grunge
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While the idea of pretty-in-pink Elle Woods being thrown into the grunge of 90s Seattle is "cute enough on paper", in reality it feels "thin and forced", wrote the Wrap's Marah Eakin, external.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
I think country music today is not far from what was happening with rock in the ’90s, except for grunge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
The grunge collection may have helped define the era’s style and, in later years, proven Jacobs’ visionary status.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Each section has its own era-defining poster: Nevermind by Nirvana for grunge.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
No matter how much Stewart grunges herself up for the part, it would be hard not to think, hey, there's Bella from Twilight with greasy hair and torn cuticles.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 18, 2010
