Statistics for Grunge Bands

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Song or Album	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Black Hole Sun	Iconic band which disbanded after lead singer Chris Cornell's suicide in 2019.	Soundgarden	98%
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Iconic band featuring Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Kris Novoselic.	Nirvana	95%
Even Flow	Hugely successful band featuring vocalist Eddie Vedder. Other popular songs include "Daughter", "Jeremy" & "Alive".	Pearl Jam	95%
Heaven Beside You	Iconic band who's original lead vocalist, Layne Staley, passed away in 2002 at the age of 34.	Alice In Chains	90%
Interstate Love Song	Successful San Diego band featuring late vocalist Scott Weiland, who was also a member of supergroup Velvet Revolver.	Stone Temple Pilots	81%
Bullet with Butterfly Wings	Successful band featuring Billy Corgan as the sole constant member.	Smashing Pumpkins	74%
Celebrity Skin	Courtney Love's band. Their second album, "Live Through This", was met with critical acclaim.	Hole	73%
Hunger Strike	Supergroup featuring members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.	Temple Of The Dog	66%
Tomorrow	Australian band who released their debut album Frogstomp when the band's members were only 15 years old.	Silverchair	53%
Touch Me I'm Sick	Band featuring Mark Arm. Their EP Superfuzz Bigmuff is considered a classic.	Mudhoney	47%
Nearly Lost You	Neo-psychedelic band featuring vocalist Mark Lanegan. "Sweet Oblivion" is their most successful album.	The Screaming Trees	47%
Shove	All female band whose name is a slang term for "square".	L7	42%
Crown of Thorns	After the death of vocalist Andrew Wood, members from this band would go on to form Pearl Jam.	Mother Love Bone	42%
No Rain	Band whose most famous music video features a tap dancing bee girl. Vocalist Shannon Hoon died of an overdose in 1995.	Blind Melon	39%
Peaches	Goofy Seatle alternative rock band from Seattle. Their self titled debut also features the hits "Kitty" and "Lump".	The Presidents of the United States of America	39%
Razorblade Suitcase	English band featuring vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale, former husband of Gwen Stefani.	Bush	35%
Honey Bucket	Band, featuring Buzz Osborne & Dale Crover, who are regarded as a major influence on grunge and sludge metal.	Melvins	34%
American Thighs	Female fronted band named after a character from Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.	Veruca Salt	34%
River of Deceit	The other grunge supergroup, featuring Layne Staley and members of Screaming Trees, Pearl Jam & the Walkabouts.	Mad Season	32%
You're Living All Over Me	Band of J Mascis who are regarded as a big influence on alternative rock. They had to add "Jr" to their name for legal reasons.	Dinosaur Jr	31%
Far Behind	Seattle band whose sound is more commercial than most of their peers. Other hits include "Cover Me" & "You".	Candlebox	29%
Dry as a Bone	Early, influential Seattle band who's members would go on to form Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone & Pearl Jam.	Green River	24%
Rubberneck	Amphibian-themed Fort Worth, Texas rockers best known for their song "Possum Kingdom".	Toadies	24%
Illiteracy Will Prevail	Kurt Cobain's jokingly (and vulgarly) named first band he formed after dropping out of high school.	Fecal Matter	23%
God's Balls	Band led by Tad Doyle whose album "8-Way Santa" resulted in them being sued by the couple depicted on the cover & by Pepsi for the song "Jack Pepsi".	Tad	23%
Spanking Machine	All female band which briefly featured Courtney Love on bass for a time.	Babes In Toyland	16%
Sparkle and Fade	Band named after an alcoholic spirit. Their first album "World of Noise" is considered grunge, but later records were poppier & far more successful.	Everclear	16%
Plowed	Detroit band whose hits also include "Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain)" & "Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)".	Sponge	13%
With Yo' Heart (Not Yo' Hands)	Band formed by Andrew Wood at the age of 14, before Mother Love Bone. Also featuring his brother Kevin.	Malfunkshun	10%
Hallowed Ground	Heavy early grunge band featuring Jack Endino, who would go on to produce many important grunge records.	Skin Yard	8%