Grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock and means ‘’filthy’’ or ‘’dirty’’. The grunge scene took off in Seattle. Some theories reason that the birthplace of Grunge was Seattle, because the city was very isolated from trend metropolitans like New York or Washington and thus a completely new trend could develop. In addition Seattle is located in a very rainy area, so people gathered in houses to socialize and organized house parties where grunge became a very important element. Main characteristics of Grunge are heavily distorted guitars, contrasting song dynamics and depressive or angst-filled lyrics. At the beginning, in the 1980s, Grunge mostly existed underground, but in the first half of the 1990s, grunge achieved public attention due to the release of Nirvana’s album ‘’Nevermind’’ and Pearl Jam’s ‘’Ten”.