12:19, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Addressed the first part.  I ran out of synonyms at the end of a lengthy rewrite.  But while grunge may have been underway as a genre before Nirvana, it wasn't POPULAR before Nirvana.  Soundgarden and Alice in Chains had modest followings before Nevermind broke, but neither were considered anything more than an extension of the Headbanger's Ball crowd.   4:46, August 5, 2005 (UTC)