VH1 News Special: Grunge

Sep 14, 2001

0h 43m

★ 0.0

Overview

VH1 and SPIN magazine teamed up to present 'VH1 News Special: Grunge', an in-depth look at the Seattle-born movement that transformed popular music and the major players who made it happen.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

VH1

VH1 News Special: Grunge Trailers

Cast

Self

Chris Cornell

Self

Susan Silver

Self

Eddie Vedder

Self (archive footage)

Kurt Cobain

Self (archive footage)

Layne Staley

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Cantrell

Self (archive footage)

Sean Kinney

Self (archive footage)

Mike Starr

Self

Jeff Ament

Self

Valerie M. Agnew

Self

Carrie Akre

Self

Mark Arm

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