grunge

i wanna start my band but we want to have a grunge sound but dont know exsactly to do it


we know nirvana

The first step would be to immerse yourself in as many grunge bands and songs as you can. Like, do nothing but listen to grunge music for several weeks. Meantime, find as much info you can on what equipment those specific bands are using. Look up the lyrics and see what kind of subjects they write about.
Basically, in order to play grunge you have to know what it is, what it's history is and where it comes from.
There's a whole bunch of sites around that go into the history of certain types of music...where it first started, who the first bands were etc...
I'd buy their music and also look around on usenet for early bootleg copies of live recordings or outtakes from the studio.

I did that for the Beatles. I'd heard all their officially released songs but found out that all the early takes and alternate versions were available as well. So I went out and bought a book that outlined the studio dates and what songs were recorded, looked at pictures of their studio and where the mics were placed, then spent months studying how the recordings were made and mixed down from 4 track, what instruments they used, what changes were made to the songs in order to improve them.
Kinda treat it like a university course in music and learn as much as you can.

High distortion, power chords, high distortion.

Did I say high distortion?

Originally Posted by: earthman buckHigh distortion, power chords, high distortion.

Did I say high distortion?

don't forget drop d =)

Originally Posted by: oib111don't forget drop d =)

That's only if you're feeling particularly saucy. :)

or nirvana-ey

I dunno, Nirvana didn't use drop-D all that much. They used standard tuning half a step down a lot more frequently.

True. But still, drop d always gets me a nice grunge sound.

Originally Posted by: earthman buckI dunno, Nirvana didn't use drop-D all that much. They used standard tuning half a step down a lot more frequently.

Yeah i've noticed this. I am currently making my way through the Nirvana Unplugged song book. Think I remember about 1-2 tunes written in drop-D.

Drop-D is such a pig on my guitar tho. however half step down is fairly easy.