bands like soundgarden, alice in chains, and pearl jam from seattle, washington. ♪ outshined outshinedgest 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 lofted up to the mainstream as this is what grunge is. >> tell me a little bit about the seattle music scene. >> with all the attention, no one's ever asked us that before. >> we've never heard that question. >> so, tell me about the seattle sound? what's going on up there? >> what's in the water? ♪ son, have i got a little story for you ♪ ♪ what you thought was your daddy ♪ >> bands like nirvana, pearl jam, they wanted no part of the music industry machine. and yet there they were, on mtv, on the charts, selling millions of records. ♪ hey ♪ oh, i'm still alive ♪ i, oh, i'm still alive >> it's a little bit overwhelming to see this many people. we're used to playing small clubs. you know? and we want to go back to playing small clubs. ♪ >> a collaborative rock tour kicked off in phoenix, arizona thursday night. it's a multia