Grunge – Bazillion Points Blog

WE GOT POWER!: Break Off a Piece of “1991: The Year Punk Broke”

Chief — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:57:27 +0000

WE GOT POWER! coauthor David Markey’s all-time classic rock documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke chronicles with machine gun wit and guerrilla flair Sonic Youth’s tour of Europe that year while accompanied by Nirvana, the Ramones, Dinosaur Jr., and Babes in Toyland. Shortly after Rolling Stone recently named 1991 one of the “Top 25 Punk Films of All Time,” L.A.’s vinyl-only Pop Obscure Records…

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Bloody Roots of Grunge and Metal on Sirius XM

Chief — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:37:52 +0000

BLOODY ROOTS OF GRUNGE AND METAL Week of October 8, 2016 Sat 10/8, 6PM ET Sun 10/9, 1PM ET Mon 10/10, 9AM ET Tues 10/11, 4PM ET Thurs 10/13, 9PM ET Honoring Seattle-area long-haired punk music to mark the 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s surprise breakthrough Nevermind, Bloody Roots digs the distortion and flannel of grunge acts like Tad, Nirvana, Earth, Mudhoney, and Soundgarden.

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EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Tad Doyle’s Brothers of the Sonic Cloth Rises Again

Chief — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:43:16 +0000

Slaying season has come once more to Seattle. Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, the Emerald City doom circle fronted by “heavier-than-God” Sub Pop-era grunge legend Tad Doyle of TAD fame, has announced that multi-instrumentalist Andrew McInnis has joined the group. McGinnis, formerly of Girth, will debut as a Brother on October 29, unleashing the loud, the crushing, and the sludgy all over Seattle’s…

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NYHC: Bad Brains and the Big Payback

Chief — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:07:28 +0000

Frontman H.R. and guitarist Dr. Know of hardcore punk giants Bad Brains are each facing serious health issues. In the spirit of keeping up that elusive Bad Brains P.M.A., fans are rallying to raise funds for medical expenses, with a few great benefit shows along the way. H.R. is presently dealing with an unbearable headache-inducing neurological disorder. Earlier today, the GoFundMe page set…

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Bloody Roots of Shoegazer Metal on Sirius XM

Chief — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:05:50 +0000

BLOODY ROOTS OF SHOEGAZER METAL Week of August 6, 2016 Sat 8/6, 6PM ET Sun 8/7, 2PM ET Mon 8/8, 9AM ET Tues 8/9, 3PM ET Thurs 8/11, 9PM ET The upper limits of atmospheric heavy metal are tested on the Bloody Roots sesson this week as host Ian Christe (Sound of the Beast, Bazillion Points) catches the all-encompassing sounds of shoegazer metal. Dreamlike and intense bands from France…

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WE GOT POWER!: Fred Armisen’s Tribute to Jordan Schwartz & Herb Lienau

Chief — Tue, 17 May 2016 10:03:39 +0000

Comedian Fred Armisen has ventured back into Bazillion Points territory, this time posting a portrait of WE GOT POWER! author Jordan Schwartz and mainstay Herb Lienau from backstage at a Bob Mould show in Los Angeles. “They have such friendly faces!” Of course, Jordan’s book is filled with early ’80s photos combining members of Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Minutemen—or Descendents…

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SUB POP USA: Bruce Pavitt & the Birth of Grunge in UK Q Mag

Chief — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:57:59 +0000

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Nevermind, Britain’s Q Magazine has conducted an exclusive interview with our author Bruce Pavitt (Experiencing Nirvana, Sub Pop USA) about Nirvana and the times that spawned them. Kerrang.com has posted a segment of that interview, including a quote about the uneven quality of Nirvana’s early music, and Bruce watching them develop as a band after…

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NYHC: Author Tony Rettman’s ‘Ten Best Punk Documentaries’

Chief — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:16:29 +0000

Our co-conspirator and all-knowing hardcore guru Tony Rettman, beloved author of NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990, has posted his definitive “Ten Best Punk Documentaries” at Green Room Radio. Take a trip over to Green Room Radio site to read Rettman’s take on films like 2005’s PUNK Attitude, UK/DK: A Film About Punks and Skinheads, David Markey’s The Slog Movie, the classic Decline of Western…

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WE GOT POWER!: HENRY ROLLINS Performs Acid Trip Essay “Everything Was Heavy” on Comedy Central

Chief — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 19:55:52 +0000

In the second season debut of Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening, punk author/raconteur Henry Rollins performs “Everything Was Heavy,” his contribution to the mammoth anthology WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California. The tale concerns Rollins’ arrival in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, at which point a Black Flag bandmate encourages him to take an LSD trip: “You’re…

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SUB POP USA’s Bruce Pavitt: “I Was Literally Visualizing Washington State as an Island”

Chief — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:30:07 +0000

Bruce Pavitt in his natural environment—a record store (photo: Andy Bokanev) In its 50th issue, HUCK Magazine has posted a vivid interview with Sub Pop Records Bruce Pavitt, author of EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, and SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Reader, 1980-1988. Writer Casey Jarman goes exceptionally deep in examining the philosophical underpinnings behind Pavitt’s role…

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