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Stef Lach

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil says the word 'grunge' was nothing but a marketing ploy

A picture of Soundgarden taken in Japan in 1994.

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil says the bands who made up the Seattle grunge scene never used the word to describe themselves.

Instead, says Thayil, the word 'grunge' was used as a marketing mechanism by people in the industry rather than the artists.

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