) Yeah!
- Yeah, absolutely. (laughs) - Okay. (laughs)
- It's "Hungry" by Temple of the Dog.
- Yeah. - Do you see how he's rugged?
Do you see how he's rugged? - He's totally rugged.
- Bush don't look like that. - ♪ I'm going hungryyyyy ♪
- ♪ I don't mind ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Mind
stealing bread ♪ - He's so young! Oh my god.
- (sings along) ♪ I'm going hungryyyyyyy ♪
- ♪ Honey ♪ - "Cherub"?
"Cherub." Smashing Pumpkins, "Cherub."
"Cherub Rock." "Cherub Rock." - (React) I'll give it to you.
- Okay! - Oh! This is Smashing Pumpkins.
- Goddammit! - Oh. Smashing Pumpkins.
- (React) Uh-huh. - Wow.
- Who wants that ♪ honey ♪ - Oh, definitely.
- It is a good band. I guess I just don't think of them
when I think grunge, but it does make sense.
- And he's so young. - This is pretty cool,
all these colors. It's very psychedelic.
- Are you high? Are you high right now?
- I wish. - Grunge purists might not
consider them part of the movement, but they did share some similar themes
and they do skew a little bit more alternative, but grunge adjacent.
- Not grunge.
- (React) This '80s band helped inspire '90s grunge sound.
And members of this band later joined Mudhoney,
Temple of the Dog, and Pearl Jam.
- I don't know. Do you know? - No.
- (React) This is a deep cut, so it's okay.
- I'm getting smoked here! I have no idea!
(bell rings) - Green River?
- (React) Yeah! - Ohhhhh!
- (React) Yeah, you got it! - I've never even heard of Green River.
- (React) Green River. - Oh yeah! They-- yeah,
and then they-- yeah. - This is definitely
a predecessor to grunge. - Mm-hmm.
- Yeah. 'Cause there's still a little bit of classic rock in there.
- This makes me wanna just push somebody. (laughs)
- You could hear the influence for sure.
- Yeah, you can here how Nirvana was influenced by this.
- Yeah, it's a little bit more punk rock, I feel like.
- Yeah. - Yeah, that's probably-- I don't--
I don't get down with punk. - That's definitely--
- (React) Name the grunge/alternative metal band
featuring front man Andrew Wood... - Yup.
- (React) ...who passed away days before their debut album,
"Apple," was scheduled to release. - I don't know this one.
- Yes, you do. - Do I?
- Yeah. - (React) All right. Reveal!
- I'm pissed I missed certain ones. - (React) Yeah!
- All right. (laughs) - (React) Mother Love Bone
is correct. Yeah. - Yeah, see? Yeah.
I figured she'd get it right. I just had to come up with something
- Mother Love Bone. - (React) You got it.
- It's so sad that he died before the album.
That's so sad. - He overdosed, I think, right?
Yeah. - Yeah, and I've not heard this before.
- (React) No? - That's very cool.
Is it late '80s? - (React) Yup, late '80s.
- So, this band, you can tell that they really came
from the hair band era, you know? - Right. Right.
- Especially with the way that he is singing.
He's doing a lot of the ♪ Yeah, limousine ♪
- Yeah, 'cause this is like-- that's like Mötley Crüe vibes,
you know, with the hat, and you know, the--
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Totally. - So, Mother Love Bone was
extremely influential to the grunge and alternative metal movements.
But yeah, as you can see, there's a lot of crossover
in some of these early grunge bands. Congratulations. How do you feel?
- Ah, it feels good to actually win for once.
- (both laugh) - I had to win. Are you kidding me?
I'm from Seattle. I'd get wrecked.
- That's true. - I'm already upset
I missed some of these. - (React) Woooo!
- Nice. - Woo.
- Well, I feel like we got every band at least, right?
- Yeah. - I feel great!
I'm so flushed. - Yeah.
- I'm so happy. (laughs) - "I dashed Jason's hopes.
I feel wonderful!" - Yeah!
- Yeah! Take that! - I woke up this morning and said,
"Let's kill Jason." - (laughs)
- Oh, did you want me to kick you? - No! No! Ah, no!
- So Danny, because you are our loser today...
- Oh yeah, there's a punishment! - What's the punishment?
- It seems like you might need an extra dose of grunge.
So, we're gonna bring in the grunge juice shot.
- What the [censored]? What's the grunge--
that sounds-- I'm imagining just a shot of garbage.
- (laughs) - Hmmm.
- But that's okay, because this is gonna give you the extra dose
of grunge that you've been needing. - (laughs)
- Okay? Let's go. - Woo, woo.
- (React) Get that dose of grunge. - I'm gonna close my eyes
and pretend this is tequila. - (laughs)
- Here, I'll sing for you. - ♪ Jeremy spoke in ♪
♪ Spoke ♪
- Oh my god. - (laughs) That's bad.
Now that's grunge. - ♪ Jeremy spoke in class ♪
- That's so sour. - (laughs)
- (laughs) So bad. - Doesn't smell good.
Doesn't smell good. - Bro! What is that?