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3 days ago

Bootsy Holler's lost photos of Seattle's teen underground

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.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

As a woman in '90s punk photography, she worked harder. Now her SoCal archive debuts

Maggie St. Thomas photographed the SoCal punk scene from the 1990s onward, documenting live and offstage moments and compiling them into a collected edition.
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fromPitchfork
1 month ago

The Yardbirds Co-Founder Chris Dreja Dies at 79

Chris Dreja, Yardbirds co-founder and rhythm guitarist/bassist, died at 79; his rhythm playing and photography significantly shaped classic rock.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

We were drunk all the time!': how Oasis got mad for it in pictures

Jill Furmanovsky photographed Oasis intensively during 1995–1997, capturing their rapid rise to superstardom and close interpersonal dynamics.
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'I bunked off school aged 14 to see Bob Marley - and became his photographer'

At 14 Dennis Morris began photographing Bob Marley, launching a career capturing iconic images of major music stars shown in a major Photographers' Gallery exhibition.
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