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by Greg Prato


  BEN SHEPHERD: Now it’s all bloated again. It’s because the other industries mock it and market it. Calms it down again. And another genre of art will take over when there’s no culture to run with it. It all comes down to music that you’re sharing. So just fucking go for it.

  MIKE INEZ: We need something like that to happen again — to change the landscape of the face of music. Right now.

  Cast of Characters

  Grant Alden: Journalist for The Rocket, later founder of No Depression magazine

  Jeff Ament: Deranged Diction/Green River/Mother Love Bone/Pearl Jam/ Temple of the Dog bassist

  Dawn Anderson: Journalist, publisher of the zine Backlash, ex-wife of Jack Endino

  Mark Arm: Green River and Mudhoney singer/guitarist, the Thrown Ups drummer, husband of Emily Rieman

  Jon Auer: The Posies singer/guitarist

  Krisha Augerot: Former assistant for Kelly Curtis (Pearl Jam’s manager)

  Yanni “Johnny” Bacolas: Alice ‘N Chains (pre–Alice in Chains)/Second Coming/the Crying Spell bassist, roommate of Layne Staley’s in the mid-late ’90s

  Peter Bagge: Illustrator (Hate comic series)

  Paul Barker: The Blackouts bassist (later member of Ministry)

  John Leighton Beezer: The Thrown Ups bassist

  Nils Bernstein: Former Sub Pop publicist

  John Bigley: U-Men singer

  Jim Blanchard: Concert flyer artist

  Kurt Bloch: The Fastbacks guitarist

  Jennie Boddy: Former Sub Pop publicist

  Derrick Bostrom: Meat Puppets drummer

  Tim Branom: Gypsy Rose singer

  Matt Cameron: Soundgarden/Temple of the Dog/Pearl Jam drummer

  Jerry Cantrell: Alice in Chains guitarist

  Dylan Carlson: Earth singer/guitarist, friend of Kurt Cobain

  Chad Channing: Nirvana drummer

  Art Chantry: Concert poster artist, album cover designer

  Colleen Combs: Former assistant for Kelly Curtis (Pearl Jam’s manager)

  Van Conner: Screaming Trees bassist

  John Conte: Concert-goer

  Blaine Cook: The Fartz/Ten Minute Warning/The Accüsed singer

  Michelle Ahern-Crane: Concert-goer, wife of Scotty Crane

  Scotty Crane: Concert-goer, owner of Soundhouse Recording Studio, husband of Michelle Ahern-Crane

  Dale Crover: Melvins/Nirvana drummer

  Blag Dahlia: Dwarves singer

  Kurt Danielson: Tad bassist

  Terry Date: Producer (Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden)

  Dave Dederer: Presidents of the United States of America guitarist

  Matt Dentino: The Shemps guitarist

  Tad Doyle: Tad singer/guitarist

  Pete Droge: Singer/songwriter

  Chuck Dukowski: Black Flag bassist

  Jack Endino: Producer/engineer (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Green River, Mudhoney, Tad, Fastbacks, L7, Love Battery), Skin Yard singer/guitarist, ex-husband of Dawn Anderson, Kandi Coded guitarist

  Jonathan Evison (aka “Munkeyseeker” and “Johnny Seattle”): March of Crimes singer

  Bruce Fairweather: Deranged Diction/Green River/Mother Love Bone guitarist, Love Battery bassist

  Cathy Faulkner: KISW DJ

  Kathy Fennessy: KCMU music director

  Steve Fisk: Producer/engineer (Screaming Trees, Beat Happening, Soundgarden, Girl Trouble, The Gits, Nirvana, Jesse Bernstein)

  Ed Fotheringham: The Thrown Ups singer, Mudhoney illustrator

  Matt Fox: Bitter End singer

  Jeff Gilbert: Journalist for The Rocket and Guitar World, former employee of Sub Pop Records

