Grunge

Seattle-based punk rock merged with 70's hard rock and Sabbath-esque heavy metal that emerged in the mid-80's. Pioneers of the sound include Green River and Soundgarden. Green River is considered to be the first crucial grunge band, the band that coined the term and truly kickstarted the then-new Seattle Sound. The band split toward the late 80's, forming Mother Love Bone and Mudhoney in its wake. By 1990, MLB was considered the biggest band in Seattle, and was poised to break the scene wide open, but tragically singer Andrew Wood died just days before their major label debut. Grunge seemed to lose momentum for a year or so, but in 1991 all that would change with the release of Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten. Smells Like Teen Spirit became a Top 10 Hit on the Hot 100 and received heavy rotation on MTV, instigating the grunge revolution. Jeremy won four VMA's in 1993, including video of the year. In the early 90's, grunge was THE most dominant music genre in America, however, with the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994 and Pearl Jams backing-away from the spotlight, grunge quickly lost momentum once again. In its place came the generic watered down genre known as post-grunge, filled with forgettable bands like Bush and Silverchair. Not long after the breakup of Soundgarden in 1997, pop-punk, nu metal, and teen pop took hold and seriously fucked popular music. Layne Staley of Alice in Chains' death in 2002 was grunge's death knell.

Grunge music is often credited for killing hairmetal and 80's-style pop rock, and when grunge was fresh and dominant this was thought of as a good thing, and rightly so...but the bands that took over after end of grunge, like Korn, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Blink 182, and eventually Fall Out Boy etc., are bands horrible enough to the point that even the cheesiest, most asinine hairband (see Tuff) is preferable.

by VegettoVai90 January 5, 2011

grunger

the most amazing "race" of youth that exists. (where im from townies call us a "species") they have the best dress sense and like plastic jewelerry over stupid cheap "gold" (*snort* yeah right)

i was kicked on the face by so wardner's platfroms! wooooooowwwww! i am a happy dude/ dudess

by Loz January 10, 2004

grunge bunny

when a girl wakes up and can't/doesn't feel like looking nice that day. usually said in a warped pride, to friends.

"i'm going to look like trash after pulling this all-nighter, but i'll just rock the grunge bunny look tomorrow!"

by krissy vegan March 30, 2007

Grunge sponge

An extremely happy person amidst a room of depressed people who tries to cheer everyone up.

"dude i'm depressed.." :(

"Come bake cookies with me then happy child!" :)

"ahh man, you're such a grunge sponge"

by Malcolm Turntable June 19, 2009

Grunge Clunge

(adj); The sweaty, dirty vagina you encounter on a lady who has just been to a rather active gig. Often both parties of the encounter are too fucked off their faces to care about the obvious hygiene implications involved.

Hairdresser: Have you had a good weekend, sir?
Customer: Why yes, I tell you, I went to a gig and got some proper Grunge Clunge. Scrubbed for hours when I got home. When I close my eyes, I can still smell it. I swear, you could almost see the stink-lines. But oh well, a clunge is a clunge.
Hairdresser: Oh, sir, you do have the most OUTRAGEOUS stories. Now, how long would you like your dreadhawk?

by PublicJoe December 20, 2010

grunge fund kid

A trust fund baby who pretends to be poor. Usually dresses in rags, hangs out with dirty punks, smokes marijuana, rarely bathes. Pulp's "Common People" comes to mind. Most of the dirty kids that hang out on Haight Street in San Francisco.

I can't handle Haight Street, what with all those icky grunge fund kids.

by wandg October 29, 2005

grunger

a grunger is not someone hu is depressed or pissed off with the world. some of my m8s r grungers and they are the funniest people and most friendlyest people i know.
all grungers are, are people hu dress in what feels comfortable and dont follow fasion because they dont like it i h8 when u walk down the high street ( being a grunger myself ) and you get some townie takin the piss out of ya because they dont like how u dress to tell u the truth i dont like how u dress but i dnt take the piss out of dem and its them who are pissed of with everyone not grungers

townie - look at that grunger filthy pikey
grunger - (grunger hears this remark) dont know why you callin me pikey when u look like that
townie - (ignores remark because... well truth hurts)

by lynyrd skynyrd fan July 22, 2007