The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands

The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge

Grunge isnâ€™t dead â€“ but was it every truly alive? Twenty years after the height of the movement, The Strangest TribeÂ redefines grunge as we know it. Stephen Tow takes a second look at the music and community that vaulted the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, and Soundgarden to international fame. Chock-full of interviews with the starring characters, Tow extensively chronicles the rise of rock 'n' rollâ€™s last great statement and contextualizes what the music really meant to the key players.Â

Delving deep into the archives, Tow paints a vivid picture of the underground rock circuit of tattered warehouses and community centers. Seattleâ€™s heady punk scene of the late '80s gave birth to a rowdy and raucous movement, influenced by metal, but wholly its own. Seattle made its own sound, a sound that came to be known internationally as grunge. Tow walks the reader through this sonic evolution, interviewing members of every band along the way.Â

In 1991, Seattleâ€™s sound took the world by storm--but this same storm had been brewing in the Pacific Northwest for a decade before it hit MTV.Â The Strangest TribeÂ is a reframing of this last transformative era in music. Not just plaid shirts, bleached hair, and angst, â€œgrungeâ€ is a word used to describe a rich community of artists and jokers.
Country USA
Manufacturer Sasquatch Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-09-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781570617430

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sasquatch Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2011-09-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781570617430

The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge

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