Editing Generation X (section)

====Grunge====
{{Main|Grunge}}
[[File:Nirvana around 1992.jpg|thumb|right|[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] singer [[Kurt Cobain]] (pictured here in 1992) was called the "voice of Generation X" in the 1990s, playing the same role for this demographic as [[Bob Dylan]] and [[John Lennon]] played for [[Baby Boomers]] in the 1960s.<ref name="Felix-Jager, Steven 2017. p. 134">Felix-Jager, Steven (2017). ''With God on Our Side: Towards a Transformational Theology of Rock and Roll''. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 134.</ref>]]

A notable example of [[alternative rock]] is [[grunge]] and the associated subculture that developed in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of the U.S. Grunge lyrics have been called the "product of Generation X malaise".<ref name="United States 2005. p. 359">''Music Cultures in the United States: An Introduction''. Ed. Ellen Koskoff. Routledge, 2005. p. 359</ref> [[Vulture.com|Vulture]] wrote, "the best bands arose from the boredom of [[latchkey kids]]". Producer [[Jack Endino]] said, "People made records entirely to please themselves because there was nobody else to please".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jenkins|first1=Craig|title=Pearl Jam Might Not Be Cool, But That Doesn't Mean They Aren't Great|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/despite-what-you-may-think-pearl-jam-is-still-great.html|access-date=29 June 2017|work=Vulture|date=11 April 2017|archive-date=16 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616230520/http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/despite-what-you-may-think-pearl-jam-is-still-great.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Grunge lyrics are typically dark, [[nihilism|nihilistic]],<ref name="DiBlasi, Alex 2013. p. 520">DiBlasi, Alex (2013). "Grunge" in ''Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture'', pp. 520–524 [520]. Edited by Jacqueline Edmondson. ABC-CLIO</ref> [[angst]]-filled, and anguished. They often address themes such as [[social alienation]], despair, and [[apathy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metal.mit.edu/brief-history-metal|title=A Brief History of Metal|last=Pearlin|first=Jeffrey|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235433/https://metal.mit.edu/brief-history-metal|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that grunge "didn't recycle banal cliches but tackled weighty subjects".<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last1=McManus|first1=Darragh|title=Just 20 years on, grunge seems like ancient history|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/oct/31/grunge|access-date=29 June 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 October 2008|archive-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913200821/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/oct/31/grunge|url-status=live}}</ref> Topics of grunge lyrics include [[homelessness]], [[suicide]], [[rape]],<ref>Strong, Catherine. ''Grunge: Music and Memory''. Routledge, 2016. p. 19</ref> broken homes, drug addiction, self-loathing,<ref name="Gina Misiroglu 2015. p. 343">Gina Misiroglu. ''American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History''. Routledge, 2015. p. 343</ref> [[misogyny]], domestic abuse, and finding "meaning in an indifferent universe".<ref name=Guardian/> Grunge lyrics tend to be introspective and aim to enable the listener to see into hidden personal issues and examine depravity.<ref name="Felix-Jager, Steven 2017. p. 134"/> Notable grunge bands include [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[Alice in Chains]], [[Stone Temple Pilots]], and [[Soundgarden]].<ref name=Guardian/><ref name="allmusic grunge">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/grunge-ma0000002626 |title=Grunge |access-date=24 August 2012 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=2 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602144523/https://www.allmusic.com/style/grunge-ma0000002626 |url-status=live }}</ref>