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Genre: grunge

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Parent Genre: rock

Grunge music is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980s. It is characterized by its heavy, distorted guitar sound and angst-filled lyrics that often deal with themes of social alienation and apathy. Grunge music is known for its raw, unpolished sound and DIY ethos, which helped to define the genre's anti-establishment attitude. It gained mainstream popularity in the early 1990s with bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and The Smashing Pumpkins, who helped to bring grunge to a wider audience.


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Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Vocals, Keyboard/Piano, Synthesizer, Keyboard/Synthesizer, Double Bass, Horn Section

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Nevermind (Remastered)
1991
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Ten
1991
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Jar Of Flies
1994
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Audioslave
2002
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...Like Clockwork
2013
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Into The Wild (Music For The Motion Picture)
2007
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Live Through This
1994
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Purple (2019 Remaster)
1994
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Temple Of The Dog
1990
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Pretty Hate Machine
1989
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Throwing Copper
1994
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Superunknown (20th Anniversary)
1994
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Sixteen Stone (Remastered)
2014
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Danzig
1988
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Siamese Dream (2011 - Remaster)
1993
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Ritual De Lo Habitual
1990

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List of grunge artists

Here is a list of grunge artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the grunge genre. You can find out what grunge genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 67 4390628
2 67 3419914
3 66 2520094
4 60 1825603
5 52 1475730
6 72 4918980
7 68 4286512
8 74 8559983
9 58 2123861
10 54 1389095
11 71 4929069
12 57 1223972
13 60 1074288
14 70 3447627
15 53 524047
16 60 1174969
17 54 1225232
18 49 301715
19 54 418814
20 57 1130625
21 54 603271
22 49 383404
23 57 904876
24 48 597893
25 53 863793
26 49 294422
27 48 386218
28 81 18802040
29 40 93207
30 50 344974
31 58 610643
32 61 1128471
33 47 313634
34 34 88179
35 45 276158
36 60 772477
37 43 282369
38 41 294462
39 45 267230
40 49 468891
41 42 344304
42 44 321216
43 61 1562728
44 40 121618
45 48 214902
46 25 47259
47 27 30110
48 51 819186
49 27 24484
50 26 31594
51 25 15732
52 25 137044
53 23 36012
54 37 149329
55 20 15289
56 35 128055
57 16 9087
58 15 9877
59 11 3269
60 14 8527
61 13 5786
62 11 6332
63 11 2846
64 11 2775
65 10 2352
66 32 90022
67 10 8848
68 14 5512
69 30 8625
70 30 57930
71 8 2196
72 13 7476
73 23 31361
74 29 16315
75 7 6568
76 3 1362
77 6 1522
78 22 24990
79 18 11
80 5 2239
81 22 12991
82 23 47363
83 1 944
84 17 10199
85 20 12582
86 18 4738
87 17 9073
88 11 1141
89 12 2475
90 11 2456
91 10 5199
92 9 6485
93 9 3727
94 8 1908
95 6 1109
96 5 2489
97 5 2847
98 3 2175
99 2 5334
100 1 854

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