Everybody Loves Our Town
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Everybody Loves Our Town

A History of Grunge

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eBook - ePub

Everybody Loves Our Town

A History of Grunge

About this book

Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle sound', is the sludgy fusion of punk rock and heavy metal that emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 1980s. But it was the unexpected, seemingly overnight success of Nirvana's single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' in the fall of 1991, that made grunge a household word and launched an American music movement on par with punk and hip-hop.

Twenty years later, Mark Yarm captures that era in the words of those at the forefront of the movement (and the music's lesser-known champions). Everybody Loves Our Town will tell the whole story: the founding of originators like Soundgarden and the Melvins, the early successes of Seattle's Sub Pop record label, the rise of powerhouses Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the insane media hype surrounding the grunge explosion, the suicide of Kurt Cobain, and finally, the genre's mid-to-late-'90s decline.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780571276509
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Rock Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. CONTENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. CHAPTER 1: SOMETHING CRAZY’S GONNA HAPPEN
  8. CHAPTER 2: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BUZZ
  9. CHAPTER 3: HELLO, SEATTLE!
  10. CHAPTER 4: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DANCE
  11. CHAPTER 5: SCREAMING LIFE
  12. CHAPTER 6: LEAVING HOME
  13. CHAPTER 7: A THIRD SOUND
  14. CHAPTER 8: THE FOUR WEIRDEST GUYS IN ELLENSBURG
  15. CHAPTER 9: GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SINCE 1988
  16. CHAPTER 10: SOUNDS LIKE THROW UP LOOKS
  17. CHAPTER 11: WE’RE RIPPING YOU OFF BIG TIME!
  18. CHAPTER 12: TOUCH ME I’M SICK
  19. CHAPTER 13: HE WHO RIDES THE PONY
  20. CHAPTER 14: BANDS THAT WILL MAKE MONEY
  21. CHAPTER 15: THE MUSIC BANK
  22. CHAPTER 16: WHERE’S THE GROG?
  23. CHAPTER 17: CREATE YOUR OWN MYTH
  24. CHAPTER 18: INCOMPATIBLE INDIVIDUALS
  25. CHAPTER 19: ALL ABOUT KICKS
  26. CHAPTER 20: SMELL THE MAGIC
  27. CHAPTER 21: RAISE YOUR CANDLE HIGH
  28. CHAPTER 22: A BRIGHT, CLEAR SOUND
  29. CHAPTER 23: GOOD LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS
  30. CHAPTER 24: SICK OF CRYING
  31. CHAPTER 25: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
  32. CHAPTER 26: PUNK BREAKS
  33. CHAPTER 27: ON THE CORNER OF DOPEY AND GOOFY
  34. CHAPTER 28: WILD OUTBURSTS IN PUBLIC PLACES
  35. CHAPTER 29: BILE HOG!
  36. CHAPTER 30: THE EMPEROR’S NEW FLANNEL
  37. CHAPTER 31: THE OLD IMMIGRANTS HATE THE NEW IMMIGRANTS
  38. CHAPTER 32: STRANGE LOVE
  39. CHAPTER 33: INTO THE NIGHT
  40. CHAPTER 34: FUCK HOLLYWOOD!
  41. CHAPTER 35: A PROBLEM WITH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
  42. CHAPTER 36: RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTERS
  43. CHAPTER 37: NOTHING WAS THE SAME
  44. CHAPTER 38: ALL THE RAGE?
  45. CHAPTER 39: IN THE ROCKET
  46. CHAPTER 40: SITTING IN THE RUBBLE
  47. CHAPTER 41: FUCKING GREAT PRODUCTS
  48. CHAPTER 42: SOME IMPLODING GOING ON
  49. CHAPTER 43: THE MAD SEASON
  50. CHAPTER 44: THE BOYS WITH THE MOST CAKE
  51. CHAPTER 45: THE COUP
  52. CHAPTER 46: 70 PERCENT OFF ALL FLANNEL
  53. CHAPTER 47: FELL ON BLACK DAYS
  54. CHAPTER 48: LOST NINE FRIENDS WE’LL NEVER KNOW
  55. CHAPTER 49: MY FRIEND, BUT NOT MY FRIEND
  56. EPILOGUE: THE COSMIC BROTHERHOOD OF ROCK
  57. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  58. CAST OF CHARACTERS
  59. Plates
  60. About the Author
  61. Copyright

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