I remember how much you hate grunge...but it's probably because you were/are a teen in the wrong millenium. it's all about(the benjamins) the 90's man. people who are 21 or older who are metalheads now thanks to the internet age were mostly into grunge and 70's prog rock if they weren't into metal back then.
anyway that pearl jam thing wasn't to insult you...i just used the red dot to prove a point. plus yield came out in 98 pretty much 4 years after grunge died...it's pretty good actually not grungey at all(they kinda stopped after kurt cobain shot himself)...it even got a grammy for best rock album of 98.