Transcript Grunge Urban tribes

Grunge
Urban tribes
Belen Ortiz
Brenda Garcia Ayala
Introduction
This urban tribe was born in Seattle in the 90s and they are very
interested in music and refuse the consumist society and people without
personality. They hear music from Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth...
They have a dirty look and they wear stripped and coloured T-shirts or
"scottish" shirts, ripped jeans and coloured shoes.
Aesthetic codes
The grunge look is a style based around the grunge music scene--it's
comfortable, dirty, and heavily steeped in flannel.
To get the grunge look, you'll need to visit a thrift store, do some
damage to some denim, and develop an I-don't-care attitude.
Music
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during
the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in Seattle. The early grunge movement
revolved around Seattle's independent record label Sub Pop, but by the early 1990s its popularity had
spread, with grunge acts in California and other parts of the U.S. building strong followings and signing major
record deals.
Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s, due mainly to the
release of Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, Alice in
Chains' Dirt, and Stone Temple Pilots' Core. The success of these bands boosted the
popularity of alternative rock and made grunge the most popular form of hard rock music at
the time.
Identity symbols
Grunge is generally characterized by a sludgy guitar sound that uses a high
level of distortion, fuzz and feedback effects. Grunge fuses elements of
hardcore punk and heavy metal.
Lyrics are typically angst-filled, often addressing themes such as social
alienation, apathy, confinement and a desire for freedom.
Clothing commonly worn by grunge musicians in Washington consisted of
thrift store items and the typical flannel shirts.
Rules
-Outfit
-Protest the mainstream by opting out
-Learn to appreciate unpopular things.
-Make your hobbies your life
-Move to the city.
-Listening to the Music(Nirvana)
-Learn what you're listening to.
-Get familiar with the essential records and bands.
Language (Grunge speak words)
bloated, big bag of bloatation: drunk
bound-and-hagged: staying home on Friday or Saturday night
cob nobbler: loser
dish: desirable guy
fuzz: heavy wool sweaters
harsh realm: bummer
kickers: heavy boots
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Before “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” grunge was nothing but a handful of bands in the Pacific Northwest who
played rock music. But after its release, grunge was suddenly a genre, a movement, a lifestyle, a cosmic and
quaking shift in the trajectory of music history. Call the song overrated or overplayed or whatever you
want—because it probably isn’t even the best Nirvana song—but grunge doesn’t become a massive
worldwide entity without it. It changed everything, bringing a subculture into the spotlight and giving it not
only a face but a voice. Kurt Cobain has since become enshrined in the music cannon thanks to this track’s
breakthrough; and whether that’s due to radio play, MTV airtime, endless media coverage or just Cobain,
Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl’s supernatural musical chemistry, the fact remains: no song captures a
moment in time and represents all of the complexity and audacity that accompanied it quite like this one.
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is the very best of what grunge had to offer. Twenty-three years later, it still brims
with as much apprehension, apathy and angst as it did back in 1991. It always will. —Michael Danaher
https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg