a subculture of punk, as is goth. It is a main mix of punk and metal. Some people say it's similar to goth, but they are both unique either way.
by zee February 7, 2004
Boss: Johnson, you've been wearing that flannel shirt and those corduroy jeans for two days straight! What gives?
Johnson: I've just been too lazy to do laundry anymore. I decided to grunge it.
Johnson: I've just been too lazy to do laundry anymore. I decided to grunge it.
by Severide February 28, 2010
A form of Alternative Rock that had a low, dirty, "grungy" sound. Made popular by bands such as Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Soundgarden etc. Grunge is not dead, the "popularity" has just died down. Grunge will make its return soon.
Currently known Grunge bands (most of these are underground bands):
Alice in Chains
Babes in Toyland
Blood Circus
Devilhead
Dinosaur Jr.
Fire Ants
The Fluid
Gardener
Girl Trouble
Green River
Gruntruck
Hammerbox
Hater
Hole
L7
Love Battery
Lunachicks
Mad Season
Malfunkshun
The Melvins
The Monkeywrench
Mono Men
Mother Love Bone
Mudhoney
My Sister's Machine
Nirvana
The Nymphs
Paw
Pearl Jam
The Rockfords
Screaming Trees
Skin Yard
Solomon Grundy
Soundgarden
Stone Temple Pilots
Tad
Temple of the Dog
Treepeople
Truly
The U-Men
VALIS
Wellwater Conspiracy
Willard
Alice in Chains
Babes in Toyland
Blood Circus
Devilhead
Dinosaur Jr.
Fire Ants
The Fluid
Gardener
Girl Trouble
Green River
Gruntruck
Hammerbox
Hater
Hole
L7
Love Battery
Lunachicks
Mad Season
Malfunkshun
The Melvins
The Monkeywrench
Mono Men
Mother Love Bone
Mudhoney
My Sister's Machine
Nirvana
The Nymphs
Paw
Pearl Jam
The Rockfords
Screaming Trees
Skin Yard
Solomon Grundy
Soundgarden
Stone Temple Pilots
Tad
Temple of the Dog
Treepeople
Truly
The U-Men
VALIS
Wellwater Conspiracy
Willard
by Rustyphuck August 18, 2006
1. a genre of music originating in seattle that lasted from the late 80's to the mid 90's.
2. something almost nobody else on urbandictionary.com can correctly define.
2. something almost nobody else on urbandictionary.com can correctly define.
Grunge: the big 4 ( the ones every grunge fan knows) Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam
Lesser knowns: Green River, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Tad.
bands that sound like grunge, but can't be since they aren't from seattle: smashing pumpkins, hole, sonic youth, candlebox
bands that are confused with grunge, but are actually post grunge: silverchair, everclear, foo fighters, stone temple pilots.
bands confused with grunge for reasons i cannot possibly understand: tool, nickelback, Neil Young, hinder.
Lesser knowns: Green River, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Tad.
bands that sound like grunge, but can't be since they aren't from seattle: smashing pumpkins, hole, sonic youth, candlebox
bands that are confused with grunge, but are actually post grunge: silverchair, everclear, foo fighters, stone temple pilots.
bands confused with grunge for reasons i cannot possibly understand: tool, nickelback, Neil Young, hinder.
by M.S.G.... December 12, 2008
First of all, grunge is not a style. It is a genre of music that started in the late 80s. If you see a person wearing a Nirvana shirt with purple hair and Doc Martens, that does not make them "grunge". They may call themselves grunge but like I said it's not a fashion style. It is a music genre. Nirvana did not start grunge. There had been many bands before Nirvana that were grunge. Nirvana isn't the only mainstream grunge band either. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, and many more bands are all grunge. There is no such thing as soft grunge. That has never existed and it never will. When people say "Grunge is dead," they don't know what they are talking about because there are bands out there that are grunge. So grunge is simply a music genre and nothing else.
Sarah: I'm grunge. I have pastel hair, Doc Martens, and a Nirvana tee shirt.
Max: No you're not. Grunge is not a style. It is a genre of music like Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains.
Max: No you're not. Grunge is not a style. It is a genre of music like Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains.
by Maybetomorrow February 24, 2013
I'll tell you what grunge isn't
grunge is not a fashion statement. it was turned into one by preppy assed MTV suckers who thought Kurt Cobain was the shit, then took flannel shirts and ripped jeans to the runway.
