But, here’s the thing: just because grunge kicked down the glam metal door with a muddy Doc Marten boot doesn’t mean the hair metal heroes of the 1980s went quietly into the night. Nope! Some of them ...

The cultural dominance of grunge may have lasted only a few years in the 1990s, but these guitar riffs from the era continue ...

And some big-name heavy metal and hard rock bands, even some associated with hair metal, flourished alongside, or despite, grunge. These heavy metal albums not only survived grunge, but the first one ...

"It didn't kill us, but it changed our perspective seeing what was happening to the other bands." The rise of grunge in the early '90s marked a seismic shift in the music industry. While the Seattle ...

Father Time has a flawless record. It’s a cliché you typically hear when sportscasters talk about aging athletes, but often it can apply to music genres as well. After all, we aren’t still listening ...

In a recent interview with VWMusic, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard was asked his thoughts on the frequent claim that grunge killed off heavy metal and hard rock in the mainstream. Gossard’s answer, ...

"I've been told how influential King's X has been by almost every musician I've run into, but very few will make a big statement about it" “It was really, really, really, really so cool for him to say ...

“Nevermind” was released one week after "Use Your Illusion.' Pearl Jam’s “Ten” came came out the same month as Metallica’s so-called “Black Album.” Grunge was blowing up in 1991, but hadn’t wrestled ...

What qualified as metal in 1995 was a grab bag for sure. After the fallout from the popularity of grunge, metal went back underground but was poised for a return led by nu metal. While not all of ...

When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these five hair metal bands shows that some groups managed to adapt to the times ...