Grunge rock

/ɡɹˈʌndʒ ɹˈɒk/

/ɡɹˈʌndʒ ɹˈɑːk/

[noun]

Grunge rock

[NOUN]

a subdivision of rock music with heavy metal and punk rock influences, popular in the early 1990s

Examples

1. Neil Young's music career has taken him through many different genres, from soft folk and country to blues and grunge rock.

2. Grunge rock would be another sort of genre.

3. And I've always been interested-- you started Old Crow Medicine Show as a teenager in the '90s when grunge rock was all the rage on MTV.

4. If you're like me and you grew up in the 90s, you probably think of like Grunge Rock and like Kurt Cobain and flannel shirts and I don't know why it's extra popular right now.