Grunge

Grunge
Stylistic oreegins	Alternative rock haurdcore punk hivy metal punk rock haurd rock noise rock
Cultural oreegins	Mid-1980s, Seattle, Washington, Unitit States
Teepical instruments	Electric guitar bass guitar drums vocals
Derivative forms	Nu metal post-grunge sludge metal
Regional scenes
Washington state
Ither topics
Alternative metal Generation X grunge speak hoax timeline o alternative rock

Grunge (sometimes referred tae as the Seattle soond) is a subgenre o alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state o Washington, pairteecularly in Seattle. The early grunge muivement revolved aroond Seattle's independent record label Sub Pop, but bi the early 1990s its popularity haed spread, wi grunge acts in Californie an ither pairts o the U.S. biggin strang follaeins an signin major record deals.