Grunge started out of the Seattle music scene at the end of the ’80s and early ’90s. It quickly captured the hearts and minds of many music fans at the time, helping to define the era and a generation. Popularised by record label Sub Pop, this musical genre had many influences: chiefly heavy metal, punk and alternative rock, including – but not limited to – Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Buzzcocks, David Bowie, Melvins, Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground, The Slits, Vaselines and Joy Division, but also even as far reaching as the Beatles and 1940s’ talented folk/blues singer Lead Belly. The result? A raw, unpolished sound like nothing the world had ever seen or heard before.
The ‘Seattle sound’ was first coined by indie record label Sub…