Nineties Grunge

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Essential stage box that cranked dirty feedback (3)
• Violently bounce and collide around the foot of the stage (4)
• Heavy footwear, often made by Dr. Martens, favored in the pit (5)
• Vocal technique shifting suddenly from a quiet mumble to a harsh roar (6)
• Screeching guitar loop produced by standing too close to the speaker (8)
• Sweep a plectrum across multiple guitar strings (5)
• Casual, improvised rehearsal session between tracks (3)
• Input channel that loops back to generate wild stage squeals (4)
• Persistent feeling of deep anxiety and generational dread (5)

Down

• Full-length musical package like Ten or In Utero (5)
• Low-end instrument famously thumped by Krist Novoselic (4)
• Laid-back, unmotivated attitude linked to twenties drifters (5)
• Rainy Washington metropolis where the subculture took root (7)
• Percussion setup pummeled with ferocity by Dave Grohl (5)
• Nirvana frontman whose songwriting transformed the musical landscape (6)
• Secondhand shopping habit that defined the movement's unpretentious dress (6)

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