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Grunge

Scope note

Use for the late 20th-century music and fashion style, originating in Seattle, Washington, among alternative hard-rock bands and by the 1990s influencing national fashion trends, based generally on the flannel shirt, torn jeans, and combat boots ensemble of urban youth.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000260967

Created

12yrs ago

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