MARK YARM

Compuesto a partir de más de 250 nuevas entrevistas con miembros de Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees, Hole, The Melvins, Mudhoney, Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, L7, Babes in Toyland, 7 Year Bitch, TAD, The U-Men, Candlebox y muchos mas,"Todo el mundo adora nuestra ciudad"es un retrato a la vez conmovedor, divertido, escandaloso y enormemente perspicaz de una era musical extraordinaria."Todo el mundo adora nuestra ciudad"captura los antecedentes, auge y apogeo de la era grunge en las palabras de los musicos, productores, representantes, ejecutivos discograficos, directores de video, fotografos, periodistas, publicistas, propietarios de salas, roadies, entusiastas y acolitos que de verdad la vivieron. El libro cuenta toda la historia: desde la fundacion de los primeros grupos de rock alternativo aparecidos en Seattle a primeros de los ochenta hasta el exito mundial de los cuatro grandes referentes del grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden y Alice in Chains); desde los origenes de la insolvente pero entusiasta discografica independiente Sub Pop hasta el frenesi con el que las grandes multinacionales cayeron sobre el Noroeste del Pacifico dispuestas a exprimir la gallina de los huevos de oro; desde los simples placeres de meter caña en fiestas en sot...

Grunge, also known as the Seattle sound, is the sludgy fusion of punk rock and heavy metal that emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 1980s. But it was the unexpected, seemingly overnight success of Nirvanas single Smells Like Teen Spirit, in the fall of 1991, that made grunge a household word and launched an American music movement on par with punk and hip-hop.Twenty years later, Mark Yarm captures that era in the words of those at the forefront of the movement (and the musics lesser-known champions). Everybody Loves Our Town will tell the whole story: the founding of originators like Soundgarden and the Melvins, the early successes of Seattles Sub Pop record label, the rise of powerhouses Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the insane media hype surrounding the grunge explosion, the suicide of Kurt Cobain, and finally, the genres mid-to-late-90s decline.

"A founding member of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver shares the story of his rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, and his phoenix-like transformation via a unique path to sobriety. In It's So Easy, Duff recounts GN'R's unlikely trajectory to a string of multiplatinum albums, sold-out stadium concerts, and global acclaim. But that kind of glory can take its toll, and it did - ultimately - on Duff, as well as on the band itself. As GN'R began to splinter, Duff felt that he himself was done, too. But his near death as a direct result of alcoholism proved to be his watershed, the turning point that led to his unique path to sobriety and the unexpected choices he has made for himself since. In a voice that is as honest as it is indelibly his own, Duff - one of rock's smartest and most articulate personalities - takes readers on his harrowing journey through the dark heart of one of the most notorious bands in rock-and-roll history and out the other side."

Compuesto a partir de más de 250 nuevas entrevistas con miembros de Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees, Hole, The Melvins, Mudhoney, Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, L7, Babes in Toyland, 7 Year Bitch, TAD, The U-Men, Candlebox y muchos mas, "Todo el mundo adora nuestra ciudad" es un retrato a la vez conmovedor, divertido, escandaloso y enormemente perspicaz de una era musical extraordinaria. "Todo el mundo adora nuestra ciudad" captura los antecedentes, auge y apogeo de la era grunge en las palabras de los musicos, productores, representantes, ejecutivos discograficos, directores de video, fotografos, periodistas, publicistas, propietarios de salas, roadies, entusiastas y acolitos que de verdad la vivieron. El libro cuenta toda la historia: desde la fundacion de los primeros grupos de rock alternativo aparecidos en Seattle a primeros de los ochenta hasta el exito mundial de los cuatro grandes referentes del grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden y Alice in Chains); desde los origenes de la insolvente pero entusiasta discografica independiente Sub Pop hasta el frenesi con el que las grandes multinacionales cayeron sobre el Noroeste del Pacifico dispuestas a exprimir la gallina de los huevos de oro; desde los simples placeres de meter caña en fiestas en sotanos y en diminutas salas de conciertos hasta las tragicas y solitarias muertes de Kurt Cobain y Layne Staley una vez convertidos en superestrellas.