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Topic: Grunge (disambiguation)


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  Grunge
Grunge was created in the mid-1980s by bands from Washington state, particularly in the Seattle area.
Grunge involves slower tempos and dissonant harmonies that are generally not found in punk.
Grunge bands avoided the complex, high budget presentations that bands from other musical genres such as heavy metal were known for; complex light arrays, pyrotechnics, and other visual effects unrelated to playing the music were not part of the concerts.
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 Grunge music - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that was inspired by hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock.
Grunge bands avoided the complex, high budget presentations that bands from other rock genres such as heavy metal were known for; complex light arrays, pyrotechnics, and other technological visual effects unrelated to playing the music were not part of the concerts.
Most grunge fans and music critics believe that grunge emerged as a popular genre and was embraced by mainstream audiences in reaction to the declining popularity of hair metal.
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 Grunge music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is likely that the term was seen as appropriate because of the "dirty" guitar sound that grunge is known for (the word grunge itself means "dirt") and the unkempt appearance of most bands of the genre which was in direct contradiction to the relatively polished look of glam metal bands of the late 1980s.
Most grunge fans and music critics believe that grunge emerged as a popular genre and was embraced by mainstream audiences in reaction to the declining popularity of glam metal.
Grunge fans in the Pacific Northwest believed that the media gave excessive importance to the clothing worn by grunge musicians and fans, along with other aspects of the local culture.
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Grunge bands avoided the complex, high budget presentations that bands from other musical genres such as heavy metal were known for; complex light arrays, pyrotechnics, and other visual effects unrelated to playing the music were not part of the concerts.
Grunge fans in the Pacific Northwest believed that the media gave excessive importance to the clothing worn by grunge musicians and fans, along with other aspects of the local culture.
Clothing commonly worn by grunge fans in the Northwest in its early years was a blend of the punk aesthetic with the typical outdoorsy clothing (most notably flannel shirts) of the region.
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Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a music genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal music, and indie rock.
Grunge involves slower tempo s and dissonant harmonies that are generally not found in punk.
Clothing commonly worn by grunge fans in the Northwest in its early years was a blend of the Punk fashion with the typical outdoorsy clothing (most notably flannel shirts) of the region.
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 Rock music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Other grunge bands, particularly Alice in Chains and Soundgarden, took much of their sound from early heavy metal and much of their approach from punk, though they eschewed punk's ambitions towards political and social commentary to proceed in a more nihilistic direction.
Grunge remained a mostly local phenomenon until the breakthrough of Nirvana in 1991 with their album Nevermind.
By 1994 grunge rock and its bands had become some of the most famous bands and genre of the 20th century.
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 grunge - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about grunge
Grunge band Nirvana at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1993, receiving the Best Alternative Video Award for ‘In Bloom’.
Grunge evolved from punk in the Seattle and Washington areas of the USA and became popular following the chart success of the band Nirvana in 1991.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Grunge music - Free net encyclopedia
Template:Ref The popularity of grunge was one of the earliest phenomena that distinguished the popular music of the 1990s from that of the 1980s.
Grunge evolved out of the Pacific Northwest's local punk rock scene, inspired by local punk bands such as The Fartz, The U-Men, the feedback- and distortion-intensive The Accused, and pop-punksters The Fastbacks.
Grunge bands avoided the complex, high budget presentations that bands from other musical genres such as heavy metal were known for; complex light arrays, pyrotechnics, and other technological visual effects unrelated to playing the music were not part of the concerts.
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 NME - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Suede were quickly hailed by the paper as an alternative to the heavy Grunge sound and hailed as the start of a new British music scene.
Grunge however was still the dominant force, but the rise of new British bands would become something the paper would focus more and more upon.
Grunge was about to be replaced by Britpop [2], a new form of music influenced by British music of the 1960s and British culture.
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 Angst
Punk rock, grunge, Emo, and virtually any Alternative rock dramatically combining elements of discord, melancholy and excitement may be said to assert angst.
There is an obvious connection to this music and the various subjugation of its proponent youth or racial or sociopolitical minority Subculture.
In the 1980s "teen angst" was expressed in music to a certain extent in the rise of "punk", but the word "angst" is currently more associated with, and was probably first used in reference to, the grunge movement and the band Nirvana.
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 Grunge music album pop music info
Grunge's unique sound is often said to have resulted from Seattle's isolation from other alternative rock scenes.{{refhowitt}} However, outside of the Pacific Northwest, other musicians are said to have influenced grunge.
Grunge bands avoided the complex, high budget presentations that bands from other rock genres such as heavy metal musicheavy metal were known for; complex light arrays, pyrotechnics, and other technological visual effects unrelated to playing the music were not part of the concerts.
Clothing commonly worn by grunge fans in the Northwest in its early years was a blend of the Punk fashionpunk aesthetic with the typical outdoorsy clothing (most notably flannel shirts) of the region.
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 Alice in Chains - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Alice in Chains was an influental grunge rock group initially formed by lead singer Layne Staley (1967-2002) in the mid-1980s as Alice N' Chains before changing the spelling.
The band became associated with the grunge movement due to their Seattle roots and introspective, sometimes morbid, lyrical content.
Nonetheless, Staley performed a few shows with Gacy Bunch, a "Grunge Super Group" side project formed in 1995 with Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin.
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 Grunge music Summary
Grunge is the name given to the hard rock music produced by bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and others, in Seattle, Washington, from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s.
The popularity of grunge was one of the earliest phenomena that distinguished the popular music of the 1990s from that of the 1980s.
