Great podcast! Grunge is my favorite- especially Nirvana. They were my generation’s Beatles. It’s astounding how they blended punk angst with heavy metal and pop music.
It’s still a favorite genre of mine. And Sintija’s exploration of its political roots makes me love it that much more. Changing the world through music. A noble calling, indeed!
I recall the big impact 70's divorce rates had on families. Also, union jobs in PNY & elsewhere started evaporating. Also, the shift to Reagan in the early grunge era was disruptive for many as the public tone changed to a more aggressive one.
Good points, Layne. So many environmental influences hitting the middle class all at once. A way of life disappearing and kids carrying the emotional burden of their parents’ hardships. Music heals, right?
I think grunge can/could heal in the sense of offering certain realism + expression but it also included much unhealthy acting out, it normalized harm & illness. It was most likely boosted so much to the mainstream in early 90’s because it was often quite depressive, normalized drug use, celebrated wasted youth, broken dolly sexuality, etc.
The music and lifestyle is an honest (albeit delf-destructive and sometimes violent) reflection of what the musicians were already living for both grunge and rap. Write what you know. Marketing teams and mass media and even fashion designers glorified the pain and violence for profit. As they do for all breakthrough genres. Sintija talks heroin chic in the podcast.
It's rare to hear Satchel name checked. Love it!
And thanks for tuning in. It means a lot! 🤗
I was fortunate enough to see them play. Mind blowing. I wept when Shawn died.
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Thx! Your sister rocked it!
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Great podcast! Grunge is my favorite- especially Nirvana. They were my generation’s Beatles. It’s astounding how they blended punk angst with heavy metal and pop music.
Thx for tuning in! Sintija knocked it out of the park. So relevant in today’s political climate.
Grunge was so good. So in your face. So chill. So Nirvana. Lithium In Bloom those two songs signify grunge for me. The grunge era. The meat puppets.
It’s still a favorite genre of mine. And Sintija’s exploration of its political roots makes me love it that much more. Changing the world through music. A noble calling, indeed!
Oh yes a favorite genre of mine to.
I recall the big impact 70's divorce rates had on families. Also, union jobs in PNY & elsewhere started evaporating. Also, the shift to Reagan in the early grunge era was disruptive for many as the public tone changed to a more aggressive one.
Good points, Layne. So many environmental influences hitting the middle class all at once. A way of life disappearing and kids carrying the emotional burden of their parents’ hardships. Music heals, right?
I think grunge can/could heal in the sense of offering certain realism + expression but it also included much unhealthy acting out, it normalized harm & illness. It was most likely boosted so much to the mainstream in early 90’s because it was often quite depressive, normalized drug use, celebrated wasted youth, broken dolly sexuality, etc.
In many ways, grunge mirrored gangster rap in terms of big focus on harm & social alienation themes.
The music and lifestyle is an honest (albeit delf-destructive and sometimes violent) reflection of what the musicians were already living for both grunge and rap. Write what you know. Marketing teams and mass media and even fashion designers glorified the pain and violence for profit. As they do for all breakthrough genres. Sintija talks heroin chic in the podcast.