Ongoing History Daily: A new book on hair metal
Back in the 80s, the dominant form of rock was hair metal: guys with big hair, wearing spandex, and sometimes
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Grunge
Random music news for Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Here’s the latest on when we’ll learn more about our future alien overlords. And while you keep watching the skies,
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Into grunge? Then you need to see this interview with Krist Novoselic, Kim Thayil, and Jack Endino
Rick Beato’s “In the Room” series scored big with this interview. Take a look as he interviews Kirst Novoselic (Nirvana),
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Ongoing History Daily: An oral history of Seattle music
When grunge came along in the 90s, it changed rock music forever. Along with punk, it’s the still a driving
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Another explanation of why today’s music sucks
Over the last few days, I’ve seen a number of articles and videos published/posted by people very critical of the
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What if “Frasier” was more into Seattle grunge? Then the show might have looked like this?
In case you’ve forgotten, Kelsey Grammar’s Frasier Crane (from NBC’s Frasier, of course) was a stuffy psychologist who hosted a
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Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the word “grunge”
We all know what “grunge” is right now. But did that word–“grunge”–ever come to describe a sound and musical movement?
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Ongoing History Daily: Eddie Vedder, fashion icon
When Eddie Vedder flew up to Seattle from San Diego to join the band in the fall of 1990, he
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Ongoing History Daily: Music and automation, part 1
Today, many musicians are worried about the future impact of artificial intelligence. All kinds of work is being done with
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Weekly survey: Is it time for alternative fans to move on from grunge and the alt-rock of the 90s?
This week’s question comes from a discussion I had with a radio fan who was wondering why Q107/Toronto–formerly a pure
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Ongoing History Daily: The Deep Six compilation
If you’re a fan of grunge history, one album you should listen for is called Deep Six. This is a
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