Suno Grunge Prompt: Style and Exclude Lines

Grunge example: a battered electric guitar and amp in a damp Seattle garage, rain outside, flannel shirt on a stool — Mood still for this style, made with the Lookbook's image prompts. The page has no audio. Scene: a battered electric guitar and amp in a damp Seattle garage, rain outside, flannel shirt on a stool.

What it is

Early-1990s Pacific Northwest rock: sludgy detuned guitars, quiet verses that explode into loud choruses, heavy drums and a raspy, anguished voice.

Suno prompt

Two boxes, ready to paste. The Style line goes in Suno's Styles field, the Exclude line in Exclude styles.

Style

early 90s grunge, 112 bpm, sludgy detuned distorted guitars, quiet verse into loud chorus, heavy pounding drums, thick bass, raspy anguished male vocal, raw garage recording

Exclude

synth, pop polish, autotune, EDM, rap, metal screams, shredding solos, orchestral, lo-fi beat, acoustic folk

The parts

The lead is the one instrument that carries the tune. Colour instruments add texture and never take the melody. The bed is the rhythm section underneath.

Tempo: 112 bpm
Meter: 4/4
Swing: straight
Key: D minor
Lead (carries the tune): raspy male vocal
Colour (never the melody): feedback, quiet clean-tone verses
Bed: detuned distorted guitars, heavy drums, thick bass

Not this

Not metal: no shredding solos or gallops. Not shoegaze: the vocal is up front and the guitars are dry and heavy.

Other names

90s grunge, Seattle sound

Pairs with

handheld close-ups in a dim rehearsal room
grungy pushed film grain
a photocopied distressed type title

Build a full look around it

The Lookbook deals the camera, light, film look, palette and music that go with this card, and writes one prompt for the whole set.

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