EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN

Today, the Onion A.V. Club asks, Are oral histories a good way to write about music? (My answer: definitely not as often as many writers and editors seem to think.) The piece, pegged to today’s release of Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal by my friends Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, gives a nice shout-out to my book, Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge:

Everybody Loves Our Town is an oral history, and it’s about the Seattle grunge scene. It’s also a fantastic work of journalism, one that punctures a lot of the mythology surrounding the town and sound that Nirvana supposedly built (but really didn’t). Besides giving a soapbox to various grunge-era lunatics and movers-and-shakers alike, it’s not afraid to show some of its subjects contradicting each other. Or in the case of Courtney Love, lashing out at Yarm as he interviews her.

Check out the Louder Than Hell Tumblr here. \m/

Attention New Yorkers! I’m be talking about a (non-grunge) song at The Soundtrack Series show at Le Poisson Rouge tomorrow night (March 28) at 8 p.m. Buy tix here.

The next generation of grunge fans.

I was traveling yesterday, so this is a day late, but: Happy 25th anniversary Mudhoney!

In semi-related anniversary news, the Everybody Loves Our Town Tumblr turned two yesterday! Happy New Year and a big thanks to all my followers! If for some reason you haven’t gotten a copy of the book already (for shame!) here’s how.

Hope you enjoy! Happy New Year!

alternageek:

This arrived today!!!

Those comments Courtney Love posted about last night’s “Nirvana reunion” on Everybody Loves Our Town’s Facebook page are getting picked up all over the place, including NME, Billboard, Fuse and Flavorwire.

Adorable! Chuck, have you met Ponyboy yet?

runjuliet:

Chuck and I are enjoying Mark Yarm’s Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge.

Celebrate Taylor Momsen’s return to Gossip Girl by checking out the exclusive grunge playlist she shared with the Everybody Loves Our Town Tumblr last year.

Hard to believe, but my book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge came out one year ago today. A big thanks to all who’ve read and supported the book! And if you haven’t bought yourself a copy, what are you waiting for? Order info here. 

If you have read and enjoyed ELOT, please consider writing a glowing review on Amazon, Goodreads, etc.

Also, if you’re not already, follow me on Twitter and like the ELOT Facebook page (we just broke 3,500 fans!). Oh, and please reblog this! Thanks again!

Check out the Everybody Loves Our Town–inspired Pinterest board my publisher put together.

crownpublishing:

Are you a grunge fan? Check out our Pinterest board. We’ve curated the best images and videos of grunge to celebrate the paperback release of Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm.

(via History of Grunge)