Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

I hope it's a pretty good definition. Thankfully, grunge is less vague than alternative, so it's easier to determine. Basically, not every grunge album has to follow ALL of the traits. I'd say as long as it carries most of the traitsd and has the angst, it's grunge. The angst is the only absolutely required trait. Without it, it's not grunge.