Throughout the 1990s, Dave Thompson was the Seattle-based contributing
editor to Alternative Press magazine—America's biggest-selling and
most influential alternative rock monthly—and a regular contributor
to other publications both nationally and internationally. Throughout
this decade, grunge music ruled the world and Seattle was its
birthplace and focal point. Thompson was an eyewitness to it all. His
writings and interviews chronicled the entire history of grunge—from
its roots in the earliest explosion of punk in the mid-1970s to its
rise and ultimate fall from grace in the late 1990s. Drawing from
Thompson's extensive experience and research—from personal files and
journals and hours of interviews with both musicians and fans, other
music industry figures, and a wealth of characters from the Seattle
scene—The Grunge Diaries is an exhaustive account of this unique
era. Featured are all of the major acts—Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
Mudhoney, Soundgarden—and many lesser known bands and artists. But
it's not only about the music, the fashions, and the personalities
that still resonate today. The Grunge Diaries also tells the tale of
the end of an era in American history—twentieth-century music
culture's last hurrah before the dot-com monsters (many of whom were
themselves based in Seattle) devoured its soul and faceless
corporations rebranded entertainment. These were the days when fame
was still within reach of anyone who knew three chords and had three
friends.
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ISBN
9781493055708
Publisert
2021
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Backbeat
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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