O grunge tomou conta do rock no começo dos anos 90 porque, no final da década anterior, o movimento começava a tomar forma em diversas regiões dos Estados Unidos. Memória do Rock vai apresentar alguns dos pioneiros do estilo, incluindo nomes reconhecidos como Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Green River, Screaming Trees, Dinosaur Jr., L7 e o então iniciante Nirvana (foto).
Soundgarden – Flower (Chris Cornell, Kim Tahyil)
Mudhoney – Need (Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Matt Lukin, Dan Peters)
Blood Circus – Part of the crowd (Michael Anderson, Geoff Robinson, Tracy Simmons, Doug Day)
Green River – Smiling and dyin’ (Mark Arm, Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard, Alex Vincent)
Cat Butt – Maximo (David Emmanuel Duet, James Burdyshaw, Danny Bland, Dean Gunderson, Erik Peterson)
U-Men – 2 X 4 (John Bigley, Tom Price, Charlie Ryan, Tony Ransom)
Skin Yard – Reptile (Ben McMillan, Matt Cameron)
Screaming Trees – Lines and circles (Mark Lanegan, Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner, Mark Pickerel)
Dinosaur Jr – Little fury things (J Mascis)
Butthole Surfers – The colored FBI guy (Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey)
Wipers – Make or break (Greg Sage)
L7 – Cool out (Donita Sparks)
Bundle of Hiss – Swamp (Jamie Lane, Kurt Danielson, Dan Peters)
Tad – Sex god Missy (Tad Doyle, Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Danielson, Steve Wied)
Melvins – Leeech (Mark Arm, Steve Turner)
Nirvana – About a girl (Kurt Cobain)
Trabalhos técnicos – Marinho Magalhães
Pesquisa, texto e apresentação – Marcio Achilles Sardi