- 1. Before Nirvana And Soundgarden, A Young Black Performer Named Tina Bell Was Making Grunge Rock But You Have Probably Never Heard Of Her.
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- Seattle’s alternative “grunge” rock was a punk/metal hybrid sound made famous by bands like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Soundgarden that seized pop culture in the early ’90s. Among the musicians who came ...
- Created on 10 August 2022
- 2. Brooklyn-Based Puck's First Solo Project Is A Dance-Worthy Crush Song: BUST Premier
- (Music)
- ... with my friend growing up in Seattle. It was Modest Mouse at The Paramount. I kept thinking about how what they were singing made the whole room feel the same thing at the same time. And how going to the ...
- Created on 15 January 2021
- 3. The Day I Didn’t Get Liz Phair Tickets: A Queer Coming-Of-Age Story
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- I like to think that I am the only fan of certain artists. I like to think that I am among Liz Phair’s biggest fans and cosmically deserving of a ticket to one of a handful of intimate performances. ...
- Created on 30 March 2018
- 4. Hole Drummer Patty Schemel On Addiction And Getting Sober: BUST Interview
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- ... of learning to drum at 11. This is followed by her first years in Seattle, in a scene that was about to explode. By the time Schemel joined Hole (and became close friends and roommates with Love and Kurt ...
- Created on 09 January 2018
- 5. 11 New Albums To Put On Repeat This Summer: BUST Playlist
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- ... Gangster Star (Sub Pop Records) 3/5 BUST rating When Shabazz Palaces dropped their previous project Lese Majesty in 2011, it was grouped into segments that lacked continuity. The Seattle-based hip hop ...
- Created on 02 August 2017
- 6. 7 Year Bitch Releases Newest Album In 20 Years
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- Existing for a name-appropriate yet short-lived seven years during the heyday of 90s riot grrrl, 7 Year Bitch reunites to release an uncovered live album from 1996. Recorded at Seattle’s Club Moe, the ...
- Created on 17 December 2015
- 7. Upset’s Patty Schemel on Drumming, Parenting, and Teaching Girls to Rock
- (Music)
- ... music scene in Seattle? I know bands like Tacocat and Childbirth have a bit of a crossover with Upset. What’s it like to see women playing music in Seattle now as opposed to during the infamous days of ...
- Created on 01 May 2015
- 8. World's Coolest Dad Chronicles Nirvana Like Never Befor
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- ... behind Nirvana at LameFest UK, London, 12/3/89, as Kris Novoselic prepares to put a bass guitar out of its misery. Experiencing Nirvana follows Seattle legends Tad, Mudhoney, and Nirvana in the eight ...
- Created on 22 November 2013
- 9. Atomic Bride’s New Psychedelic Pop EP Will Leave You Begging For More
- (Music)
- ... in for good measure. On this EP, the Seattleites create a weird blend of wild psychedelia fully charged with fuzzy electricity. During leading track “Electric Order” you’ll undergo alien abduction ...
- Created on 16 August 2013
- 10. Album Review: Pony Time | Go Find Your Own
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- Upon listening to Go Find Your Own, you would never guess that garage-rockers Pony Time are a two-piece. The Seattle duo, made up of bassist/guitarist/vocalist Luke Beetham and drummer Stacey Peck, seem ...
- Created on 10 April 2013
- 11. Book Tour: West Coast Diary
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- ... 1st stop Seattle Debbie took the train from NY, and I flew in to Seattle and got to see some old friends, including Dave, Annabel, Heather, Emily, Mark, Steve, Kelly and (fab advertiser) Sandy Glaze ...
- Created on 15 November 2011
- 12. Grunge, the photos
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- My main squeeze, photographer Michael Lavine, has a new photography book out titled Grunge. The foreward is written by Thurston Moore, and the book contains stunning photos of street kids in Seattle ...
- Created on 29 October 2009
- 13. Grunge
- (Books)
- ... Moore tells the story of how Lavine rose from Seattle college kid, snapping pictures of eyelinered punks and grimacing skaters, to shooting promo photos of most of the bands on the burgeoning late-’80s ...
- Created on 21 October 2009
