Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge

O autor faz um um excelente trabalho costurando as conversas cronologicamente.Parece que os entrevistados estão todos juntos, conversando, confirmando ou confrontando fatos de uma maneira muito natural e fazendo uma leitura muito fluída.

Libro preciso e dettagliato che Finalmente rivaluta i Candlebox, autentico gruppo di Seattle ingiustamente criticato dagli addetti ai lavori a inizio carriera

Mark Yarm reune a todas esas personas que vivieron en sus propias carnes todo el nacimiento y desarrollo de la escena grunge de Seattle. A través de un repaso por los testimonios y entrevistas de estas personalidades se hace una revisión sobre un movimiento que influyó en la historia de la música más allá del género grunge. Un libro muy interesante y completo a un precio que no tiene nada que envidiar o otros tantos del mismo estilo.

Thrilling read. There's some pretty wild stories in here, and you get a lot of insight into the early beginnings, mass marketing stage, and eventual implosion of a major music movement. Also, sometimes the interviewers contradict each others' stories, which keeps things interesting. Highly recommend this read.

Loved it. LOVED it. If I could give more than 5 stars I would. This book just blew me away. Easily the best book on music I've ever read, and probably the best book I've read on anything in several years.Having grown up in Seattle, I've been a fan of the Seattle bands since the early 90s. Up until very recently I actually segregated my "Seattle" bands from all the others in my CD collection. I found out just how little I actually knew about them all by reading this book. First off, the drugs, wow. I knew there were a lot of drugs being used, but holy cow I didn't have any clue as to how bad it was. It's front and center here because it took such a horrific toll on the musicians and those around them, from Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley to Stephanie Sargent and Mike Starr. But the one that really seemed to kick the entire community in the gut was Andrew Wood. To hear about what these people meant to the people who knew them, in their own words, it just takes you way beyond the music, which is often secondary in this history.Grunge seemed to have exploded onto the airwaves when Nirvana released Nevermind, but in the long arc of its rise and fall that was actually nearer the end than the beginning. Yarm tracked down virtually anyone and everyone who planted the seeds with the punk bands from throughout western Washington, like the U-Men and Melvins. While the book has plenty of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, there is no shortage of other bands, including the Screaming Trees, Candlebox, the Gits, 7 Year Bitch, Mudhoney, and Green River. And don't forget Cat Butt. (How could anyone, with a name like that?) He also gives a lot of space to the guys at Sub Pop records, who were instrumental in helping a lot of these bands find an audience.The book is entirely told by the people who were there when it all happened, at least a couple hundred in all. Fortunately, Yarm included a handy alphabetical reference list in the back, which I was constantly flipping to to remember just who someone was and what their role in the music community was.It's alternately sad (lots of death), funny, and gossipy, almost to the point of catty, particularly whenever Courtney Love is involved. She really came across to me as an utterly psychotic bitch. So much so that I feel bad for liking her music. There weren't many others who had much nice to say about her. No surprise there. What did surprise me was how much everyone else hated Candlebox, a band I've always liked. I never realized what outcasts they were on the local music scene.I bought this book as a Christmas gift for my niece a couple years ago. At the time I thought, "I should read this before I send it to her." I didn't, but I finally got my own copy and am glad I did. Fantastic.