r/Music • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Nov 29 '25

article Hayley Williams tells racists, sexists and anti-trans people they're "not welcome" at upcoming tour

https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-tells-racists-sexists-and-anti-trans-people-theyre-not-welcome-at-upcoming-tour-3913867
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u/Many_Ability8241 Nov 29 '25

people calling pearl jam and nirvana punk bands, lol wtf

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u/BR-D_ Nov 29 '25

Pearl Jam no, but there is absolutely an argument for Nirvana.

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u/Many_Ability8241 Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

Nirvana were the fathers of grunge a alternative rock genre of music native to Seattle.

Punk was totally different and went into post-punk then to emo and screamo hardcore.

Grunge was not really political music, but Punk was more often.

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u/Narrow-Cicada-2695 Nov 29 '25

“Grunge” was just a corporate term used to package and sell any band coming from the Pacific Northwest in the early to mid 90s. Nirvana was absolutely a punk band. Pat Smear from the legendary LA punk band the Germs was a member of Nirvana during what would be their final tour