Who Invented Grunge Music?
Grunge as a form of music, was an alternative rock genre that had its roots in punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. The Seattle bands are credited with the creation of the grunge genre, although it is a label most of them detest, and was more a creation of the press. Kurt Cobain for example preferred to describe his music as punk. With most of the bands hailing from Seattle the new sound also came to be called the Seattle sound. Grunge came to the forefront and became mainstream in the early 1990s. Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Screaming Trees, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney and Pearl Jam were some of the biggest grunge bands and music aside something else they all shared in common was that they hailed from Seattle. The grunge sound evolved from the punk rock scene, and was characterized by the ‘dirty’ guitar sound, strong riffs, and heavy drumming. Their music was as much a product of the apalling social conditions in which many of them grew up, and this was clearly reflected in th
