# In the 1990s, Mick Jagger confessed he was “never crazy about Nirvana”, but there was one grunge band he loved

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-the-1990s-mick-jagger-confessed-he-was-never-crazy-about-nirvana-but-there-was-one-grunge-band-he-loved/
- Published: 2026-11-04T16:37:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T07:42:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/grunge-band-1990s-worth-listening-to-according-to-mick-jagger/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Jagger preferred Pearl Jam to Nirvana.
- He found Nirvana too angst-ridden.
- He saw grunge’s roots in earlier rock.

## Summary

In a 1995 interview, Mick Jagger said he had never been especially keen on Nirvana, describing the band’s music as too angst-ridden, but said he liked Pearl Jam. His comments show how one of rock’s established stars viewed grunge as it reached a wider audience.

Jagger said he appreciated grunge’s emotional intensity but was not drawn to morose music. He also saw links to 1960s rock, while noting that grunge had different grooves influenced by dance music. Keith Richards later jokingly or provocatively claimed the Rolling Stones’ 1972 album *Exile on Main St.* was “the first grunge record”.

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