Seattle grunge movement

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music scene rock music movement subculture

The Seattle grunge movement was a late-1980s and early-1990s rock music scene centered in Seattle, Washington, that fused punk and heavy metal influences and produced bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam, profoundly shaping alternative rock culture.

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Label Occurrences
Seattle grunge scene 3
Pacific Northwest underground music scene 1
Seattle grunge 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music scene ⓘ
rock music movement ⓘ
subculture ⓘ
associatedRecordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ
Sub Pop ⓘ
associatedWith Alice in Chains ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
Mother Love Bone ⓘ
Mudhoney ⓘ
Nirvana ⓘ
Pearl Jam ⓘ
Screaming Trees ⓘ
Soundgarden ⓘ
Temple of the Dog ⓘ
centeredAround Sub Pop ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact brought Seattle music scene to international attention ⓘ
influenced fashion trends such as flannel shirts and thrift-store clothing ⓘ
popularized a slacker and anti-establishment ethos in the early 1990s ⓘ
profoundly shaped alternative rock culture ⓘ
emergedFrom Seattle grunge movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Northwest underground music scene
endTime mid-1990s ⓘ
fashionCharacteristic combat boots ⓘ
flannel shirts ⓘ
ripped jeans ⓘ
thrift-store clothing ⓘ
genre grunge ⓘ
influencedBy classic rock ⓘ
hardcore punk ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
location Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form: Seattle, Washington
lyricalTheme alienation ⓘ
depression ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
social isolation ⓘ
mediaCoverage MTV ⓘ
Rolling Stone ⓘ
Spin magazine ⓘ
notableVenue Off Ramp Cafe ⓘ
RKCNDY ⓘ
The Crocodile Cafe ⓘ
The Vogue ⓘ
opposedTo 1980s glam metal aesthetic ⓘ
partOf 1990s alternative rock explosion ⓘ
peakPopularity early 1990s ⓘ
soundCharacteristic distorted guitar tones ⓘ
dynamic shifts between quiet verses and loud choruses ⓘ
heavy, sludgy riffs ⓘ
startTime late 1980s ⓘ
stylisticOrigin alternative rock ⓘ

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Susan Silver → associatedWith → Seattle grunge movement ⓘ
Seattle grunge movement → emergedFrom → Seattle grunge movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest underground music scene
Alive → associatedWithMovement → Seattle grunge movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle grunge scene
Jeff Ament → movement → Seattle grunge movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle grunge scene
Dirt → associatedWith → Seattle grunge movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle sound
Check My Brain → associatedWithScene → Seattle grunge movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle grunge
Serve the Servants → associatedWithMovement → Seattle grunge movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle grunge scene