Alternative for the Masses (eBook)

The '90s Alt-Rock Revolution - An Oral History

Greg Prato (Autor)

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2025
384 Seiten
Motorbooks (Verlag)
978-0-7603-9843-2 (ISBN)

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Get the definitive story of the '90s alt-rock movementstraight from the musicians and figures who lived it.No period in the history of rock music offered such an abrupt shift in prevailing tastes as the 1990s. While just a short while before, radio and MTV were clamoring for hair metal bands, suddenly alt-rockers such as Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Primus, Smashing Pumpkins, and of course, Nirvana, brought a sea change not just in what the most popular bands sounded like, but also in fashion, politics, and seemingly all aspects of pop culture.In Alternative for the Masses: The Oral History of the '90s Alt-Rock Revolution, veteran music critic Greg Prato presents more than 60 new interviews conducted exclusively for the bookwith an emphasis on the 19901995 peak periodincluding insights from renowned names like:Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Dischord Records)Frank Black (Pixies)Corey Glover (Living Colour)Moby (solo artist/DJ)Al Jourgensen (Ministry)Les Claypool (Primus)Kennedy (host of MTV'sAlternative Nation)Matt Pinfield (host of MTV's 120 Minutes)Butch Vig (producer of Nirvana'sNevermind)Tanya Donnelly (Belly, Breeders)Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live)Prato also includes excerpts from one of the last interviews with Steve Albini, arguably the period's most influential recording engineer and producer, responsible for influential albums by the likes of Nirvana and PJ Harvey producer, among many others.Prato sets out his book in thematic chapters covering topics such as:The Lollapalooza music festivalThe impact of NirvanaAlt-rock's many subgenresNotable producers of the periodThe impact of women rockersMTV's influenceDrugs and addictionand much more!Do you long for the days when it seemed rock artists were all about daring to be different, speaking their minds, and shaking up the music industry? The last decade before the internet, downloads, and streaming took over music?Alternative for the Masses will take you back to that time when alt-rock truly promised something different.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.10.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 60
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: 120 minutes • 1990s • 90s • About • alanis morrisette • Alice in Chains • alternative nation • Alternative Rock • Alt Rock • arrested development • b52s • Babes in Toyland • Bad Religion • Beastie Boys • Beck • Behind the Scenes • bjork • blind melon • Blink 182 • Book • Bush • butthole surfers • carrie brownstein • Chris Cornell • Christmas • Cobain • college rock • Courtney Love • Cranberries • Dave Grohl • De La Soul • Depeche Mode • Dinosaur Jr • Elliott Smith • exclusive interviews • Faith No More • Father's Day • Fiona Apple • flaing lips • Foo Fighters • FRED ARMISEN • Fugazi • Generation X • Gen X • Gift • giftable • Green Day • Grunge • Guided by Voices • Gwen Stefani • Hair Metal • Hanukkah • Heavy metal • Hip Hop • hole • Holiday • Ian Mackaye • Indie Rock • Industrial • Inside Story • janes addiction • Jeff Buckley • Kurt • Les Claypool • lollapalooza • Marilyn Manson • Morrissey • MTV • music fan • Nine Inch Nails • nineties • Nirvana • NOFX • Nostalgia • Oasis • Pearl Jam • Pixies • PJ Harvey • present • Primus • Public Enemy • Punk Rock • Radiohead • Rage Against The Machine • Red Hot Chili Peppers • REM • Riot Grrl • rock fan • Scott Weiland • Secret Santa • sinead oconnor • Slacker • Sleater Kinney • Smashing Pumpkins • social distortion • Sonic Youth • soul asylum • Soundgarden • stereoloab • Steve Albini • Stone Roses • Stone Temple Pilots • Techno • The Cure • they might be giants • Tool • tori amos • tribe called quest • Trip Hop • U2 • Weezer • white elephant • yankee swap
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-9843-7 / 0760398437
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-9843-2 / 9780760398432