Grunge

Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music that is highly amplified and usually rhythmically simple (“hard-rock”). This genre of music exists in partnership with other forms of rock and roll, such as garage rock, psychedelic rock, punk, and grunge music. These forms of music are under the umbrella term “Hard rock” in order to distinguish them from more radio-friendly music like pop rock ("Hard Rock"). Hard rock is intensely subjective to blues music. Traditional rock and roll is influenced…

David Carson 50 is a well-known graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is renowned for his “Grunge typography”. breaking the rules and grids. His experimental typography and magazine design inspire young designers. He is a pioneer of an aesthetic called “Grunge typography”. Early life 200 David Carson started his career as a graphic designer relatively late. He actually was not majored at graphic design or any related major first. He studied sociology at San Diego State University and…

Ever since then, rock has not only survived, but thrived. Artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry paved the way for The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and many others in the 1960s and 1970s. In turn, they made way for the new metal, punk, and grunge artists of the 1980s and 1990s. 1950s jazz, blues, and R&B have served as the basis for eighties and nineties R&B, hip hop, and rap. Pop has continued to develop with the changing minds and attitudes of Americans, and electronic music has been…

a shirt, dress or like a top; these were leather jackets, skater dresses(usually floral skater dresses), and flannels.("90s") Like previously stated flannels were very big in the 90s, everyone who was anyone had one. Leather jackets went with the "Grunge" look and so did the flannels("leather"). Skater dresses were very common and some people wore leather jackets over it.("90s")Floral dresses could be paired with Doc Martins. They had many different patterns. Another topic of fashion was shorts.…

the teenage spirit and brought it to the mainstream in a way that was seen as revolutionary. Prior, the anger and frustration of teenagers was limited to various subgenres of rock and metal, and grunge was not quite yet born, limited mostly to underground bands in Seattle, Washington. Kurt pioneered the grunge and rock movement by bringing this type underground energy to a more mainstream audience with the breakout hit of 1991, "Smells Like Teen Spirit". The song manages to encapsulate a raw…

Sophie Rice November 21, 2017 Dr. Kim Music Appreciation Historically Significant American Music “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by the grunge rock band Nirvana, is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 8 million copies since its release on the album Nevermind in 1991. The anthem took alternative rock to the mainstream, with the help of MTV playing it constantly. Nirvana was the World’s first triple platinum punk-rock band and has sold…

Humans enjoy organizing things. More specifically, we enjoy grouping other humans. Many social categories are formed based on the similarities of people in them. Stereotypes are clusters of characteristic that are associated with all members of a specific social group, often including qualities that are unrelated to the objective criteria that define the group. They are based on the assumption that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group. Attributing…

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is a song originally written and recorded by the Grunge band Nirvana in 1991 on their “Nevermind” album and is considered to be one of the most influential songs the band had written during their time. One year later, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was covered by singer-songwriter Tori Amos for her “Crucify” EP. While the cover may be extremely different from the original, there are still some elements that are similar among both versions. In contrast, both Nirvana and Amos…

Kurt Cobain Kurt Cobain was one of the best grunge artists ever (if you ask me). He was part of two bands, Nirvana, and Fecal matter. He was the lead singer in both bands, and formed them both. Kurt Cobain didn’t have the best childhood, his parents yelled all of the time, and they got a divorce when he was nine, but he showed talent when he was in kindergarten so he kept on doing what he loved to do. Childhood Kurt was born on February 20, 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington. As a child Kurt Cobain…

rock and hard-core bands that wanted the most distorted sounds possible. 1990’s: Digital distortion was developed in which the audio sent from a guitar is converted from analogue to digital and computers produce similar sounds to the effect. Many Grunge bands like Alice in Chains, Kyuss (later queens of the Stone Age) and Soundgarden took this up through the use of fuzz preamps, which was also used in blues and…