History of Grunge
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The History of Grunge
By Melissa Benner
The Grunge generation is said to have originated as a marraige between Seattle's hesher and punk scenes. The hesher scene consists of someone who listens to metal or thrash music. Their style includes acid-washed pants, long hair on both sexes, and the usual leather jacket with the randomly placed band names. Hesher comes from a Philadelphian term, that I never even heard of until researching grunge.
The punk scene is both a form of music and a way of life. Punk rockers tend to think everything should include anarchy or some kind of rebellion. As stated by a member of the punk scene,"Society as we know it is both artifical and rotten and should be rejected, if possible replaced with anarchy." This is only one of their many philosphies, but we don't need to get into them. Grunge holds very little of punks philosphies as valuable.
Along with their philosphy comes the look of punk rock...