Generation X's Musical Revolution
In 1996 and in a move that experts had been
forecasting for some time, Daniel Schmoot, owner and manager of
Java'Tude, the tiny Seattle coffee house credited with the birth
of the Grunge music scene, announced the death of the very
musical art form which he helped sensationalize less than ten
years earlier. In commemoration of this sad occasion, Schmoot
offered half-priced mochas during the press conference for
anyone currently fighting the establishment.
The Grunge scene began in this historical cafe in 1986 when two
friends who would later start Mother Love Bone, the father
figure of the Grunge scene, remarked how their life just totally
sucked. Legend has it that the youngsters proceeded to scream
uncontrollably until the proprietor of the establishment removed
"Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News from the juke box.
They claimed they had no way to identify with such happy music
in their soggy little town. What followed
was a renaissance of musical form as so-called "grunge" bands
began to pack houses throughout the city. While it is true that
the early success of these bands can be attributed to many
people just trying to get in out of the rain, in time the bands
themselves became the draw and Grunge would become a national
sensation. The above video is Pearl Jam
performing 'Alive' at the height of the Grunge boom.
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