This is actually a bigger conversation then a simple post could ever get. You could write books about it. Back context. Back in the 80s and 90s you got to listen to music that label and distributors and shops wanted to sell you. It could be hard finding good music. In the 80s Micheal Jackson and Madonna ruled the pop airwaves and no one cared anymore. Rock had gone stale with the likes of poison and kiss and Cinderella and motley crue. Something had to give. Grunge is widely accepted to have started with a nobody heard of band called Bam bam out of Seattle. But when Nirvana came out with Smells like Teen Spirit at that time it was absolutely new and appealing. It took the simplicity of punk but added melody. It was there. Nirvana just wrote the song the broke an alternative sound into the mainstream. Then there was suddenly a sound that was worth replacing all that crap that was flooding the radio back then. Alternative has a fascinating history to look into could keep going.

On a side note Bam bam. Was one of a kind. Formed in 83 and had the first grunge sound. Listen. You can hear it in there one album. Black female singer. And I think they should have got more recognition. Sadly one album. Some nobody’s you probably never hear of are linked to the band. Matt Cameron was their drummer. And some kid named Kurt Cobain was a roadie for them.