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Everybody Loves Our Town
An Oral History of Grunge
Book Summary
A tribute to the Pacific Northwest's grunge genre draws on the observations of individuals at the forefront of the movement from Soundgarden and the Melvins to Nirvana and Pearl Jam, citing the influences of such factors as the rise of Seattle's Sub Pop record label and the death of Kurt Cobain.
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This book is about:
- Grunge groups,
- Interviews,
- Grunge music,
- History and criticism,
- United States
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Instant rock cred: I grew up in Seattle. Annihilation of cred: I left in the mid-1980s, at 20, to become a "poet" in San Francisco. (Embarrassing, right?) So Mark Yarm's account of how my hometown became the center of the last great hard rock movement is one I lived only a little bit. Still, I know the Pacific Northwest well enough to be mightily impressed with the truth Yarm uncovered. This exhaustive oral history features unknowns, cult figures, supporting players and stars; each gets the... more
—Ann Powers
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