  Regan Hagar: Malfunkshun/Brad/Satchel drummer

  Ross Halfin: Photographer

  Stuart Hallerman: Soundgarden’s soundman, owner of Avast! Recording Studio

  Kathleen Hanna: Bikini Kill singer

  Chris Hanzsek: Producer (Green River, the Melvins, the Accüsed, Deep Six compilation), Reciprocal Recording Studio founder

  Tim Hayes: Concert-goer, worked at (and later owned) Fallout Record Store

  Tom Hazelmyer: U-Men bassist, Amphetamine Reptile Records founder

  Ron Heathman: Supersuckers guitarist

  Daniel House: Skin Yard bassist, C/Z Records founder, former employee of Sub Pop Records

  Mike Inez: Alice in Chains bassist

  Mark Iverson: KCMU DJ

  Megan Jasper: Former Sub Pop Records receptionist, current Sub Pop executive vice president

  Calvin Johnson: Beat Happening singer/guitarist, K Records founder

  Adam Kasper: Producer/engineer (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam)

  Joe Keithley: DOA singer/guitarist

  David Kincaid: The Allies singer/guitarist

  Sean Kinney: Alice in Chains drummer

  Curt Kirkwood: Meat Puppets singer/guitarist

  Libby Knudson: Concert-goer, photographer

  Xana La Fuente: Andy Wood’s girlfriend

  Ben London: Alcohol Funnycar singer/guitarist

  Steve Mack: The Thrown Ups/That Petrol Emotion singer

  Steve Manning: Current Sub Pop publicist

  Tracy Marander: Photographer (cover of Nirvana’s Bleach), girlfriend of Kurt Cobain

  Nancy Layne McCallum: Mother of Layne Staley

  Duff McKagan: The Vains bassist, Fastbacks drummer, Fartz drummer, Ten Minute Warning guitarist, Guns N’ Roses bassist

  David Meinert: Concert promoter, manager

  Lilly Milic: Owner of the record store Top Hat Records, wife of Garrett Shavlik

  Craig Montgomery: Nirvana’s soundman

  Rod Moody: Deranged Diction singer, Swallow singer/guitarist

  Slim Moon: Earth guitarist, Witchy Poo singer/guitarist, solo artist, Kill Rock Stars Records co-founder

  Kent Morrill: The Wailers pianist/singer, Etiquette Records co-founder

  Joe Newton: Gas Huffer drummer

  Tom Niemeyer: The Accüsed/Gruntruck guitarist

  Kyle Nixon: Solger singer

  Buck Ormsby: The Wailers bassist, Etiquette Records co-founder

  Bruce Pavitt: Sub Pop Records co-founder

  Charles Peterson: Photographer

  Mark Pickerel: Screaming Trees/Truly drummer

  Rick Pierce: Ze Fabulous Pickle Sisters/TKO guitarist

  Jonathan Plum: Engineer (Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains)

  Jonathan Poneman: Sub Pop Records co-founder

  Tom Price: U-Men guitarist

  Chris Pugh: The Young Pioneers/Swallow guitarist

  Riki Rachtman: Host of MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball

  Dave Rees: Early Malfunkshun bassist

  Larry Reid: U-Men manager, show promoter, owner of art galleries/show venues Rosco Louie and Graven Image

  Ben Rew: Tad roadie

  Bill Rieflin: The Blackouts drummer (later member of Ministry)

  Emily Rieman: Concert-goer, wife of Mark Arm

  Johnny Rubato (aka John Rogers): Student Nurse/Red Dress drummer, owner of Rubato Records record store, KRAB DJ

