Seattle 1990s overview

If it was the worldwide reaction to the suicide of Nirvana’s driving force, Kurt Cobain, in 1994 that confirmed Seattle’s status as a major influence on early 1990s popular music, its arrival was announced by the band’s hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)—a forceful but melodic record that caught the angst-ridden tone of a generation. The Seattle of the 1980s, in which Nirvana came to life, was a rainy city of lakes, rusty bridges, and...