I'm not adverse to a bit of grunge myself,but I just didn't think it suited The ex-neph boys style at all,it lacked any of the intensity of The neph."Rivers" and "watch without pain" are about the only Rubicon tunes that I can give a listen too.Muppet wrote: I quite liked "Ten", so I guess the Pearl Jam thing wasn't a problem for me! And with songs like "On Your Side", "Rivers", "Killing Time" etc, they made some of the best music of the 90's. Honestly.
Actually I thought the mid 90's were a splendid time for music,unless you were a rock/goth fan of course,in which case it was totally devoid of anything interesting at all.Techno ruled and I loved it.Exciting times only equalled by late 70's punk and mid 80's goth IMO.