Live Through This : American Rock Music in the Nineties

by Everett True

• ISBN13: 9780753505588
• ISBN10: 0753505584
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-02-02
• Publisher: Virgin Books

Summary

Nirvana almost single-handedly brought grunge into the popular consciousness with their seminal album Nevermind. From their underground roots in the Pacific Northwest, the group achieved world fame and Kurt Cobain had the mantle of 'spokesperson for a generation' thrust upon him. This was, arguably, the last era of great rock music, and it is shrouded in stories and rumours. Author Everett True, the man who introduced Kurt Cobain to Courtney Love and brought grunge to the outside world, gives an inspired insider's account of the grunge scene. Featuring rare photographs and exclusive interviews with members of Nirvana,Hole, Soundgarden and Babes in Toyland, Everett True takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the lives, the music, the personalities, the legends and the laughs. Everett True was the first outside journalist to cover the Seattle music scene in early 1989 and saw up-close the birth and development of the rock phenomenon which changed the face of alternative and mainstream music forever. This book contains exclusive interviews with people close to Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, and photographs of members of Nirvana, Hole, and many other bands of the scene.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Nirvana	p. 6
Origins	p. 6
Kurt Meets Courtney	p. 22
Nevermind	p. 26
In Utero	p. 37
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die	p. 45
The Funeral	p. 57
The Aftermath	p. 64
Riot Grunge	p. 69
Revolution Girl Style Now!--Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, Olympia	p. 69
Intermission--The Pastels, Beat Happening, Half-Japanese	p. 80
Rubbing the Impossible to Burst--Huggy Bear, Bikini Kill, Olympia	p. 90
Sub Pop Grunge	p. 97
Origins--Tad, Earth, Seattle	p. 97
I'll Take Care of You--Screaming Trees, Come	p. 109
Memories of Mudhoney--Mudhoney	p. 118
Fell on Black Days--Soundgarden	p. 123
Grunge Lite	p. 130
Pomp and Circumstance--Smashing Pumpkins	p. 130
One Against Five--Pearl Jam	p. 137
I'll Stick Around (sigh)--Foo Fighters	p. 143
The Real Grunge	p. 150
The Primordial Ooze--Melvins, The Jesus Lizard	p. 150
Ugly American Overkill--Amphetamine Reptile	p. 155
This is What Thurston Moore Called Foxcore--Babes in Toyland, L7, Lunachicks, Dickless	p. 159
Pop Grunge	p. 170
I Just Wanna Get Along--The Breeders, The Amps	p. 170
US Pop Catharsis--Urge Overkill, Girls Against Boys, Afghan Whigs, Madder Rose, Scarce, Rodan	p. 177
It's a Shame about Evan--The Lemonheads, Buffalo Tom	p. 187
Ill Communication--Beastie Boys, Beck	p. 194
Art Grunge	p. 201
Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock--Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, B.A.L.L.	p. 201
Blue Thunder--Mercury Rev, Galaxie 500, Flaming Lips	p. 210
Daydream Nation--Sonic Youth, Pavement	p. 218
Hole	p. 228
Pretty on the Inside	p. 228
The Royal Couple	p. 243
Live Through This	p. 258
Celebrity Skin	p. 267
Epilogue	p. 278
Discography	p. 282
Index	p. 289
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