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Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images This Rendition of Nirvana’s ‘Lithium’ Is One of the Most Beautiful and Transformative Cover Songs I’ve Ever Heard
During a BBC live performance, Phoebe Bridgers delivers an incredible Nirvana cover that easily ranks among the best-ever gunge renditions.
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Photo by Jason Childs/Getty Images On This Day in 1988, a Free Outdoor Concert Organized by a Local Parks Department Saw the Birth of Grunge
A free outdoor concert in Olympia, Washington, heralded the emergence of grunge with Nirvana and Soundgarden on the same bill.
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Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage 4 No-Skip Grunge Albums Turning 35
These four defining no-skip grunge albums from 1991 are turning 35 years old, and decades later, we still listen to them front-to-back.
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Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images No, You Didn’t Time Travel: This Iconic 90s Grunge Band Really Is Back on the Charts
Alice in Chains have re-entered the Billboard rock charts with “Man in the Box”, which was originally released in 1990.
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Photo by Goedefroit Music/Getty Images 35 Years Ago Today, Nirvana Shot One of the Most Iconic Music Videos Ever for Less Than $50,000
On this day in 1991, Nirvana shot their iconic music video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” which broke grunge into the mainstream.
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Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns 3 of the Best Grunge Choruses of All Time
These three grunge songs are mainstay classics for a reason.
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Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic 4 Songs Every 90s Grunge Kid Still Knows by Heart
Grunge was so big in the 90s that lots of people know lots of grunge songs, but what about those that are just for us 90s kids?
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Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images ‘Inspire Without Being Preachy’: How a Breakup and Bush-Era Politics Helped Create This L7 Hit
L7 are grunge legends with some killer songs in the catalog, but their biggest we owe to a bad breakup and a conservative U.S. president.
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Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images 4 Songs From 70s and 80s That Accidentally Created 90s Grunge
These four songs from the 70s and 80s accidentally created grunge bands that dominated the first half of the 90s.
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Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc Courtney Love Reportedly Made a ‘Totally Absurd’ Request to Police After Nirvana Frontman’s Suicide
It’s reported that, following Kurt Cobain’s death, his widow, Courtney Love, petitioned police for all investigation files on the case.
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Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images 4 Underrated Grunge Songs From the Early 90s That Accidentally Created 2000s Rock
Grunge bands of the early 1990s had a massive influence on the following decade as many early 2000s rock bands carried their torch.
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Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc If You’re a Nirvana Fan, You Need to Be Listening to These 3 Bands
If you love Nirvana and want to listen to new music that captures the essence of those early grunge years, I’d like you to meet a few bands.
