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Grunge icon Kurt Cobain

Pearl Jam band members Dave Abbruzzese, Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, and Jeff Ament stand together, smiling, at the Pinkpop Festival in Holland.

Black-and-white group portrait of Nirvana backstage in a corner, with Kurt Cobain on the left, Krist Novoselic in the center, and Dave Grohl on the right.

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Key People

Neil Young sings and plays electric guitar on stage under concert lighting, wearing a light-colored suit, with a microphone and guitar picks visible in front of him.

Neil Young

Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

Grunge icon Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

American musician

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz

"Back to the 90's" with a dotted and herringbone background pattern. (1990s, retro style, decades, nostalgia) SEE CONTENT NOTES.

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