Remember how genuinely electrifying grunge felt for the first time? Maybe it was the focused aggression of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”? The stadium-ready chorus in Pearl Jam’s “Alive”? Or the off-kilter rhythms of Soundgarden’s “Jesus Christ Pose”? Regardless of the specific gateway group or song and how you found it, once entered and experienced, the antisocial rage of youth wasted, emotionally disaffected, and nihilistically dejected was profoundly undeniable. Of course, life has always had ups and downs; the early twentieth century certainly attests to that. But somehow, the swings and misses of those early years just hit harder—that’s a fact. After punk’s snot-nosed genesis in the 70s, and hardcore’s firm middle finger to authority in the 80s, the 90s gave voice to a generation...
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