Grunge Style Analysis

90’s “Grunge Style” My paper is on grunge style from the 90s, Grunge to me sounds like dirty, messy, filthy, and not really a style. Grunge style it's more of a look , Vintage, clothes you would find at a Goodwill that expressed the Alternative Rock culture of the 90’s. than it is a smell or feeling. Most people have never heard the expressions from the 90s such as: I'm bound and hagged,(staying home on a saturday night) bloated,(drunk) in my wack slacks,(old ripped jeans) swinging on the flippity

But with Kurt most people did think the grunge part might be because he never showered or cared much about his appearance. However he was by all definition “true to oneself” and he was great at It. Let's get back to his appearance, his appearance was that of someone who almost either didn’t care or that of a homeless person. He did spend many nights on friends couches. High fashion was not a concern for

Most commonly referred to as “Seattle Sound”. Sometimes the songs sound like happy songs but if you listen to the words and what they are saying, it can turn into something really sad and depressing fast. The term grunge was said to be started in Seattle washington as a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the 1980s, by the 1990s it started to become more popular and it started spreading to california and other parts of the u.s. even to some parts of australia. Grunge really started to breakout with records from band such as Nirvana, pearl jam, and Sound Garden. One of Cobain's songs (Smells like teen spirit) was thought to have started the grunge movement. But there are many great Groups such as Sonic Youth, R.E.M. and Husker Do to name a few. Pop Punk was most often referred to by SoCal, with groups like Green Day Blink-182. One of my favorite Grunge bands is Pearl Jam notably named after Eddie Vetters great grand-mother Pearl who always cooked Jam. Pearl Jam sold more albums than Nirvana and thanks to MTV and Lalapaluzza they hit multi-platnum status.In efforts to keep concerst affordable they tried to keep the tickets below $20 but Ticketmaster presured them to charge higher prices. They took Ticketmaster to the Justice department for unfair Business practices. During which time New records were being made in 1994. The Album shot up to the top of the charts making it