it was such a refreshing change from the competitive sort of l.a. hollywood '80s. and it was just suddenly so cool to be from seattle. >> one of the biggest music biz stories these days is the so-called rain city renaissance with the emergence of noisy punk metal grunge rock. bands like soundgarden, nirvana, alice in chains, and pearl jam from seattle, washington. ♪ i'm feeling i'm feeling outshined outshined outshined outshined ♪ >> why don't you tell me what the biggest misconception about the so-called seattle music scene is? >> everybody's a grunge band. >> all these bands that actually sound pretty different from each other were being lofted up to the mainstream as, this is what grunge is. >> tell me a little bit about the seattle music scene. >> with all the attention, no one's ever asked us that before. >> we've never heard that question. so, tell me about the seattle sound? what's going on up there? >> what's in the water?