Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

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edited October 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
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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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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,605
    bump
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  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    you might get a better response if you post this in the other music forum
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,605
    conman wrote:
    you might get a better response if you post this in the other music forum

    probably
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    everybody does not love our town.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • djsuz
    djsuz Posts: 45
    My missus got this for me for my birthday. So far I haven't touched it as I have been too busy reading that other book that just came out ;) .
    I will update when I do get a chance to read it.
  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    chadwick wrote:
    everybody does not love our town.
    :lol: ours, either.
    But the book sounds pretty decent.
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    I love a good oral history in print form.
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    I've got this coming in the post tomorrow, looking forward to reading it - I read in another thread that Dave Abbruzzese gives his version of events surrounding his departure from the band, should be a good read!
  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    just got this last week. So far, so good. I've never read an oral history before, and this is a good first.
  • IgotshitID
    IgotshitID St.john's Newfoundland Posts: 895
    is this worth getting??
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  • cowboypjfan
    cowboypjfan Posts: 2,453
    IgotshitID wrote:
    is this worth getting??

    Absolutely. Mark Yarm sent me a signed copy and I havent been able to put it down..
  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    crazypjfan wrote:
    IgotshitID wrote:
    is this worth getting??

    Absolutely. Mark Yarm sent me a signed copy and I havent been able to put it down..
    That's cool. :mrgreen: Yes, I would have to agree.
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    i'm reading it right now. such a good book. i had to rewatch hype! recently just so i could put some faces to the names in the book.
  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    I'm just over half way through it and it's just awesome. You really get a sense of the personalities that were kickin around back in the 80's and 90's in Seattle. It's a fucking awesome read. Personal highs:
    I've met Ben Shephard and Matt Chamberlain in Saskatoon - good reading about them
    I've been at the Paramount Theatre to see PJ play in 2005; Found out that's where Andy Wood's funeral was held - awesome.
    I've seen NoMeansNo in Saskatoon twice back in the early 2000's and WOW do them old guys rock out! They are talked about a little in the book - surprised me and made me laugh.
    Many parts of the book I laugh out loud at the crazy antics.
    It's a fun book to read.
    Vancouver '03, Paramount Theatre '05, Saskatoon '05, Calgary '05, Edmonton '05, Saskatoon '11, Calgary '11, Calgary '13

    2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!

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