March 2011
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"After it finished, Scott said, 'Hey, guys, that... →
Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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Stream Pearl Jam's Vs. and Vitalogy reissues →
Mar 31st
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“The other day I was driving to the market and I flipped on the radio and...”
– from my 2010 interview with Nevermind producer Butch Vig
Mar 30th
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Mar 30th
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Fluid Guitarist Ricky Kulwicki remembered
Friends and family share their memories of recently departed Fluid guitarist Ricky Kulwicki here and here.
Mar 29th
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Mar 29th
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Ex-Screaming Tree Van Conner launches record label
Former Screaming Trees bassist Van Conner has launched a label, Strange Earth Records. First release will be “Space Station,” a single by his current band, Valis. Van will also be putting out music by his brother/former Trees bandmate Gary Lee Conner’s Microdot Gnome.
Mar 29th
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Contest: Help SeattleTimes.com build a Nirvana... →
Mar 29th
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Mar 28th
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Mar 28th
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“I was recently talking to Phranc, the Jewish lesbian folksinger, and she said,...”
– from my interview with former Hole drummer Patty Schemel
Mar 27th
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Excerpt from a new interview with Chris Cornell at RollingStone.com: Pearl Jam are planning a big festival in the late summer to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Drummer Matt Cameron divides his time between the two bands, so it makes sense that Soundgarden might get invited to play too. “I haven’t heard anything about that,” says Cornell. “Whether it makes sense or...
Mar 26th
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Hole Will Reunite at MoMA... for a Q&A →
Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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Eddie Vedder announces dates for all-ukulele tour... →
Mar 25th
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“I remember being on that tour with the Reverend Horton Heat and the Dwarves in...”
– from my interview with Eddie Spaghetti of the Supersuckers
Mar 25th
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Hear the late Mike Starr’s bass playing on a cover of Sonic Youth’s “Kool Thing” by Philly-based singer Leiana. (Click on the “songs” tab on the widget above to find it.) Back story here.
Mar 25th
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Mar 24th
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“I suppose it’ll give me an opportunity to talk about the songs a little...”
– Chris Cornell, on keeping his Seinfeldian musings to himself during his solo acoustic tour
Mar 24th
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Wheedle’s Groove, a 2009 documentary about the little-known Seattle soul and funk scene of the 1960s and ’70s, comes out on DVD next week. The grunge connection? Talking heads include Mark Arm of Mudhoney, Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden and Kim Warnick of the Fastbacks.
Mar 24th
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Mar 23rd
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“We were playing at Emo’s [in Austin] once, and some dude comes up to me...”
– from my interview with Ben London, former Alcohol Funnycar frontman
Mar 23rd
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Mar 22nd
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Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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Only tangentially grunge-related, but here ya go: Pixies drummer David Lovering shows off his magic skills.
Mar 21st
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Eddie Vedder releasing solo album and live DVD May... →
Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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Unreleased Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love song... →
Mar 20th
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Mar 20th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 18th
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Mar 18th
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Mar 18th
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“It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do fucking Glee. And then the guy...”
– Foo Fighter Dave Grohl sticks it to “Glee guy” Ryan Murphy (THR)
Mar 18th
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