Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge - Paperback
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
Author: Yarm, Mark
Publication Date: 03/13/2012
Format: Paperback
Twenty years after the release of Nirvanaās landmark albumĀ NevermindĀ comesĀ Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, the definitive word on the grunge era, straight from the mouths of those at the center of it all.
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In 1986, fledgling Seattle label C/Z Records releasedĀ Deep Six, a compilation featuring a half-dozen local bands: Soundgarden, Green River, Melvins, Malfunkshun, the U-Men and Skin Yard. Though it sold miserably, the record made music history by documenting a burgeoning regional sound, the raw fusion of heavy metal and punk rock that we now know as grunge. But it wasnāt until five years later, with the seemingly overnight success of Nirvanaās āSmells Like Teen Spirit,ā thatĀ grungeĀ became a household word and Seattle ground zero for the nineties alternative-rock explosion.
Everybody Loves Our TownĀ captures the grunge era in the words of the musicians, producers, managers, record executives, video directors, photographers, journalists, publicists, club owners, roadies, scenesters and hangers-on who lived through it. The book tells the whole story: from the founding of theĀ Deep SixĀ bands to the worldwide success of grungeās big four (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains); from the rise of Seattleās cash-poor, hype-rich indie label Sub Pop to the major-label feeding frenzy that overtook the Pacific Northwest; from the simple joys of making noise at basement parties and tiny rock clubs to the tragic, lonely deaths of superstars Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley.
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Drawn from more than 250 new interviewsāwith members of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees, Hole, Melvins, Mudhoney, Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, L7, Babes in Toyland, 7 Year Bitch, TAD, the U-Men, Candlebox and many moreāand featuring previously untold stories and never-before-published photographs,Ā Everybody Loves Our TownĀ is at once a moving, funny, lurid, and hugely insightful portrait of an extraordinary musical era.
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Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
Author: Yarm, Mark
Publication Date: 03/13/2012
Format: Paperback
Twenty years after the release of Nirvanaās landmark albumĀ NevermindĀ comesĀ Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, the definitive word on the grunge era, straight from the mouths of those at the center of it all.
Ā
In 1986, fledgling Seattle label C/Z Records releasedĀ Deep Six, a compilation featuring a half-dozen local bands: Soundgarden, Green River, Melvins, Malfunkshun, the U-Men and Skin Yard. Though it sold miserably, the record made music history by documenting a burgeoning regional sound, the raw fusion of heavy metal and punk rock that we now know as grunge. But it wasnāt until five years later, with the seemingly overnight success of Nirvanaās āSmells Like Teen Spirit,ā thatĀ grungeĀ became a household word and Seattle ground zero for the nineties alternative-rock explosion.
Everybody Loves Our TownĀ captures the grunge era in the words of the musicians, producers, managers, record executives, video directors, photographers, journalists, publicists, club owners, roadies, scenesters and hangers-on who lived through it. The book tells the whole story: from the founding of theĀ Deep SixĀ bands to the worldwide success of grungeās big four (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains); from the rise of Seattleās cash-poor, hype-rich indie label Sub Pop to the major-label feeding frenzy that overtook the Pacific Northwest; from the simple joys of making noise at basement parties and tiny rock clubs to the tragic, lonely deaths of superstars Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley.
Ā
Drawn from more than 250 new interviewsāwith members of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees, Hole, Melvins, Mudhoney, Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, L7, Babes in Toyland, 7 Year Bitch, TAD, the U-Men, Candlebox and many moreāand featuring previously untold stories and never-before-published photographs,Ā Everybody Loves Our TownĀ is at once a moving, funny, lurid, and hugely insightful portrait of an extraordinary musical era.
