Tim Berners-Lee is an engineer and computer scientist acclaimed for the invention of the famous World Wide Web. He is also currently the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which is responsible for the overseeing of the continued development of the Web. He is also credited with the foundation of the World Wide Web Foundation. Knighted for his pioneering work by the Queen in 2004, he has received numerous accolades for his work, also being named among the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. He is most famously and widely known for his original design of the architecture of the World Wide Web.
Grunge is like hard rock and punk, although I'm not a fan. Oasis is more along the lines of "Britpop" or rock, but I wouldn't say grunge. Oasis would be your best pick for the second half of your question.
