As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
Medicine really matured me as a person because, as a physician, you're obviously dealing with life and death issues, issues much more serious than what we're talking about in entertainment. You can't get more serious than life and death. And if you can handle that, you can handle anything.
Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

