well nirvana never liked the term "grunge". they always thought of themselves as punk. I'm not sure what AiC considered themselves...
A friend of mine saw AiC last year when they toured with a different dude singing (of course...
) And he was VERY skeptical at first because he's a 90's FREAK! but afterthe show he couldn't stop raving about how awesome it was and how he did Lane justice.