1991 we were the first band on stage at the first ever lollapalooza , which was a tremendous thing for my band and i. lollapalooza is cool. the idea that you could get these important and popular bands from the underground like jane s addiction, nine inch nails, soundgarden, hole, red hot chili peppers and get them altogether felt like a really new idea. by the mid-90s it had already been parodied by the simpsons. advertisements everywhere and tons of security guards. it is in the american lexicon. there s a certain kind of disillusionment going on. i could play 200,000 seat
in the knees and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. i would go to clubs and see the answer like screaming trees and it was such a refreshing change from the competitive sort of l.a. hollywood 80s and it was just suddenly so cool to be from seattle. one of the beautiful biggest stories is the rain city renaissance with grunge rock. soundgarden, nirvana, alice in chains and pearl jam from seattle, washington. why don t you tell me what the biggest misconception about the seattle music scene is? that we are all grunge bands. all these bands were different. tell me about the seattle music scene.
in 1991, we were the first band on stage at the first ever lollapalooza. it was a tremendous thing for my band and i. lollapalooza is cool. the idea that you could get these important and popular bands from the underground like jane s addiction, nine inch nails, soundgarden, hole, red- hot village chili peppers and get them altogether it felt like a new idea. by the mid-90s it had already been parodied by the symptoms. it is like woodstock with advertisements and security guards. the commercial culture has co-opted the counterculture. the honeymoon is over. we are getting down to real commerce. there s some disillusionment going on.