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Grunge grew where punk’s attack and independent habits met the weight of 1970s hard rock and metal. Thick distorted guitars and heavy riffs sit beside direct punk songwriting, while Nirvana’s signature stop-start dynamics became another recognisable part of the style.
The first major scene developed around Seattle in the second half of the 1980s. Green River, Mudhoney and Soundgarden belonged to the early wave, with Green River helping establish a rough hybrid of punk, metal and hard rock. Nirvana later brought a more melodic version to a much larger audience, and the guitar language travelled far beyond Seattle.
IDIOTEQ mostly documents what happened after that expansion. Boston’s The Endorphins work with a heavy but dreamlike version of grunge. Queens band Bummer Camp push directly toward shoegaze, while Long Beach’s Morning Eagle sits in the post-grunge continuation.
Toulouse band The Diogenes reconnect the style with punk rock. The artist-to-artist piece with Flatwounds and Lacquerhead moves into noisier rock, while Glimmer take another route through melody and shoegaze.