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Living in Seattle, I have grown up immersed and infatuated with the grunge rock music scene. With the Experience Music Project chronicling the emergence of bands like Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and, of course, Nirvana, it is hard not to be. EXP not only features memorabilia and artifacts from these pioneers of grunge music, but has relics from other native Seattleites, such as Jimi Hendrix and Heart, too.

One of my favorite attractions at the rock museum is the remnants of instruments that the grunge bands mercilessly destroyed on stage. I particularly remember one amusing anecdote centering on Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. After a particularly rowdy show he smashed his guitar violently on the ground. As this was prior to the band’s bends-inducing rush to stardom and financial success, Cobain was forced to bandage the mangled guitar for the performance the next night-he may have been better served to just search around for some cheap electric guitars to smashup.