Frances Bean Cobain

I find it interesting where grunge originated from and then where it was taken, which was high fashion. My dad was so poor that they kept going to Goodwill to get donated ripped jeans. It wasn't a fashion decision; it was an 'I don't have any money, I have no other choice' type of decision.

American Artist

Virgil Abloh

All the skateboarding brands that I was into had graphic T-shirts. In the '90s, there were different styles that went along with the different influences in skateboarding, whether that be hip-hop or rock and roll and grunge. And that's what I was into, so I was following all that.

American Designer

Hal Sparks

The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.

American Actor

Gregory Porter

Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life and you didn't even know it was jazz.

American Musician

Neve Campbell

The grunge thing was a little bit atrocious. 'Let's all put on plaid shirts and be as dirty as possible!

Canadian Actress

Sir Mix-a-Lot

What I liked about grunge was the realness. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't glamorous.

Rico Nasty

I'm like pixie grunge. The perfect blend of sugar and spice.

Townes Van Zandt

Robert Quine

Jo Stafford

Grunge is not just music, it represents a subculture rebelling against the mainstream.

Cultural Movement

Grunge music often conveys emotions like angst and alienation through its lyrics and sound.

Emotional Tone

Grunge music began in Seattle, so the city is often associated with this genre.

Seattle Origin

Grunge fashion is deliberately unkempt to reflect a non-conformist attitude.

Fashion Statement

Referencing grunge fashion may evoke nostalgia for the 1990s era.

90s Nostalgia

Using 'grunge' to mean dirt suggests something very dirty or unkempt.

Colloquial Use

Grunge emphasizes the unpleasantness of dirt or decay, stronger than 'dirt' alone.

Expressive Language

 wrote to every major minor any label will pay let us be on your label this desperate to be the biggest rock star in the world absolute aspirin but he made it look like it was a thrust upon him the first couple of grunge or curtain II

Nirvana in the Nineties...

 you know, people smoking and, "Huh!" And it was purposely done to look fairly serious. It wasn't some, you know, weird grunge type or something; it looked like they might be real. Anyway.

Grunge

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Emotional Tone

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