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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 1826584
5 52 1478142
6 72 4918980
7 68 4286512
8 74 8559983
9 58 2125008
10 54 1389757
11 57 1223972
12 60 1074925
13 71 4929069
14 70 3448397
15 53 524606
16 60 1175509
17 54 1225842
18 49 302199
19 57 1132151
20 54 603748
21 57 904876
22 49 383539
23 54 419105
24 48 597893
25 53 864282
26 49 294602
27 48 386393
28 81 18802040
29 50 345293
30 40 93235
31 58 611025
32 61 1128471
33 47 313769
34 34 88230
35 45 276360
36 60 772477
37 45 268054
38 43 283061
39 41 294557
40 49 469278
41 42 344396
42 44 321293
43 61 1562728
44 40 121659
45 48 214902
46 25 47269
47 27 30110
48 51 819186
49 27 24498
50 26 31594
51 25 15732
52 26 137161
53 23 36021
54 37 149329
55 20 15289
56 35 128055
57 16 9087
58 15 9877
59 11 3269
60 14 8538
61 13 5786
62 32 90022
63 10 2352
64 11 2775
65 11 6337
66 11 2846
67 10 8848
68 30 8625
69 14 5516
70 30 57930
71 13 7476
72 8 2196
73 29 16366
74 23 31361
75 7 6568
76 6 1522
77 3 1362
78 22 25006
79 5 2239
80 18 11
81 22 12991
82 23 47363
83 1 944
84 20 12582
85 17 10199
86 18 4738
87 11 1141
88 17 9073
89 13 2502
90 11 2456
91 11 5252
92 9 6475
93 9 3727
94 8 1908
95 6 1109
96 5 2847
97 5 2489
98 3 2175
99 2 5334
100 1 854

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