1. Fugazi2. Sonic Youth3. Big Black 4. Dinosaur Jr. 5. Minor Threat 6. Mission of Burma7. Minutemen8. Black Flag9. Hüsker Dü10. Butthole Surfers11. The Replacements12. Beat Happening13. MudhoneyI'm ranking the bands on a musical level, of course. The Surfers chapter is easily the most entertaining one in the book.
how could it be otherwise? there's at least one book about them, and it seems to be MIA but someone was working on a docu about them toooh this was just posted a week or so ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1C3E-AIq6I
>>131471134>Just before they went onstage, Haynes chugged an entire bottle of red wine; moments into the set he dived straight into the horrified crowd, which parted like the Red Sea. Haynes knocked himself unconscious on the floor, to warm applause from the theater’s security team. “I look down at Gibby,” recalls Kramer. “He tries to move, but then collapses as vomit begins pouring from his mouth.”>After the gig Haynes was irate about having been unconscious for most of the show and insisted on getting paid within five minutes or he’d be “taking it out on your Dutch testicles!” Haynes snatched up the fistfuls of guilders and stuffed them in a pair of pants in his guitar case, but almost immediately forgot that he had been paid and went on yet another rampage, streaking naked through the festival complex and screaming that he had been ripped off.>“FUCKING DUTCH FAGGOTS!!! A WHOLE FUCKING COUNTRY OF COCK-SUCKING QUEENS!!!! YOU FUCKING BEAT ME UP AND THEN YOU RIP US OFF!!!! WHICH ONE OF YOU FAGGOTS STOLE OUR MONEY??!!!! FUCKING DUTCH FAGGOTS!!!!”>Yet another chase scene ensued, and yet another pack of Dutch goons wrestled Haynes to the ground, and yet again he profusely apologized. “After which he is released once again,” Kramer says, “and once again dashes through the halls screaming obscenities while grabbing beer bottles from people’s hands as he runs and hurling them against the brick wall.”>“Those fuckin’ Dutch,” Leary explains, “they kind of get you pissed off after a while, man.”A lot of punks from that era and before were trying their hardest to come across as edgy and deranged (see the interviews from The Decline of Western Civilization documentary for reference), but Gibby was truly committed to the bit.
>>131471205incredible
>>131470715I greatly enjoy the tales of the Dino guys being driven fucking insane by J's rampant autism while he just floats through life and is effortlessly talented at whatever he turns his hand to
>>131471447There's a bit where a fight breaks out on stage in the middle of a Dino Jr show and Lou tries to strike J with his bass but J uses his own guitar like a shield to block the hit.J's main takeaway from the situation was "I liked the sound of the instruments' strings rubbing against each other." He's like the Brian Wilson of noise rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDiaS3kT8z8
>>131471549That pseudogrunge Sister/Experimental Jet Set era is sadly probably my least favorite period of SY's career. Pulling inspiration from younger (and inferior imo) bands like Nirvana and Bikini Kill always felt slightly misguided. A real musical "how do you do, fellow kids?" Also worth noting that their chapter was written pre-divorce so it feels slightly incomplete compared to the others. I really want to read Kim's memoir at some point.
>>131471698>SisterI mean Dirty* Sister is actually my favorite of theirs lmao
>>131471698I came face to face with Kim in the crowd at a show once (I forget who) she was a cute
>>131471134>>131471205Trustfunder surfersGabby was a phony accountant lol that end up making second rate smash mouth songs
>>131471825you truly love your buzzwords huh
>>131470715>Mudhoney in last placefix your eardrums
>>131471134this is another great book about the 80s and 90s seattle scene
>>131471949>The hard truth was Mudhoney never equaled the greatness of “Touch Me I’m Sick.” Even Arm feels the single is the best thing they ever did. “It’s a glorious ‘Here we are, this is what we sound like,’ ” he says. “And we never sounded like that again.>“Steve always likes to say that we’re a footnote,” Arm continues. “And probably in the greater scheme of things, that’s at best what we will be remembered as.”
