4 Grunge Bands Who Deserve Just as Much Credit as Nirvana

Allow me to let you guys in on a little secret that’s actually not a secret at all, but we’re calling it that for the sake of dramatic effect… Sometimes, in journalism, you get to pitch assignments that you really want to do, and sometimes you don’t pitch enough, so your infinitely patient editors — who should probably be having regular “come to Jesus” meetings with you — have to assign you things to write. This is the latter.

Honestly, my initial reaction was hesitancy, because who actually ticks all the boxes that Nirvana did, and isn’t named “Pearl Jam” or “Foo Fighters.” The more I thought about it, though, the more I began to feel really excited about the challenge of figuring out what four grunge bands deserve a place next to Nirvana’s creativity, fervor, talent, importance, and/or