Where would our music world be if Nirvana, the iconic album "Nevermind", their plaid-button ups, ripped jeans, and long hair were never unleashed upon the world? Good thing we don't have to think about that, since 20 years ago this Saturday, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl contributed to the world of rock music an entire new genre: grunge.
Grunge was just starting to become popular in the smaller clubs and bars across North America, and started to gain popularity with the general public once albums like "Nevermind", "Badmotorfinger" by Soundgarden, and "Ten" by Pearl Jam were released and started to get radio play in the early 90's. Seattle, WA, where those two bands are from is often called the birthplace of the grunge movement, fueling a huge grunge scene in the area. The funny thing about grunge is that as popular as the genre got the members who played in these rising bands were usually not comfortable with the popularity. They liked remaining unknown and underground, which might be why many bands ended up fading away.
Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and few others actually had staying power. So celebrate by getting some sweaty hair in your eyes, wearing your most well-loved grandpa-sweater and playing your favourite fuzzy, distorted, socio-political song!!
PS. Sorry, I know those last two exclamation marks don't go with the grunge theme about not giving a &*$%
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