Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music

Copyright
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Contents
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Acknowledgments......Page 7
Foreword
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1960s–1970s......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 — “It was mainly isolation”: 1960s–1970s......Page 12
CHAPTER 2 — “Seattle was the closest city”: Transplants......Page 22
Early–Mid ’80s......Page 28
CHAPTER 3 — “It was so easy to freak people out in those days”: Early–Mid ’80s......Page 30
CHAPTER 4 — “’79 through ’84 was hopping”: Power Pop, New Wave, Heavy Metal......Page 42
CHAPTER 5 — “A floodgate of creativity in the Northwest”: Blackouts, Fastbacks, U-Men, Mr. Epp and the Calculations, Duff McKagan......Page 49
CHAPTER 6 — “Church was really in session”: Venues, The Rocket, Record Stores, Radio......Page 69
CHAPTER 7 — “The punk rock David Lee Roth”: Malfunkshun......Page 83
CHAPTER 8 — “Godzilla knocking over buildings”: The Shemps, Soundgarden......Page 94
CHAPTER 9 — “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should”: The Melvins, Green River, Screaming Trees......Page 109
CHAPTER 10 — “The next logical step is to start a label”: K Records, Sub Pop Records, C/Z Records......Page 128
Mid–Late ’80s......Page 142
CHAPTER 11 — “If we can just keep it a secret”: Mid–Late ’80s......Page 144
CHAPTER 12 — “How do three guys sound like nine?”: Nirvana......Page 153
CHAPTER 13 — “The sloppiness was essential”: The Thrown Ups, Mudhoney......Page 175
CHAPTER 14 — “GET OUT OF THE WAY!”: The Melvins, Screaming Trees, Skin Yard, Tad......Page 188
CHAPTER 15 — “Dark, black, and blue”: Soundgarden, Alice in Chains......Page 202
CHAPTER 16 — “He’s going to be one of the biggest rock stars in the world — no question”: Mother Love Bone and Andy Wood’s Death......Page 224
1990–1991......Page 238
CHAPTER 17 — “OK, this thing is going to happen”: 1990–1991......Page 240
CHAPTER 18 — “If you can sell 40,000, they’ll let you make another one”: Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog......Page 247
CHAPTER 19 — “A ‘testosterone period’”: Alice in Chains, Soundgarden......Page 261
CHAPTER 20 — “You guys will be bigger than Hüsker Dü”: Nirvana and Nevermind......Page 273
CHAPTER 21 — “That they didn’t reach a broader audience baffles me”: Mudhoney, Tad, Screaming Trees, Truly, Melvins, Jesse Bernstein......Page 298
CHAPTER 22 — “Rebelling against the predominant macho grunge scene at the time”: Riot Grrrl......Page 312
1992–1993......Page 324
CHAPTER 23 — “Be careful what you wish for, you might get it”: 1992–1993......Page 326
CHAPTER 24 — “It was on the radio, people were talking about them, people had shirts on and their posters up”: Pearl Jam......Page 334
CHAPTER 25 — “Things change, and things change quickly”: Soundgarden, Alice in Chains......Page 344
CHAPTER 26 — “We might as well start talking to majors”: Mudhoney, Tad, Skin Yard, Screaming Trees, Melvins, Brad......Page 356
CHAPTER 27 — “If you were there, you were part of it”: Riot Grrrl......Page 368
CHAPTER 28 — “Everything is not OK anymore”: Nirvana......Page 376
1994 and Beyond......Page 388
CHAPTER 29 — “It felt like the world had gone seriously wrong”: Kurt Cobain’s Death and 1994......Page 390
CHAPTER 30 — “Where I go, you go”: Kurt Remembered......Page 400
CHAPTER 31 — “The demise of the entire scene”: Drugs......Page 408
CHAPTER 32 — “Preparing for the worst”: Alice in Chains and Layne Staley’s Death......Page 414
CHAPTER 33 — “The final magic”: Soundgarden’s Breakup......Page 436
CHAPTER 34 — “There was definitely a big Seattle backlash”: Mudhoney, Tad, Screaming Trees, Melvins, Truly......Page 446
CHAPTER 35 — “Standing up for something they believed in”: Pearl Jam......Page 455
CHAPTER 36 — “Finally — new growth”: Post-Grunge......Page 467
CHAPTER 37 — “Maybe I’m a geezer”: How Will Grunge Be Remembered?......Page 472
Cast of Characters......Page 482