>>131471973its the only book about the seattle scene that anyone really needs to read, its funny as fuck toothat book and this documentary is all you need unless you were actually there for any of ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HWV4CegsNs
>>131471716I met her and Thurston at No Fun Fest 2007. Thurston was super nice and talking to everybody. Kim was with some much much older dude with grey hair and beard and i handed them a tape of a remix of chill out by klf which i also gave copies to a few other people there.
>>131470715>6. Mission of Burma>11. The Replacements>12. Beat Happeningnever heard of these and i'm gen-x.did they make them up on the spot?
>>131471990Hype! is so fucking good.
>>131471974seattle remembers>>131472010>Burmanow you remember themhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpTKcv-SmR0>Replacementsreally? how is that possible?>Beat Happeningthey were only worthy of inclusion in that book because of the scene that formed around that band and its label, they themselves really weren't all that interesting
>>131471974Go watch the Mudhoney documentary "I'm Now."they are way more than a footnote and Our Band simply does not do them justice in the same way Eveyrbody Loves Our town or Hype! etc does
>>131472059I was at the premier of that and the guys were sitting in the row behind me
Beat Happening are a band with one good song (Godsend)
>>131470715beat happening and mudhoney rule
>>131471549I always forget but who is to the right of Kim?
>>131472068they're my 2 favorite bands from that book. sonic youth or buttholes in 3rd place as well
>>131472072Susie Tennant was their label rep, she just died a few years ago https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/susie-tennant-who-helped-break-nirvana-and-other-bands-dies-at-61/
>>131471990There is also Grunge is Dead by Greg Prato, that one is good too, and also few books about particular bands, some of those are quite interesting
>>131472696the description of this book makes it seem like the same concept (oral history) as ELOT. anyways im obsessed with rock docs/books so ill read this as well no matter how similar it is to the other oral history book.the guy who wrote OBCBYL also wrote the definitive book on Nirvana/Kurt https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/104961.Come_As_You_Are
>>131472830the canonical book on Kurt/Nirvana is Heaver than Heaven which I avoided reading for a looong time because I thought the title was cornyIts actually the best of a rather crowded fieldI read CAYA as well back in the day when it was originally released
>>131472696for a book about the scene in general, everybody loves our town can't be beatthere are lots of books about specific people and bands that are also worth readingmudhoney has a book and steve has a memiorkim thayil just published a memoirlanegan's autobiog is just a crushing read, what the nightmare day to day life of a junkie really looks like i really miss that fucking guy
>>131472696Prato also wrote a book about Lanegan but ofc the words of the man himself carry more weight
>>131472908i actually have heard of this before but never checked it out. gonna try to find a copy now
>>131472997>but ofc the words of the man himself carry more weightHe was obviously fucked up and lies and gossips about a lot of people in his own memoir. To the point of calling Greg Sage (Wipers) a gay groomer.
>>131473013why would he lie there. big fan of greg but he is a jew after all
>>131472946Yeah, I did read the Lanegan one and holy fuck, guy was a beast>>131472830Yes, the books are kinda similar, then again, sometimes I just could not get enough of it>>131472997Did not know about this one, but judging by the book he wrote on Soundgarden, I would not bother, his best is Grunge is Dead, oral history with minimal input by Prato himself.
>good morning saar I am play guitar
>>131473158btw the surviving members of SG are playing a few at the seahawks game on 09/09i hate football but maybe their set will end up online somwhere afterwards
>>131472010Mission of Burma is amazing
Tier list https://tiermaker.com/create/pnw-indie-alt-bands-17438100
>>131472010>>131473432I met the drummer of MoB at an old record store in Boston (where MoB is from.) It's closed now for a long time but it was called Looney Tunes and I remember there being a few boxes of dub 45's in the back of the store for like a pretty cheap discount. decades later i know so much more about reggae and dub. wish I could revisit with the knowledge Ive gained since and get some rare picks and finds.
