Research Catalog

Title

Grunge is dead : the oral history of Seattle rock music / [Greg Prato].

Author

Prato, Greg

Publication

Toronto : ECW Press, c2009.

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Details

Description

478 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

"'Grunge Is Dead' digs deep, starting in the early '60s, to explain the chain of events that gave way to the music. The end result is a book that includes a wealth of previously untold stories and fresh insight for the longtime fan, as well as the essentials and highlights for the newcomer -- the whole uncensored truth -- in one comprehensive volume" -- back cover.

Alternative Title

Oral history of Seattle rock music

Subject

• Geschichte 1960-2008
• Grunge groups > Seattle
• Grunge music
• Rock musicians > Interviews
• Grunge music > United States > History and criticism
• Rock music > Seattle > History and criticism
• Seattle (Wash.) > History

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History
• Interviews
• Electronic books
• Grunge music
• History.
• Interviews.

Note

• Statement of responsibility from cover.

Contents

• "It was mainly isolation": 1960s-1970s -- "Seattle was the closest city": Transplants -- "It was so easy to freak people out in those days": early-mid '80s -- "'79 through '84 was hopping": power pop, new wave, heavy metal -- "A floodgate of creativity in the northwest": Blackouts, Fastbacks, U-men, Mr. Epp and the Calculations, Duff McKagan -- "Church was really in session": venues, the rocket, record stores, radio -- "The punk rock David Lee Roth": Malfunkshun -- "Godzilla knocking over buildings": The Shemps, Soundgarden -- "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should": The Melvins, Green River, Screaming Trees -- "The next logical step is the start a label": K Records, Sub Pop Records, C/Z Records -- "If we can just keep it a secret": mid-late '80s -- "How do three guys sound like nine?": Nirvana -- "The sloppiness was essential": The Thrown Ups, Mudhoney -- "GET OUT OF THE WAY!": The Melvins, Screaming Trees, Skin Yard, Tad --^
• "Dark, black, and blue": Soundgarden, Alice in Chains -- "He's going to be one of the biggest rock stars in the world - no question": Mother Love Bone and Andy Wood's death -- "OK, this thing is going to happen": 1990-1991 -- "If you can sell 40,000, they'll let you make another one": Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog -- "A 'testosterone period'": Alice in Chains, Soundgarden -- "You guys will be bigger than Husker Du": Nirvana and Nevermind -- "That they didn't reach a broader audience baffles me": Mudhoney, Tad, Screaming Trees, Truly, Melvins, Jesse Bernstein -- "Rebelling against the predominant macho grunge scene at the time": Riot Grrrl -- "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it": 1992-1993 -- "It was on the radio, people were talking about them, people had shirts on and their posters up": Pearl Jam -- "Things change, and things change quickly": Soundgarden, Alice in Chains --^
• "We might as well start talking to majors": Mudhoney, Tad, Skin Yard, Screaming Trees, Melvins, Brad -- "If you were there, you were part of it": Riot Grrrl -- "Everything is not OK anymore": Nirvana -- "It felt like the world had gone seriously wrong": Kurt Cobain's death and 1994 -- "Where I go, you go": Kurt remembered -- "The demise of the entire scene": drugs -- "Preparing for the worst": Alice in Chains and Layne Staley's death -- "The final magic": Soundgarden's breakup -- "There was definitely a big Seattle backlash": Mudhoney, Tad, Screaming Trees, Melvins, Truly -- "Standing up for something they believed in": Pearl Jam -- "Finally - new growth": post-grunge -- "Maybe I'm a geezer": how will grunge be remembered?.

ISBN

• 9781550228779
• 1550228773

OCLC

• 262886370
• SCSB-12254726

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library