10 Grunge Songs That Are Insanely Heavy

10. Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney

Before grunge really became a fashion statement, its roots were always in the punk scene. Even though not every band was copying the Ramones or anything, there was always that same sort of DIY approach going through the early days of Sub Pop Records. And at the top of the roster, Mudhoney burst onto the scene with a metallic version of the Stooges on Touch Me I'm Sick.

From the opening notes, this is a much more chaotic form of grunge than the Pearl Jams of the world, to the point where all the instruments sound like they're about to fall apart at any moment. This was around the time where grunge hadn't even gotten a name yet, and hearing these guys go for it throughout this song makes it feel like they're trying to blow out your speakers at every opportunity. And while Mark Arm is certainly not Freddie Mercury, his delivery does measure up to the sounds of hardcore punk, wailing his guts out and sounding like he's trying to force his way through the speakers to scream at you.

What makes everything heavy has to be the guitar sounds, which sound like your traditional hard rock tones if they had been left in a swamp for a few days. That's really the ethos of grunge though. It might be murky and a little bit dirty from a sonic perspective, but you can never really want to look away either.