Back when we were a proper country, rock stars were real men who wore spandex, fetish gear, and more hairspray than a Jersey housewife. Thankfully, a little band called Nirvana came along and their grunge sound put an end to whatever the hell those other jagoffs were supposed to be.
While Nirvana was at the forefront and continues to be the standard bearer of the genre, it was more than just them. There was a diverse array of bands whose legions of impersonators continue to audibly torture us to this day. Here are ten of them: