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Grunge

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Natasha Moni drums | Rumpus Music
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A Ringing in Your Ears That Would Disappear by Morning

  • Natasha Kochicheril Moni
  • July 7, 2016
Soon, you would discover the local isle of misfits. Every town has at least one if you do some digging. Yours was The Boathouse.
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Guns N' Roses -Paradise City | Rumpus Music
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Songs of Our Lives: Guns N’ Roses’s “Paradise City”

  • Elizabeth O'Brien
  • June 30, 2016
When people asked what I was going to do after high school, I said, “Leave town.” I wasn’t kidding. I hadn’t applied to a single college.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: 69 Love Songs

  • Ben Wirth
  • June 11, 2016
Everywhere people are shoving things into the ground—time capsules not to be opened until the year 2100, the more optimistic postmarked for 3000—letters to the future in the language of the now.
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Song of the Day: “Fade Into You”

  • Max Gray
  • December 3, 2015
“Alternative rock” group Mazzy Star reached their commercial peak during the early 90s, a period when American music was dominated by grunge and Nirvana. The creative core of Mazzy Star consisted…
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Nirvana - Nevermind | Albums of Our Lives
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Albums of Our Lives: Nirvana’s Nevermind

  • Naima Coster
  • June 11, 2015
The first time I listened to Nevermind, I sat on the bathroom floor with the liner notes and jewel case open on my lap.
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It’s Happening: L7 Reunion Tour

  • Liz Wood
  • June 4, 2015
The formative LA group started talking about a tour with all original members at the end of last year, later coming out with a teaser trailer and plans for a documentary…
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  • Rick Moody
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Swinging Modern Sounds #65: Tragedy Plus Time

  • Rick Moody
  • May 4, 2015
Jesse Malin is a lifer in a business that rarely features lifers anymore.
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Make Your Own

  • Ben Pfeiffer
  • October 17, 2011
Tyler McMahon’s debut novel relives and re-examines a celebrated musical era: grunge rock from America’s Pacific Northwest.
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