it's a tough time to grow up in, and i think the band and kirk cobain in particular reflect that angst cobain was a great songwriter with an ability to scream almost in tune. an intensity that was really unique. ♪ >> nirvana gave the record industry a wake-up call and said, here is your new audience. so start looking for the people with the clothes with the holes in the knees and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. >> i would go to the clubs and soo see bands like cat butt and bands like screaming trees. it was a refreshing change from the competitive sort of l.a. hollywood '80s and suddenly so cool to be from seattle. >> one of the biggest biz stories these days a so-called rain city renaissance with emergens of noisy grunge rock. like sound garden, also in chains and pearl jam from seattle, washington. ♪ ah ♪ ♪ >> why don't you tell me what the biggest misconception about the so-called seattle music scene is? >> everybody's a grunge band. >> all of these bands sound different from each other were lofted up to the main stream as this is what grunge is. >> tell me a l

. >> and kirk cobain in particular, the angst. >> and country music has taken over the air waves andts. >> the honeymoon over. now we're getting down to real commerce. >> aren't these girls just crazy? >> yeah, they are.