"We Thought It Was a Joke": The Musical Genre Pearl Jam Despised

During the 1990s, the grunge broke out not only as a genre that came to renew the scene of the fourth art, but also as a response to the saturation of certain styles that had dominated the scene during the previous years. In that context, Pearl Jam emerged as one of the most influential bands of the decade, representing a counter-cultural stance that questioned the established norms of commercial rock. Seattle’s original set found its identity b…