substance abuse. They felt they had been betrayed, and victimized by the older generation; therefore they rejected their ideology by creating their own subculture. A huge part of grunge culture is music. Two of the most well known grunge bands are Nirvana, led by Kurt Cobain, and Pearl Jam, led by Eddie Vedder, both of which are Seattle based. Grunge musicians were anti-mainstream and rejected the rock-star image; the artist was not placed above the audience. To express this attitude Eddie Vedder still dressed the same and allegedly drove the same old little car even after great success. Grunge Musicians are also known for preferring small, more personal venues and often jumping into the crowd at shows. Grunge dominated the Seattle music scene, its heavy guitars and massive distortion, made it sonically unacceptable to adult ears. Grunge lyrics center on failure, on being a ‘loser’ or a ‘creep’, its anger is self-humiliated, not the rage of self-righteousness. The mentality is non-idealistic and pessimistic. The feeling of desperation and hopelessness was very common within grunge culture. It became normal to listen to music really loud and thrash around in 'mosh' pits at concerts. Heroin was also a prominent part of the grunge way of life

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