So, by now, we should all know now that Pearl Jam exploded and it all started 25 years ago this very week. And they went on and made more records and had more fun and then they…came back! And, when they did, the gritty alternative grunge band had become mainstream. […]
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On October 22, 1990 – 25 years ago today – a little band called Mookie Blaylock nervously performed its first concert at the old Off Ramp Café on Eastlake Avenue. Within a few months, a name change would rechristen them Pearl Jam. Within the decade, the world would christen them […]
Today, Cameron Crowe is a Hollywood hotshot, but in the early 1990s, he was coming off of his debut movie, “Say Anything” and he was looking for something new. He found it in Seattle’s burgeoning grunge scene and started filming “Singles,” with Matt Dillon playing a member of a local […]
It was early October, 25 years ago. Just weeks after Nirvana’s debut. And many more bands were coming up through the grunge music pipeline. Alice in Chains. Temple of the Dog. And Mother Love Bone, who had lost their charismatic front man Andrew Wood, six months earlier to a heroin […]
Pearl Jam’s released their debut album “Ten” in 1991 so others will wait until 2016 to celebrate the band’s 25th Anniversary. Not us. It’s because we know something really cool happened in October 1990. Actually, during THIS VERY WEEK. That’s why we’re celebrating. Keep up with our Pearl Jam blog […]
Thanks for sauntering along with us this week. Or, at least just humoring us. It’s been fun. So here are some of the videos that we promised. There is lots of good stuff on Nirvana and no shortage of material, especially considering that they weren’t around very long. Here are […]
Got a Nirvana fan in your life? How about someone who enjoys Seattle’s rich music history? Let’s take a look at some of the best Nirvana books out there! But before that, let’s hear what Kurt Cobain has to say about one of his favorite books, “Perfume,” in this August, 1993, […]
There are some conflicting dates about exactly when “In Utero” came out. Some say 9/21/93 and others say 9/13/93. We say, why quibble?, it’s close enough to include a mention during our celebration Nirvana-o-mania week. Here is a fun 2013 NPR interview with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, the band’s surviving members, where they […]
Twenty-five years ago today, September 22, 1990, Seattle’s own Nirvana played what is now recognized as one of the band’s most iconic concerts on its journey to national acclaim — not just for the band, but for the slowly growing genre of grunge. At the downtown intersection of Stewart and […]
Why this week? Because something monumental happened in Seattle this week in 1990. It had to do with a pink-cheeked Nirvana with a rent-a-drummer and a Seattle garage-turned-concert venue. Enough hyphens for you? Follow along, now.