Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the mid-1980s in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns.

2019年4月9日 · Discover the history of grunge and how Seattle became the flannel and music capital of the ’90s.

As a subculture, grunge rallied around a set of attitudes and values that set the movement apart from mainstream (Latysheva). The grunge sound drew from the nihilism of punk and the head banging gospel of heavy metal, tinged with the swagger of 1970s FM rock running counter to the sleek production of pop radio and hair metal bands.

Influenced by punk rock, by the hardcore-punk inheritors of its do-it-yourself ethic such as Hüsker Dü, and by the sound of 1970s heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC, grunge came to fruition on Seattle’s independent Sub Pop record label as Mudhoney, Nirvana, Screaming Trees, and Soundgarden followed in the ...

2021年2月17日 · In 1992, grunge music and fashion had captured the imaginations of young people across the world. Smelling an as-yet untold story in the making, New York Times reporter Rick Marin was determined to reveal some new details about the coolest subculture going.

2024年1月9日 · Originating from the Pacific Northwest, grunge transcended mere musical categorization; it sparked a cultural revolution that reshaped not only the music scene but also fashion, attitudes, and...

2021年9月13日 · Soon, the subculture’s fashion sense was adopted by mainstream America, meaning flannel shirts and faded, ripped jeans were suddenly status apparel.

2023年11月21日 · The grunge subculture was an American movement concerned with social justice that began in the late '80s and became hugely popular in the early '90s. The grunge subculture developed in...

2014年4月22日 · This year marks twenty years since 1994, a year that saw two key movements in western youth culture – the end of US grunge, marked by the suicide of Nirvana’ s singer and songwriter Kurt Cobain, and the start of the Britpop, marked by the release of seminal albums Parklife by Blur, and Definitely Maybe by Oasis.

2024年11月19日 · In this documentary, we explore the history of Seattle grunge, as told by those who lived it.