Grunge is not alive. although there are some pretty great bands out there that sound grunge, and Pearl Jam is still making records, grunge is essentially dead
Grunge is not homo music. although grunge does not tend to slander or bash homosexuals, it is not homosexual music. it is usually called homosexual music by disgruntled hair metal fans, who are pissed off that grunge peed out the last embers of their dying scene. but you have to remember, these people idolize men who wear womens makeup and pantihose, who use more hairspray than a chick, and seem to have to show each other their cocks all the time? whats gayer, pantihose or ripped jeans... mmm i dunno!
fans of shit-assed nu metal bands like slipknot and Marilyn Manson seem to rip on Grunge for homosexuality quite a bit.but tell me who's gayer, a quartet from seattle, sometimes featuring one or more girls, or nine fat middle aged men wearing condoms and bondage gear on their heads? mmm... another tough one.
Grunge is not just Nirvana. contrary to what MTV tells you, grunge had a lot more bands than that. bands that were better than Nirvana, that only some people heard of. Pearl Jam, alice in chains, STP, Soundgarden. grunge had bands that were better than Nirvana that no one heard of. Mudhoney, Mother love bone, green river, Tad, Butthole Surfers, Dinosaur JR.! there were also many more tragic stories than Kurts Wife blowing his head off! like the Band that could have been bigger than Nirvana, mother love bone. poor andrew wood died of a heroin overdose when the band was still a baby. what about Shannon Hoon? what about Layne Staley? or the beautiful sucsess stories, like the bandmates of mother love bone that didn't give up, and went on to form a little band called pearl jam. ever heard of them? I'm sick of People telling me that grunge died when Kurt did! SUPERUNKNOWN and holes best album live thru this were all released after this. sure, kurt Cobain was the voice of a generation, but not the only voice.
so now you know what grunge isn't. read the other definitions to find out the meaning of grunge, or better yet, put some Mudhoney, Soundgarden, the Melvins, PJ or even Nirvana on the media player, shut your hole and listen
grunge is not a fashion statement. it was turned into one by preppy assed MTV suckers who thought Kurt Cobain was the shit, then took flannel shirts and ripped jeans to the runway.
Grunge is not alive. although there are some pretty great bands out there that sound grunge, and Pearl Jam is still making records, grunge is essentially dead
Grunge is not homo music. although grunge does not tend to slander or bash homosexuals, it is not homosexual music. it is usually called homosexual music by disgruntled hair metal fans, who are pissed off that grunge peed out the last embers of their dying scene. but you have to remember, these people idolize men who wear womens makeup and pantihose, who use more hairspray than a chick, and seem to have to show each other their cocks all the time? whats gayer, pantihose or ripped jeans... mmm i dunno!
fans of shit-assed nu metal bands like slipknot and Marilyn Manson seem to rip on Grunge for homosexuality quite a bit.but tell me who's gayer, a quartet from seattle, sometimes featuring one or more girls, or nine fat middle aged men wearing condoms and bondage gear on their heads? mmm... another tough one.
Grunge is not just Nirvana. contrary to what MTV tells you, grunge had a lot more bands than that. bands that were better than Nirvana, that only some people heard of. Pearl Jam, alice in chains, STP, Soundgarden. grunge had bands that were better than Nirvana that no one heard of. Mudhoney, Mother love bone, green river, Tad, Butthole Surfers, Dinosaur JR.! there were also many more tragic stories than Kurts Wife blowing his head off! like the Band that could have been bigger than Nirvana, mother love bone. poor andrew wood died of a heroin overdose when the band was still a baby. what about Shannon Hoon? what about Layne Staley? or the beautiful sucsess stories, like the bandmates of mother love bone that didn't give up, and went on to form a little band called pearl jam. ever heard of them? I'm sick of People telling me that grunge died when Kurt did! SUPERUNKNOWN and holes best album live thru this were all released after this. sure, kurt Cobain was the voice of a generation, but not the only voice.
so now you know what grunge isn't. read the other definitions to find out the meaning of grunge, or better yet, put some Mudhoney, Soundgarden, the Melvins, PJ or even Nirvana on the media player, shut your hole and listen
grunge is a great genre of music that cannot be put down without using homophobic bullshit, or childish name calling, like sounddookiegarden or pearl cunt
by 12345432112345 August 30, 2006
The time period when a person must salvage the last bit of weed they have until they get money to buy more.
by Spittingtruth July 2, 2014