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Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle Sound', emerged from the Pacific
north-west in the early part of the 1980s. With the unexpected
success of Nirvana's single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in 1991,
grunge became a household word overnight and launched an American
music movement on a par with punk and hip-hop. In Everybody Loves
Our Town , Mark Yarm draws from exclusive interviews to tell the
whole story: the founding of originators like Soundgarden and the
Melvins, the early successes of the Sub Pop record label, the rise
of powerhouses Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the media hype, the suicide
of Kurt Cobain, and finally, the genre's mid-to-late-nineties
decline.
A "Time" Magazine Best Book of 2011, Featuring Nirvana, Pearl
Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Mudhoney and more
Twenty years after the release of Nirvana's landmark album
"Nevermind" comes "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.
In 1986, fledgling Seattle label C/Z Records released "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 wasn't until five years
later, with the seemingly overnight success of Nirvana's "Smells
Like Teen Spirit," that "grunge" became a household word and
Seattle ground zero for the nineties alternative-rock
explosion.
"Everybody Loves Our Town" 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 the "Deep Six" bands to
the worldwide success of grunge's big four (Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
Soundgarden and Alice in Chains); from the rise of Seattle's
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.
Drawn from more than 250 new interviews--with 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 more--and featuring previously untold
stories and never-before-published photographs, "Everybody Loves
Our Town" is at once a moving, funny, lurid, and hugely insightful
portrait of an extraordinary musical era.
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