This is Grunge

bleachWhat is such-and-such a time/place/scene in music? We’ll ask and answer from time to time. This is a quick ‘n’ easy one: What is grunge? This is grunge: A punk/heavy metal hybrid that emerged in Seattle during the late 1980s. Guitars were sludgy, lyrics typically angst-filled, shirts flannel, and authenticity valued above most else. The 1994 suicide of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain marked the end of the grunge era.

This is what it sounds like, more or less.

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