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[ΕΝ] ... "When I swear that I don’t have a gun", Kurt Cobain was singing with its characteristic voice in Terminal 1 of the airport of Munich, when the provision of electricity went out of order and the scene sank silent in to darkness, in a coincidence that not long would have revealed its tragedy. It was March 1st, 1994 and it was meant to be the last concert of the band Nirvana. Almost one month later, on April 5th, Kurt would take his own life by pressing the trigger of the gun that chronic abuses had armed long ago. This perhaps was the beginning of the end of the alternative Grunge music scene, since by the end of the decade the most important bands of this genre had already split. Grunge was not just a music genre. As a general social trend, Grunge found outlets through different types of creative expressions.  One other ... "weapon" this time, the music magazine Ray Gun would highlight in the history of visual communication, particularly printing, its i...