Grunge

Nirvana were an American Rock band that formed in Washington in 1987. The band was formed by Kurt Cobain, their lead singer and guitarist aswell as Dave Grohl who joined the band in 1990 being their longest lasting drummer. After Nirvanas sudden success within the alternative rock and Grunge community Kurt Cobain was actually referred to as the spokesman of a generation. Although Nirvanas run of success and fame unfortunately ended following the tragic death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, since the band were formed they sold over 25 million records in the United States alone and over 75 million worldwide and the band became the most influential in terms of this whole grunge genre and even the grunge lifestyle. 

It is most probably all down to Nirvana and especially Kurt Cobain that the majority of Grunge bands around today actually exist. Kurt set this trend that although ended badly for him, it definitely conjured lots of fame, money and popularity. Aspiring artists probably realised the potential that this kind of musical genre had in many different ways and the lifestyle and look that coincided with this Grunge genre was definitely one to keep up with. It was from here that 21st century bands such as The Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Green Day, Rise Against, Blink 182 and 30 Seconds To Mars realised this potential and followed suit with this Grunge trend.

Grunge

So we begin to realise that our 21st century is built upon the foundations of the past 50 odd years or so. Because it is so difficult to come up with a completely new design, concept, song, art movement or idea we are all heavily influenced by the past in the majority of things that we do or make. It seems that we take their trends that were set all these years ago and add a modern spin to them. This is generally the case for art, fashion and even music. In the mid 1980's a new musical genre came about, this genre was named 'Grunge'. This Grunge sort of era first emerged in the Seattle area of Washington, it was inspired by punk, heavy metal, indie rock and is generally known for its distorted electric guitars. Many of the musicians were also recognised for their unkempt appearances and mod rocker themes. Some of the bands that came about during this period include names like Nine Inch Nails, Janes Addiction, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and probably the worlds most famous Grunge band Nirvana. 

Modern Photography

Knowing that we had photographers back in the 1960's and 1970's like David Bailey and Brian Duffy its always admirable to see the likes of Nick Knight and other photographers of the 21st century. It's these kind of photographers that have obviously been influenced by David Baileys style of simple yet effective photography and gone one step further in our modern day world to create photographs that draw so much attention and possibly ignite controversy. Nick Knight was born in 1958 and is a British fashion photographer, documentary photographer and web publisher. He is also a director at Show Studio. As you can see the world of photography has drastically changed since the 60's but we obviously work off their similar sort of trends and ideas such as portraiture, landscapes, contrast.