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TAD

TAD came out of Seattle in the mid-1980s, part of the same scene that would later be called grunge. The band started with Kurt Danielson on vocals and guitar,...

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TAD, Seattle's heavy, unpolished grunge anchor

A sludgy, loud band from the Seattle scene that never smoothed out its edges.

For the full TAD experience, start with 'Tool Marks' and 'Throat Locust'. That's the heavy, unpolished sound they never let go of.

TAD's music captures the raw, heavy side of the Seattle sound that grunge often gets polished away from. Songs like 'Tool Marks' from their 1989 debut God's Balls show that sludgy, doom-laden intensity right from the start. They built a following by staying loud and unrefined, a reminder of how punishing that era could really get.

They came out of Seattle in the mid-1980s, putting out records like God's Balls and Inhaler through the '90s. After Infrared Riding Hood in 1995, they slowed down but returned with Salt Lick in 2007 and Bullfrog in 2010, still anchored by Kurt Danielson's guitar and vocals.

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TAD came out of Seattle in the mid-1980s, part of the same scene that would later be called grunge. The band started with Kurt Danielson on vocals and guitar, Gary Thorstensen on guitar, and Mike Mongiello on drums. Their early sound had a heavy, sludgy feel, heard on tracks like 'Halcyon Nights' and 'Tool Marks' from their debut album God's Balls in 1989.

They kept putting out records through the '90s, including 8-Way Santa and Inhaler. The music stayed raw and loud, with songs like 'Throat Locust' and 'Daisy' leaning into a doom-laden punk intensity. TAD built a following without ever smoothing out their edges.

After Infrared Riding Hood in 1995, the band slowed down but didn't stop. They returned with Salt Lick in 2007 and Bullfrog in 2010, still anchored by Danielson's guitar and vocals. TAD's catalog holds up as a reminder of how heavy and unpolished that Seattle sound could get.

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