10 Grunge Songs That Are Insanely Heavy

When it comes to heaviness, the one rule is that you need to use electric guitars. Ever since distortion became a prominent sound in the rock scene, stripping things down to unplugged instruments were reserved for only the sappiest of love songs or lame hair metal ballads. These tracks had no business being on the charts when grunge ruled the airwaves, but you don't always distortion when the darkness is already inside you.

In the era when every grunge band was piling on the fuzz, Days of the New's self titled gave us an emotional wrecking ball on Touch Peel and Stand, as Travis Meeks gets all of his angst out by just using an acoustic guitar. While the acoustics here don't have the kind of smack of an electric guitar, it adds an extra layer of atmosphere to the track, with Meeks trying on his best yarl impression and pulling it near effortlessly.

Then again, this was the beginning of what became an extremely mixed bag for the world of grunge. In the years since this record came out, we saw the first waves of post grunge coming in, with acts like Puddle of Mudd and Seether laying claim to the same kind of emotional angst that Travis is doing here (and getting more artificial by the minute). The times were definitely changing in the world of alternative rock, but for a brief shining moment, it looked like the next phase of grunge might actually be able to kick some ass as well.