and i think the band and kurt cobain in particular reflect that angst. ♪ yeah, yeah >> kurt cobain wastune. it just gave an intensity that was really unique. ♪ i kill you, i'm not gonna crack ♪ >> 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 see bands like cat butt and bands like screaming trees. it was such a refreshing change from the competitive sort of l.a. hollywood '80s. and it was just suddenly so cool to be from seattle. >> one of the biggest music biz stories these days is the so-called rain city renaissance with the emergence of noisy punk metal grunge rock. bands like soundgarden, alice in chains, and pearl jam from seattle, washington. ♪ outshined outshined ♪ outshined >> 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 pretty different from each other were being lof

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it looked as though in the case of kurt cobain he did his shopping at secondhand stores. >> that wasvintage becoming popular and then in today's world vintage becoming expensive. >> it's about coming into stores like this and finding your favorite thing and just putting it all together. >> these guys weren't trying to create a fashion trend. they had poured all their heart and soul into their music. they didn't have money to go buy stuff. they're thrifting. and eventually because of the power of their music they transformed from what was not intended to be a fashion movement to truly a worldwide sensation. >> the cnn original series "american style" continues into the 1980s tomorrow night at 9:00 here on cnn. thanks for watching. i'm back tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern. if you need to get caught up, "american style" starts right now. >>> great style is something that is grown from within. >> style is culture. style is expression. >> there is no stopping point short of victory. >> all of us must stand up and say "no more."

and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect the angst. >> i learned how to write for myself, and

it looked as though in the case of kurt cobain, he did his shopping at second-hand stores. >> that was of vintage becoming popular and then in today's world, vintage becoming expensive. >> it's about coming into stores like this and finding your favorite thing and just putting it all together. >> these guys weren't trying to create a fashion trend. they had poured all their heart and soul into their music. they didn't have noun buy stuff. they were thrifting. eventually, because of the power of their music, it transformed from what was not intended to be a fashion movement to truly a worldwide sensation. >> "american style" airs tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. thanks so much for joining me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. the news continues with ana cabrera after this. since you're heading off to dad... i just got a zerowater. but we've always used brita. it's two stage-filter... doesn't compare to zerowater's 5-stage. this meter shows how much stuff, or dissolved solids, gets left behind. our tap water is 220. brita? 110... seriously? but zerowater- let me guess. zero? yu