June 2011
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How the Melvins' sludgy 1992 album Lysol became... →
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May 2011
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“I feel like we have to keep our eyes on the road. Being nostalgic is like taking...”
– Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder on ’90s nostalgia
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“In the late ’80s, we played at the OK Hotel with someone from Sub Pop, and...”
– from my interview with former Babes in Toyland drummer Lori Barbero
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“My humility remains intact, even through hearing [my summer solo] shows sold out...”
– Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder
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“The Green River Killer was in the headlines at that time…. [Green River...”
– from my interview with former Green River/current Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm
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Stream Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs album →
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“We felt separated from the Sub Pop scene because we were kind of punk purists....”
– from my interview with Gits drummer Steve Moriarty
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Pearl Jam pre-sale clusterfuck news, Canadian...
Read about it here. Meanwhile, in more positive PJ news, the band has announced a September limited theatrical release for Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam Twenty documentary, followed by an October DVD release.
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Guess which celebrities Courtney Love is telling... →
Quiz time!
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KEXP's Grunge documentary series, episode 6:... →
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Silverchair announce "indefinite hibernation" →
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Melvins live video chat tonight at 9 p.m. ET →
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Hear White Hills cover Mudhoney at Our Concert...
Listen to them play “In ‘N’ Out of Grace” and “When Tomorrow Hits” over at NPR.org. Find full audio from all the evening’s bands here.
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Pearl Jam destination weekend fan-club presale, 45... →
You’d think they’d have upgraded their servers before a massive presale event.
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Six reasons to check out (and six reasons to... →
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“The grunge scene eventually came to have a P.C. cast to it, and I think a lot of...”
– from my interview with Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves
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WatchSoundgarden’s last studio album, Down on the Upside, came out 15 years ago today. In honor of that anniversary, here’s a short excerpt from my book in which poster artist/video director Frank Kozik talks about the little-seen clip he shot for the album’s first single, “Pretty Noose”: Soundgarden, they were super-nice guys. I did a music video for them, for...
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KEXP's Grunge documentary series, episode 5: Alice... →
A Layne-centric account of AIC’s history.
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Watch the teaser trailer for the Mudhoney... →
Not much to see, frankly, though there’s a snippet of a Stone Gossard/Jeff Ament joint interview.
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“When [Cat Butt] were in New York, L7 were walking up ahead of us and all of a...”
– former Cat Butt frontman David Duet tells me about the infamous Cat Butt/L7 Swapping Fluids Across America tour of 1990
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“Kurt had more presence and more beauty than Brad Pitt—who wanted to play Kurt,...”
– Courtney Love praises Kurt’s assets in the June issue of GQ
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"Long live Dave Grohl": The 22 best messages sent... →
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“Kim [Thayil] would say, ‘Oh yeah! We’re all about sex and drugs and rock...”
– from my interview with former Soundgarden soundman Stuart Hallerman 