Grunge

From mod to grunge, rock singers have been defining the way fans listen to music for decades. It’s that little bit of grit and truth that makes rock’s genres so honest, captivating and real. For the most part, it is the singer’s responsibility to draw in the listener with a combination of vocal abilities and stage presence. Here are ten of the most iconic rock singers of all time, who’s voices have defined genres and defied people’s expectations. Number Ten: Debbie Harry Blondie is one of the…

Propaganda is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as ‘the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person’. Whether the effects of propaganda on society are negative or positive is subject to opinion. Propaganda has been used throughout history, taking different forms and using different techniques, and is still surrounding us and our society. Propaganda affects us by appealing to our emotions and to the conformist in…

“Before my time” meaning the 90’s. Armed with an iTunes gift card and an electric purple iPod nano, I was ravaging through the music of the entire decade, one girl-band and grunge group at a time, when I encountered the heavy sounds of “Nirvana”. Convinced it was the greatest thing ever, and after listening to “Smells like Teen Spirit” an unhealthy amount of times, Kurt Cobain became a god. Obsession-fueled research about…

life turns topsy-turvy. First, the school decides to get a new mascot. Melinda wants the new mascot to be named overbearing eurocentric Patriarchs, but she does not bring it up. As the year keeps going, Melinda cleans and puts up a poster in the old grunge janitors closets. Then in Spanish class, Melinda has to conjugate five words for homework. After taking a career aptitude test, Melinda test results are all over the places just like her life. Over Thanksgiving break, Melinda’s mother was…

To begin, for a considerable amount of time I had been considering writing a short memoir about my identity of a member of the gothic subculture, and my experience of being what is typically referred to as a “black sheep”. When I envisioned this piece, I had an idea of an article in a magazine that uses a narrative style in order to get the message of “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” across to the audience that is reading the piece. For a magazine article like I pictured this short narrative…

assassination. Though he is gone, Cobain’s thoughts still live on because of fans new and old who continue to be influenced by him. Here are eight of Kurt Cobain’s most memorable quotes. Number Eight: Kurt Cobain on Indie Bands Signing to Major Labels When grunge was starting to become big in the late 1980s and early 1990s, major labels were looking into signing hot, underground…

Imagine Brittany Spears and Justin Timberlake wearing denim head to toe, thriving in a new trend at the American Music Awards. Exactly fifteen years ago these two stepped out in their bold, blue jeans. Denim trends have been altered and portrayed differently for years, yet the popularity and attraction of denim seems to always reappear. Whether celebrities or street style was the source of influence, denim continuously occurs in new and innovative ways. The most common denim trends for fall of…

Post 1 (Did You Know) Image Text: King Tutankhamun was buried with a dagger made out of meteorite iron! AT: Tutankhamun was mummified more than 3,300 years ago and ancient Egyptians attached great significance to meteoritic iron for the production of fine ornamental or ceremonial objects. #DidYouKnow Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36432635 Proposed images:…

Victorian Era Life in the Victorian Era was an intriguing time to be alive. Crime was a major obstacle. There were interesting trial cases going on. The fashion of the time was drastically different and way more expensive than our modern “fashion.” The expectations that women were required to uphold were drastically different than those imposed on men. There were many threats to daily life during the Victorian Era. According to “Hooligans, Harlots and Hangmen, Crime and Punishment in…

Rock Legend Kurt Cobain is known for his new style of music, filled with hints of pop and metallic resonance, as he played with the famous band Nirvana. Starting in 1988 with their 10-song demo with Jack Endino, the legendary “GodFather of Grunge” Seattle Producer. With the help of Sub Pop Records, Jonathan Poneman, he offered Nirvana’s first single that helped carry them into becoming a rock icon. Coming from a troubled childhood, and poor habits, Cobain not only had many followers over his…