Grunge Rock

• In the early 90's the music scene was over run by heavily produced pop rock and hair metal
• From this many bands, specially in Seattle, began to go anti- mainstream by creating more dirty and rebellious music.
• Grunge derived from heavy metal and hardcore punk.
• The guitar sounded more distorted and had a lot more feedback and fuzz
• They sang about darker content, depression, loneliness and dark humour
• Such bands like Green River, Sound Garden, the Melvins, Mudmoney and Skin Yard pushed the early forms of grunge.
• During this Nirvana shone through with its album Never mind took the cake
• Nirvana's music was more melodic though still holding the grunge values of anti-comercialism to heart
• Though with grunge's success it slowed down due to the death of Kurt Cobain, the problems Pearl Jam was having and the leaving of Alice in Chains Front Man.