As the grunge scene exploded, “The Croc” became the leading venue for local bands. One legendary night was when Nirvana opened for Mudhoney in 1992, under the fake name Pen Cap Chew.

But by the late 1980s, “grunge” defined the sound of a city on the other side of the United States: Seattle. Bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Mudhoney popularized grunge music, a ...

Behind the lens, Peterson captured Seattle's grunge era, where bands that formed in the 1980's for the fun of it, suddenly hit it big in the 90's and then faced relentless new demands. So many of ...

When you live in Seattle, Washington (as I do), it's impossible to escape the ever-looming shadow of grunge music. And it makes sense. The city started a musical movement in the late 1980s and ...

While some Reddit users suggested bands to listen to that have a similar sound and aesthetic to that of the Seattle grunge bands in the '90s, others argued that there is no such thing as a "modern ...

Along with fellow Seattle bands, Nirvana were seen as heralds of a new genre—grunge—that redefined an entire generation’s music scene. While there were many pioneering grunge artists, none ...

The following four bands are who we consider the 'Big 4' of post-grunge, which was a subgenre that branched off of Seattle grunge.

Career debut: Seattle, 1977 (at age 16, singing with a high school band called Jazzberry in a performance at the Center House food court at Seattle Center). Sound: Matassa is one of Seattle's top ...

The grunge musical movement began in the late ’80s in Seattle, Washington. Though no one knows the origin of the term, the name befell the PNW bands and the world came to know the sounds of ...