"When Kurt Cobain's slurred screaming-as gruff as it goes-became the angsty voice of a generation when "Nevermind" fired up radio stations in 1991, young people in the singer's hometown of Seattle had already moved on. They had been raging to Nirvana's early grunge through the late '80s. Seattle had suddenly found itself planted on the music map and, over the next few years, would become the crucible of American alternative music-with a serious teenage problem."
"She and her sister once hid an AC/DC tape with explicit lyrics in a white cassette box, she recalled, so that their mother wouldn't catch on. "We blew out my parents' speakers playing air guitar to that," she said. "The point is, you shove something like the Teen Dance Ordinance on kids, and they're just going to find another place to party.""
Kurt Cobain's slurred screaming became the angsty voice of a generation after "Nevermind" hit radio in 1991, but many young people in Seattle had already moved beyond the initial grunge wave. Seattle quickly became the crucible of American alternative music, yet the next generation faced strict teen liquor laws that pushed underage performers out of clubs. In 1992, 21-year-old Bootsy Holler moved to Seattle and photographed the post-grunge wasteland populated by emerging bands like Death Cab for Cutie and Maktub. Those unseen images from 1992–2004 are now collected in the photobook Making It: 1992–2004. Teen dance ordinances and repression spurred DIY parties and migration of young musicians.
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