How Grunge Killed Hair Metal: The 1991 Rock Revolution
How a scrappy Seattle scene in muddy flannel dethroned the most glamorous era in rock history—and why a generation raised on MTV never quite got over it.
How a scrappy Seattle scene in muddy flannel dethroned the most glamorous era in rock history—and why a generation raised on MTV never quite got over it.
A walk through grunge — the sound that buried glam metal, the thrift-store look that became uniform, and the mindset that turned a damp Seattle scene into a global mood.
On April 17, 1991, Nirvana debuted Smells Like Teen Spirit at Seattle’s OK Hotel, months before Nevermind changed rock and Gen X culture.