>>131473453>KARPbasedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apIbqJPC-eg
>>131473482>>Vern Rumsey interview 2009 unwound karphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwfCfmAZcY8u might like this
>>131473453pretty cool but missing SO MANY important bands still
>>131473481Pete Prescot?Bob Weston of Shellac, etc was involved with Burma when the reformed in the early '00s
>>131473505Pete went on to form Volcano Suns after Burma not sure if anyone knew about them outside of Bostonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvedaElb6ZU
>>131473505this would have been about 2003? i think. i did not recognize the guy, the clerk told me who he was, which i thought was cool cause i just finished reading OBCBYL somewhat recently at the time.
>>131473534now that i'm thinking about it Pete was always the drummer in BurmaWeston took over what Martin Swope used to do with themthat's the life tho. you're in a semi-famous band one day and working in a record store the nextI stopped by the Sub Pop store at SEATAC (now closed) once and one of the drummers fromScreaming Trees was working behind the register
>>131473453this is missing A TON of bands but OK it's a start
haven't read this yet but its on the list
>>131473661this book has a great story about the behind the scenes action for the infamous Slip It In music video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f-4uYm9-uwalso, Suzi Gardner of L7 is the female vocals on the chorus of Slip It In as well.
>>131473601>>131473503name them, I'm admin
>>131473661Looks very interesting.Another good ones are Sellout by Dan Ozzi and Gimme Indie Rock by Andrew Earles
>>131473707first of all, L7 should be on there.
>>131473733oh it's only PNW but L7 is here https://tiermaker.com/create/alternative-indie-rock-mega-list-17438100
>>131473733RIP Jennifer
Musical quality ranking from an adult:1. Minor Threat2. Butthole Surfers3. Hüsker Dü4. Black Flag5. Sonic Youth6. Fugazi7. The Replacements8. Beat Happening9. Big Black10. Minutemen11. Mission of Burma12. Dinosaur Jr13. Mudhoney
>>131473707bratmobile, L7, babes in toyland, heavens to betsy, hazel, heatmiser, 7 year bitch, poison idea, halo benders, excuse 17, some velvet sidewalk, dickless, piss drunks, juned, kill sybill, gruntruck, the monkeywrench, satan's pilgrims, fire ants, the accused, sweaty nipples, flop, pure joy, swallow, flake, the walkabouts, skin yard, witchypoo, godheadsilo, black happy, svelt, young fresh fellows, fastbacks, tullycraft, fitz of depression, treepeople, valis, dc beggars, replikants, the whirless, the need, crackerbash, skin picnic, willard, satchel, gardener, wellwater conspiracy, solomon grundy, the fartz, urban legends, u-men, long hind legs, the softies, the frumpies, sky cries mary, hater, girl trouble, floater, presidents of the united states of america, everclear, dharma bums, alcohol funnycar, green apple quickstep, dub narcotic sound system, earth, sleep capsule, kinski, diamond fist werny, candlebox, sprinkler, dandy warhols, m-99, burning witch, the gits, mono men, zipgun, pell mell, bugskull, sister psychic, engine kid, juno, gas huffer, brad, 764 herothats all i can think of right now.
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>>131473826>3. Hüsker DüZen Arcade is a classic, sure, and I like the Metal Circus EP. But the rest of the discography is too much of a mixed bag.
informed ranking1. Sonic Youth2. Dinosaur Jr3. Replacements4. Fugazi5. Beat Happening6. Mission of Burma7. Minutemen8. Mudhoney9. Husker Du10. Minor Threat11. Black Flag12. Butthole Surfers13. Big Black
>>131473707this too
>>131473905>the Fluidthe first non-seattle band sub pop signed (from Denver)they recently reissued all their stuff a couple of years agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOl87uPAflQ
>>131474004https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0rV987rzGAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2d4sg0Iw4whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqhMyqnAh-4and the obigitory stones coverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rsaEFXPghU>>131474045yeah i know i wasn't complaining about it
Not one good band listed
>>131473900there's always this moment I find myself in where I love and revisit Husker only to admit to myself for the 15th time that they aren't as overall good as I remember, they're probably the band weirdly enough in the whole lot I come back to the most, (and Minutemen) but they have a way of casting a spell that makes me forget all the bad songs and remembers only the high points which are really high for me