It is likely that the term was seen as appropriate because of the "dirty" guitar sound that grunge is known for (the word grunge itself means "dirt") and the unkempt appearance of most bands of the genre which was in direct contradiction to the relatively polished look of glam metal bands of the late 1980s.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Grunge music
Grunge music (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock.
Green River, who used a harder sound in their performance than many later grunge bands, inspired other early grunge bands such as Soundgarden and Alice in Chains to use a similarly hard style.
A seminal release in the development of grunge was 1986's Deep Six compilation, released by C/Z Records (later reissued on A&M).
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 Grunge music | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock.
Bands from cities in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, such as Seattle, Olympia, and Portland, created grunge and introduced it to mainstream audiences.
The genre is closely associated with Generation X in the US, since the popularity of the genre and usage of the generational term rose simultaneously.
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 Grunge music - Enpsychlopedia
Image:Alice in chains band photo.jpg Formed in 1983, Green River is widely believed to have created the genre, and was a large inspiration for many grunge bands despite the band's relatively low level of commercial success.
Image:Nirvana band four members.jpg Prior to its popularity, grunge was listened to mostly by those who played the music.
Image:Soundgarden-Superunknown.jpg Heroin use amongst grunge musicians was also a serious problem for the continuation of some grunge bands.
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 Rock Music
Other grunge bands, particularly Alice in Chains and Soundgarden, took much of their sound rock music from early heavy metal and much of their approach from punk, though they eschewed punks ambitions towards political and social commentary to proceed in a more nihilistic direction.
Grunge remained a mostly local phenomenon until rock music the breakthrough of Nirvana in 1991 with their album Nevermind.
By 1994 grunge rock and its bands rock music had become some of the most famous bands and genre of the 20th century.
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 grunge
Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of indie rock inspired by hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock.
Many other grunge songs had a sense of humor as well, which often went unnoticed by the general public.
It is likely that the term was seen as appropriate because of the "dirty" guitar sound that grunge is known for (the word grunge itself means "dirt").
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 Nirvana (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name of the 21st level in Doom 2.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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 Generation X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Following the publication of Coupland's book (and the subsequent popularity of grunge music) the term stretched to include more people, being appropriated as the generation that succeeded the Baby Boomers, and used by the media and the general public to denote people who were in their twenties.
During the early 1990s, the media portrayed Generation X as a group of flannel-wearing, alienated, overeducated, underachieving slackers with body piercings, who drank franchise-store coffee and had to work at McJobs, concepts that had some truth to them but were in many cases stereotypes.
The grunge of the '90s was influenced by 1970s punk and heavy metal.
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 Grunge music information - Search.com
It is likely that the term was seen as appropriate because of the "dirty" guitar sound that grunge is known for (the word grunge itself means "dirt") and the unkempt appearance of most bands of the genre which was in direct contradiction to the relatively polished look of hair metal bands of the late 1980s.
A common claim of the media is that Geffen Records played a major role in marketing grunge to the mainstream audience.
Most grunge bands that came from outside of the Pacific Northwest belonged to the subgenre of post-grunge.
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 Fear
Punk rock, grunge, nu metal, and virtually any alternative rock dramatically combining elements of discord, melancholy and excitement may be said to express angst.
In the 1980s "teen angst" was expressed in music to a certain extent in the rise of punk, post punk, and Alternative music with bands such as The Smiths.
The term is also sometimes used to negatively stereotype the very wealthy and well-to-do, with the implication being that angst (and occasionally ennui) are the only problems that they face as they mull over things that only concern themselves.
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 grunge - OneLook Dictionary Search
grunge : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
grunge : English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom [home, info]
Phrases that include grunge: grunge grungy, grungy grunge, electronic post grunge, grunge metal, grunge punk, more...
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 Search: Grunge - FOX News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Grunge News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Grunge is the name given to the hard rock music produced by bands...
Grunge is more than just ratty clothing, long unkempt hair, and good music.
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Seattle is often regarded as the birthplace of grunge music, and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; coffee companies founded in Seattle include Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's.
Seattle is often thought of as the home of grunge rock musicians like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Green River, and Mudhoney, all of whom reached vast audiences in the early 1990s.
The city is also home to such varied musicians as avant-garde jazz musicians Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz, rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot, smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, heavy metal band Nevermore, industrial rockers KMFDM, and such poppier rock bands as Goodness and the Presidents of the United States of America.
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 Nirvana (UK band) Summary
Fusing Punk's speed and energy with 1970s Metal heaviness, Nirvana popularized what would later be labeled "Grunge," making loud and abrasive guitar rock one of the biggest money making genres of the 1990s.
Furthermore, in the early 1990s "Grunge" fashion became the next big thing, with the flannel thrift-store shirts and ripped jeans worn by Nirvana being imitated by upscale Madison Avenue fashion stores.
Nirvana is the UK-based progressive rock band formed in 1967, primarily active in the late 1960s and early 1970s - and still sporadically active to the present day.
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 AAF - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Advanced Authoring Format, an industry standard for high-end exchange of video project data.
Alien Ant Farm, a grunge and alternative metal musical group.
This page concerning a three letter acronym is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Nirvana (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
A grunge band from Seattle, see Nirvana (band)
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
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 Articles - Grunge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Grunge involves slower tempi and dissonant harmonies that are generally not found in punk.
419) While elements of heavy metal made their way into the grunge sound, the genre continued to remain more loyal to its punk roots.
An early Sub Pop catalog described the Green River EP as "ultra-loose GRUNGE that destroyed the morals of a generation" (Azerrad, pg.
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