  Robert Roth: Truly singer/guitarist

  Nick Scott: POPDeFECT drummer

  Garrett Shavlik: The Fluid drummer, husband of Lilly Milic

  Ben Shepherd: March of Crimes guitarist, Soundgarden bassist, Hater guitarist

  Joe Shikany: Big Horn/the Allies guitarist

  Susan Silver: Soundgarden/Alice in Chains manager, ex-wife of Chris Cornell

  Brad Sinsel: Mojo Hand/Ze Fabulous Pickle Sisters/TKO singer

  Mark Smith: The Beakers/Three Swimmers singer/guitarist

  Shawn Smith: Brad/Satchel singer/pianist

  Jim Sorenson: T-shirt designer

  Donita Sparks: L7 singer/guitarist

  Ken Stringfellow: The Posies singer/guitarist

  Robin Taylor: Concert booking agent

  Susie Tennant: DGC Records employee

  Whiting Tennis: Concert-goer, painter

  Kim Thayil: Soundgarden guitarist

  Jim Tillman: U-Men/Love Battery bassist

  Tin
uviel: Kill Rock Stars Records co-founder

  Joe Toutonghi: Concert-goer, skater, member of the Bopo Boys and Jak’s Team

  Steve Turner: The Thrown Ups/Green River/Mudhoney guitarist

  Conrad Uno: Egg Studios owner, Pop Llama Records founder, producer/ engineer (Mudhoney, Young Fresh Fellows, Bratmobile, Supersuckers, Love Battery, Presidents of the United States of America)

  Kurdt Vanderhoof: The Lewd/Metal Church guitarist

  Scott Vanderpool: KCMU/KISW DJ, Room Nine/Young Pioneers drummer

  Matt Vaughan: Owner of Easy Street Record Store, Gruntruck manager

  Eddie Vedder: Pearl Jam/Temple of the Dog singer

  Kim Warnick: The Fastbacks singer/bassist

  Alice Wheeler: Photographer

  Allison Wolfe: Bratmobile singer

  Kevin Wood: Malfunkshun guitarist, brother of Andy Wood

  Hiro Yamamoto: Soundgarden/Truly bassist

  The Blackouts at Baby-O’s, 1983 [pic by Mike Leach — bestrockphotos.com]

  The U-Men at the Golden Crown, 1983 [pic by Mike Leach — bestrockphotos.com]

  The March of Crimes at the Metropolis, early ’80s [pic by Damon Romero]

  Malfunkshun’s Andy Wood (with nifty homemade T-shirt) in early ’80s [pic by Blaine Cook]

  Spluii Numa plays, Mark Arm goes upside down at the Metropolis, early ’80s [pic by Mike Leach — bestrockphotos.com]

  Green River dig KCMU (L-R: Je? Ament, Mark Arm, Bruce Fairweather) [pic by Libby Knudson]

  The Melvins rock! (L-R: Buzz Osborne, Matt Lukin, Dale Crover) [pic by Libby Knudson]

  Early Nirvana, at the Capitol Lake Park, August 20, 1988 (L-R: Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Chad Channing) [pic by Rod Moody]

  Soundgarden at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, November 10, 1996 (L-R: Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, Kim Thayil) [pics by Seth Perlman]

  This living room will never be the same: Tad live in Europe, 1989 [pic by Chad Channing]

  Matt Lukin and Krist Novoselic in Europe, 1989 [pic by Chad Channing]

  Truly underrated, Truly (L-R: Hiro Yamamoto, Robert Roth, Mark Pickerel) [pic by David Hawkes]

  Eddie Vedder and a field, 1992 [pic by Krisha Augerot]

  Mad Season’s Layne Staley and Mike McCready perform (in Eddie Vedder’s house!) as part of Pearl Jam’s Self Pollution Radio broadcast, January 8, 1995 [pic by Yanni “Johnny” Bacolas — yannibacolas.com]

  Ladies and gentlemen … Bratmobile [pic by John Perry]

  Mudhoney outside KEXP, March 2006 (L-R: Dan Peters, Steve Turner, Guy Maddison, Mark Arm) [pic by Bootsy Holler — bootsyholler.com]

  Pearl Jam at Easy Street Records, April 2005 (L-R: Mike McCready, Je? Ament, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard) [pic by Bootsy Holler — bootsyholler.com]

 

 

 


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