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Nirvana, a Seattle (by way of Aberdeen and Olympia) grunge band fronted by Kurt Cobain, unexpectedly made it big [[The Nineties|in 1991]] with their album ''Nevermind'', containing the famed hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which, in typical "most famous song" fashion, was [[Black Sheep Hit|shunned by Cobain]]. With Nirvana's success, other grunge bands, such as [[Pearl Jam]], [[Soundgarden]] and [[Alice in Chains]], also made it pretty big. Against their will. Being big and famous went against grunge's philosophy, and many of the bands tried to avoid fame. Cobain himself was pretty depressed over this, as well as many other things, including his heroin addiction. This whole depression thing culminated in Cobain's shotgun suicide in 1994 (although some [[Conspiracy Theorist|conspiracy theorists]] still maintain that he was murdered).

Then Nirvana disbanded, Soundgarden released their most famous song ("Black Hole Sun"), and grunge began to fade in the shadow of [[Britney Spears]] and a new generation of Millennial techno-geeks inspired by the [[Britpop]] revolution which was historically [[Arch Nemesis|hostile to grunge]]. Another blow was dealt to grunge nearly a decade after Cobain's suicide when Layne Staley, lead singer of [[Alice in Chains]], died of a heroin overdose -- on the approximate date of Cobain's death <ref>Both were discovered dead after some time had passed. Both were still listed as circa April 5th, however.</ref>, which is cause for concern and even more paranoid [[~~Useful Notes/Conspiracy Theories|~~Conspiracy Theories]]. {{spoiler|[[Yoko Oh No|Courtney Love]] did it!}}

Then Nirvana disbanded, Soundgarden released their most famous song ("Black Hole Sun"), and grunge began to fade in the shadow of [[Britney Spears]] and a new generation of Millennial techno-geeks inspired by the [[Britpop]] revolution which was historically [[Arch Nemesis|hostile to grunge]]. Another blow was dealt to grunge nearly a decade after Cobain's suicide when Layne Staley, lead singer of [[Alice in Chains]], died of a heroin overdose -- on the approximate date of Cobain's death <ref>Both were discovered dead after some time had passed. Both were still listed as circa April 5th, however.</ref>, which is cause for concern and even more paranoid [[Conspiracy Theories]]. {{spoiler|[[Yoko Oh No|Courtney Love]] did it!}}

So, there you have it. The strange story of grunge.