Welcome to the ‘90s. We’ve got our flannel shirts and torn jeans on, we’ve got our long hair and we put our cigarettes in our pancakes. MTV is in full force and President Clinton is baffling us all. What a time to be alive!
But maybe the best thing about the ‘90s was the music. It was the golden age of hip-hop, the birthplace of Britney Spears, and OF COURSE, the decade of Grunge. You know, that sludgy rock music with spare soloing and emotional lyrics? That’s right, Grunge.
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To celebrate maybe our favorite decade of music (and life), we wanted to offer the Top 10 Grunge Songs for you, dear reader. So, that’s exactly what we did!
11. “Half Past You”
10. “Once”
9. “Rooster”
8. “Ground Zero”
7. “Drive To Lifer”
6. “Black Hole Sun”
5. “Touch Me I’m Sick”
4. “Nearly Lost You”
3. “Revolve”
2. “Hunger Strike”
1. “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
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LONDON – 1966: (L-R) Sonny Bono (1935-1998), an American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician who with his then-wife Cher was one half of an American rock duo in the 1960s and 1970s. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector, in London, England, 1966. (Photo by Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images) -
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