"There was this pressure from Sub Pop and the grunge scene to play 'rock music'," Cobain said.

Warner Bros. did not know what to do with the film, but after the grunge scene exploded, the movie was finally released.

Known for taking big risks, Pav originally scored some success through an association with Seattle's grunge scene.

Although these were all myths that originated from the media, of which participants in the grunge scene treated with some suspicion.

The words themselves never caught on as actual slang within the grunge scene (though "score" and "dish" are in use elsewhere).

This, combined with poor album sales as the grunge scene started to take over from traditional rock, caused the record label to drop them in 1992.

Hovercraft's material consisted of lengthy songs featuring an avant-garde and moody sound that was a direct reaction to the local grunge scene.

Light left Indiana in 1991, moving to Seattle just as the grunge scene was taking hold.

Writers in the 1990s involved with the musical "grunge" scene often used the term to describe self-awareness of mortality.

Within months, he was sent to Seattle to cover the emerging grunge scene.