Book description
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.
MARK YARM is a former senior editor at Blender magazine. He
lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Bonnie, and is in no way related to
Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm.
