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Puget Sounds Honors Seminar (Spring 2012): Timeline: Grunge & Riot Grrrl (1980s - 1990s)

Online syllabus and guide to my class on ethnomusicology archiving and music history from/around Seattle.

Grunge Timeline

1990 – Future super group, Temple of the Dog record released. Pearl Jam forms from this group.

1991 – Nirvana’s Nevermind hits #1 and breaks new grunge genre to world.

1991 – Feminist wave, Riot Grrrl movement starts in Olympia, gains international attention.

1994 – Death of Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain.

1996 – Film Hype, exposes grunge movement, creates more hype.

1999 - Task Reviews Controversial Teen Dance Ordinance