#seattle-music-scene

#seattle-music-scene

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.

For fans of Melt-Banana, the Birthday Party, Dïat Post-punk freak-out supreme show incoming! Seattle's always been a hub for noisy, outsider tunes.