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[[Nirvana]].
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 [[Conspiracy Theories]]. {{spoiler|[[Yoko Oh No|Courtney Love]] did it!}}
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Archetypal of [[The Nineties]]. For more information see articles like [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2008/oct/31/grunge this one].
The "signature look" of grunge, much to the [[Unkempt Beauty|distress of fashion designers]] everywhere, was loose-fitting jeans and a t-shirt with an open flannel shirt over it. This had been a "burnout" look among poorer teens for years -- the members of grunge bands only wearing such clothes because it was literally the only warm clothing they could afford when they were struggling -- [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|and was now promoted to "cool" kids]].
Although grunge's time is over, the genre is still viewed as a landmark one due to its honesty and creative musicianship (especially compared to what [[Post-Grunge|it mutated into]]), and it still has a fanbase in certain corners, and the teens of the nineties are starting to look back upon it with nostalgia. Some of the bands have also had a significant influence on [[Doom Metal]] subgenres such as Stoner Metal and Sludge, which could be seen as a [[Spiritual Successor]] of sorts.
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