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grunge

[gruhnj] / grʌndʒ /
ADJECTIVE
dirt; rock music style of the early 1990s
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What it says about America: Grunge brought Gen X disillusionment to the center of American culture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Grunge music: a source of validation for a generation of disaffected youth.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

The following year would bring us Richard Linklater's spirit-of-'76 all-night-long chronicle "Dazed and Confused," with its classic-rock soundtrack used to connect the disaffected kids of the '70s with the Grunge generation of the '90s.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2022

Grunge was a term coined for commercial purposes to describe music evolving from a decade or more of Pacific Northwest punk rock.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Grunge music dominated the airwaves, with bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden performing mosh-pit-appropriate tracks.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi



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