grunge era
Seattle sound period
The grunge era refers to the period in the early-to-mid 1990s when grunge music and its associated aesthetic dominated popular culture, centered on Seattle bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden.
The term evokes flannel shirts, distorted guitars, and a rejection of polished 1980s excess: I was in high school during the grunge era.
- SeattlePacific Northwest metropolis
- Pacific NorthwestCoastal American region, northward
- flannelSoft napped cloth
- flannel shirtSoft woven cotton garment
- NirvanaRelease from earthly existence
Kurt Cobain · Pearl Jam · Soundgarden · angst · distortion · plaid · Doc Martens · combat boots · heroin chic · mosh pit · stage diving · slacker · MTV · music video · heroin · thrift store · ripped jeans · major label
- Music ErasBaroque period, Renaissance music, early music, Gregorian chant, classical
- Fashion ErasBaroque, Renaissance, Victorian, Edwardian, Regency
- entertainment historyvaudeville, silent films, talkies, Hollywood, movie palaces
- Music OriginsNew Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Jamaica, Motown
- Cultural Momentsmoon landing, 9/11, Woodstock, Princess Diana death, Obama election
musical genre/aesthetic dominance
grunge eradisco era
Late seventies cultural moment
Roaring Twenties · dot-com boom · Swinging Sixties · gilded age · Jazz Age