2 definitions by Greasebox
1. An independent thinker who eschews trends and tends to know a lot of obscure bands/films/literature etc. May or may not buy clothes from thrift stores or dress in so-called "hipster fashion". The type of person that many so-called "hipsters" aspire to be like, and ignorant people hold in contempt and call "hipsters".
2. A person who tries way to hard to fit into the "hipster subculture" or "be different". The irony for these so called "non-conformists" is that they themselves are conforming to a subculture, both real and imaginary, that bases itself on individualism, yet has it's own unofficial rules of what's "cool" and what's not.
3. A person who is so concerned with being "different" that ironically they are no longer true to themselves.
4. Someone who is very pretentious with a superior attitude.
most of the time the term is meant as an insult.
2. A person who tries way to hard to fit into the "hipster subculture" or "be different". The irony for these so called "non-conformists" is that they themselves are conforming to a subculture, both real and imaginary, that bases itself on individualism, yet has it's own unofficial rules of what's "cool" and what's not.
3. A person who is so concerned with being "different" that ironically they are no longer true to themselves.
4. Someone who is very pretentious with a superior attitude.
most of the time the term is meant as an insult.
Greg's not a hipster, he just likes what he likes and stands up for what he believes in.
Greg's such a tool, dressing up like a hipster, quoting Schopenhauer and pissing on all the old bands he used to like just because they're "mainstream"
Fucking Greg, it's not enough for him to just be himself he has to try harder.
Fucking Greg thinks he's better than everyone, he's such a self-aggrandizing hipster douche.
Greg's such a tool, dressing up like a hipster, quoting Schopenhauer and pissing on all the old bands he used to like just because they're "mainstream"
Fucking Greg, it's not enough for him to just be himself he has to try harder.
Fucking Greg thinks he's better than everyone, he's such a self-aggrandizing hipster douche.
by Greasebox November 15, 2013
A made up word coined by the Sub Pop record label and copped by the media to hype up a bunch of bands mostly originating from Seattle that played loud, angry, heavily distorted and often sarcastic stripped down rock music back in the early '90s. The so called "sound of generation X". The image of depressed long haired flannel wearing punk rock kids. Seized upon by clothing companies like GAP and Calvin Klein to sell cheap clothes at inflated prices.
The Seattle "grunge" scene originated in the mid '80s with bands like Green River, Soundgarden and Melvins. To oversimplify things there were two main categories of "grunge" bands: those who were primarily punk(ie Nirvana) and those were primarily heavy metal(ie Alice in Chains).
At some point in the '90s "grunge" pretty much became synonymous with Alternative rock or anything alternative related. For my money bands like Helmet and Kyuss are just as "grunge" as Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots.
Pioneering "grunge" artists from Seattle all pretty much rejected the label and Kurt Cobain predicted that the movement would fizzle out rapidly because it was over exposed and audiences would begin to see it as clichéd. After Cobain's death the public's interest in "grunge" would decline rapidly while the media companies, mega corporations and marketing firms searched for the next big fad.
When Soundgarden broke up in 1997 the whole thing was pretty much over.
The Seattle "grunge" scene originated in the mid '80s with bands like Green River, Soundgarden and Melvins. To oversimplify things there were two main categories of "grunge" bands: those who were primarily punk(ie Nirvana) and those were primarily heavy metal(ie Alice in Chains).
At some point in the '90s "grunge" pretty much became synonymous with Alternative rock or anything alternative related. For my money bands like Helmet and Kyuss are just as "grunge" as Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots.
Pioneering "grunge" artists from Seattle all pretty much rejected the label and Kurt Cobain predicted that the movement would fizzle out rapidly because it was over exposed and audiences would begin to see it as clichéd. After Cobain's death the public's interest in "grunge" would decline rapidly while the media companies, mega corporations and marketing firms searched for the next big fad.
When Soundgarden broke up in 1997 the whole thing was pretty much over.
"Grunge is dead." - Kurt Cobain
"We're the godfathers of grunge!" - King Buzzo of Melvins(sarcastically)
"We're the godfathers of grunge!" - King Buzzo of Melvins(sarcastically)
by Greasebox May 9, 2019