VH1 News Special: Grunge 2001-??-??
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VH1 and Spin Magazine Team Up to Present 'VH1 News Special: Grunge,'
Re-Examining the Sound and Fury That Changed the Face of Music.
10 Years After Release of Nirvana's Blockbuster 'Nevermind,' Latest
'VH1 New Special' Takes a Surprising New Look at Sound
That Became Fashion Statement, Attitude, and Lifestyle
In the late '80s, a new music was catching fire in the rock clubs of Seattle.
By the early '90s, it would transform mainstream pop music and culture almost
overnight. But was "grunge" an authentic music movement? Or just an over-
hyped commercial label, a product of the music and fashion industries?
Now, 10 years after Nirvana released "Nevermind" -- a multi-platinum disc
acclaimed as one of rock's all-time great albums -- VH1 teams up with Spin
magazine for "VH1 News Special: Grunge." A surprising re-examination of a
trademark sound that became a fashion statement, attitude, and lifestyle.
"VH1 News Special: Grunge" examines a singular synthesis of music and
attitude personified by such Seattle-based artists as Mother Love Bone, Green
River, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Tad Doyle, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
Screaming Trees and others in a fuzz-toned, bass-heavy mix of heavy metal,
punk and pop that rendered the spandex-clad hair metal bands of the '80s
obsolete. The special features fascinating film, TV, video, movie and news
footage and photos, plus interviews with the people at the center of it all,
including Sonic Youth, The Melvins' King Buzzo, Mudhoney's Mark Arm,
Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil, Tad Doyle, Nirvana's
Krist Noveselic and Dave Grohl, Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, Everclear's
Art Alexakis, Sebadoh's Lou Barlow, Supersuckers' Eddie Spaghetti, Sean Kinney
of Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees' Van Connor, plus Spin magazine
editor-in-chief Alan Light and music critic Charles Aaron, photographer
Charles Peterson, Soundgarden/Alice in Chains manager Susan Silver, former
Sub-Pop Records publicist Nils Bernstein, Seattle journalist Clark Humphrey,
KISW music director/on-air personality Cathy Faulkner, record publicist Jim
Merlis, and many others.
Re-Examining the Sound and Fury That Changed the Face of Music.
10 Years After Release of Nirvana's Blockbuster 'Nevermind,' Latest
'VH1 New Special' Takes a Surprising New Look at Sound
That Became Fashion Statement, Attitude, and Lifestyle
In the late '80s, a new music was catching fire in the rock clubs of Seattle.
By the early '90s, it would transform mainstream pop music and culture almost
overnight. But was "grunge" an authentic music movement? Or just an over-
hyped commercial label, a product of the music and fashion industries?
Now, 10 years after Nirvana released "Nevermind" -- a multi-platinum disc
acclaimed as one of rock's all-time great albums -- VH1 teams up with Spin
magazine for "VH1 News Special: Grunge." A surprising re-examination of a
trademark sound that became a fashion statement, attitude, and lifestyle.
"VH1 News Special: Grunge" examines a singular synthesis of music and
attitude personified by such Seattle-based artists as Mother Love Bone, Green
River, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Tad Doyle, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
Screaming Trees and others in a fuzz-toned, bass-heavy mix of heavy metal,
punk and pop that rendered the spandex-clad hair metal bands of the '80s
obsolete. The special features fascinating film, TV, video, movie and news
footage and photos, plus interviews with the people at the center of it all,
including Sonic Youth, The Melvins' King Buzzo, Mudhoney's Mark Arm,
Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil, Tad Doyle, Nirvana's
Krist Noveselic and Dave Grohl, Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, Everclear's
Art Alexakis, Sebadoh's Lou Barlow, Supersuckers' Eddie Spaghetti, Sean Kinney
of Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees' Van Connor, plus Spin magazine
editor-in-chief Alan Light and music critic Charles Aaron, photographer
Charles Peterson, Soundgarden/Alice in Chains manager Susan Silver, former
Sub-Pop Records publicist Nils Bernstein, Seattle journalist Clark Humphrey,
KISW music director/on-air personality Cathy Faulkner, record publicist Jim
Merlis, and many others.
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