grunge

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The wide scope of the album, both in subject and sound, made it an ambitious and unique among rock releases of the time, shedding the humble irony of the grunge movement for vulnerability and exploration.

From Los Angeles Times

In the ’90s the band weathered the rise of grunge — which rendered synthesizers and drum machines temporarily taboo — as well as the departure of the keyboardist Alan Wilder and Gahan’s struggle with heroin addiction.

From New York Times

The Justice Department investigated complaints of anti-competitive practices by Ticketmaster in the 1990s, after a dispute with the Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam.

From New York Times

“Suddenly, ‘glamour’ and ‘power’ weren’t the only words being used,” said the designer Marc Jacobs, 58, who first worked with Ms. van Seenus in 1996, after famously introducing grunge to the runway in 1993.

From New York Times

For all their shared Seattle DNA and inescapable “grunge” grouping, each band was decidedly different.

From Seattle Times