Van Halen were already in a rock league of their own, but when a grunge icon nearly joined their ranks, it was almost the making of a supergroup of dreams.

Yes, grunge has seen more than its fair share of tragedy. Nevertheless, Vedder with his crooning, gritty voice came to be a musical icon thanks to songs like “Alive” and “Jeremy.” ...

Credit: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Images Think of the quintessential Seattle band and you might, understandably, reach for the grunge icon of your choice, but from Hendrix to Heart, the city is steeped ...

The emergence of Nirvana and the grunge era they ushered in rewrote the rules for the instrument. All of a sudden, intricate guitar solos were out (along with hair and spandex) and the emphasis ...

How the Hudson Valley and the Catskills became the home to grunge icons, ex-punks and one-hit wonders. By Sal Cataldi Melissa Auf der Maur spent 15 years as a rocker on the road, playing bass in ...

Eight years after Cobain’s death, another grunge icon, Layne Staley, lead singer of Alice in Chains, died. Staley died April 5, 2002, of an overdose mixture of heroin and cocaine.

When I think back on my time in the Screaming Trees, I now see that it was our Promethean courage that would never allow us to give up. But we also carried the curse of Sisyphus, who cheated death ...

Allure posted it with the caption, “Everyone’s moved onto the ‘00s, but @parisjackson is loyal to her #grunge icons. We talked all things beauty with the star at our link in bio. #TalkingBea ...