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Alternative rock | Definition, Bands, Songs, Facts | Britannica Alternative rock, pop music style, built on distorted guitars and rooted in generational discontent, that dominated and changed rock between 1991 and 1996 It burst into the mainstream when “Smells Like Teen Spirit”—the first major-label single from Nirvana, a trio based in Seattle, Washington,
Seattle - Arts, Music, Cuisine | Britannica The city is also a leading center of multimedia production, uniting technology, music, and the visual arts The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, staffed predominantly by amateur musicians, offers well-attended concert series
Seattle 1990s overview | Grunge, Subculture Music | Britannica If it was the worldwide reaction to the suicide of Nirvana’s driving force, Kurt Cobain, in 1994 that confirmed Seattle’s status as a major influence on early 1990s popular music, its arrival was announced by the band’s hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)—a forceful but melodic record that caught
Nirvana | Members, Songs, Nevermind, Grunge, Facts | Britannica Nirvana, American alternative rock group whose breakthrough album, Nevermind (1991), announced a new musical style (grunge) and gave voice to the post-baby boom young adults known as Generation X The members were Kurt Cobain (b
Kurt Cobain | Biography, Songs, Albums, Facts | Britannica Kurt Cobain, American rock musician who rose to fame as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the seminal grunge band Nirvana, known for such hits as ‘Smells like Teen Spirit ’ His suicide marked, in many ways, the end of the grunge movement and was a signature event for many music fans of Generation X
Jimi Hendrix | Biography, Songs, Facts | Britannica Jimi Hendrix, American rock guitarist, singer, and composer who fused American traditions of blues, jazz, rock, and soul with British avant-garde rock to redefine the electric guitar His best-known songs included ‘Purple Haze’ and ‘The Wind Cries Mary ’
Pearl Jam | Members, Songs, Albums, Grunge, Facts | Britannica Pearl Jam is an American band that helped popularize grunge music in the early 1990s and continues to be a popular alternative rock group in the 21st century The group’s hit songs include ‘Jeremy,’ ‘Alive,’ and ‘Evenflow ’
Sleater-Kinney | Members, Albums, Facts | Britannica Sleater-Kinney, American rock band that arose from the feminist punk rock movement known as ‘riot grrrl’ and was acclaimed for recordings that combined a lean and aggressive sound with passionate socially conscious lyrics Learn more about the band’s history, members, and music
Grunge | Music, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Bands | Britannica punk alternative rock postpunk grunge, genre of rock music that flourished in the late 1980s and early ’90s and spawned a particular style of fashion The term grunge was first used to describe the murky-guitar bands (most notably Nirvana and Pearl Jam) that emerged from Seattle in the late 1980 as a bridge between mainstream 1980s heavy
Heart | Members, Albums, Songs, Facts | Britannica Heart, American rock band formed in 1974 and led by sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson Heart sold millions of records from the mid- to late 1970s, bolstered by the singles “Magic Man” (1976) and “Barracuda” (1977), and staged a comeback in the mid-1980s with a pop-oriented sound and hits such as